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What Matters Most On Saturday, December 4, 2021

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A Palestinian stabs a Haredi man in Jerusalem before being shot dead by police on December 4, 2021 (video screenshot)

Joint List politicians slam 'execution' of attacker

Man stabbed near Jerusalem’s Old City; assailant shot dead while lying on ground

Victim suffers moderate-to-serious wounds; Arab minister criticizes police as video shows them firing repeatedly at incapacitated suspect; PM and other ministers hail forces

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a press conference during an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting, in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (Jonathan Nackstrand/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken says nuclear talks halted because Iran ‘doesn’t seem serious’

Secretary reiterates that US won’t allow Tehran to drag out negotiations while advancing with its nuclear program and that Washington will pursue other options if talks fail

Iranian exiles and supporters of monarchy shout slogans during a demonstration near the Coburg palace during a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna, on December 3, 2021. (Joe Klamar/AFP)

Europeans express dismay as Iran walks back compromises at Vienna nuke talks

By AFP and ToI Staff

French president: Difficult to reach nuclear deal if Gulf, Israel not involved

By AFP and ToI Staff

Macron says talks with Iran should have ‘broader dynamic’ and involve regional powers whose security is directly affected by any accord

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (right) meets with French President Emanuel Macron in Paris, on November 30, 2021. (MFA / Quentin Crestinu)

In this photo released by Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greets French President Emmanuel Macron, left, upon his arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

France’s Macron in Saudi to talk regional stability with crown prince

By Jérôme RIVET

Sudan's top army general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan holds a press conference at the General Command of the Armed Forces in Khartoum on October 26, 2021. (Ashraf Shazly/AFP)

Sudan military leader says ties with Israel ‘may eventually take a natural form’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing site in Times Square on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in New York (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

WHO says no Omicron deaths reported yet, as variant spreads worldwide

By AFP

Officials have said it may take weeks to determine how infectious and dangerous the new coronavirus strain is

Air China flight crew members wear protective suits as they arrive in the international terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on December 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. A new rapid COVID-19 testing site for international arriving passengers opened today in the Tom Bradley International Terminal after Los Angeles County confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant December 2. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)

Delta variant still dominates, experts say, urging third jab

By AFP and ToI Staff

The ad, which briefly appeared at a bus stop in Crown Heights but was taken down. (Screenshot from Twitter)

Anti-vaccine ad by Orthodox group briefly takes over Crown Heights bus stop

This studio photographic illustration shows a smartphone with the website of Israel's NSO Group which features 'Pegasus' spyware, on display in Paris, on July 21, 2021. (Joel Saget/AFP)

NSO spyware said used to hack phones of State Department officials working in Uganda

If recent hack of diplomats phones confirmed, it would represent first time Israeli group’s surveillance software used against American officials; assailant remains unknown

The educational farm in the Hinnom Valley, Jerusalem. (Nurit Malkin/Zman Yisrael)

ToI investigates

A quest to recreate Davidic Jerusalem carves a valley of shadow Palestinians

By Nurit Malkin

Backed by the state, the Ir David Foundation’s activities in the Hinnom Valley are expanding into Arab olive groves to chisel out a view of history driven by ideology, critics say

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his wife Gilat attend a Hanukkah ceremony in Jerusalem, on November 29, 2021.(Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

‘Not every decision of ours is perfect’: Bennett responds to uproar over family trip

PM says he accepts criticism over wife taking kids on vacation days after he recommended against traveling, but defends Gilat as ‘most kindhearted person I know’

Social justice should not be controversial

American Jews must not turn away from the Torah’s imperative that we learn about and work for a more just, peaceful, and equitable world

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Larry David has never been more Jewish than in this season’s ‘Curb’

David’s character is sacrilegious and heretical, but to dismiss him as ’self-hating’ is to miss out on the unmistakably Jewish conversation at the heart of the show

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)

ADL: Holocaust denial still prevalent on Facebook, despite ban it imposed year ago

Watchdog says some search terms are blocked on platform, but others remain available; and response to flagged content is insufficient

British rapper Wiley was banned from Twitter once again on Friday, December 3, 2021, after a series of hateful tweets including one that depicted him as an Orthodox Jew with the caption 'Gang shit.' (Screenshot via Jewish News)

British rapper Wiley kicked off Twitter, Instagram over antisemitic posts – again

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Twitter rollout of new picture rules marred by ‘errors’ and far-right abuse

By Joshua MELVIN

Paramedics at the site of a deadly car crash near Haifa, on December 4, 2021 (Magen David Adom)

Three young men killed in car crash in the Lower Galilee

Victims’ car overturned near Tamra, east of Haifa; two of those killed were brothers

The Scene of a deadly car accident in the central West Bank, on December 3, 2021. (Magen David Adom)

6-year-old, 2 teens killed in deadly head-on car crash in West Bank

Illustrative: People wear face masks at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on September 30, 2020, during a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Interview'They challenge each other, and forge unlikely alliances'

To grasp modern Israeli-Palestinian melting pot, author advises: Tribe, tribe again

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Ethan Michaeli’s ‘Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in the New Israel’ goes beyond the headlines to reveal the everyday lives of the Jews and Arabs who call the Holy Land home

The Biran family, with Eitan at front right. (Courtesy)

Eitan Biran returns to Italy after Supreme Court rejects appeal from mother’s family

6-year-old, sole survivor of Italian cable crash disaster, was illegally brought back to Israel by his grandfather amid bitter custody dispute

Fighters with the Izz-Al Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on April 18, 2021. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Hamas said to form Lebanon branch to open new front against Israel

Unsourced report says decision came during 2014 Gaza war when terror group found itself fighting alone; Israel not overly concerned, but aware unit could draw Hezbollah into war

The original train carriage that was the theater space of the new Karon Theater in Jerusalem's Liberty Bell Park (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Jerusalem’s Train Theater takes a short ride to a new playhouse

By Jessica Steinberg

The Karon Theater offers more space and facilities for the city’s beloved children’s theater, with its original train carriage still on site

Rachel Brosnahan and Milo Ventimiglia on the set of 'The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.' (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Midge madness

‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 4 set for release in February

By Maddy Albert

New trailer suggests Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel may not be seeking redemption after last season’s kerfuffle

Rabbi Nina Perlmutter officiates a wedding overlooking the Grand Canyon in 2017. (Tom Brodersen/ via JTA)

'We're the only synagogue; we have the full religious gamut'

For Jews of the Grand Canyon and rural Arizona, religious life requires dedication

Where there isn’t a synagogue for hundreds of miles around, some people drive hours to attend service, and congregations are like families – you only get one

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An MI-8 helicopter of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), lands at the UN base in Menaka, Mali, on October 22, 2021. (Florent Vergnes/AFP)

At least 30 killed in suspected jihadist attack in central Mali

A view inside the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, which is part of the city's Jewish Cultural Quarter. (Bas de Brouwer via JTA)

Spinoza scholar banned from Amsterdam synagogue is now invited to visit

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (second from right) met with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (center) during his recent trip to Israel with a delegation. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Democratic Socialists of America won’t expel Jamaal Bowman for trip to Israel

Ukrainian soldiers walks under a camouflage net in a trench on the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels near Debaltsevo, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Ukraine Friday, Dec 3, 2021 (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)

US intelligence finds Russia making plans for Ukraine offensive

By AAMER MADHANI, Ellen Knickmeyer, NOMAAN MERCHANT and Alexandra Jaffe

James, left, and Jennifer Crumbley are shown during the video arraignment of their son, Ethan Crumbley in Rochester Hills, Mich., on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. A prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 against the Crumbleys whose 15-year-old son is accused of killing four students at a Michigan high school. (District Court via AP)

Police capture, arrest US school shooter’s parents on manslaughter charges

By Corey Williams and Ed White

Students from Battery Park City School watch as a silver maple is planted in Battery Park outside the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The dedication ceremony will be held on Dec. 2. (Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust via JTA)

Tree that survived the Holocaust gains new life in New York City

By julia GERGELY

The Henry Madden Library at California State University (Cary Edmondson via JTA)

Fresno State Uni to consider renaming library honoring Nazi sympathizer

The Liberace-style menorah of Amsterdam in a warehouse during its construction in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, Dec. 3, 2021. (Barry Mehler via JTA)

Light it in styleAmsterdam gets Liberace-inspired menorah for Hanukkah concert

By Cnaan Liphshiz

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays respects at the memorial to the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday December 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Adam Jankowski)

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen honors Jewish Warsaw Ghetto uprising heroes

By AP

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the November jobs report, in the State Dining Room of the White House, on Friday, December 3, 2021, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘It’s just a cold,’ says coughing, hoarse-sounding Biden

By Alexandra Jaffe

A health worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to a patient inside the convention center known as "La Nuvola", The Cloud, in Rome, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (AP/Andrew Medichini)

Great lengthsItalian man uses fake arm in attempt to dodge COVID jab

By AFP

Actor Antony Sher poses for photographers after winning the best Shakespearean performance award at the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards in central London, on January 27, 2015. (Grant Pollard/Invision/AP, File)

ObituaryAcclaimed Shakespearean actor Antony Sher dies at 72

By Jill Lawless

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