Even killing Trump wouldn’t be enough: Iran ups threats to US, Israel; steps away from nuke deal * Talmud’s new superstars: women * Jews march v hate * Tarantino’s Hebrew

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Monday, January 6, 2020 [Killing Trump wouldn’t be revenge enough for Soleimani, says top Iran general]( By [TOI staff]( [Revolutionary Guards aerospace commander says rockets at American bases also not enough; only the total removal of US forces from Middle East will suffice]( [Iranians threaten US, Israel as ‘millions’ at funeral bring Tehran to standstill]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Ex-chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards says Haifa, Tel Aviv are targets]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Iran general replacing Soleimani vows ‘to get rid of America from the region’]( By [Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell]( Reporter's notebook [In Jerusalem, the world of Talmud study fetes its newest superstars — women]( By [Marissa Newman]( [An event marks the culmination of a 7.5-year daily gemara cycle — and a crescendo in decades of efforts by teachers to wrest Jewish texts from men’s-only clubs]( Live updates [US Congress demands answers from Trump about Soleimani killing]( By [TOI staff]( [Top Senate Democrats urge US president to immediately declassify the administration’s reasoning for the strike on the Iranian general]( [Iran: We’re not bound by nuke deal, won’t limit enrichment, after Soleimani hit]( By [Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell and Zeina Karam]( [Tehran says it will not observe curbs on uranium enrichment, stockpiles, research and development, but cooperation with UN watchdog will continue]( [Key US allies push to deescalate crisis with Iran after top general killed]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Johnson says Britain will not lament death of Soleimani]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Iraq’s parliament calls for expulsion of US troops]( By [Agencies]( Israel media review [Lives on the line: 6 things to know for January 6]( By [TOI staff]( [The stunning failure of rescue services to respond to a Tel Aviv couple who drowned in an elevator grips Hebrew media; country remains on high alert amid fears of Iranian reprisal]( [New Yorkers flock to massive rally against anti-Semitism in wake of attacks]( By [TOI staff]( [Jew-hatred is on the rise in NY area, which has seen a spate of violent incidents since December 10 massacre at a kosher grocery store in New Jersey]( [Hundreds gather in Jerusalem in solidarity with New York’s ‘No Hate’ march]( By [JTA]( [Thousands in France protest decision to not prosecute Jewish woman’s killer]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [More threats against Jews reported in Brooklyn]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [IDF general distances Israel from Soleimani killing in first public comment]( By [TOI staff]( [‘We are observing from the side,’ Herzi Halevi says, adding that operation should be viewed as US-Iran battle over control of Iraq]( [Amid tensions, Philippines readies to evacuate citizens from Israel, Iraq, Iran]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Hezbollah chief urges attacks, including suicide bombings, on US bases in region]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Iraqi PM: US told us Israel bombed pro-Iran militias in Iraq last summer]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Hamas leader praises Soleimani at Tehran funeral in show of support for Iran]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Haniyeh tells mourners that Palestinian terror groups owe Quds Force general thanks for his backing; vows assassination will only strengthen drive ‘toward liberation of Palestine’]( [Soleimani mourners pack Tehran streets, chant ‘death to America and Israel’]( By [Agencies]( [‘Million mourner’ Soleimani funeral procession said to be largest since Khomeini]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Hamas, Islamic Jihad heads give condolences to Iran’s FM on Soleimani’s death]( By [Adam Rasgon]( Top Ops [Lynette Nusbacher]( [Soleimani: A death well spent]( [It is not wrong to kill a professional soldier in a war zone, but it is counterproductive to kill competent senior technocrats]( [Bob Feferman]( [The Middle East is a better place after Soleimani]( [The Quds Force commander was a war criminal whose zeal to obliterate Israel exceeded that of the Iranian leadership]( [Rachel Sharansky Danziger]( [I thought of my daughter as the women said hadran]( [Women learning Talmud were once dismissed as eccentrics, but who would dare dismiss that crowded stage, and that packed hall?]( [Naomi Chazan]( [Yuli Edelstein: Between the devil and the deep blue sea]( [If the speaker of the Knesset does not stand firmly behind the institution he heads, he will be responsible for its effective disintegration]( [Trump threatens ‘disproportionate’ response to any Iranian attacks on US targets]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Pompeo warns that US could hit additional Iranian leaders if Tehran retaliates for killing of Soleimani; US military said to detect Iranian missile force on high alert]( [Trump doubles down on threat to strike cultural sites in Iran]( By [Robert Burns and Jonathan Lemire]( [US Democrats look to limit Trump’s Iran war powers as saber rattling grows]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Warren implies Trump had Soleimani killed to distract from impeachment]( By [TOI staff]( Art exhibition [Holocaust survivor who took his political art underground sees daylight in UK]( By [Anne Joseph]( [Netanyahu gives cabinet seat to another lawmaker facing bribery charges]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Forced to yield his portfolios due to corruption indictment, PM appoints David Bitan agriculture minister; Likud’s Hotovely and Shas’s Cohen also given ministries]( [Rivlin expresses surprise over Netanyahu request for immunity]( By [TOI staff]( [Knesset lawyer mulling rules for PM’s immunity denies recusing self]( By [TOI staff]( [Mandelblit: Netanyahu’s claims of impropriety came only after charges announced]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Hebrew from Tarantino, Nazis and ‘1917’ make waves at Golden Globes]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Sam Mendes wins best picture, director for WWI epic ‘1917,’ Gervais makes Weinstein jokes, Sacha Baron Cohen slams Facebook again, and ‘Jojo Rabbit’ fails, in annual film awards]( [Weinstein’s reckoning: Sex crimes trial set to begin, 2 years after #MeToo wave]( By [Michael R. Sisak]( [Peace offering / Jerusalem Jewish film fest screens documentary about Peres]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Archaeology [City of David archaeologists say 2,000-year-old central Jerusalem market found]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [CRM]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2020 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved