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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 25, 2023

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Students stage pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protests at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba on May 23, 2022. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Warn it will trigger global 'wave of academic boycotts'

University heads denounce coalition bill that would ban display of Palestinian flag

Joint statement says measure would infringe on free speech, make schools ‘branches of police and Shin Bet’; Tel Aviv University chief vows not to enforce ‘fascist’ law if passed

Members of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, including party leader and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir as well as Negev, Galilee and National Resilience Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf hold a party meeting at the illegal West Bank settlement outpost of Evyatar, February 27, 2023. (Courtesy: Otzma Yehudit)

Far-right proposal saying gov’t policy must adhere to ‘Zionist values’ set for vote

By Jeremy Sharon

Noam chair MK Avi Maoz (center) and other lawmakers attend an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 8, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Anti-LGBTQ MK Maoz set to rejoin government, resume role as Jewish identity czar

An illustrative photo of a banner supporting the Breaking the Silence organization, in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2017. The banner reads 'We are all breaking the silence.' (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

US sounds alarm over Likud bill targeting rights groups backed by foreign governments

State Department says human rights organizations ‘should have space to raise resources’ worldwide; NIF bashes ‘government of extremists’ as coalition weighs bill to impose 65% tax

A handout picture from Iran's Defense Ministry shows a 4th generation Khorramshahr ballistic missile being launched at an undisclosed location in Iran, May 25, 2023. (AFP)

Defense minister: 'Our message to Iran's enemies'

Iran says it test-launched new missile with 2,000-km range, capable of hitting Israel

By ToI Staff and AFP

Fourth generation of Khorramshahr ballistic missile, dubbed Kheibar, can carry a 1,500 kilogram warhead, Tehran’s defense minister claims

File: (Left to right) Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Council chairman Tzachi Hanegbi at the State Department in Washington on March 7, 2023. (Antony Blinken/Twitter)

Top Netanyahu aides to visit US for talks on Iran, Saudi Arabia — report

Illustrative: View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, November 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Shekel slumps 1.6% against dollar after IDF chief hints at war with Iran

File: Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau (L) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef convene an emergency meeting against a new proposal to overhaul the conversion to Judaism system, on June 3, 2018. (Courtesy of the Chief Rabbinate spokesperson)

As demand for Orthodox Jewish conversion soars, the number of successful cases dips

By Canaan Lidor

The government’s protracted process is not appealing to most of the half-million Israelis who are not recognized as Jewish by the Rabbinate

In Germany, Roger Waters dons SS garb, projects ‘Anne Frank’ on screen to bash Israel

By Toby Axelrod

JTA — Roger Waters projected Anne Frank’s name at recent concerts to draw comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany, leading Germany’s Orthodox rabbinical association to call for a ban on Waters' performances in the country. Observers told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that Waters, the former Pink Floyd frontman... Continue Reading

A screenshot of Roger Waters wearing what appears to be an SS uniform during a concert in Berlin, May 2023. (Twitter/ i24news screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

This September 27, 2012, file picture shows an exterior view of Adolf Hitler's birth house, front, in Braunau am Inn, Austria. (AP Photo / Kerstin Joensson, File)

Hitler’s birth site to become human rights training center for Austrian police

By ToI Staff and AFP

US President Joe Biden (left) greets Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker during a Hanukkah holiday reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, December 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden set to unveil antisemitism strategy amid angst over how to define hatred

Shoshana Batya Greenwald

‘Canceling’ women’s Talmud study

Who would I be today if my gap-year seminary had encouraged me to learn all the Torah I could when I got to Stern College, instead of dissuading me?

We are our choices

Why is Ruth, in the megillah that bears her name, the ’good’ daughter-in-law when Orpah is the one who takes Naomi’s request to heart?

