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What Matters Most On Friday, February 17, 2023

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A screenshot from video shared by the UAE's deputy prime minister on February 17, 2023, shows a scene from the opening ceremony at the newly opened Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi. (Twitter video screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Abrahamic Family House is unique site of 3 places of worship

Arab world’s ‘1st purpose-built synagogue in century’ opens at UAE interfaith center

By Agencies and ToI Staff

UK chief rabbi affixes mezuzah during inauguration of Abu Dhabi’s Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue, which will host Shabbat prayers on Friday evening

Reporter's Notebook

Back on track: FM Cohen overcomes diplomatic hurdles en route to thaw with Ukraine

Top diplomat had to take two overnight trains to meet President Zelensky in freezing Kyiv, managed to give Netanyahu a little breathing room with the West

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen steps off the train in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 16, 2023 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

Foreign Minister meets with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 16, 2023. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)

Hosting Israel’s FM Cohen in Kyiv, Zelensky says Iran is ‘common enemy’

By Lazar Berman

US Vice President Kamala Harris arrives for the Munich Security Conference at the airport in Munich, Germany, February 16, 2023. (Angelika Warmuth/dpa via AP)

Ukraine war the focus as leaders take the stage at Munich Security Conference

Illustrative: In this photo released by the Iranian Army on August 25, 2022, a drone is launched in a military drone drill in Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)

Gallant says Iran in talks with 50 countries to sell missiles and drones

By Emanuel Fabian

At Munich conference, defense minister warns the sales violate UN embargo set to expire in October: ‘Time is running out, while an evil regime traffics weapons’

A screenshot of video shared by the Hengaw Human Rights Organization on February 17, 2023, showing the burning of tires during unrest in the Iranian city of Sanandaj. (Twitter video screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Iranian cities hit by protests, in most widespread unrest in weeks

By Jon Gambrell

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, February 14, 2023. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP, File)

After protest crackdown, Iran tells Afghanistan to improve conditions for women

By AP

Albert Rosenberg image designed by Josh Sinclair. (Courtesy Melbar Entertainment Group)

Interview'The more he spoke, the more the math didn't add up'

In ‘The Talented Mr. Rosenberg,’ a con artist tale so strange it’s hard to believe

By Rich Tenorio

Acclaimed filmmaker Barry Avrich covers what might be his most peculiar subject to date: Albert Rosenberg, a charlatan with so many cover stories, even his family doesn’t know him

Israelis wave national flags at a rally against the judicial overhaul, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Protesters against legal overhaul declare Monday as ‘national day of struggle’

Demonstration to be held outside Knesset as lawmakers advance ‘most dangerous’ bill, organizers say; Histadrut labor federation chief says won’t join strike

Otzma Yehudit chief Itamar Ben Gvir (R) and Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai attend a Hanukkah ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, December 19, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Protesting is a democratic right’: Police chief pushes back at Ben Gvir’s criticism

President Isaac Herzog attends the funeral of former Israeli parliament speaker Shevach Weiss at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem on February 5, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG said to rebuff Herzog request to let Netanyahu engage in dialogue on judiciary

Ben Rabinowitz, founder of venture capital firm Amiti Ventures. (Courtesy)

Interview

Israel judicial plan sparks brain drain fears, threatens US tech gateway: VC firm

By Sharon Wrobel

Founder of venture capital firm Amiti Ventures warns judicial changes will further weaken shekel, lead to credit rating cut and higher interest rates pushing mortgage costs up

Economy Minister Nir Barkat arrives for a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Business leaders share judicial shakeup jitters with economy minister

Vice president of the Israel Democracy Institute Prof. Suzie Navot at the IDI, December 2022. (Michal Fattal/IDI)

ToI podcast'Let's make this the year of the Constitution of Israel'

What Matters Now to… Prof. Suzie Navot: Guarding against a ‘Frankenstate’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

This week in What Matters Now, we speak with a leading legal expert of comparative constitutional law and hear why Israel is uniquely susceptible to becoming a non-democratic state

Hezbollah supporters attend a televised speech by the Lebanese terror group's leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut's southern suburbs, on February 16, 2023. (Anwar Amro/AFP)

Gleefully picking up on Herzog warning, Nasrallah says Israel tearing itself apart

Hezbollah leader claims Netanyahu’s ‘senseless’ government stoking domestic strife with legal proposals in addition to inflaming conflict with the Palestinians

White House ‘deeply dismayed’ as US keeps heat on Israel over settlement approvals

Spokesperson echoes frustration voiced earlier by State Department, as administration announces that it opposes draft Security Council resolution that offers similar condemnation

Settler activists take part in a protest march against then-US president Donald Trump's 'Deal of the Century' and an attempt to establish a new settlement called 'Maalot Halhul' near Hebron, June 30, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

IDF: Settlers attack troops, block chase of suspects who torched Palestinian car

By Emanuel Fabian

Military says soldiers physically assaulted by group near Urif in northern West Bank, some tried to break into army vehicle

Settlers confront soldiers near the West Bank village of Urif, February 15, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant award incoming IDF chief Herzi Halevi with the rank of lieutenant general at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 16, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief reportedly urges Netanyahu not to hand West Bank powers to Smotrich

Transportation Minister Miri Regev at a ceremony for the restoration of commercial flights by Israeli companies to Turkey at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, February 16, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Likud’s Regev appointed to fill in while defense minister abroad, bypassing Smotrich

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech surrounded by police as she protests the removal of a West Bank settler's illegally planted orchard on February 15, 2023 (Screencapture/Twitter)

