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What Matters Most On Tuesday, October 19, 2021

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Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during memorial ceremony marking 26 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Knesset, on October 18, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

PM: Yigal Amir, not the right or religious, murdered Rabin

Lapid: Rabin assassin’s ‘ideological heirs’ are serving in Knesset today

At parliament memorial for slain PM, FM swipes at Netanyahu, who brokered the deal that made a Kahanist an MK; opposition chair responds that left is abusing Rabin’s memory

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked during a memorial ceremony marking 26 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Knesset on October 18, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Shaked slams coalition partners after Rabin memorial: ‘Stop the wild incitement’

Screen capture from video of an altercation between leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir (center left) and MK Ayman Odeh, leader of the predominantly Arab-Israeli Joint List party, at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, October 19, 2021. (Twitter)

Far-right and Arab MKs scuffle during visit to hunger-striking terror suspect

By Stuart Winer

The 96-year-old defendant Irmgard F. sits in an ambulance chair behind a plexiglass screen in a courtroom in Itzehoe, Germany, Oct. 19, 2021 (Christian Charisius/DPA via AP, Pool)

Prosecution at trial of Nazi camp secretary: Gas chamber cries ‘clearly audible’

By Sebastian Bronst

Indictment against Irmgard Furchner, 96, who absconded last month, says all in Stutthof heard victims suffer; says defendant’s work gave her ‘knowledge of all occurrences, events’

Aristides de Sousa Mendes (YouTube screen grab)

Portugal honors envoy who saved thousands from Nazis with National Pantheon tomb

By AP

3D imaging of "Dalet's" jaw after injury, with the bullet shown. (Courtesy of Rambam Healthcare Campus)

After IDF soldier takes bullet to face, doctors rebuild his jaw in high-tech op

By Nathan Jeffay

Two weeks after he was shot in the head, surgeons at Rambam Hospital used 3D tech to fix the captain’s face, which will soon be close to normal with the exception of some scarring

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz speaks during a press conference at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, October 18, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Hundreds of medical interns resign as health minister floats shift compromise

An Israeli Air Force F-15 takes off during the Blue Flag air exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on November 8, 2017. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Israel said to approve $1.5 billion budget for potential strike on Iran

Sum said to include funds for aircraft, intel-gathering drones and unique armaments needed for attack; report comes days after US announces successful test of new bunker buster

Volunteers from the Baath battalions carry the Syrian flag-wrapped coffin of Midhat as-Saleh, allegedly shot by Israeli sniper fire, in Ain Eltinah, a village along the Israeli border in the Golan Heights, during his funeral procession in Jaramana, southeast of Damascus, Syria, October 18, 2021. (AP Photo)

Syria buries former lawmaker allegedly killed by Israeli sniper fire

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: In this May 31, 2019 file photo, Hezbollah fighters march at a rally to mark Jerusalem Day or Al-Quds Day, in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Amid civil war fears, Hezbollah chief reveals terror group has 100,000 fighters

By AP

Yonatan Ben-Artzi, former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's grandson, speaks at a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 26th anniversary of Rabin's assassination, at the President's Residence, in Jerusalem, October 18, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

At memorials, Rabin family hails gov’t that toppled Netanyahu: ‘The people won’

‘The rule of the people has triumphed over the rule of one,’ assassinated PM’s grandson declares; Dalia Rabin laments ‘sick, violent society’ of recent years

Idit Silman, head of the Arrangements Committee at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Opposition lawmakers set to join Knesset committees after budget passes

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Oct. 19 – Desperately seeking a new Jewish Agency chair

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses agency’s hunt for a leader and Swedish diplomat’s visit; US reporter Jacob Magid offers a scoop on Israeli embassy work in Chicago

Top row (L-R) Tzipi Livni (Flash90), Omer Yankelevich (FLash90), Michal Kotler-Wunsh (Rami Zarenger), Bottom row (L-R) Fleur Hassan-Nahoum (AFP); Irina Nevzlin (Courtesy), Yaffa Zilbershats (Flash90)

Jewish Agency postpones vote for chairman after Stern scandal

By Lazar Berman

An illustrative photo of a scientist in protective gear working in a lab. (gorodenkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

Live updates (closed)

First case of Delta mutation AY.4.2 diagnosed in Israel

Boy returning from Moldova diagnosed with the new variant; it is not clear that the strain is more virulent than Delta

6:36 pm

Amid Hezbollah criticism, Beirut investigator renews summonses of ex-ministers
6:24 pm

Calm restored near Jerusalem's Old City after hours of unrest
6:23 pm

First case of Delta mutation AY.4.2 diagnosed in Israel

Palestinians and their spouses protest to demand West Bank residency cards in front of the PA's Civil Affairs Commission in Ramallah (courtesy: Alaa Mutair)

Israel approves residency for 4,000 Palestinians, after 10-year freeze

By Aaron Boxerman and Judah Ari Gross

Medical workers at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem treat patients in the hospital's coronavirus ward, on October 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 8,000

Serious cases dip further to 357, amid continued decline in morbidity; another 1,000 infections confirmed since midnight

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett visits students at the Ramon School in Modi'in, on October 12, 2021.(Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Bennett expands Green Classroom plan as COVID numbers continue to drop

The scene where a man fell from a hot air balloon and died near Afula, northern Israel, October 19, 2021(Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

Man dies in fall from hot air balloon onto moving car

Police say unclear why crew member was hanging on the outside of balloon during take-off near Afula; car occupants suffer no physical injuries

This rabbi loves Halloween

This American holiday of candy and costumes has evolved to be a wholly secular occasion and living in diversity means absorbing and adopting traditions

For the planet: Public transportation on Shabbat

Take it from an aspiring nudist: Ramming the Sabbath down people’s throats accomplishes nothing positive

A mother hugs her son in front of a memorial at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27, 2019. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)

'Every region is impacted by hate-driven acts of violence'

3 years after Tree of Life shooting, Pittsburgh hosts summit on eradicating hate

Running from Oct. 18-20, the in-person global confab has speakers including Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, and former president Bush

Illustrative -- Young children learning to surf at a beach in Tel Aviv, on a hot summer day, July 30, 2018 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

6 magnitude quake hits under Mediterranean, rattling Israeli coast

No immediate reports of injuries, damage or tsunami warning; epicenter is 37 km underwater, near Crete

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers block a road near the Gaza border on April 24, 2021 (Flash90)

IDF temporarily closes off areas near Gaza border amid warnings of attack

By Judah Ari Gross

Military reopens sites 2.5 hours later; move comes after both Hamas and Islamic Jihad threatened to renew violence along the frontier in recent weeks

Palestinian referee Amira Ismail leads a basketball training session at Champions Academy in Gaza City on October 4, 2021 (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Ball's in her courtGaza’s 1st woman basketball referee takes to the courts

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative image: Children sit together inside a street shelter, in anticipation of the Code Red siren alerting of incoming rockets, in the Southern Israeli town of Nitzan, on the fourth day of Operation Protective Edge, July 11, 2014. (Flash 90)

IDF blames human error for false rocket alarm in south

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli Ambassador to the US Gilad Erdan walks with Bright Star Church Pastor Chris Harris outside the Bright Star Community Outreach Center in Chicago on October 13, 2021. (Christian Harris)

'While you guys worry about missiles, we count body bags'

Enough of MLK and Heschel: Israel outreach in Chicago aims to form new narrative

Israeli ambassador visits South Side, where Israel trauma model is used to cope with gun violence thanks to Black-Jewish partnership; notes how alliance can be leveraged by Israel

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken takes part in a Zoom call with the Foreign Ministers of Israel, India and the UAE on October 18 2021 (State Department)

Blinken hosts 4-way Zoom call with Israeli, Indian and UAE foreign ministers

Top diplomats vow to step up regional economic and political cooperation; US again expresses support for expanding Abraham Accords

Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde meets with President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on October 18, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

