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What Matters Most On Friday, December 9, 2022

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President Isaac Herzog (R) tasks Likud chief Benjamin Netanyahu with the mandate to form a new Israeli government, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on November 13, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

President: Govern in spirit of Declaration of Independence

Herzog grants Netanyahu 10 more days to form coalition, adds a warning

Likud leader now has until December 21 to finalize his right, far-right, ultra-Orthodox coalition; It ‘must work for the entire public,’ maintain bond with Diaspora, says president

United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni at a conference in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Haredi MK: Yeshiva students can serve in IDF if everyone else learns Torah

Illustrative: Secular Israelis board a gender-segregated bus where women sit in the back of the bus, and men in the front. The secular women sat among ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in the front, as part of a protest against the exclusion of women in the public sphere, January 1, 2012. (Miriam Alster / Flash90)

Few Israelis support religion-and-state blitz mulled by incoming coalition – poll

By Judah Ari Gross

Otzma Yehudit chief Itamar Ben Gvir (L) and Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai attend the Bat Mitzah of Ben Gvir's daughter, in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, December 8, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Proposed law gives far-right’s Ben Gvir unprecedented powers over police

New bill would put Otzma Yehudit chief in charge of policy instead of leaving it to police commissioner; says the outgoing minister: ‘This is a fatal blow to the police’

Then-prime minister Yair Lapid and Yesh Atid activists protest against Benjamin Netanyahu and his expected government, in Tel Aviv, December 9, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Leading protests, Lapid warns of ‘most extreme and insane government in our history’

By Tobias Siegal

Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir (center) and Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai (left) attend a ceremony in memory of Sergeant Major Noam Raz of Israel Police's elite counterterror Yamam unit, in Mishmar Hashiva, November 14, 2022. (Sassoni/Flash90)

Attorney general rejects Ben Gvir’s demand to halt senior police appointments

By Jeremy Sharon

Giuliana Schnitzler sits with her dog Lucy while displaying an image of her father, Peter Schnitzler, at her home in Vienna, Austria, on June 23, 2022. Her father was taken out of Vienna to the United States by his family at just under 2 years old in late 1938. (Raquel G. Frohlich)

Photo essay'They couldn’t get rid of us that easily'

No longer verboten: Descendants of Holocaust survivors seek Austrian citizenship

By Raquel G. Frohlich

After a revision of Austrian citizenship laws, candidates don’t need to give up their native passports. Read about Giuliana Schnitzler, Julie Bronder and Amy Feineman’s paths there

Expert: ‘don’t panic’ but know dangers

RSV hospitalizations jump 31% in a week, stoking ‘tripledemic’ fear

By Nathan Jeffay

As doctors battle COVID and flu, they are also facing fast-spreading Respiratory Syncytial Virus, in apparent knock-on effect of pandemic

A sick baby with an inhalation mask to treat Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) on a hospital bed. (GOLFX vis iStock by Getty Images)

Magen David Adom emergency service staff with a patient from the coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on February 9, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Coronavirus czar calls for return to masking in public as infections climb

Blood is much thicker than water

Set aside the gentle image of siblings playing nicely together, for the truth of biblical brotherly love is the passion therein, which as soon turns to fury (Vayishlach)

A blessing for Dina

With Dina’s disappearance from her own story – the men make decisions without her – the Torah conveys the experience of many survivors in the aftermath of abuse

Mohsen Shekari (via Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Iran triggers global outrage with first execution of anti-regime protester

By Stuart Williams and David Vujanovic

US, UK, Germany, United Nations and rights groups decry hanging of 23-year-old after ‘sham trial’; at least 12 other people have been sentenced to death

An inspector of the International Atomic Energy Agency sets up surveillance equipment, at the Uranium Conversion Facility of Iran, just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, Aug. 8, 2005 (AP Photo/Mehdi Ghasemi, ISNA, File )

Iran claims uranium traces found at undeclared sites came in waste from abroad

By AFP

A protestor holds a slogan in Persian reading, 'No to Islamic Republic' and another slogan in Kurdish reading, 'Jina (Mahsa Amini), dear! You will not die, Your name will turn into a symbol' during a demonstration in front of the House of Representatives in The Hague, on December 7, 2022. (Bart Maat / ANP / AFP)

Europe levels fresh sanctions on Iran over drones to Russia, crackdown on protests

By AFP and ToI Staff

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas holds a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on August 16, 2022. (Jens Schlueter/AFP)

PA’s Abbas says he opposes armed resistance, for now

In rare interview, Palestinian Authority president attributes recent attacks against Israelis to ‘oppression,’ calls Israel’s UN membership ‘illegal’

Israeli security forces spray protesters with skunk water during clashes in Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel, on May 19, 2021. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Arab Israeli gets 15 years in prison for shooting at cops during May 2021 riots

Illustrative: Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces during a protest in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the West Bank city of Nablus, May 20, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli troops during alleged stone-throwing attack

By Emanuel Fabian

Women from Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Germany visiting Israel as part of the Momentum program pose for a photograph in December 2022. (Aviram Valdman/Momentum)

Inside storyNo flags, political slogan shirts, dressing in nat'l colors

Russian and Ukrainian Jewish women bond during first-of-its-kind trip to Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Despite initial concerns due to war, Momentum hosts delegation of 200 mothers from eastern Europe, focusing on ‘unity and mutual responsibility,’ trying to keep out politics

An undated photo shows Jewish Ukrainian soldier Vladislav Shain praying with tefillin (Courtesy Rabbi Moshe Azman)

Jewish Ukrainian soldier killed fighting Russian forces

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Top rabbi announces last month’s death of Vladislav Shain, who wore a Star of David patch with ‘Ukraine’ written in Hebrew on his uniform

Prince Harry calls Nazi costume he wore at 20 ‘one of biggest mistakes of my life’

By ToI Staff and AP

British royal says in new Netflix series that fallout from outfit with swastika armband was a learning moment that led him to speak with UK’s chief rabbi and a Holocaust survivor

In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, file photo, Britain's Prince Harry arrives in the gardens of Buckingham Palace in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, appear in the Netflix docuseries "Harry & Meghan," launched December 8, 2022. (Netflix)

In Netflix show, Prince Harry blames press, family for ‘feeding frenzy’ over Meghan

Sineor, a 17-month-old Yazidi child who died during an attempt at life-saving surgery in Israel. (Courtesy Shevet Achim)

Body of Yazidi child who died during surgery refused passage at Ben Gurion

By Lazar Berman

Toddler being taken across land border to Jordan after death in Jerusalem hospital; mother forced to return to Iraq without his remains

iCON 2023!

iCON is The iCenter’s biennial convening of the field of Israel education. It’s Where Israel & Education Meet, and your opportunity to connect, learn, create, and celebrate the field.

Iconic guitarist Yitzhak Klepter of ‘Kaveret’ fame dead at 72

Singer and songwriter, whose career spanned five decades, performed some of the most well-known and loved Israeli songs, worked with biggest names in industry

Guitarist Yitzhak Klepter of the Israeli rockband Kaveret, May 2, 2013. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Screen capture from video of a police dispatcher taking a call. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Woman ‘orders pizza’ from police dispatcher in coded call for help

Dispatcher, realizing situation, plays along by asking questions about toppings to get further information as cops race to scene

A swastika on an antisemitism awareness billboard in New York City, May 5, 2022. (Courtesy/JewBelong)

'We've been in bad places before and found our way'

Jews across America confront rising antisemitism with anxious resolve

By David Crary, holly meyer and JESSIE WARDARSKI

Though publicly embracing their Jewishness is seen as a powerful response to hatred, some yearn for more Americans and their leaders to speak out

Tom Tugend in his Los Angeles home, August 3, 2021. (Jacob Gurvis)

Tom Tugend, veteran of 3 wars and longtime JTA correspondent, dies at 97

By jacob gurvis and Ron Kampeas

Veteran journalist fled Nazi Germany for the US, returned to fight in World War II, led an anti-tank team in Israel’s War of Independence, covered Jewish news for close to 60 years

Clinical social worker and writer Carla Naumburg, author of 'You Are Not a Shitty Parent' (Courtesy)

Times Will Tell

Podcast: Parents need to give themselves a break, says self-help writer

By Jessica Steinberg

Clinical social worker Carla Naumburg speaks about her latest book, ‘You Are Not a Shitty Parent,’ a self-compassion primer and guide

Times of Israel Event

Live event TODAY: Reform or ruin? The next coalition’s plans for the judiciary

ToI presents a live-streamed discussion delving into all sides of the looming High Court override clause. Tune in on December 15 to watch top legal experts discuss what’s at stake

Supreme Court Chief of Justice Esther Hayut and other justices at a hearing on the election committee decision to disqualify Likud party member Amichai Chikli from running in the upcoming Knesset election, October 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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The site of a car crash on Route 60 near Jerusalem, December 9, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

Two men run over and killed in apparent accident near Jerusalem

Illustrative: Chocolate-covered wafer snacks produced by Strauss-Elite, April 25, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Food giant Strauss to hike prices by up to 9%, cites raw material costs

US Cyber Command officers and Israeli military cyber officials participate in a drill at the Georgia Cyber Center, in Augusta, Georgia, in early December 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF Cyber Defense unit holds drill with US Cyber Command

By Emanuel Fabian

In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 file photo, police officers walk among packages of seized cocaine at the Pacific port of Buenaventura, Colombia, after about one ton of cocaine was seized in a container during an operation by counternarcotics police at the port. (AP/Fernando Vergara)

US anti-drug agency using Israeli spyware, but Biden looking to crack down — report

Rabbi Walter Homolka, rector of the Abraham Geiger College, in the Liberal Jewish community's synagogue in Hanover, Germany, in December 2016. (Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images/JTA)

German rabbi exits leadership roles as report confirms allegations against him

By Toby Axelrod

Illustrative image of a woman on a wheelchair (Halfpoint; iStock by Getty Images)

Wheelchair-using pensioner to be jailed for 2 unpaid parking tickets

Illustrative: The Tamar gas field. (NewMed Energy/Delek Drilling)

Chevron, partners okay expansion of gas production from Israel’s Tamar field

By Sharon Wrobel

A view of the medina, or old city, of Marrakech, with the Atlas Mountains in the distance. (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich)

A beautiful friendshipIsraeli social media influencers promote dialogue in Morocco

Zvi Levran in a booking photo at Oakland County Jail on November 11, 2022. (Oakland County Sherriff's Office)

Michigan youth hockey doctor, mohel faces additional sex abuse charges

By AP and ToI Staff

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks with reporters after Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia, at the Capitol in Washington, December 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer reelected US Senate leader after Democrats expand majority

By LISA MASCARO

Canadian-Israeli philanthropist Sylvan Adams is partnering with media company Time to bring its Time100 Awards to Jerusalem in May 2023. (Courtesy Sylvan Adams)

Jerusalem TimeTime100 Impact Awards to be held in Jerusalem in May

American TV host Conan O'Brien visits the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 28, 2017, to film an episode of his travel series 'Conan Without Borders.' (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lights, camera, action12 foreign productions win government incentives to film in Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

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