Gaza family kills own son for 'aiding Israel'; Israel nearly bombed Saddam; Jordan crisis over; 'J'lem embassy by 2019'; Baltimore abuse: rabbi fired

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]() The Daily Edition Friday, January 19, 2018 [Synagogue, Jewish school fire Baltimore rabbi over molestation charges]( By [JTA]( [Shmuel Krawatsky's dismissal from institutions comes after publication of article alleging he inappropriately touched 3 boys at Jewish camp]( [From our partner / Did Baltimore’s Orthodox community turn a blind eye to child sex abuse?]( [From our partner / ‘Kids were hurt. And nothing was done’]( By [Hannah Dreyfus]( [From our partner / A painful lesson on child sexual abuse]( By [Jewish Week Editors]( [Gaza family kills own son after Hamas says he aided Israel]( By [AP]( [Terror group was investigating Ahmed Barhoum, believing him to be responsible for a 2014 airstrike that killed 3 commanders]( [Palestinian woman caught with knives outside Hebron holy site]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Soldier lightly wounded in Jordan Valley attempted car ramming]( By [Jacob Magid]( STRIKING SADDAM [Judah Ari Gross]( [‘We’re going to attack Iraq,’ Israel told the US. ‘Move your planes’]( [On 27th anniversary of Saddam's 1991 Scud missile strikes at Israel, Defense Ministry reveals how close Israel came to bombing Baghdad]( Crisis over [Netanyahu: Relations with Jordan back on track, new envoy to be named in days]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [PM confirms Amman and Jerusalem reach agreement over reparations, restoration of ties following deadly July altercation at Israeli embassy]( [Israel to reopen embassy in Jordan, which touts apology over shooting]( By [Dov Lieber and Alexander Fulbright]( [Trump administration plans to move US embassy to Jerusalem by 2019]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Transfer will be expedited by converting existing consular building in the Arnona neighborhood of West Jerusalem, instead of building new structure, according to the NYT and WSJ]( [Macron said to tell Abbas not to rule out Trump peace plan]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [US State Department withholds additional $45 million from UNRWA]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Trump’s flip-flop-flip on UNWRA no surprise for his tempering security advisers]( By [Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee]( [Liberman: Escaped terrorist ‘living like a fleeing dog on borrowed time’]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Defense Minister says Hamas can't lament Gaza's poverty while carrying out attacks in West Bank and building infrastructure in South Lebanon]( [Leader of terror cell that killed rabbi said still at large after Jenin raid]( By [TOI staff and Dov Lieber]( [Hebrew media review / The Battle of Jenin]( By [Adiv Sterman]( [Breaking down stereotypes, Jewish day school to host drag queen Shabbat ceremony]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( [Pence heads to Jerusalem, epicenter of rift with the Palestinians]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [VP's visit to Egypt, Jordan and -- on Sunday -- Israel takes place amid high tension sparked by Trump administration's moves]( [India’s Modi to visit Ramallah next month]( By [TOI staff]( [EU mum on Abbas speech because ‘we don’t comment on comments’]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Pence has long pushed for Trump policies on Israel]( By [Ken Thomas and Tom Lobianco]( [What made Muslim Albanians risk their lives to save Jews from the Holocaust?]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Firth rebukes Woody Allen over daughter’s molestation claims]( By [Jennie Matthew]( [Hollywood star joins list of actors vowing not to work with film director amid revived claims he molested his 7-year-old adopted daughter]( [Woody Allen: Prolific film legend stained by scandal]( By [Jennie Matthew]( [In first TV interview, Woody Allen’s daughter describes alleged assault]( By [Jake Coyle]( [In the sand around Gaza, Israel and Hamas dig in a literal race to the bottom]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Top Ops [Sarah Shapiro]( [Lessons from Hiroshima]( [How a survivor of the atom bomb stopped hating the pilot who flew the plane]( [Jonathan Sacks]( [The story we tell]( [Our tale across the generations gives the gift of identity, and with it, courage and confidence (Bo)]( [Yael Ridberg]( [Freedom and justice don’t just happen]( [The triumph over the tyranny of Pharaoh strengthens our resolve to root out modernity's plagues and rulers]( [Alec Goldstein]( [I used to check the Sabbath eruv]( [Those who observe the letter of Jewish law are not about to stop using an eruv that lets them carry on Shabbat]( More Headlines [15 hurt, 4 seriously in accidents linked to stormy weather]( By [TOI staff]( [Bibi pitches Bollywood to turn popcorn into plane tickets]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [US lawmakers aim to tighten terms of Iran nuclear deal]( By [AFP]( [From the web / Spielberg: ‘The urgency to make The Post was because of this administration’]( [Authorities amputate hand of convicted thief in Iran — report]( By [AP]( [Julius Lester, African-American scholar who converted to Judaism, dies at 78]( By [JTA]( [DIY Network apologizes for host’s anti-Semitic haggling slur]( By [JTA]( [Hungary plans ‘Stop Soros’ laws amid refugee row]( By [Peter Murphy]( [Former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka wanted in Hungary — report]( By [Sue Surkes]( [UK’s Chelsea soccer club joins campaign to battle anti-Semitism]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Why did I get this?]( | [Update Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( Like this newsletter? 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