New Iran minister tied to AMIA blast * FM makes historic trip to Morocco * COVID trends worsen * After Cuomo: Meet Kathy Hochul * 5 ways Israel can fight global warming

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, August 11, 2021 [Iran’s Raisi taps minister wanted for role in Buenos Aires Jewish Center bombing]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [New interior minister Ahmad Vahidi sought by Interpol; the president’s pick for top diplomat, Hossein Amirabdollahian, is an avowed anti-Westerner with ties to IRGC, Hezbollah]( [Israel said to warn CIA chief that new Iranian president is mentally disturbed]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Bennett meets CIA chief Burns to discuss Iran, increased Israel-US cooperation]( By [TOI staff]( [Lapid touches down in Morocco to kick off historic visit]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Foreign minister to open diplomatic mission in Rabat, meet with Moroccan counterpart Bourita; two-day trip is first by an Israeli top diplomat since 2003]( [Health officials predict thousands of seriously ill COVID patients within month]( By [TOI staff]( [Bennett reportedly agrees to expand hospital capacity after being presented with numbers showing hospitalizations quadrupling by mid-September; funding for plan unclear]( [‘People die in a pandemic’: Shaked rapped for seeming to brush off COVID deaths]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Serious COVID patients hit 400 as nearly 6,000 cases diagnosed Tuesday]( By [TOI staff]( [As Delta variant surges, a third of eligible Arab Israelis remain unvaccinated]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Coronavirus infections are very low in the community, but officials fear lack of immunization could lead to a serious outbreak, especially among Bedouins]( [Israel set to expand Green Pass; TV: 3rd shot may soon be offered to over-45s]( By [TOI staff]( [3rd COVID shot highly potent in Israel’s immunocompromised, early study shows]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: PM Bennett to lay out plan boosting health infrastructure as COVID cases spike]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Government reportedly readying plan to hire more nurses and doctors in order to prepare for up to 2,400 serious coronavirus cases within a month]( [Kathy Hochul, set to replace Cuomo as NY governor, no stranger to state’s Jews]( By [Stewart Ain]( [Lt. gov. was among first to call out recent antisemitism spurt in New York; made impression by attending meetings with US Jewish community leaders and touring Hasidic strongholds]( [New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigns over sexual harassment accusations]( By [MARINA VILLENEUVE]( Explainer [What can Israel do to fight the climate crisis? An expert names the top 5 steps]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Following new chilling UN report on global warming, Prof. Yoav Yair, Dean of the School of Sustainability at IDC Herzliya, lays out an urgent plan of action]( [Pace of global warming ‘quicker than we thought’ says only Israeli on UN panel]( By [Sue Surkes]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing August 11 – Climate crisis and hot spot Sheikh Jarrah unpacked]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Stacey Goldman]( [Why I stopped wearing tefillin]( [I was going to be a Conservative rabbi when I grew up; instead, a stint of intensive Torah study in the Orthodox world set me on a different path]( [Michael Eisenberg]( [Have more children!]( [Taking care of the next generation makes us invest time, energy, and resources to make the world a better place; and then the kids will solve the climate crisis]( [Nathan Lopes Cardozo]( [Encountering the Divine in prayer and sexuality]( [The experience truly cannot be expressed in words. It takes us out of ourselves, and yet allows us to connect most powerfully]( [Rachel Barenblat]( [Rabbis are supposed to offer hope on the High Holidays. What if I can’t?]( [Given the damage we humans have wrought on our health and well-being and the earth itself, I knew I needed inspiration myself before I could help others]( [Chinese group carried out widespread cyber espionage campaign in Israel – report]( By [Luke Tress]( [Hackers infiltrated Israeli government bodies and companies in operations likely motivated by business and tech interests; Iran and UAE also targeted]( [Wix rolls out tool for building apps without any coding]( By [Luke Tress]( [Senior Bahraini official openly meets IDF commander who handles Iran]( By [TOI staff]( [Army publishes photo of Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmad al Khalifa shaking hands with Tal Kelman, in further sign of strengthening alliance between countries]( [Minister: Israel holds direct contacts with Saudis, others in Gulf to fight Iran]( By [TOI staff]( [Iranian state media claims Israeli submarine passed through Suez into Red Sea]( By [TOI staff]( [Gantz, Herzog threaten Israel will step up responses if Iranian attacks continue]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [CRM]( [With new policing division, Bennett unveils plan to tackle crime among Arabs]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [PM says high crime levels are the result of state ‘neglect’: ‘The situation is intolerable and we will put an end to it’]( Interview [New book dredges up Warsaw Ghetto ‘police’ who sent fellow Jews to their deaths]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Polish historian Katarzyna Person quotes firsthand accounts to reveal the bleak reality that set the stage for the creation of the infamous Jewish Order Service]( Tokyo 2020 [‘Delighted to be back in Israel’: Olympic champion Linoy Ashram welcomed as hero]( By [TOI staff]( [‘I will not forget this reception my whole life,’ says gold medal gymnast to hundreds of supporters gathered at airport to greet her after Tokyo victory]( [Israeli, US air forces complete first-of-a-kind joint drill in southern Israel]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [‘Desert Eagle’ exercise between IAF and US Air Force Central Command comes as ties set to move under US military’s Mideast-focused CENTCOM]( [Biden taps Israel-born Amos Hochstein to oversee disputed Russia energy plan]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [US hails Egypt’s ‘constructive’ role in Gaza, elsewhere, despite rights concerns]( By [AFP]( Interview [New documentary tackles debate over secular education in New York City yeshivas]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Sister of murdered French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi asks Israel to try case]( By [TOI staff]( [Lawyers file antisemitism complaint with Israel Police after French court decided killer won’t stand trial because he had used drugs; however, France doesn’t extradite its citizens]( [Frenchwoman faces antisemitism trial over sign calling prominent Jews ‘traitors’]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Norwegian imam who has led interfaith dialogue said Jews should be killed]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [75 years on, harsh British detention of Holocaust survivors in Cyprus remembered]( By [Peter Martell]( [One of the last remaining metal huts that housed thousands of Jewish prisoners attempting to reach Israel will be the centerpiece of a new Jewish Museum in Larnaca]( More Headlines [Hamas said to block UN team from inspecting school where tunnel was found]( By [TOI staff]( [Russian scientist, 82, beaten on Moscow bus in antisemitic attack]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Iranian official on trial in Sweden for war crimes tied to new president Raisi]( By [AFP]( [Ukraine grave of Rabbi Nachman’s daughter destroyed, desecrated with pig heads]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Team Israel baseball coach steps down after lackluster Olympics]( By [Marc Brodsky]( [Walter Yetnikoff, schmoozy brawler who headed CBS Records, dies at 87]( By [Hillel Italie]( [Out of the blue / Butterfly experts aflutter over arrival of foreign species at Dead Sea]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Bank of Israel chief warns against lockdown, downplays inflation fears]( By [Luke Tress]( [No strings attached: Puppet fest may offer free rapid COVID testing at entrance]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Thousands flee as Taliban seize another provincial capital in Afghanistan]( By [Usman SHARIFI]( [US to review classified 9/11 files for possible publication]( By [AFP]( [US vows Taliban will become global pariah if it takes Afghanistan by force]( By [KATHY GANNON and TAMEEM AKHGAR]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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