Thousands pack funeral of COVID-victim rabbi * Sa’ar to ToI: Netanyahu plays a dirty game * Threat to Iran? DM at long-range attack HQ * Who was world’s 1st female rabbi?

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, January 31, 2021 [Thousands attend funeral for ultra-Orthodox rabbi killed by COVID-19]( By [TOI staff]( [Head of the Brisk Yeshiva, Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, dies aged 99 after months-long illness; police urge populace to stay away from burial]( [Netanyahu’s challengers, and some allies, seethe over mass funeral of top rabbi]( By [TOI staff]( [Two-month-old infant with health problems dies after contracting coronavirus]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [David Horovitz]( [‘Netanyahu plays a dirty game,’ says challenger Sa’ar, ‘but he doesn’t scare me’]( [PM’s actions are ‘a danger to the people,’ his attacks on law enforcement are unconscionable, and much of the media’s in his pocket. So says the ex-colleague determined to oust him]( [Former justice minister leaves The Israelis as party seeks to unite with Labor]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Lapid says he’s had no contact with Gantz, Ashkenazi since stormy split]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Law to double fines for lockdown violations gets final approval from Knesset]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Lawmakers approve bill in 2nd, 3rd readings following tug of war between Gantz and ultra-Orthodox, Arab parties]( [In veiled threat to Tehran, defense minister visits IDF’s long-range attack HQ]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [After army chief’s announcement of fresh plans to strike Iran, Gantz meets with Depths Corps, which is responsible for operations far from Israel’s borders]( [Iran rejects talks after Macron says ‘very short time’ to stop it getting nukes]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( Times of Israel Podcast [PODCAST: Daily Briefing — IDF chief threatens Iran as Sa’ar takes on Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [Listen Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( Top Ops [Jamie Geller]( [Amanda Gorman and what it means to have a chance to shine]( [Every powerful, passionate young Jewish woman out there needs to get the message that we need her voice]( [Dov Lipman]( [Let our people come!]( [It’s sheer madness for a country of so many immigrants with relatives and businesses abroad to impose sudden, arbitrary flight bans]( Author interview [World’s 1st female rabbi led a 16th century Mosul yeshiva for Kurdish Jewry]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [CRM]( [Palestinian attempts to stab soldier in West Bank, is shot dead]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [No Israelis reported injured in incident at the Gush Etzion Junction in which assailant tried to attack serviceman with a makeshift spear]( [Israel to send Palestinians 5,000 coronavirus vaccine doses for health workers]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Dozens protest death of settler teen in Jerusalem; five arrested]( By [TOI staff]( [Top health official fears vaccine less effective against South African strain]( By [TOI staff]( [But Sharon Alroy-Preis says no evidence any variant can completely bypass the inoculation; nearly 3 million Israelis have received 1st shot, 1.7 million of them have had both]( [Over 3 million receive 1st vaccine shot, but COVID outbreak still raging]( By [TOI staff]( [Lawmakers to okay increase of fines, paving way for lockdown extension]( By [TOI staff]( [Health Ministry expected to seek week-long lockdown extension as virus rages on]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Sue Surkes]( [As economy seeks post-COVID rebound, a plan promises a greener, cleaner way]( [There’s no vaccine for climate change, but researchers say an NIS 8 billion scheme could put the country back on track by creating new jobs while moving to a low-carbon economy]( [After several delays, Netanyahu said set to visit Gulf in mid-February]( By [TOI staff]( [PM reportedly seeks to boost diplomatic bonafides ahead of election, as well as build united front against US return to nuclear deal with Iran]( [Dubai says trade with Israel has topped $270 million since normalization]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Nature calls / As anemones bloom, south hopes visitors will pop up after lockdown]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [For 1st time in months, police use water cannon on anti-Netanyahu protesters]( By [TOI staff]( [Mossad said involved in probe of blast near Israeli embassy in New Delhi]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Israeli alleged drug kingpin set to be deported from Colombia]( By [TOI staff]( [Bomb-making manuals found at home of Proud Boy arrested after US Capitol riot]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Jewish groups blast Marjorie Taylor Greene; her response: ‘I’ll never back down’]( By [Ben Sales]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2021 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved