Kristallnacht: A survivor returns * Einstein’s warning * Magical amulets * Russia blames US for Gaza riots * Israel jets scramble at Ben Gurion * Neanderthals walked tall

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Friday, November 9, 2018 [80 years after Kristallnacht terror, survivor revisits once glass-strewn streets]( By [Kirsten Grieshaber]( [Walter Frankenstein, who helped save orphanage and synagogue on November 9, 1938, returns to the building where he saw Germans unleash horrors on the Jews of Berlin]( [Russia’s westernmost synagogue rebuilt 80 years after Kristallnacht destruction]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Pittsburgh shooting looms large as Berlin commemorates Kristallnacht]( By [JTA and AP]( [Newly revealed letter shows a fearful Einstein long before Nazis’ rise]( By [Aron Heller]( [Following assassination of Jewish friend and German Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau, celebrated physicist warned of ‘dark times brewing’]( [French PM says anti-Semitic acts in country up 69% this year]( By [AFP]( [Holocaust survivor compares minister behind culture loyalty bill to Hitler]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Jordan Hoffman]( [Stunning posthumous release from ‘Shoah’ director resonates post-Pittsburgh]( [Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann died this past July, but a new work, ‘Shoah: Four Sisters,’ compiled from past footage to debut in NY, is chillingly applicable today]( [US House introduces resolution condemning Pittsburgh synagogue attack]( By [JTA]( [Pittsburgh mayor requests worldwide moment of silence for synagogue victims]( By [AP and JTA]( [The mysterious journey of a suitcase of magical amulets from Moscow to Jerusalem]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( Interview [Russia’s envoy blames US for fatal Gaza riots]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Amb. Anatoly Viktorov urges Jerusalem to coordinate better with Moscow on Syria, backs Abbas refusal to consider Trump peace plan, says calling Hamas terrorists harms diplomacy]( [Syrian passenger plane’s approach to Israeli airspace said to cause scramble]( By [TOI staff]( [Opposition urges Netanyahu to quit over submarine scandal; Likud is dismissive]( By [TOI staff]( [Ruling party accuses heads of Labor and Yesh Atid of spreading ‘false accusations’ after they say police corruption case against PM’s confidants show he is unfit to govern]( [Netanyahu’s ex-lawyer, suspected of bribery: PM was unaware of my dealings]( By [TOI staff]( [Police source: Submarine affair a ‘watershed’ for defense procurement]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Michelle Obama rips Trump as misogynist, bigoted in new book]( By [Deb Riechmann]( [Former first lady writes of her shock over 2016 election results, describes her experiences throughout husband’s career in politics]( [White House braces for Robert Mueller’s next steps]( By [Eric Tucker, Jonathan Lemire and CHAD DAY]( [Acting US attorney general said judges need ‘biblical view of justice’]( By [JTA]( [3-D model of Neanderthal rib cage busts myth of ‘hunched-over cavemen’]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( Analysis [Ron Kampeas]( [How we got Ayanna Pressley wrong on Israel]( [The first woman of color elected to the House of Representatives from Massachusetts joins other progressive trend-setters — but it’s a mistake to think she’s the same]( [White House appears to use doctored video to defend banning CNN reporter]( By [AP]( [Kim Schrier wins House race in Washington state, flipping a Republican district]( By [JTA]( Double dating [82 or 83? The curious confusion over Mahmoud Abbas’s age]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [According to some sources, the Palestinian Authority president’s birthday is next week; others say it was in March]( [Netanyahu’s son shares image of embattled deputy AG as horror film character]( By [TOI staff]( [Yair Netanyahu later deletes post about Dina Zilber, who recently criticized a controversial bill, prompting right-wing lawmakers to call for her ouster]( [AG says calls to ax his deputy are intended to weaken his office]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Mordecai Paldiel]( [A Kristallnacht lesson]( [Hitler read the world’s silence after the 1936 atrocity as a green light to carry out his murderous plans]( [Devorah Wolf]( [The blessing of Jacob: What deception cannot mask]( [Isaac’s perennial fatherly hope for his wayward son influenced how he treated both his boys (Toledot)]( [Jonathan Sacks]( [The courage of persistence (Toledot 5779)]( [Take it from Isaac: in the face of anti-Semitism, the best, most practical response is to start again]( [Joshua Berman]( [The dramatic new finds at Tel Beit Shemesh]( [The impressive discoveries shed light on a core biblical concept: brit, or covenant]( More Headlines [Top minister, back from Oman: Israel, Gulf must liaise on security, agriculture]( By [TOI staff]( [Navy veteran, art student, caregiver among victims of California bar attack]( By [JONATHAN J. COOPER, Amy Taxin and Rebecca Boone]( [Melbourne police: One dead, two injured in terrorist stabbing]( By [AFP]( [Pakistani airbase staff confirm private jet’s arrival from Israel — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Pig’s head hung over synagogue entrance in Ramat Hasharon]( By [TOI staff]( [Butt it's art! / Artist who put flag in his rear end wins culture prize]( By [TOI staff]( [Native son / Vlogger Nas Daily returns home, and everyone wants a piece of him]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [6,000 Gaza-area teens complete ‘apolitical’ protest march to Jerusalem]( By [JTA]( [Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized after fracturing 3 ribs in fall]( By [AP]( [Israeli-Palestinian orchestra brings message of peace to divided America]( By [Olivia Hampton]( [White House says neo-Nazi leader visited on public tour]( By [JTA]( [Man in LA arrested for tearing off Orthodox women’s wigs]( By [JTA]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2018 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved