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What Matters Most On Saturday, November 27, 2021

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Travelers at Ben Gurion Airport on September 13, 2021 (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Israeli cabinet meeting Sat. to debate airport restrictions

After Omicron found, Israel mulls new airport rules; Switzerland bars most Israelis

World scrambles to respond to new concerning variant; Bennett reportedly wants to close Israel to all foreigners, most ministers opposed

Healthcare workers take samples at a drive through complex for coronavirus testing, in Modi'in, on November 10, 2021 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

ExplainerOmicron is the most mutated version of virus yet, but is it the most dangerous?

A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 12 years old sits ready for use at a vaccination site in Fort Worth, Texas, on November 11, 2021. (LM Otero/AP)

BioNtech says it needs 2 weeks to determine vaccine’s effectiveness against Omicron

Prof. Barry Schoub, a top adviser to South Africa's government on COVID-19 vaccines (YouTube video screenshot)

S. African expert downplays threat from Omicron: ‘We won’t have a severe epidemic’

Passengers arrive at Miami International Airport before they are screened by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) using facial biometrics to automate manual document checks required for admission into the US on November 20, 2020, in Miami, Florida. (AP Photo/ Lynne Sladky)

US, European, Arab nations restrict travel from African countries over Omicron

By AFP

A microscopic view of SARS-CoV-2 (CROCOTHERY via iStock by Getty Images)

It has a name: New COVID variant causing global alarm dubbed ‘Omicron’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

WHO designates strain as ‘a highly transmissible variant of concern,’ giving it Greek letter like previous major variants such as Delta, as scientists race to understand risks

People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Nov. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

World races to contain new COVID threat, the Omicron variant

By Raf Casert and Calvin Woodward

Shoppers make their way along Oxford Street on Black Friday, in central London on November 26, 2021. (Daniel LEAL / AFP)

Omicron variant poses ‘high to very high’ risk to Europe — EU health agency

By AFP

Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim poses after being awarded the Freedom of the City of London at a ceremony at the Guildhall in London, on Sept. 27, 2018. Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century, has died at age 91 on Nov. 26, 2021, at his home in Roxbury, Conn. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Obituary'Theater has lost one of its greatest geniuses'

Stephen Sondheim, a giant of American musical theater, dies at 91

By Mark Kennedy

Born to a NY Jewish family, composer is credited with pushing the musical into a darker, richer and more intellectual place with works like ‘Company,’ ‘Follies’ and ‘Sweeney Todd’

Reporter's notebook

Judah Ari Gross

Hearing the cantor sing the prayer for IDF soldiers… in Morocco

It’s easy, and not entirely wrong, to be cynical about Jerusalem’s newfound ties with Rabat. But there’s something earnest about them, owing to a deep cultural connection

Cantor Gabriel Deri recites prayers during a visit by Defense Minister Benny Gantz to the Talmud Torah synagogue in Rabat on November 25, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

A man fills his car at a gas station amid a cyber attack on the nation's fuel system, in Tehran, Iran, October 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

2 US defense officials say Israel hacked Iran’s gas system last month — NYT

Cyber assault on Iranian fuel system was followed by hack of Israeli LGBTQ dating site, pointing to new trend of attacks against soft targets, New York Times reports

Director-General of the National Security Studies (INSS) Amos Yadlin speaks at the Annual International Conference of the Institute for National Security Studies, in Tel Aviv, on January 29, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

Ex-IDF intel chief: In a revived nuke deal, Iran will be much closer to bomb

Amos Yadlin blasts former Netanyahu gov’t for pushing Trump to leave JCPOA, without drawing up plan for what Israel would do if Tehran advanced enrichment in retaliation

Spokesperson of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behrouz Kamalvandi speaks in a press briefing in Tehran, Iran, July 7, 2019. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Iran accuses UN nuclear watchdog of ‘discrimination,’ bowing to West’s pressure

By AFP and ToI Staff

Children talk with masked members of the military wing of Hamas, while marching along the streets of Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, May 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

UK officially bans Hamas in its entirety as a terrorist group

By Agencies and ToI Staff

In move announced last week and hailed by Israel, Britain says members of Hamas or those who support it could be jailed for up to 14 years

Joshua Hammerman

How a menorah may bring about a ‘Christian nation’

The cardinal American principle of separating religion and state was sacrificed on the altar of a good photo-op, and no one cared

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

The future of non-work is the robot and AI economy

A bleak outlook for an Israel where workers are less willing to take on unsatisfying jobs and employers invest more in replacing them

Interview'I was taught they did nothing, we just came and took them'

Before the airlifts, Ethiopian Jews did the heavy lifting to get out of Africa

By Rich Tenorio

Documentary ‘With No Land,’ featured at the Other Israel Film Festival earlier this month, puts long-overdue focus on the resilient immigrant community rather than its ‘saviors’

