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What Matters Most On Sunday, September 25, 2022

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Russian President Vladimir Putin tours an exhibition at Novgorod Technical School in Veliky Novgorod on September 21, 2022. (Gavriil GRIGOROV / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Bolster 'cultural diversity, respect, religious tolerance'

Putin tells Russian Jews he expects ‘hefty contribution’ in New Year’s message

Statement encouraging Jewish community to integrate comes after tens of thousands rushed for exit in wake of war with Ukraine, with more expected to follow as reservists called up

Illustrative. An Israeli passport. (Flash90)

Estonia said to block Israelis with Russian citizenship from entering

By Michael Horovitz

Roman Gerstein, 83, poses in front of the synagogue of Kryvyj Rig, central Ukraine, on September 22, 2022, amid the Russian invasion. (Genya Savilov/AFP)

Ukraine is ‘not Nazi,’ say Holocaust survivors who live there in message to Putin

By Joris FIORITI

Police officers are seen at the scene of a deadly stabbing outside a synagogue in Dimona, September 25, 2022. (Israel Police)

Worshiper stabbed to death outside Dimona synagogue after asking suspect to be quiet

Eliyahu Hazan, 59, attacked by man who was yelling expletives and disturbing evening prayers in the southern city

Prime Minister Yair Lapid raises a glass in toast as he leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

‘We are one family’: Lapid appeals for unity in Rosh Hashanah message to world Jewry

People shop at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market on September 25, 2022, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel’s Jewish population passes 7 million on eve of Rosh Hashanah

A Pakistani peace delegation visit the Western wall in Jerusalem's Old City, September 21, 2022. (Ash Obel/The Times of Israel)

Reporter's Notebook'The wonder of the world,' one said, watching the worshipers

Visiting Israel, Pakistani delegation promotes vision of peace ‘one step at a time’

Despite lack of diplomatic relations, a group featuring a former government minister tours Jerusalem, seeking to lobby Islamabad to join Abraham Accords

People burn an Iranian national flag during a demonstration denouncing the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini -- who died while in the custody of Iranian authorities -- by Iraqi and Iranian Kurds outside the UN offices in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on September 24, 2022. (Safin Hamed/AFP)

Protesters 'took control' of town in northwestern Iran

Demonstrators return to Iran’s streets, defying deadly crackdown

By AFP and ToI Staff

Reformist party calls to disband morality police, after young woman allegedly beaten to death in custody; dozens killed, hundreds arrested in unrest

Illustrative: A protester holds a placard depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a demonstration in Athens by Iranians living in Greece, September 24, 2022, following the death of an Iranian woman after her arrest by the country's morality police in Tehran. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP)

Firebomb hurled at Iran’s embassy in Athens after protest against deadly crackdown

By AFP

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami (center) speaks during a joint press briefing with Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi (second right) in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, September 12, 2021. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator to meet UN watchdog chief amid dispute over probe

By AFP

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

As history happens in Ukraine, let’s write ourselves into the Book of Right

What will we tell our children when they look back at this time, see a bloody war, a ruthless tyrant, talk of nuclear warfare, and ask: Did you stand up to it all?

For the sins we commit as groups, especially against other groups

For thinking that we’re always right and the other always wrong… We have allowed our differences to become so identity-defining that they may destroy us

Rosh Hashanah or January 1?

This season of Jewish holidays goes a long way to preserve our Jewish identity, protecting us from the pervasive divisiveness and assimilation in Israeli society

Chana Tannenbaum

Heralding the birthday of the world

The ’something from nothing’ of creation is found in a barren woman’s child, in a penitent’s fresh start. The shofar calls to us to realize and make use of this gift

Op-ed: Rosh Hashanah 5783

To overturn the evil decree

In an era of historical revisionism, forgotten lessons and rising intolerance, Judaism’s core imperative seems particularly vital

Jakub Weinles: On the eve of Yom Kippur, turn of the 19/20th century (National Museum of Warsaw / Wikipedia)

Pouring a Nana Estate Winery rose while looking out toward the unlikely desert terroir of this Negev vineyard. (Courtesy: Nana Winery)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing September 25: For Rosh Hashanah, Negev Desert wine and ancient opium

IDF lone soldiers who immigrated from Ukraine and their families celebrate Rosh Hashanah in Chisinau, Moldova, September 20, 2022. (Chen Schimmel)

As war rages, lone IDF soldiers from Ukraine reunite with families in Moldova

By Alexander Fulbright

Unique trip brings Israeli troops and their loved ones together in Chisinau ahead of Rosh Hashanah, after they were kept apart by Russian invasion

Europe faces dilemma on border limits as Russians seek sanctuary from military draft

By AFP

Under new law, Russian troops face 10 years in jail for surrender, refusal to fight

By AFP

Prime Minister Yair Lapid addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 22, 2022. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP)

Lapid told UN majority of Israelis back 2-state solution, but poll signals otherwise

Survey says only 31% of Jewish Israelis think next gov’t should push for such a peace deal with the Palestinians, with nearly 60% opposed; support far higher among Arab Israelis

UAE International Cooperation Minister Reem Al Hashimy addresses the UN General Assembly on September 24, 2022. (Screen capture/UN)

UAE hails Lapid’s support for 2-state solution, backs Palestinian state on ’67 lines

Leader of Italian far-right party 'Fratelli d'Italia' (Brothers of Italy), Giorgia Meloni flashes the victory sign as she delivers a speech on September 23, 2022 at the Arenile di Bagnoli beachfront location in Naples, southern Italy, during a rally closing her party's campaign for the September 25 general election. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)

Italians cast votes as far-right party with post-fascist roots poised to take power

By Gildas Le Roux and Ella Ide

Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, appears set to establish first far-right Italian government since fall of Mussolini in WWII

Palestinian men walk past the charred remains of a motorcycle in Nablus in the West Bank on September 25, 2022, following clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian gunmen. (AFP)

Troops open fire at group of armed Palestinians near Nablus, killing one — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Nablus-based armed faction ‘Lion’s Den’ says member killed in clash; West Bank, Gaza crossings for Palestinians to close over Rosh Hashana

State of the campaign

Simon Davies and Joshua Hantman

Yair Lapid’s campaign dilemma, and how it connects to his 2-states speech at the UN

He wants to grow Yesh Atid’s share of the anti-Netanyahu vote, without pushing Labor, Meretz or even Yisrael Beytenu below the threshold

The state of the Israeli election campaign: Poll of polls, September 25, 2022, showing the number of seats parties would be expected to win if the election was held today, based on a weighing of the latest opinion polls.

National Unity's Benny Gantz at the launch of the party's campaign for the upcoming elections on September 6, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Gantz won’t sit with Netanyahu, backs 2 ‘entities’ to resolve Palestinian conflict

Likud activist Rami Ben Yehuda is seen punching retired Col. Rami Matan at a bridge near Jerusalem, September 24, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Likud activist suspended after assaulting anti-Netanyahu protesters

A family prays during an outdoor Yom Kippur service at Sinai Temple during the coronavirus pandemic, undated. (Getty Images via Al Seib/JTA)

As holiday season arrives and COVID fears ebb, US synagogues try for a new normal

By Jackie Hajdenberg

With virus deaths falling globally, community-wide guidelines make way for a patchwork approach as the Jewish world prepares for 3rd High Holidays under pandemic concerns

Balad supporters wave the Palestinian and the party flag at campaign launch in Baqa al-Gharbiya on September 24, 2022. (Courtesy)

At campaign launch, Balad accuses ex-allies of putting economics ahead of ideology

In a rally featuring Palestinian flags and nationalist anthems, Arab anti-Zionist party’s leaders express confidence they’ll enter the next Knesset, despite current low polling

Mayor Wisam Nibwani of the northern Druze town of Julis. (YouTube screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Shots fired at home of Druze mayor as land dispute turns ugly

By Michael Horovitz

Damage caused to Wisam Nibwani’s house in Julis but no injuries; police break up riots after attack as Druze leader urges calm

Police and Fire and Rescue services on the scene of a car explosion in the northern city of Acre, September 24, 2022. (Israel Police)

30-year-old seriously injured by Acre car explosion in apparent mob hit

By Michael Horovitz

View of the Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, on April 8, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Stray bullet fired at Bedouin wedding hits car in southern kibbutz

By Michael Horovitz

Roger Waters performs at the United Center in Chicago, July 26, 2022. (Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)

Roger Waters scraps Poland shows amid fury at his blaming Ukraine extremists for war

By AP and ToI Staff

Waters holds ‘extreme nationalists’ in Kyiv responsible for the conflict, along with Western allies for adding fuel to the fire by supplying weapons; urges concessions to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks in his nightly video address, September 25, 2022. (Twitter screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Zelensky says Putin knowingly ‘sending citizens to their death’

By AFP

Michael Solomonov's honey cake with apple confit. (The Nosher/JTA)

Move over apples & honey

What 5 international chefs are making for Rosh Hashanah

By Rachel Ringler

These culinary masters are weaving the traditional symbols of sweetness into their Jewish New Year’s menus – though the apples may be confited and the honey replaced by silan

7 Rosh Hashanah desserts that aren’t honey cake

By Rachel Myerson

How to do the holidays with zero waste, with an online guide

In field of big personalities, low-key Shapiro poses test for Pennsylvania Democrats

Jewish gubernatorial candidate accuses his GOP rival Doug Mastriano, who was at US Capitol on January 6, of trafficking in ‘antisemitic, racist and homophobic tropes every day’

Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania's Democratic nominee for governor, speaks to the crowd during a campaign event at Adams County Democratic Party headquarters, September 17, 2022, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

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Fate of Yemenite baby determined after DNA from exhumed body matches relatives’

Hanoch Milvitzky, former deputy Peta Tikvah mayor and legal counsel of the Beni Baruch group, has won the 26th slot on the Likud list for the November 1 elections. (YouTube screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Woman accuses would-be Likud MK of sexually assaulting her 8 years ago

Israel's players celebrate winning the UEFA Nations League - League B Group 2 - football match between Israel and Albania at the at the Bloomfield Stadium, in Tel Aviv on September 24, 2022. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Israel’s soccer team beats Albania 2-1, securing spot in 2024 UEFA play-offs

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani holds a press conference in Tehran on July 13, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran ‘regrets’ Ukrainian decision to reduce its diplomatic presence in Kyiv

By AFP

The NASA moon rocket for the Artemis mission stands on Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, September 21, 2022. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NASA scraps third attempt at moon launch due to tropical storm

By AFP

File: Olympic Rings are pictured in front of The Olympic House, headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the opening of the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in Lausanne, Switzerland, September 8, 2022. (Laurent Gillieron/Pool via AP)

Egypt announces it’s considering bid to host 2036 Olympics

By AFP

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