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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 26, 2022

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Illustrative: Students at the Ramon School in Modi'in, on October 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

In U-turn, health officials to recommend delaying plan to scrap quarantine for kids

Health chiefs to meet with PM; head of Pediatricians Association says he’s ‘raising a red flag’ over plan set to begin Thursday; 888 COVID patients in serious condition

A medical worker wearing safety gear in the coronavirus ward of the Herzog Medical Center in Jerusalem, January 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Health officials said to warn country will soon break own record for serious cases

Children going into 1st grade attend school on their first day of the new academic year at the Pola school in Jerusalem, on September 1, 2021. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Depression, anxiety in children jumped during pandemic, study shows

Snow covers bulldozers and emergency vehicles at the Hermon ski resort in the Golan Heights, January 26, 2022. (Hermon Ski Resort/Courtesy)

Welfare Ministry to cover cost of hotels for homeless people

Winter storm Elpis brings heavy snow to Golan; schools in north, Jerusalem close

Motorists in the capital are asked to stay off the road in the afternoon to allow bulldozers to move around the city; Hermon ski resort sees 20 cm piling up overnight

Israel soldiers stand near a Merkava IV battle tank parked in a military post near the Syria border in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on January 24, 2022. (JALAA MAREY / AFP)

Israel braces for heavy snow, strong winds as winter storm Elpis blows in

National Security Council chairman Eyal Hulata (L) and US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in front of the White House on October 5, 2021. (Jake Sullivan/Twitter)

Live updates (closed)

US, Israeli national security advisers discuss ‘advances in Iran’s nuclear program’

In virtual meeting, Jake Sullivan tells Eyal Hulata US is still committed to diplomacy, but is preparing alternative options

8:08 pm

Health Ministry okays 4th vaccine dose for over-18s with compromised immune systems
7:49 pm

US, Israeli national security advisers discuss state of Iran’s nuclear program
7:35 pm

NATO chief says reaching out to Russia but 'prepared for worst'

In this photo provided by Vayar Military Agency, January 25, 2022, Belarusian military vehicles gather preparing to attend Belarusian and Russian joint military drills in Belarus. (Vayar Military Agency Agency via AP)

Russia threatens retaliation if West continues ‘aggressive course’ on Ukraine

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

Foreign Minister Lavrov says top officials will advise Putin on next steps when it gets US response to demands, but West still concerned Moscow planning to invade

A worker at a Ukrainian gas station Volovets in western Ukraine Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Pavlo Palamarchuk, File)

US, Europe draw up gas supply plan in case of Russian cutoff amid Ukraine tensions

By Ellen Knickmeyer, AAMER MADHANI and Matthew Daly

US President Joe Biden returns a salute as he walks by the Marine Barracks Washington after visiting the Honey Made store, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Potential Ukraine invasion tests Biden’s ability to rally allies against Putin

By AAMER MADHANI and Zeke Miller

Kosher in the Bahamas

Inspired by Israeli cooking techniques, Atlantis’ Kosher dining service offers contemporary fare with an array of classic and novel dishes. For events and group functions.

Before liberation: Mourning the Holocaust in 1945

Discovering the scope of the destruction of Europe’s Jews, world Jewry observed an international day of bereavement, with rare unity across religious lines

Kenneth Jacobson

Taking stock of Holocaust awareness for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

We need creative approaches to engage the next generation, thanks to events fading into history, antisemitism surging, and the rise in extremism of all kinds

Kenneth S. Stern

Antisemitism rests on intent not motive. It’s clear from the IHRA Definition

The text we wrote avoids psychoanalyzing perpetrators and simply asks whether victims were selected because of their race, religion or other such category

Cervical cancer screening: What you didn’t know you didn’t know

It’s caused by infection, it doesn’t affect only women, vaccination can prevent it, and getting checked really can save your life

Composite image shows Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, left, and President Isaac Herzog, right. (Markus Schreiber/AP, Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Herzog announces historic trip to UAE next week, will meet crown prince

By Lazar Berman

President to open Israel national day at Dubai Expo during two-day jaunt to Gulf state, in first-ever official visit by an Israeli president

Lapid: Israel hopes for ties with Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, but no deal imminent

Top PA official says meeting with Lapid was positive, ‘opened doors’ for more talks

Lebanon inks deals to receive electricity from Jordan via Syria

By Sarah El Deeb

Protesters demonstrate outside the corruption trial of then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, February 8, 2021. (EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)

Israel reaches worst score ever in annual corruption index

Israel ranks 29th out of 37 OECD countries; watchdog head: ‘corruption phenomenon in Israel strengthening’; study published same day ex-minister pleads guilty to tax offenses

Illustrative image: Israelis enjoy the abundant snow and warm spring waters near Kibbutz Merom Golan, Northern Golan Heights on January 20, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Jan. 26 – Snow in the Holy Land and a blizzard of COVID updates

Health reporter Nathan Jeffay brings a flurry of pandemic news; Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben-David explains how the Abraham Accords are opening up new med-tech markets

Illustrative: Police officers at the entrance to the Emmanuel settlement in the West Bank during a coronavirus lockdown, on September 8, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Knesset passes ‘COVID law,’ ending state of emergency in place for most of pandemic

File - Technicians carry out a diagnostic test for COVID-19 in a lab at a branch of Leumit Health Care Services in Or Yehuda on January 21, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Researchers discover ‘antibody signature’ that may explain why some get long COVID

Team lead hopes findings will help in early identification of patients at increased risk of illness, in turn facilitating research and development of targeted treatments

A medical worker wearing protective gear collects a sample from a resident at a coronavirus test site in Xichen District in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

ExplainerWhat do we know about Omicron variant’s ‘stealthier’ descendent?

ToI investigates

Simona Weinglass

Israeli, German police zero in on alleged scammers behind 24Option investment site

Employees arrested and real estate, luxury cars and jewelry seized in connection with Israeli-owned site accused of bilking people out of millions of euros

24Option was an official sponsor of the Juventus football club in 2014-2019 (Screenshot)

Interview'In so many ways, I was born into the game'

The only known 2nd-generation Holocaust survivor in US sports leaves an NBA legacy

By Rich Tenorio

In his new book ‘By the Grace of the Game,’ former pro athlete Dan Grunfeld tells the story of his Jewish immigrant father who defied the odds to make basketball history

Auschwitz foundation launches ‘Indifference Challenge’ to counter apathy to racism

By AFP and ToI Staff

Lapid to speak at Mauthausen concentration camp on Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Lazar Berman

Illustrative: A man in a mask and protective gear stands near a banner depicting a Holocaust-era yellow Star of David, in Tel Aviv on April 21, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)

On eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel home to 165,800 survivors

Social Equality Ministry says 15,324 survivors died in 2021, a daily average of 42 fatalities — many of them victims of the coronavirus pandemic

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., departs after speaking at the Lincoln Memorial to a 'Defeat the Mandates' rally in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2022.
(Stefani Reynolds/AFP)

RFK Jr. apologizes for Anne Frank comparison at anti-vaccine rally

By Michelle R. Smith

Greta Weinfeld Ferusic speaks in a 1997 documentary titled GRETA. (Screenshot: Youtube)

Auschwitz and Sarajevo siege survivor Greta Weinfeld Ferusic dies aged 97

By AFP

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Ebrahim Raisi speaks in a live televised interview with state-run TV, in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iranian president says nuclear deal possible if sanctions lifted

By AP

Comments carried by state TV come a day after foreign minister indicated a willingness to negotiate directly with US

A woman uses a smartphone while standing on a street in the Iranian capital Tehran on November 23, 2019. (ATTA KENARE/AFP)

Iran arrests 17 people over ‘panic spreading’ prank videos

A woman holds a photo of Benjamin Briere during a rally in Paris, France, on Saturday, January 8, 2022. (AP/Adrienne Surprenant)

