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What Matters Most On Saturday, November 20, 2021

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The first shipment of child-sized Pfizer COVID vaccines arrives at Ben Gurion Airport, November 20, 2021 (Screen grab/Kan)

1 million doses of kid-sized COVID vaccines arrive in Israel as 1st shipment lands

Nationwide vaccinations to kick off on Tuesday; health officials to discuss how long to wait between shots, recommendations for children who recovered from virus

An Israeli health worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine shot against COVID-19, at a health clinic in Katzrin, on November 16, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Top health officials say unvaccinated are driving new rise in COVID infections

Illustrative: Inspectors of the Ministry of Agriculture are seen at a turkey farm in Israel, on March 8, 2011, after the deadly bird flu virus was discovered in one of the coops. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Health Ministry reports avian flu cases at pair of bird farms

A flooded road in the central coastal city of Netanya on November 20, 2021 (Screen grab/Kan)

Heavy storms lash Israel; elderly man critical after fall in flooded area of Ramle

Itay Tagner, Israel's chargé d'affaires to Bahrain (left), speaks with Indonesia's Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto during the 17th IISS Manama Dialogue in the Bahraini capital Manama, on November 20, 2021. (Mazen Mahdi/AFP)

In rare meet, Israeli envoy to Bahrain seen talking with Indonesian defense minister

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Public interaction on sidelines of security conference in Manama unique for two countries with no diplomatic ties; Israeli national security adviser meets with Bahraini counterpart

Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Minister predicts more normalization deals with Arab states next year

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during the 17th IISS Manama Dialogue in the Bahraini capital Manama, on November 20, 2021 (Mazen Mahdi/AFP)

US defense chief: If Iran not serious about nuclear talks, we’ll look at all options

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Pentagon head vows to prevent Tehran getting nukes, says Washington committed to diplomatic outcome but will examine alternatives if Tehran isn’t willing to engage

In this image provided by the US Navy, an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast in-shore attack craft, a type of speedboat armed with machine guns, speeds near US naval vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, on May 10, 2021. (US Navy via AP)

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize foreign diesel-smuggling boat in Gulf, detain crew

US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley speaks during a media briefing on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue, in the Bahraini capital Manama, on November 19, 2021. (Mazen Mahdi/AFP)

US envoy warns ‘time is short’ for restoring Iran nuke deal

By Talek HARRIS

A window in the ancient kitchen at Qumran National Park was used to distribute food to the multitudes of Essenes who came to perform rituals at the site. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel Travels

See the source of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran National Park

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

A sprawling compound shows that the area’s (sometimes gruesome) history, tied to an ancient Jewish sect, extends well beyond the caves made famous in 1947

Moshe Hogeg, Beitar Jerusalem owner, seen during the Israeli Premier League match between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Beersheba at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, on August 25, 2019. (Flash90)

FC Barcelona drops deal with crypto firm linked to arrested Beitar owner Hogeg

By ToI Staff and AP

Team says decision made after receiving new information that ‘goes against club’s values’; Ownix says Hogeg no longer consultant; he has denied all allegations

Rosh Hanikra to Tel Aviv: A solo hike along Israel’s coast

A hundred miles of some of the most interesting archeology and people and beautiful vistas and random adventures in the world? Cross that off the bucket list!

Master of the mint (Parshat Vayishlach)

The sages knew that Jacob the patriarch was busy with his wives and sons and flocks. Why do they claim he also minted money and set up bathhouses?

Explainer

Conspiracies of ‘catastrophic takeover’ by Jews have a long history in US

By Jonathan D. Sarna

Scholar highlights antisemitic cartoons from late 19th century as trial over Charlottesville rally — at which far-right protesters chanted ‘Jews will not replace us’ — nears end

Illustrative: A white supremacist carrying a Nazi flag into Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, 2017. (AP/Steve Helber/File)

Illustrative: Klan members salute during a KKK rally in Justice Park Saturday, on July 8, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Jury begins deliberations in Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ civil trial

By Denise Lavoie

A livestream said to show far-right media personality Tim Gionet vandalizing a Hanukkah menorah in Arizona in 2020. (Screenshot)

US far-right livestreamer ‘Baked Alaska’ charged over vandalism of Hanukkah menorah

Likud MK David Amsalem speaks in the Knesset, September 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Complaint filed against Likud MK for tirade threatening to ‘trample’ coalition

David Amsalem appears to call to lock up legal officials, replace Supreme Court judges; Meretz’s Michael Rozin asks Knesset panel to probe ‘wildly anti-democratic remarks’

Defense Benny Gantz, escorted by security guards, at Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem, on June 20, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Gantz’s house cleaner asked for just $7,000 to spy on him for Iran — TV

Report says ‘heads could roll’ in Shin Bet security service over complete failure to vet Omri Goren, a convicted bank robber employed by the defense minister

Licensed practical nurse Yokasta Castro, of Warwick, R.I., draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic on May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP/Steven Senne)

With green-light from CDC, US expands COVID booster shots to all adults

By LAURAN NEERGAARD, MATTHEW PERRONE and Mike Stobbe

US follows Israel’s lead and places emphasis on those aged 50 and above, urging older populations to get extra shot; expansion makes tens of millions more Americans eligible

US President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House, on Thursday, September 9, 2021, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

ExclusiveUS diplomats blast Biden vaccine mandate in internal cable

By Lazar Berman

Demonstrators take part in a protest against a partial coronavirus lockdown and against the government policy on Coolsingel street on November 19, 2021 in the port city of Rotterdam (Killian LINDENBURG / ANP / AFP

Rioting and gunfire erupt at Rotterdam protest against COVID restrictions

UK’s ban on Hamas said to be significant blow to funding for terror group

Hamas slams move as ‘a new crime committed by Britain against our Palestinian people’; decision reportedly formalized during talks between Bennett and Johnson in Glasgow

Palestinian boys line up to register for a summer camp organized by Hamas's military wing, the Iz-Ad Din Al-Qassam Brigades, in Gaza City, on June 14, 2021. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, on May 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

IDF chief said to order acceleration of plans for attack on Gaza rocket stocks

Illustrative. Palestinians protesters throw a firebomb towards Israeli security forces during clashes, on January 12, 2018, north of Ramallah in the West Bank. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

IDF returns wrong body to family of alleged teen Palestinian firebomber

Tiny Japanese carvings at NY Jewish Museum tell story of Jewish family’s resilience

By Sandee Brawarsky

On display at a new exhibit from celebrated ceramicist Edmund de Waal are 264 heirloom netsuke, or small figurines, that were hidden during the Holocaust and date back to the 1870s

US President Joe Biden speaks about the evacuation of American citizens, their families, SIV applicants and vulnerable Afghans in the East Room of the White House on Aug. 20, 2021, in Washington. US Vice President Kamala Harris listens at left. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden declared fit for office after historic transfer of power to Harris for exam

By Sebastian Smith

White House physician says president, 78, ‘healthy and vigorous’ after 1 hour and 25 minute colonoscopy, during which VP became 1st woman to hold presidential power in US history

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Tribal Nations Summit in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Making history, Harris briefly becomes first US woman to hold presidential power

By Sebastian Smith

Yonatan Bendahan and Yuval Meyraz are the founders of CryptoVerses, a company selling nonfungible tokens of verses from the Bible. (CryptoVerses/ via JTA)

Interview

Meet the Israeli entrepreneurs putting the Bible on the blockchain

Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to former US president Donald Trump, gestures as he departs a campaign event where he endorsed New York City mayoral candidate Fernando Mateo on June 3, 2021, in Staten Island, New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Pro-Israel pastor apologizes for event at which Mike Flynn pushed ‘1 religion’ in US

After church initially distanced itself from former Trump aide’s event, video subsequently emerged of pastor greeting the rally at its outset, spurring stronger apology

Tourists visit the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on November 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Bethlehem gears up for Christmas with gilded treasures, but few tourists expected

By Ilan Ben Zion

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In this file photo from August 11, 2019, an iPhone displays the apps for Facebook and Messenger in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Under-fire Facebook says users to get more control over content they see

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Kyle Rittenhouse closes his eyes and cries as he is found not guilty on all counts at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 19, 2021, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Sean Krajacic/Pool/Getty Images/AFP)

US teen Kyle Rittenhouse cleared in fatal shooting of 2 protesters; Biden urges calm

By Bob Chiarito and Chris Lefkow

Illustrative: In this September 20, 2013 file photo, children and adults cross a street in front of a school bus in Borough Park, a neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York that is home to many ultra-Orthodox Jewish families. (AP/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Jewish group wins New York State supreme court case on school transportation

Cocaine and marijuana seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on November 20, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF foils attempt to smuggle 265 lbs of cocaine, marijuana into Israel from Egypt

Iranians gather during a protest to voice their anger after their province's lifeblood river dried up due to drought and diversion, in the central city of Isfahan, on November 19, 2021. (Fatmeh Nasr / ISNA / AFP)

Thousands protest dried-up river in Iran’s Isfahan as water crisis swells

By AFP

Members of USY, a Jewish youth movement, visit Millennium Park in Chicago. (Screen capture/YouTube via JTA)

Young US Jews thriving the least in their spiritual lives — cross-religious survey

By Asaf Shalev and Ella Rockart

Ishay Ribo takes a moment to talk about his latest album and what makes his music appeal to religious and secular fans alike. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Cancel cultureIsrael’s Ishay Ribo scraps UK gig amid COVID, Haredi boycott

Images shared on the Colombian police official Twitter account show cadets in Nazi uniforms at event to honor relations with Germany. (Courtesy)

Colombia apologizes for police cadets in Nazi uniforms at event to honor Germany

By AFP

Batsheva Haart and Ben Weinstein attend as Elite World Group and Julia Haart celebrate the premiere of Netflix's "My Unorthodox Life" at The Public Square and Gardens at The Public Square and Gardens at Hudson Yards on July 15, 2021 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Elite World Group via JTA)

Haartbreak‘My Unorthodox Life’ couple Batsheva and Ben split

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Workers wearing protective suits walk next to Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on March 30, 2020, after travel restrictions into the city were eased following more than two months of lockdown due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (Hector Retamal/AFP)

Study: 1st Wuhan COVID case later than believed, pointing to animal market origin

By AFP

Assistant Fire Manager Leif Mathiesen, of the Sequoia and Kings Canyon Nation Park Fire Service, looks for an opening in the burned-out redwood tree from the Redwood Mountain Grove which was devastated by the KNP Complex fires earlier in the year in the KingsCanyon National Park, CA, on November 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)

Wildfires torched up to a fifth of all giant sequoia trees in the US

By brian melley

Then-US president Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president in Washington, on January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

‘The book of all books’: Trump announces memoir to be published next month

By Hillel Italie

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