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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 21, 2021

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Israeli security forces at the scene in which a car ran over two police officers and killed one of them in the northern Israeli city of Nahariya, September 21, 2021 (Alon Nadav/Flash90); Inset: Slain police volunteer Hossam Zaghir (Courtesy)

Car plows into police team in Nahariya construction row; 1 killed, another hurt

Volunteer slain, officer badly injured; the two were checking possible illicit work at the site and spoke with the driver before he ran them over; several suspects arrested

Sudanese soldiers walk in front of the office of the Sudanese Council of Ministers, in Khartoum, Sudan, September 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Sudan says military coup thwarted; dozens of troops arrested

Ruling military-civilian council says situation is under control; official calls coup attempt, apparently stemming from armored corps, a ‘foolish and bad choice’

Man shot dead in attack at wedding in Arab town, four others wounded

Shooting at Taibe celebration is 2nd Arab community murder to take place within hours, bringing number of Arab Israelis killed in apparent homicides this year to 73

A view of Taibe. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Fadi Grifat. (Courtesy)

Arab Israeli man shot dead in suspected revenge killing

Michael Transky (R) appears at the Ashkelon Magistrate's Court on September 20, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Head of ‘Russian mafia’ in Israel arrested thanks to criminal-turned informant

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, center left, eats pizza on a New York sidewalk in a photo uploaded to social media on September 20, 2021. (Tourism Minister Gilson Machado/Instagram)

Unvaccinated Bolsonaro forced to eat pizza on NY sidewalk ahead of UN gathering

By AFP

Brazilian president apparently falls foul of city’s COVID indoor dining rules; entry to UN HQ for General Assembly will run on an honor system with no proof of inoculation needed

In this file photo travellers line up at Miami International Airport (MIA) on August 2, 2021. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

US to open doors to vaccinated foreign travelers from November

Sheila Bromberg (R) shares a laugh with Ringo Starr on a BBC talk show in May 2011. (YouTube/Screenshot)

Obituary'I’m noted for 4 bars of music...I found that a bit bizarre'

Harpist Sheila Bromberg, first woman to play on a Beatles song, dead at 92

Played passage on ‘She’s Leaving Home’ that encapsulates anguish of estrangement between parents and daughter; was paid £9 for session; worked with Sinatra, Bee Gees, Monty Python

A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, on September 19, 2021. (Paul Ratje/AFP)

Uproar over images of US mounted border agents rounding up Haitian migrants

By AFP

Pictures show riders swinging their long reins to threaten migrants and push them back toward Mexico, some say evoking 19th-century scenes of the violence of slavery

Analysis

On Abraham Accords anniversary, finally there’s accord on calling them ‘Abraham’

Blinken makes administration’s first reference to deals’ name after months of new US government shying away from using the term

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken marks the anniversary of the Abraham Accords with, clockwise, diplomats from Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain, on Sept. 17, 2021. (Screenshot)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at a memorial ceremony for the fallen Israeli soldiers of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, at the National Hall of Remembrance, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, September 19, 2021. (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL)

Bennett to speak at US Jewish Federation meet as gov’t ups outreach to Diaspora

Then-Deputy Secretary of State Thomas R. Nides (center) talks to South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (right) in Seoul, South Korea, on February 29, 2012. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, Pool)

Biden’s pick for ambassador to Israel to appear before Senate for confirmation

US President Joe Biden meets with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the Intercontinental Barclay Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden looks to turn page on 20 years of war in UN address

By AAMER MADHANI and Josh Boak

US president has already encountered controversy with allies over Afghan withdrawal, COVID policies, and now a submarine deal that has riled France

EU’s top diplomat says Iran, world powers won’t meet on nuclear deal at UN

By AFP and ToI Staff

France speaks of ‘crisis of trust’ as it bristles at US submarine deal

By Edith M. Lederer and Jennifer Peltz

North Korea warns US-Australia sub deal could trigger ‘nuclear arms race’

By AFP

Joanne Greenaway

Sukkot – the perfect antidote to social isolation and the messages of Pew

The holiday’s tradition of hospitality and rejoicing creates opportunity for meaningful engagement with the many Jews who find little meaning in their religion

Why bother with the Taylor Force Act?

The US and Israel passed laws to block the PA’s ’pay for slay’ policy, so what made the Jewish state replenish the terrorists’ slush fund?