Understanding Sinai: The theological uncertainty principle

If we set aside our idealized, nostalgic reconstructions of the past, we can engage in the changing present with all its possibilities and surprises

Staying up all night on Shavuot is about going all in

The wee hours aren’t conducive to optimal Torah study… and that’s OK. It’s by design

Prof. Yair Zakovitch in his Hebrew University of Jerusalem office, May 23, 2023. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

ToI podcastMidrash in Scripture starts with the 1st letter of the Bible

What Matters Now to Yair Zakovitch: Using ‘Ruth’ as a blueprint for creative halacha

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Israel Prize-winning Bible scholar dives into Shavuot scroll’s meaning, laments lack of biblical literacy in secular society, but sees hope in anti-judicial overhaul demonstrations

Op-ed

Netanyahu has pushed through an appalling budget. Now here comes the overhaul again

This Editor’s Note was sent out on Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here. Glowing with success after the passage of the state budget -- a two-year financial framework whose approval in theory should usher in a period of relative coalition... Continue Reading

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, MKs and ministers after the Knesset passed the 2023-2024 budget, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PM vows to pursue ‘broad consensus’ on judiciary after overhaul revival spurs outcry

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

Delegates to the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem, April 20, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

World Zionist Congress passes resolutions opposing Netanyahu government moves

By Canaan Lidor

Russian speakers perform havdala, a ceremony that marks the end of Shabbat, in Israel. (Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli)

'It’s an important bridge'

Russian speakers relish a user-friendly Shavuot, and its pro-conversion message

By Canaan Lidor

An organization that helps build communities of newcomers from former Soviet countries has adapted the Jewish holiday’s all-night study tradition

Members of the Lincoln Club of Orange County meet with Economy Minister Nir Barkat, May 2023. (The Lincoln Club of Orange County/Bar Shvo)

Prominent GOP donors in Israel: Judicial fight keeps us from investing here

By Lazar Berman

Members of Lincoln Club of Orange County delegation are hanging onto their money until independence of judges is assured; they want US presidents engaged in Middle East, Ukraine

Protesters against the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in Jerusalem, on May 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Several hundred rally outside Netanyahu’s home, claiming he’s ruining US relations

Budget dedicates billions for West Bank roads, settlements and illegal outposts

By Jeremy Sharon

The state budget passed in the early hours of Wednesday morning will invest several billion shekels in West Bank settlements and transportation infrastructure, further entrenching Israel's presence in the disputed territory. The large majority of that sum will go to paving new roads and upgrading existing ones, including highways to bypass Palestinian population... Continue Reading

A view of the settlement of Elon Moreh, near the West Bank city of Nablus, November 14, 2022. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Inside story

What Jewish voters should know about GOP presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis

JTA – In late April, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Jerusalem, voicing support for West Bank settlements, touting a law he had just signed giving families thousands of dollars per year in private school tuition vouchers and signing a bill that increased penalties for antisemitic harassment. Two weeks later, his education department rejected two new textbooks on the Holocaust as... Continue Reading

Surrounded by state legislators and Jewish leaders, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, holds up two bills that he signed on June 14, 2021, at The Shul of Bal Harbour, a Jewish community center in Surfside, Florida. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

This photo shows the live Twitter talk between Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis diplayed on a phone on May 24, 2023 in Bethesda, Maryland. (Pedro UGARTE / AFP)

DeSantis launches US presidential bid in Twitter announcement plagued by glitches

By Steve Peoples, Adriana Gomez Licon and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), February 24, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

DeSantis officially enters 2024 race, challenging Trump for GOP nod

By Steve Peoples, Adriana Gomez and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE

Analysis

Netanyahu’s fat man, thin man and the burden of the new state budget

As Israel was suffering from its worst economic recession two decades ago, then-finance minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the crisis on the fat man — the public sector — riding on the shoulders of a thin man — the private sector. In an interview last December, just before forming a government with ultra-Orthodox and nationalist parties... Continue Reading

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at his side, and other coalition ministers and MKs celebrate the passage of the state budget in the Knesset, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

An undated image of Jacob Jacob Street in Antwerp, which houses the Value Trading gold refinery. (Google Maps)

Allegations of greed and antisemitism taint Belgian urban pollution dispute

By Canaan Lidor

A gold refinery situated in a heavily Jewish part of Antwerp claims it’s the victim of Jews pretending to be worried about their health to take over real estate