In decade’s 1st Israel visit by a Swedish FM, Linde vows to combat antisemitism

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli Air Force chief Amikam Norkin, center, receives the Order of Merit of The Federal Republic of Germany from German Ambassador to Israel, Susanne Wasum-Rainer, and German air force chief Ingo Gerhartz on October 17, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israeli, German air chiefs exchange medals after Jerusalem flyover

By Judah Ari Gross

From rehearsals for 'Kundry,' an original opera created for the Regarding Goddesses arts festival launching in Tel Aviv on October 21, 2021 (Courtesy Alexey Kudrik)

Opera ‘Goddesses’ come to Tel Aviv, bringing art form to ‘unordinary places’

By Jessica Steinberg

‘Regarding Goddesses’ event on stage and street tells two tales, of wild woman and earth mother, led by a recent immigrant to Israel from Moscow

US Secretary of State Colin Powell (left) meets with Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon on February 25, 2001. (Shauli Shem-Tov/Flash90)

Colin Powell dead at 84: An Israel admirer, he pushed for compromises for peace

By JTA and ToI Staff

Former US secretary of state who brokered ‘road map’ to Mideast peace, which still informs much of US policy in region, was also 1st military chief to speak Yiddish as 2nd language

Then-US secretary of state Colin Powell holds up a vial he said could contain anthrax as he presents evidence of Iraq's alleged weapons programs to the United Nations Security Council, on February 5, 2003. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

‘He lied’: Many Iraqis still blame Colin Powell for role in Iraq war

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Zeina Karam

Rich Brownstein is the author of 'Holocaust Cinema Complete,' a guide to every Holocaust movie ever made. (Rich Brownstein/ via JTA)

Interview'Some of these films are spectacularly horrible'

The man who’s seen almost every Holocaust movie ever made has some takeaways

By Andrew Lapin

Yad Vashem lecturer Rich Brownstein’s ‘Holocaust Cinema Complete’ is a book-length guide to an expanding genre. Readers will be surprised by its candor

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Alta Fixsler lies in hospital in Manchester, England, in 2019. (Courtesy of the family via JTA)

UK Jewish toddler Alta Fixsler dies after being removed from life support

Pathologists at CorePlus in Puerto Rico reviewing a cancer heatmap generated using AI technology developed by Israel's Ibex Medical Analytics. (Courtesy)

Israeli startup Ibex Medical aims to transform cancer diagnostics with AI tech

By Ricky Ben-David

Center-left mayoral candidate Roberto Gualtieri flashes a v-sign at his party's headquarters in Rome, October 18, 2021. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

Center-left wins Rome as voters reject right-winger accused of antisemitism

Screen capture from video of Ali Harbi Ali, the suspect in the stabbing to death of British MP David Amess, October 15, 2021. (Daily Mail)

CCTV footage shows suspect in slaying of British MP Amess hours before stabbing

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The scene where a man was shot in Umm al-Fahm, October 19, 2021 (Israel Police)

Man gunned down in Umm al-Fahm as Arab community passes 100 homicides for year

By Aaron Boxerman

Nissim Shitrit (L) and Avi Edri in undated photos (Courtesy)

3 more arrested over cold case murders from ’80s, ’90s tied to Hasidic cult

Walla News Department head Michal Klein arrives for her testimony in the trial against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court, October 18, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu trialWalla news chief: ‘Everything related to the Netanyahus needed to be approved’

Rabbi Haim Louk, a famed singer of liturgical poems, who will perform with Israeli singers Amir Benayoun and Berry Sakharov for his 80th birthday celebrations in October and December 2021. (courtesy, Shmulik Balmas)

Ageless musicAt 80, rabbi rocks liturgical socks off

By Jessica Steinberg

Gal Gadot on the front cover of the November 2021 issue of Elle magazine. (Elle)

Justice leadBattling injustice, Gal Gadot takes Elle front cover

By Stuart Winer

Screeen capture from video of Mel Brooks as Torquemada in 'History of the World: Part I' (1981). (20th Century Fox/screenshot via JTA)

'History' in the makingAt 95, Mel Brooks to finally deliver ‘History of the World: Part II’

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