For Jewish Emmy winners, a tale of two speeches

By Emily Burack

‘Ted Lasso’ actor Brett Goldstein wins plaudits for his brevity, while ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ director Scott Frank is widely panned for ignoring repeated signals to wrap it up

Brett Goldstein, winner of the award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for "Ted Lasso," poses for a photo at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Written in Hebrew at the Anna Szenes House in Kibbutz Sdot Yam are the words of the young Senesh's poem, 'A voice called, and I went.' (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel Travels

Discover a fallen poet and WWII heroine at the Hannah Senesh House near Caesarea

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

Recently opened to visitors, a newly renovated museum honors the Hungarian-born writer and paratrooper killed when she returned to Europe from the Holy Land to save her fellow Jews

MeMed Diagnostics founders Dr. Kfir Oved and Dr. Eran Eden. (Courtesy)

Israel’s MeMed gets FDA approval for ‘breakthrough’ infection test

By Ricky Ben-David

Purpose of test is to tell physicians whether body is waging war on bacteria or virus, and make decisions about whether to treat with antibiotics

Israelis celebrate Sukkot festival, this year with fewer pandemic restrictions

Last year’s holiday was marked during country’s 2nd coronavirus lockdown; fire breaks out in sukkah in Nahariya, no injuries reported

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the 42nd annual ICEJ Feast of Tabernacles (screenshot)

Christian Feast of Tabernacles event opens with greeting from Bennett, Herzog

By Lazar Berman

(Vaccine refusal image via iStock)

New bill would limit unemployment benefits for those fired for refusing vaccine

Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Interview

Unlike fellow Dems, Jewish senator Ossoff favors tight-lipped approach on Israel

After staying silent following meetings with Israelis, Palestinians, US lawmaker indicates that public criticism early on would prevent building of necessary personal relationships

Asylum seekers from Afghanistan reach Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates on Sept. 6, 2021. (IsraAID)

Israeli philanthropists, IsraAID help dozens flee Afghanistan for UAE

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Effort led by Aaron G. Frenkel, aviation professional who helped airlift thousands of Jews out of the Soviet Union

Toni Pinya enters the synagogue of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, February 11, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

For Mallorca’s Jews, first ‘public’ sukkah is triumph over Spanish Inquisition

By Cnaan Liphshiz

This weeklong holiday of Sukkot, which began Monday evening, marks the first time in centuries that the community has received municipal space and funding for the traditional booth

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Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau (center) watches election results with wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau and children, Xavier, Ella-Grace and Hadrien, at Liberal headquarters in Montreal, on September 20, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/Pool/AFP)

Trudeau’s Liberals win Canada’s snap election, but miss majority

A smoke plume billows following a reported Syrian government air strike on a residential district of Maaret al-Numan in the northwestern Idlib province on December 18, 2019. (Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

US drone strike said to kill al-Qaeda official in northwestern Syria

By AP

Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg attend the 2020 Breakthrough Prize Red Carpet at NASA Ames Research Center on November 03, 2019 in Mountain View, California. (Ian Tuttle/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize/JTA)

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan give $1.3 million to 11 Jewish causes

By JTA

Passengers wait to pick their luggage at Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport in Heraklion, on the island of Crete, Greece, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos, File)

Israeli pair said arrested in Crete for trying to fly while infected with virus

A Torah scroll that the Nazis stole from a Czech congregation on display at The Memorial Scrolls Trust in London. (Courtesy of the European Union for Progressive Judaism via JTA)

Torah stolen by Nazis for post-Holocaust ‘Jewish museum’ back in use in Prague

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Julia Haart, the CEO of Elite World Group, stars in the new reality show 'My Unorthodox Life.' The show documents her life after leaving the Orthodox Jewish community. (Courtesy of Netflix/ via JTA)

Taking it to HaartNetflix renews ‘My Unorthodox Life’ for second season

By Gabe Friedman

Some of the vandalized graves at the Tablada Jewish cemetery near Buenos Aires. (Courtesy of AMIA via JTA)

Thieves caught trying to steal 200 headstones at Argentine Jewish cemetery

By JTA

In this Jan. 27, 2020 file photo, House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fiarfax, watches the vote tally board for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in the House chambers at the Capitol, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

VA Republican sorry for quip on Jewish speaker’s nose, but says no antisemitism

A student bikes across campus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images/JTA)

Poll finds most in US Jewish fraternity and sorority saw antisemitism on campus

In this file photo taken on September 13, 2011, Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt's ruling military council, points to a painting as he accompanies the visiting Turkish prime minister at the defense ministry in Cairo. (Amr Nabil/Pool/AFP)

ObituaryTantawi, military general who ruled Egypt after Mubarak ouster, dies at 85

By AFP

Illustrative: Israeli military vehicles are seen during clashes along the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, near Gaza City, on June 28, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

2 Gazans briefly cross into Israel

From 'Hit and Run,' the new Netflix series created by 'Fauda' creators Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz, premiering August 6, 2021. (Courtesy: 'Hit and Run')

Short runNetflix cancels ‘Hit and Run’ after just one season

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