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What Matters Most On Saturday, February 19, 2022

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This photo, taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on February 19, 2022, shows a Russian Iskander-K missile launched during a military exercise at a training ground in Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Putin oversees nuclear drills as US warns Russia ‘poised to strike’ Ukraine

By Michael MAINVILLE and Dmitry Zaks

US defense chief says Russian forces moving into positions ‘to be able to conduct an attack’; Ukrainian soldier killed amid ‘dramatic increase’ in clashes with separatists

In this photo made from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on February 19, 2022, a Russian marine takes his position during the Union Courage-2022 Russia-Belarus military drills at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in Belarus. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

US: 40% of Russian forces on Ukraine border in attack mode; Putin to oversee drill

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A serviceman of the self-declared Luhansk republic poses for a photographer in a shelter on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants at the frontline with Ukrainian government forces in Slavyanoserbsk, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, on February 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, File)

Pro-Russia Ukraine rebels mobilize as fighting escalates; Kyiv says soldier killed

US Vice President Kamala Harris and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 19, 2022. (Andrew Harnik / POOL / AFP)

UK PM: 'If Ukraine is invaded, shock will echo around world'

US veep meets Zelensky, warns Russia, says world at ‘decisive moment in history’

Kamala Harris tells Ukrainian president that Moscow will face ‘unprecedented economic costs’ if it launches invasion; UK’s Johnson urges Western unity against Russian threats

Anne Neuberger, deputy US national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, February 18, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US, UK blame Russia for cyberattacks targeting Ukraine

A Ukrainian soldier walks along trench on on the front line with Russia-backed separatists near Novolugansk in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, February 16, 2022. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP)

Biden says Putin has ‘made the decision’ to invade Ukraine, will likely target Kyiv

Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister laments ‘lack of political support from Israel’

Emine Dzhaparova calls for more Israeli involvement in crisis, as Jerusalem voices caution and seeks to balance its relationships with both Kyiv and Moscow

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani leaves the Palais Coburg, venue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) meeting that aims at reviving the Iran nuclear deal, in Vienna on December 27, 2021. (ALEX HALADA / AFP)

Israel said readying for signing of ‘spectacularly bad’ Iran deal next week

TV network cites Israeli security officials warning that revived agreement won’t take into account the nuclear gains Tehran has made since Trump withdrew from the accord in 2018

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Germany’s Scholz: Now is ‘moment of truth’ for nuke deal, Iran must make a choice

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The coronavirus ward of Ziv Medical Center in Safed, February 15, 2022. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Epidemiologist estimates nearly half of Israeli population caught Omicron

By ToI Staff and AFP

Around 4.5 million Israelis have been infected during the variant-fueled wave, expert Eran Segal says, as the pandemic recedes in Israel and abroad

Travelers in the departure hall at Ben Gurion International Airport on February 13, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Prices rise as Israelis rush to book foreign vacations with travel rules set to ease

A healthcare worker holds doses of the coronavirus vaccine in Jerusalem on November 23, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

COVID reinfections far higher for recovered patients who shun vaccine: Israeli study

By Nathan Jeffay

Natural immunity alone much weaker than recovery-plus-shot, mass peer-reviewed research finds; before Omicron, those with ‘hybrid’ protection were 82% less likely to be reinfected

The Patrick and Lina Entrance Pavilion at the renovated Tower of David Museum, slated to open in late 2022 (Courtesy Kimmel Eshkolot Architects)

Tower of David renewal seeks to reinstate ancient citadel as Old City beacon

By Jessica Steinberg

Jerusalem fortress, some of it 2,500-years-old, is completing a $40 million renovation, bringing city’s historic ‘lighthouse’ into 21st century

Rachael Risby-Raz

The Malka Leifer Court Gang

I know how hard Shana and her organization Magen work on behalf of victims of sexual abuse because I know much it took to help put just one perpetrator away

Jon Spira-Savett

Parashat Ki Tisa: Give ideas a chance

Science teaches that we are subject to our hormones and neurotransmitters, but we are more than the sum of our biological parts when it comes to truth and wisdom

New York mayor meets with Jewish leaders, police brass on rising antisemitism

Eric Adams calls meeting with Jewish community representatives, vows to investigate anti-Jewish crimes ‘thoroughly’ amid spate of attacks in city

New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during the New York Democratic Party 2022 state Nominating Convention, in New York, February 17, 2022. (Kena Betancur/AFP)

Illustrative -- Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, at podium, addresses a joint session of the Wyoming Legislature on Feb. 8, 2016 in Cheyenne (AP Photo/Ben Neary)

After Jewish lawmaker’s speech, Wyoming legislature rejects critical race theory ban

Conservative state government votes down bill after Democratic representative decries its ‘judgment-free approach’ toward teaching history, including the Holocaust

Illustrative photo of an IAF F-16 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flash90)

IAF flies over Beirut after drone enters Israel; Hezbollah claims responsibility

Israeli aircraft fly at low altitude in apparent message to the Iran-backed terror group, which says drone carried out reconnaissance for 40 minutes before returning to Lebanon

Caroline Aaron attends 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' fourth season premiere in New York City, on February 5, 2022. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Prime Video/via JTA)

Interview

Known for playing East Coast Jews, this ‘Mrs. Maisel’ star is a proud Southern belle

By Stephen Silver

As season 4 opens, Caroline Aaron discusses her Jewish roots in Richmond, Virginia and how she feels about the casting of non-Jews in what may be the most Jewish show in TV history

Border Police officers try to disperse Palestinians and activists gathering to demonstrate in the flashpoint neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem, February 18, 2022. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)

Inside story

US rep after trip: Israeli gov’t knows top threat to coalition is Jerusalem violence

Congressman Ro Khanna tells ToI that Israeli leaders he met relayed they’re committed to calming tensions, says Abbas understands PA payments to security prisoners are problematic

Rayan Yousef Hamayel, 12, who was allegedly seriously injured by IDF fire during a protest against the Evyatar outpost on February 18, 2022. (Courtesy)

Palestinian boy, 12, said hit in head by IDF fire at protest against illegal outpost

By Aaron Boxerman and Jacob Magid

A group of men protest outside of Rep. Casey Weinstein’s home. (Courtesy: Cleveland Jewish News/via JTA)

'What happened to German Jews before WWII is happening here'

‘Christian vets’ deny antisemitism at protest outside Jewish Ohio politician’s home

By Stephen Langel, Ron Kampeas and Andrew Lapin

Spokespeople say it was a misunderstanding after some demonstrators wave flags in front of Rep. Casey Weinstein’s house with the words ‘Stand for the Flag. Kneel for the Cross’

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Guns stolen from the Golani Museum in northern Israel are found by officers, February 19, 2022. (Israel Police)

Thieves break into military museum, steal decommissioned weapons; 6 arrested

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

These booking photos, released on October 9, 2021 by the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority, show Jonathan Toebbe and his wife, Diana Toebbe. (West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority via AP, File)

US pair guilty in submarine spying case; stashed intel in peanut butter sandwich

Police at the scene of a suspected murder in Jaffa, February 18, 2022. (Screenshot)

2 men shot to death in separate incidents in Israeli Arab communities

A paraglider flies the Kuwaiti national flag at a beach in Kuwait City, on February 19, 2022. (Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP)

Kuwait army allows women in combat roles… but bars them from carrying guns

By AFP

A view of the future site of the Montreal Holocaust Museum on Saint-Laurent boulevard. (Dominic Lavoie via JTA)

Montreal Holocaust Museum moving to new $80 million site in old Jewish quarter

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

CUFI executive director, David Brog, speaking at the group's Israel Policy Conference in Washington, DC, July 13-14, 2015. (CUFI via JTA)

Adelson protégé, head of pro-Israel group David Brog, running for Congress in Nevada

Then-US president Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, on July 7, 2020. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Trump took classified White House records to Mar-a-Lago, officials say

By Farnoush Amiri

Protesters react as police mounted unit move in to disperse them as police take action to put an end to a protest, which started in opposition to mandatory COVID-19 vaccine mandates and grew into a broader anti-government demonstration and occupation, on February 18, 2022, in Ottawa. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

At least 100 arrested in police crackdown on Ottawa truck blockade

By Rob Gillies, WILSON RING and ROBERT BUMSTED

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