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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 23, 2023

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Main image: Police at the scene of a mass shooting in Abu Snan, August 22, 2023. Inset: One of the shooting's four victims, Ghazi Sa’ab, a candidate for the town's mayor. (Shir Torem/Flash90; Facebook; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

4 killed, including mayoral candidate, amid spiraling gun violence in Arab community

Ghazi Sa’ab of Abu Snan is the second local politician to be killed in as many days; PM urges Shin Bet involvement, vows ‘to defeat this criminality’ amid record homicides

Police at the scene of a mass shooting in Abu Snan, August 22, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Shin Bet said to join probe into quadruple murder in Abu Snan

Majid Dais, 18, a resident of the West Bank town of Yata, who was stabbed to death in the southern town of Lakiya, August 23, 2023. (social media)

Palestinian stabbed to death in south, amid wave of homicides

By Michael Horovitz

Interview

Gianluca Pacchiani

Arab local officials are under threat, criminologist warns as violence skyrockets

With municipal elections approaching, a municipality director and a mayoral candidate have been shot to death. Researcher Badi Hasisi says violence is seeping into politics

Illustrative: Activists march with symbolic coffins denouncing violent crime in Arab communities on August 6, 2023 in Tel Aviv. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Police at the scene where four men were shot dead in the Arab Town of Abu Snan, northern Israel, August 22, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 23: Are rising murders and terrorism exposing a double standard?

Police arrest Rami Ismail (left) near Kiryat Shmona on August 11, 2023, on suspicion of extortion attempts. (Israel Police)

Prosecutors seek to use new ‘protection law’ against criminal suspect in north

New York City Mayor Eric Adams visits Yad Vashem in Jerusalem as part of his three-day visit to Israel. August 22, 2023. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)

'I think the people of Israel will determine their destiny'

‘I listened, I didn’t weigh in’: NYC mayor meets protest leaders, PM, a settler head

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Witholding his own opinions, Eric Adams discusses judicial overhaul with PM and his opponents, says Israelis should decide their own path; declines to take stance on West Bank

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Idina Menzel and Adam Sandler in a scene from the Netflix film 'You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.' (Scott Yamano/Netflix)

Film review

‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ is an endearing Sandler family affair

Dropping this Friday, a new Netflix film starring Adam Sandler alongside his wife and daughters puts Jewish ritual front and center in a sweet coming-of-age tale laced with humor

Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin speaks in a video, August 21, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Live updates (closed)

Plane allegedly carrying Wagner chief Prigozhin crashes, after mutiny against Putin

No immediate confirmation whether head of mercenary group was aboard business jet that went down en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg, killing all 10 passengers

6:44 pm

Head of IDF West Bank division: We won't be silent on settler violence
6:35 pm

Police say demonstrator stabbed cop at Tel Aviv protest over hit-and-run
6:34 pm

Gallant heads to US for meetings at United Nations

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

The slippery slope of gender segregation

Why MK Idit Silman’s plan for separate hours at natural pools harms the people it’s supposed to help

Michael Berenbaum

What’s stalling Romania’s Holocaust museum?

Is it antisemitism or a desire to dodge an honest confrontation with history that has torpedoed establishing this important institute?

In this handout photo, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with senior officers at the IDF Central Command base in Jerusalem, August 23, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gallant thanks settler mayors for ‘complete support’ amid attacks on IDF brass

By Emanuel Fabian

But defense minister also reportedly urges local leaders not to criticize senior officers; troops launch manhunt for Palestinian who opened fire at settlers, causing no injuries

An Israeli soldier mans a checkpoint at the closed-off southern entrance to the southern West Bank city of Hebron, on August 22, 2023, a day after a deadly terror shooting in the area. (Hazem Bader/AFP)

Security cabinet meets as far-right advocates sharp crackdown in West Bank

A military vehicle drives down a road in the southern West Bank, August 15, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Interview

Deadly terror shooting tests relative calm in southern West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian

Senior IDF officer says Hebron area’s more stable economy and sustained military presence have so far prevented outbreaks like those seen in other parts of the territories

IDF combat engineering forces take measurements at the home of a Palestinian accused of carrying out a deadly shooting attack near Hebron, early August 23, 2023, (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF prepares to demolish homes of alleged terrorists behind deadly Hebron attack

By Emanuel Fabian

File: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara speaks at Tel Aviv University, September 28, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

AG says panel probing police spyware use must not touch Netanyahu affair

Justice minister pushes back against Baharav-Miara’s ‘outrageous’ letter citing potential conflicts of interests in pending and ongoing cases

The entrance of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Jerusalem (Courtesy)

Netanyahus stay at pricey Waldorf Astoria while their apartment is renovated

Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman chairs a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on June 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Rothman requests restraining order against protesters; court postpones decision

By Michael Horovitz

Far-right MK demands closing of WhatsApp groups for activists ‘spying’ on him as they search for him during his vacation; Yair Netanyahu files similar request against pursuer

Arwah Sheikh Ali after his arrest, August 20, 2023. (Courtesy)

Palestinian files complaint against cops accused of branding him with Star of David

Arwah Sheikh Ali provides testimony to internal affairs on his violent arrest last week in East Jerusalem by group of officers whose body cameras were turned off

Reuben Efron, back center, poses with his brother Irving Effron, below center and his mother and his uncle in an undated photo. (Courtesy Barry Effron/ via JTA)

'He traveled a lot, but had no visible means of support'

The CIA agent who tracked JFK’s assassin tried to recruit his nephew — to orthodoxy

Barry Effron says his religious uncle Reuben’s fluency in 6 languages and law office devoid of books raised his suspicions – and his sighting of a UFO in 1957 Russia confirmed them

Israel connections

5 Jewish facts about Guatemala’s new Hebrew-speaking president

Bernardo Arévalo studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and spent four years as a senior official in his country’s embassy in the Jewish state

Presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo and running mate Karin Herrera wave at supporters from a balcony after preliminary results showed him the victor in a presidential run-off election, in Guatemala City, August 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Headline maker

6 Jewish facts about GOP hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, who proposes cut to Israel funding

Biotech mogul and would-be presidential candidate panned Florida law against antisemitism, was in Jewish society at Yale, and suggested Ukraine’s Zelensky is mistreating Jews

Biotech millionaire and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy raps to Eminem's "Lose Yourself" at the conclusion of one of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds' "Fair-Side Chats" at the Iowa State Fair, in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 12, 2023. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)

This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidates, top row from left, Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy, bottom row from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. (AP Photo)

With Trump skipping Republican debate, other candidates seek advantage

By Steve Peoples

Journalists film the live telecast of spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon at ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network facility in Bengaluru, India, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Soft landing

India becomes 4th nation to put spacecraft on the moon

By ASHOK SHARMA

Country joins the US, Soviet Union and China in achievement as it seeks to cement its growing space prowess, days after Russian lunar failure

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File: Moshe Hogeg (right), a cryptocurrency businessman and former Beitar Jerusalem FC owner, holds a press conference in Ramat Gan on August 9, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Police seek charges in cases against crypto businessman Moshe Hogeg

By Michael Horovitz

Bradley Cooper plays Jewish composer Leonard Bernstein in the 2023 biopic 'Maestro.' (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Jewish groups: Bradley Cooper’s nose in Leonard Bernstein film not antisemitic

By JTA and ToI Staff

An illustrative file photo of an ambulance on August 23, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Passenger, 60, in serious condition after falling over on Haifa bus

Screen capture from video of team 'Vitality', which included two Israeli players and that took first place in the Counterstrike event at the Gamer8 tournament in Saudi Arabia, August 20, 2023. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

3 Israelis compete in video game tournament in Saudi Arabia, 2 on winning team

View of the Strauss Elite candy factory in Nof Hagalil, northern Israel, April 28, 2022. (David Cohen/FLASH90)

Israel competition watchdog summons Strauss over price-fixing allegations

By Sharon Wrobel

Team at Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup Grip Security. (Courtesy)

Israeli cybersecurity startup nabs $41m in funding led by Daniel Loeb’s Third Point

By Sharon Wrobel

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents and Memphis Police Department officers, after a man suspected of a shooting at a synagogue was shot, in Memphis, Tennessee, July 31, 2023. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP, File)

Judge orders mental evaluation for man charged in shooting at Memphis Jewish school

By ADRIAN SAINZ

Semi-automatic guns are displayed for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply, in Springfield, Illinois, January 16, 2013. (Seth Perlman/AP)

Jewish groups back gun restrictions for domestic abusers in US Supreme Court case

By Andrew Lapin

The site of a former synagogue in Chmielnik, Poland. (Wojciech Domagała/Wikimedia Commons)

Hidden historyOwner of former nightclub in Poland discovers mikveh in basement

By jacob gurvis

A wildfire in Avantas, near Alexandroupolis, in the northeastern Evros region of Greece, August 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras)

Firefighters in Greece find the bodies of 18 people in area burned by major wildfire

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and Elena Becatoros

Jeremy Freeman, in the kitchen of his Freeman Shokudo restaurant, in Tokyo, Japan. (Jordyn Haime via JTA)

Made in JapanUS expat brings Jewish comfort food to Tokyo’s hip culinary scene

By Jordyn Haime

German klezmer musician Andrea Pancur. (Screenshot/YouTube; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Andrea Pancur, singer who bridged German and Yiddish song traditions, dies at 54

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

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