A medical worker readies to administer the Moderna coronavirus vaccine to a Palestinian laborer at a temporary medical facility set up at a checkpoint on March 9, 2021, in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Moderna says it will develop booster shot for new COVID variant

Soldiers of the German Bundeswehr stand behind the counter where the vaccination certificates of freshly vaccinated people are printed as they are briefed for their work in a newly opened vaccination station in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on November 26, 2021, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP)

Germany, Czech Republic find first suspected cases of Omicron variant

By AFP and ToI Staff

This undated image provided by Merck shows its new antiviral medication against COVID-19. (Merck via AP)

Anti-COVID pill effective in treating virus, FDA panel’s report finds

By AFP

People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Nov. 26, 2021 (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South African scientists brace for illness wave propelled by Omicron variant

By ANDREW MELDRUM

With younger people increasingly coming in for treatment with more serious cases of COVID, doctors fear health systems could become overwhelmed

People line up to get tested for COVID at OR Tambo's airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Nov. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa calls travel bans over new Omicron variant ‘draconian, unjustified’

By Susan NJANJI

A man walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

US stocks sink on new COVID variant; Dow loses 950 points

By Ken Sweet and PAUL WISEMAN

Olympic Gold medalist Linoy Ashram at Ben Gurion Airport after winning the Gold medal in the rhythmic gymnast at the Olympic Games in Japan, on August 11, 2021. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Interview

Gold medalist Linoy Ashram on her Olympic whirlwind and becoming an Israeli icon

By Emily Burack

Ever the picture of humility, the elite athlete says she was hoping to achieve bronze — but is proud to show off her Sephardic roots in a sport dominated by Eastern Europeans

The planned cable car to Jerusalem's Old City. (Screenshot/Emek Shaveh)

With court to debate controversial Jerusalem cable car, ministry voices opposition

Transportation Ministry says harm from controversial project will outweigh any benefits

Ukraine’s Zelensky alleges Russia, top oligarch plotting coup planned for next week

By YURAS KARMANAU

Biden expresses concern and support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, plans to talks to leaders; Moscow denies accusation that comes amid troop buildup on border

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures while speaking to the media during a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, November 26, 2021. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

This frame from a video released on April 23, 2021, by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows, Russian troops board landing vessels after drills in Crimea. Ukrainian and Western officials are worried that a Russian military buildup near Ukraine could signal plans by Moscow to invade its ex-Soviet neighbor. The Kremlin insists it has no such intention and has accused Ukraine and its Western backers of making the claims to cover up their own allegedly aggressive designs. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

NATO chief warns Russia of ‘costs’ if it moves on Ukraine

A portion of the exhibits at the Penny Lane museum and Bobby Entel, founder of the museum. (Barstad Communications via Jewish Press of Pinellas County)

Jewish doctor who loves The Beatles created America’s only museum devoted to them

By Bruce Lowitt

Bobby Entel started collecting band memorabilia in his 20s, says his collection on display in Dunedin, Florida is ‘a very fulfilling hobby and a labor of love’

More Headlines

President Isaac Herzog at his official residence in Jerusalem, November 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hamas urges Hebron unrest in reaction to Israeli president’s planned Hanukkah visit

Yisrael Beytenu MK Eli Avidar in the Knesset, on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Minister says Bennett not ‘fulfilling his potential’ as leader of change government

People stand outside a clothing shop advertising Black Friday sales in Tel Aviv, on November 25, 2020 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Israelis spend $220 million within 6 hours on Black Friday

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Protesters rally outside the 3rd Precinct on April 19, 2021, in Minneapolis as the murder trial against the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd advanced to jury deliberations. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

In dig at US, Iranian militia unveils George Floyd video game

By AFP

Mourners carry the body of Osama Subh, a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad killed by Israeli soldiers during a gun battle near Jenin, during his funeral in the village of Burqin in the northern West Bank on September 26, 2021. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

As unrest in West Bank’s Jenin rises, governor vows to restore order

By Aaron Boxerman

Iranians protest water shortages in a dry river bed near Isfahan, on November 26, 2011. (Screencapture/Twitter)

Police fire tear gas at Iranians protesting water shortages in city of Isfahan

By AP

A view of Route 60 in the South Hebron Hills in the West Bank, April 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Palestinian child seriously hurt in West Bank car crash, taken to Israeli hospital

Massachusetts state Senate President Karen E. Spilka speaks on the steps of the State House in Boston on July 6, 2020. Spilka, who is Jewish, backed the Nov. 24, 2021, passage of a bill mandating genocide education in the state. (Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images via JTA)

Massachusetts lawmakers vote to require genocide education in high schools

By Penny Schwartz

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