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What Matters Most On Saturday, January 1, 2022

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Explosion off the coast of Jaffa, January 1, 2022 (Screen grab/Telegram)

2 rockets fired from Gaza hit off central Israel coast; terror groups blame weather

No injuries, damage; video shows explosion in sea close to Jaffa; no rocket sirens or Iron Dome activation as projectiles not fired toward populated area; Kohavi to hold assessment

Members of Saraya al-Quds, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad in Gaza City, on December 4, 2021. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Islamic Jihad said on alert, evacuates bases after Gaza rockets land off Tel Aviv

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Palestinians participate in a solidarity rally with hunger-striking Palestinian administrative detainee Hisham Abu Hawash in his hometown Dura, near Hebron, on December 7, 2021. (WAFA)

Islamic Jihad, PA demand release of hunger-striking Palestinian detainee

By Aaron Boxerman

Illustrative: Police in Tel Aviv, on May 1, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

German student stabbed, seriously injured in brawl outside Tel Aviv nightclub

22-year-old stabbed multiple times; 3 suspects arrested; emergency services treat dozens for effects of alcohol consumption at New Year’s parties

The scene of a gunfight in Haifa, December 31, 2021 (Israel Police)

Suspect in Haifa nightclub shooting arrested at airport trying to flee country

Risk of hospitalization from Omicron a third of that from Delta, new UK data shows

By ToI Staff and AP

British health agency says ‘protection against hospitalization is much greater than that against symptomatic disease,’ particularly after a booster; daily UK cases hit new record

People are seen at the St Thomas' hospital in central London on December 23, 2021. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

A nurse watches over a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator in the an intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France, December 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Studies: Omicron less severe as it mostly avoids attacking lungs

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from a woman to test for COVID-19 at a hospital in Amritsar on December 31, 2021. (Narinder Nanu/AFP)

COVID cases surge across globe but deaths drop

By AFP

Fireworks explode over Jerusalem's Old City during New Year's Eve celebrations, on December 31, 2021 (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Israelis pack bars and restaurants to ring in New Year despite fresh restrictions

Many young revelers say they are not deterred by rising case numbers, because they are vaccinated and believe Omicron not too harmful

Revellers gather during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square on Dec. 31, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)

Limited number of revelers back in Times Square as New York ushers in 2022

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN

Romanian gendarmes and local collaborators deport Jews from Bricevas in 1941, with rabbi Dov Beri Yechiel at the head (public domain)

Hitler approved of the Romanian Iron Guard's ruthlessness

Romania’s ‘homegrown’ Holocaust: 80 years since forgotten Bogdanovka massacre

By Matt Lebovic

In the final days of 1941, Romanian authorities massacred 40,000 Jews in a chapter of the genocide in which 420,000 Jews were killed in ‘broad daylight’ with collaborators’ help

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaking at a faction meeting of the Yesh Atid party in the Knesset, on November 8, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

Amid Iran nuke talks, Lapid says Israel has capabilities many ‘cannot even imagine’

In TV interview, foreign minister vows Jewish state ‘will protect itself against the Iranian threat’; promises anyone who misused NSO Group spyware ‘will be brought to justice’

This photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Dec. 30, 2021, shows the launching of Simorgh, or 'Phoenix,' rocket in an undisclosed location in Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Iran admits rocket effort failed; France condemns it amid ‘progress’ at Vienna talks

By ToI Staff and AP

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar (L), Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (R) October 13, 2021 (Haim Zach/GPO)

TV: Bennett asks Shin Bet to investigate Iran-linked accounts targeting Likud

Prince Harry and Meghan, duke and duchess of Sussex, in conversation with Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast March 7, 2021. (Joe Pugliese/Harpo Productions via AP, File)

Interview

Annus horribilis part deux? Why 2021 was a royal pain for the British monarchy

By Renee Ghert-Zand

As the year comes to an end, The Times of Israel dishes with royal commentator Jonathan Sacerdoti about the biggest stories out of Buckingham Palace – and Montecito, California

Queen knights Tony Blair, honors Camilla and officials leading COVID fight

By AFP

Road floods in southern Israel on January 1, 2022 (Screen grab/Kan)

Hiking trails, roads shut in north and south of Israel as storms cause flooding

Warnings of flash floods; rain expected to continue through Tuesday

How can we make 2022 better than 2021?

Focus on the essential, measure progress toward good choices, and work together to ensure a good life for ourselves, our neighbors, and our children

2021: The Jewish leading lights who helped me tell our story this year

9 writers, podcasters, and scholars whose insight and analysis challenged, enlightened, inspired, and sustained me on the days I needed it the most

Clockwise, from top left: Jessica Walter, Ed Asner, Sylvia Weinstock, George Segal, Norton Juster, Joan Micklin Silver and Larry King. (Getty Images/via JTA)

Year in review

18 noteworthy Jews who died in 2021

Each year brings the loss of Jewish icons who leave behind outsized legacies in fields such as art and culture, government, and philanthropy. Here are some of this year’s greats

‘Golden Girls’ star Betty White dies at 99

By Frazier Moore

A man lifts an anti-US and anti-Israel placard as members and supporters of Iraq's al-Hashed al-Shaabi ex-paramilitary alliance take part in a demonstration and a symbolic funeral for Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad, on January 1, 2022. (Sabah Arar/AFP)

Hundreds trample on Israel, US flags at Baghdad rally marking Soleimani’s death

Demonstrators call for last US troops to leave Iraq; supporters of Iran-aligned Shiite factions bused in from multiple Iraqi provinces to attend the demonstration

lllustrative: A group of Iranian border guards march at the eastern border of Iran shared with Pakistan and Afghanistan near Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, on July 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iranian Guards kill 3 ‘bandits’ after deadly attack in flashpoint province

By AFP

People visit a promenade in the city of Tiberias, next to the Sea of Galilee on January 30, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Expert warns avian flu to reach Sea of Galilee, posing danger to humans

But Health Ministry says tests have so far not found water to be polluted after flowing from Hula Lake Reserve, where 5,000 cranes have died

Kan 11 mockumentary 'Checkout,' or 'Kupa Rashit' now on Netflix for Israeli viewers. (Courtesy: Checkout)

Laughs in store: Israel’s favorite supermarket comes to international TV audiences

By Jessica Steinberg

Kan’s ‘Kupa Rashit,’ about the everyday mayhem at a small-town grocery, is trying to go global, starting with ChaiFlicks streaming platform

The scene of a deadly multi-vehicle collision, in Jerusalem on April 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

361 Israelis killed in car crashes during past year, the deadliest since 2017

Nearly one person killed on roads each day in Israel in 2021; Transportation Ministry says Fridays saw the most vehicular fatalities

2021 was an exciting year in the Jewish sports world. (Collage by Grace Yagel/JTA)

Year in review

The top 10 Jewish sports moments of 2021

By JTA

From a very Jewish World Series to inspiring performances in the Olympics and Paralympics, Jewish athletes and teams accomplished impressive feats across sports, around the world

Yeshiva U’s basketball team loses at home, snapping 50-game win streak

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Analysis

Kat Stafford and JAMES LaPORTA

US fails to stamp out far-right extremism in military despite decades of efforts

Racism still a concern with service members not barred from membership of groups such as KKK; Black, Hispanic service members disproportionately court-martialed

ILLUSTRATIVE -- In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

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Safes inside the Ruthenium vault complex in Tel Aviv, after a break-in, on December 30, 2021. (Screenshot: Channel 13)

Masked men abduct guard, steal cash and valuables from Tel Aviv vault

IDF soldiers search for weapons in the village of Burqin, near Jenin, on September 30, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF planned major raid on Jenin, but called it off after PA forces acted — report

Pope Francis delivers his homely as he celebrates a Mass for the solemnity of St. Mary at the beginning of the new year, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on January 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

In New Year’s message, Pope says violence against women is offence against God

By Frances D'Emilio

The exterior of the New Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. (photo credit: Wikimedia/Roi Boshi)

Minister, Tel Aviv mayor agree to shutter central bus station by end of 2025

Professor Gideon Greif. (Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Germany pulls honor for Israeli historian over report on Srebrenica massacre

By AP

Ghislaine Maxwell attends a press conference on the Issue of Oceans in Sustainable Development Goals at United Nations headquarters, June 25, 2013. (United Nations Photo/Rick Bajornas via AP, File)

ExplainerAfter conviction, what’s next for sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell?

Eric Adams holds up a framed image of his mother at his swearing-in as New York mayor at the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration early Jan. 1, 2022, in New York. (Ben Hider/Invision/AP)

Eric Adams sworn in as New York City mayor in Times Square after ball drop

By Michelle L. Price

This file photo from August 10, 2019, shows Metropolitan Correctional Facility in New York City, where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his jail cell. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images North America/AFP)

Charges dropped against guards on duty when Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide

By AFP

Israeli soldiers stand guard after firing flares above the northern town of Metulla, by the border with Lebanon, following a pro-Palestinian protest across the border in the Lebanese Khiam area, on May 14, 2021 (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

IDF nabs two men crossing the border from Lebanon

Family members carry the coffin of South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu during the requiem mass of Tutu at St. Georges Cathedral in Cape Town on January 1, 2022 (Nic BOTHMA / POOL / AFP)

‘When we were in the dark, he brought light’: Funeral service held for Tutu

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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