Illustrative: A screenshot of video from the northern West Bank village of Burqa shows a fire, amid clashes between Palestinians and settlers, May 24, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Settlers clash with Palestinians near Homesh after EU officials tour West Bank site

By Emanuel Fabian

Yesh Din says extremist settlers attacked Palestinians in nearby village of Burqa, harming several, while local council head says Palestinians threw rocks, hurting one settler

IDF troops operate in the West Bank, May 25, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

8 Palestinians hurt in IDF raid near Jericho; bus attacker nabbed after 9 months

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

A clip circulating on social media purports to show a rocket launched from a northern West Bank village at the settlement of Shaked, May 24, 2023. (Screengrab)

IDF says ‘mock’ rocket launcher found in northern West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian

An illustration of a proposed hike-and-bike along abandoned train tracks between Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh. (Mateh Yehuda Regional Council / Israel Lands Authority)

Plans for hike-and-bike path along old railway near Jerusalem get initial okay

By Danielle Nagler

Mateh Yehuda Regional Council allocates NIS 5 million to begin planning for new tourist attraction on scenic Ottoman-era rail route between capital and Beit Shemesh

Illustrative: Construction of new residential buildings on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

By Danielle Nagler

Construction of new residential buildings on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Planning approvals for new housing hit multi-year high in 2022

By Danielle Nagler

An AI bot to generate cheesecake recipes is meant to prove that artificial intelligence can have a place in Orthodox communities. (Illustration by Mollie Suss/JTA)

'The Jewish community is always a bit behind, let’s face it'

App that can generate 64,000 kosher cheesecake recipes pitches AI to Orthodox Jews

By PHILISSA CRAMER

The Brooklyn marketing exec behind CheesecakeWizard.AI walks a fine line in an insular, internet-averse community, shopping the new tech only to those who already use the net

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Yulia, an endangered Mediterranean monk seal, rests on the beach in Tel Aviv, May 2023. (Yehiel Lamesh)

Celebrity seal Yulia makes comeback on Israeli beach after four-day absence

A giant election billboard of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the People's Alliance's presidential candidate, during a campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, May 13, 2023. (Emrah Gurel/AP)

Sensing Erdogan election victory, young Turks increasingly ponder life abroad

By Remi Banet and Volkan NAKIBOGLU

Team at Israeli startup Joyned in Jerusalem. (Nir Slakman/Courtesy)

Israeli social booking startup inks deal with Spanish hotel chain

By Sharon Wrobel

The Burj Khalifa and downtown Dubai at dusk. (typhoonski via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli man stabbed to death in Dubai

Then-alternate prime minister Naftali Bennett at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitousi/Flash90)

Bennett wins defamation suit against rabbi who claimed he wasn’t Jewish

A fetus inside the womb (iStock via Getty Images)

Hospital finds five stillborn fetuses were never returned to families for burial

By Michael Horovitz

Israel's Ahmad Ibrahim celebrates with teammate Dor Turgeman after an own goal scored by Senegal's Babacar Ndiaye at a FIFA U-20 World Cup Group C soccer match at Diego Maradona stadium in La Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (AP/Gustavo Garello)

Israel ties 1-1 with Senegal at Under-20 soccer World Cup; Colombia leads Group C

By AP and ToI Staff

File: Former champion athlete Svetlana Gnezdilov, seen on a screen via a video link during a court hearing for sex trafficking charges at the Tel Aviv District Court on June 22, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Former athletics champ sentenced to 5.5 years for running sex trafficking ring

Illustrative: Golani Brigade soldiers during training in northern Israel, February 16, 2015. (Israel Defense Forces)

3 Golani soldiers sentenced to jail for beating Palestinian man

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: A stream in Yeruham Park in southern Israel, October 21, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Mosquitos with West Nile virus found near Yeruham after heavy rains

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia takes his seat ahead of a working lunch at the G20 Summit, November 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Canada, Saudi Arabia restore ties 5 years after spat over women’s rights activists

Gal Gadot arrives at the ninth Breakthrough Prize ceremony at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, on, April 15, 2023. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Blonde on the insideGal Gadot was first choice to play Barbie, but wasn’t available

By Stuart Winer

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