Outcry as Iran sentences French tourist to 8 years in prison for espionage

By Stuart Williams and Cecile Feuillatre

SWAT team members deploy near Congregation Beth Israel, a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, on January 15, 2022.(Andy Jacobsohn/AFP)

'Key to saving lives is how you respond in 1st few seconds'

As demand spikes, donor to buy Israeli emergency help system for Jewish institutions

By Ricky Ben-David

Jewish philanthropist pledges $1 million to fund installation, training of security software for Jewish schools, synagogues in wake of Texas attack

Two more men arrested in UK over Texas synagogue attack

By AFP

UN chief decries antisemitism, urges world to ‘stand firm’ against hatred, bigotry

By Edith M. Lederer

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud Party election event in Safed, March 8, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Analysis

As Netanyahu plea fizzles out, so does jockeying for Likud leadership

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

After opposition leader announces he has no plans to leave politics, presumed contenders for Likud leadership swiftly fall back in line behind him, except for Yuli Edelstein

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and then-prime minister Naftali Bennett. (Menahem Kahana/AFP; Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Bennett mocks Netanyahu for plea deal talks after ex-PM criticizes COVID policy

The caves of Tel Maresha at Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park in central Israel were declared a World Heritage by UNESCO in 2014. Tourists visit the caves and some join the excavation as volunteers for a day. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images/JTA)

Michael Steinhardt allegedly looted the same caves his donations help to preserve

Links between the Heliodorus Stele, Birthright Israel, and accused billionaire illuminate just how complicated a relationship Israel has with the megadonor philanthropist

Rabbi Joanna Samuels is the new CEO of the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. (Courtesy of the MMJCCM/ via JTA)

JCC Manhattan’s new director looks to help people ‘reclaim pre-COVID life’

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Jamil Tamimi, the Palestinian man who murdered British student Hannah Bladon on April 14, 2017 in Jerusalem, is brought for a court hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, on December 31, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Palestinian killer of UK student in 2017 Jerusalem attack is found dead in cell

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

The unrecognized villages around Ramat Hovav in southern Israel suffer from a high level of air pollution from nearby chemical evaporation ponds, December 28, 2017 (Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90)

Doughnut Economics launches in Israel with call to update priorities, protect Earth

(Meduyeket/James Conway/Collage by Grace Yagel via JTA)

VordleWordle got you ‘farblundget’? Try Hebrew and Yiddish versions

By Michelle Krasovitski

View of the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank on March 21, 2021.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel to destroy Khan al-Ahmar hamlet, rebuild it 300 meters away – report

Human Rights Watch says senior staffer targeted with NSO spyware

By AP

Dozens of guns recovered by Israeli soldiers and police that were allegedly smuggled into Israel from Jordan, on January 25, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF, police bust gun-running operation on Jordanian border, seize 53 firearms

By Judah Ari Gross

View of the barrier along the Israel-Gaza border, on December 8, 2021. (Flash90)

Israeli troops nab 2 Gaza infiltrators, one armed with a grenade

By Emanuel Fabian

The Huntington Ave. facade of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on March 12, 2020. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images via JTA)

Boston art museum to return 17th-century painting to heirs of pre-WWII Jewish owner

Oded Rahav, Yusuf Matari and Munqeth Meyhar link hands in the Dead Sea in a still from the movie Dead Sea Guardians. (Ram Gil)

Crossing the pondAn Israeli, a Palestinian and a Jordanian walk into the Dead Sea

Itzhak Asefa is seen with family and friends after his release from Hermon Prison on January 16, 2022. (David Cohen/Flash90 )

Soccer player jailed for deadly hit-and-run signs with team 10 days after release

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London on January 12, 2022. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)

UK government on edge ahead of ‘partygate’ probe into Downing Street lockdown events

By Jill Lawless

The menu for the Disney Plus movie and entertainment streaming service on a computer screen. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Fairytale beginningDisney Plus to come to Israel this summer

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