MK files complaint against police for alleged sexual assault during West Bank fracas

Calling for suspensions, lawyer for Otzma Yehudit’s Limor Son Har-Melech says Border Police officers ‘clung’ to the MK and one ‘stuck his leg between her legs’

A plot of land near the West Bank settlement of Shiloh cleared of trees under the orders of the Civil Administration of the Defense Ministry, February 16, 2023. The trees were planted without authorization by a settler amid a dispute with Palestinians over the land. (Courtesy)

Police complete removal of settler’s trees from West Bank land amid far-right anger

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Members of the new Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pose for a group photo at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Women’s groups ask court to intervene over lack of female ministry directors

An officer walks in front of a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, on February 16, 2023, 10 days after a 7.8-magnitude struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

UN appeals for aid as death toll in Turkey-Syria earthquake passes 41,000

By AFP

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

George Washington U. needs to step up response to antisemitism on campus

With US universities paying only lip service to a climate of inclusion, Jewish college students can face severe harassment

Shayna Goldberg

Hard work, without fanfare: Mishpatim and my rebbe, Rabbi Moshe Kahn

Why the case of a goring ox (and other laws) interrupt the revelation at Sinai and the building of the holy Tabernacle

Illustrative: Police investigators stand near the site of a shooting in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood on Jan. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Suspect with antisemitic history arrested in shooting of 2 Jews in Los Angeles

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Victims wounded in separate incidents in heavily Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood; both in stable condition; LAPD to boost security around Jewish institutions

Esther Hecht, the emissary to Auckland, New Zealand, speaks at the annual conference for Chabad women emissaries in New Jersey, February 2023. (Courtesy of Chabad via JTA)

'I view my Instagram as part of my emissary work'

Chabad women gather in the US once a year. The rest of the time, there’s Instagram

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Over 4,000 of the Hasidic group’s emissaries from far-flung locales around the globe meet for annual event in NJ to share strategies and enjoy a moment of in-person connection

A view of the egalitarian plaza, often referred to as 'Robinson's Arch,' at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on December 30, 2021. (Amy Spiro/Times of Israel)

Government tells High Court it still plans to improve Western Wall egalitarian plaza

By Judah Ari Gross

Responding to multiple court petitions, state says it is working to implement long-stalled, six-year-old cabinet decision, angering both liberal and conservative groups

With nearly 35 years of experience at appetizing shops between them, Sean Brownlee, left, and Felix Placencia opened Simply Nova in East Williamsburg one year ago. (Lana Schwartz/ New York Jewish Week via JTA)

'People come in and say it reminds them of their childhood'

An East Williamsburg appetizing shop offers its customers ‘a taste of nostalgia’

By Lana Schwartz

In a town of trend-chasers and mechanical customer service, the newly opened Simply Nova brings old-school charm to its Jewish cuisine with New York roots

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Rabbi Alexander Popivker (right) with his wife, Sarah, mounting a pro-Israel display on the campus of Cleveland State University. (Courtesy of Alex Popivker via JTA)

Rabbi arrested, banned from Cleveland universities over anti-Palestinian activism

By Andrew Lapin

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 5, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

From our partnerPoll: 52% of UK Jews say far-right ministers impact their feelings toward Israel

Shaked Nisimian celebrates winning the uner-21 MMA world championship, February 16, 2023. (Screenshot/Twitter; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli teen beats reigning world champion to claim under-21 MMA title

Israeli-born Moldovan Ilan Shor in 2016. (Wikipedia/Privesc.Eu Moldoval; CC BY-SA 3.0)

Facebook ran ads in Moldova for Israeli-born oligarch sanctioned by US Treasury

By David Klepper and STEPHEN McGRATH

A brawl between students from Scheck Hillel Community School and Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School on February 15, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

US soccer brawl involving Jewish school said fueled by antisemitic language

By Andrew Lapin

An undated photo of Saif al-Adel, whom the US State Department announced was the new head of Al-Qaeda, February 16, 2023. (Photo by Combatting Terrorism Center, USMA - Public Domain, Wikimedia)

US says Iran-based former Egyptian special forces officer is new Al-Qaeda chief

By AFP

Comic actresses, along with singers, musicians, writers will appear at Holon's Woman Festival, March 1-4, 2023, marking International Women's Day. (Courtesy: PR)

All about the ladiesLadies only (mostly) at Holon festival celebrating International Women’s Day

By Jessica Steinberg

The Department of Internal Police Investigations in Jerusalem, July 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Cop arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing 15-year-old girl with special needs

Illustrative: Soldiers loyal to Burkina Faso's latest coup leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore gather outside the National Assembly as Traore was appointed Burkina Faso's transitional president in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Friday, October 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Kilaye Bationo)

Israeli firm sought to discredit Red Cross in Burkina Faso at request of local gov’t

By AFP

Apartment buildings in the Gonen neighborhood of Jerusalem, one of the most popular locations for Israeli investment properties, January 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Property investors may lose tax breaks in real estate reforms

By Danielle Nagler

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

ShowtimeNetflix Israel to air Kan 11 shows, including ‘Checkout,’ ‘Dismissed,’ ‘Cramel’

By Jessica Steinberg

Gio Gonzalez of the Washington Nationals celebrates with owner Ted Lerner after winning the National League East Division Championship on October 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. (G Fiume/Getty Images via JTA)

Ted Lerner, real estate developer who returned baseball to Washington, dies at 97

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