Expert: Delta beaten; 6 months of COVID quiet * Lapid: Iran nears ’nuclear threshold’ * Female chair for Agency? * Neo-Nazi in Jewish burial spot * Haredi cult to Iran?

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, October 13, 2021 Presented by [Telus International]( [Top virologist says Delta defeated, predicts 6+ months of COVID quiet for Israel]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [New variants will be held at bay for now, says Rivka Abulafia-Lapid, whose optimism comes as number of new serious COVID cases per day almost halves over two weeks]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct. 13 – Can Israel celebrate the end of the Delta wave?]( By [TOI staff]( [Millions of coronavirus test kits for schoolchildren arrive in country]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Iran becoming a nuclear threshold state,’ Lapid tells Biden aide in Washington]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Foreign minister also stresses ‘need for alternative’ to JCPOA during meeting with Jake Sullivan, though US still says it hasn’t exhausted efforts to revive the accord]( [Former Mossad chief says Iran ‘no closer than before’ to obtaining nukes]( By [TOI staff]( [Azerbaijan and Iran, divided over Israel, agree to mend ties ‘through dialogue’]( By [AFP]( [Israel may allow vaccinated tourists in from November 1 — though US in question]( By [TOI staff]( [A number of countries may be initially excluded from potential framework of allowing in non-group travelers, due to absence of deals to recognize vaccination certificates]( [Health Ministry cancels quarantine for parents caring for COVID-infected kids]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Tzipi Livni could join race to head Jewish Agency, potentially backed by Lapid]( By [Shalom Yerushalmi and Tal Schneider]( [If ex-foreign minister throws hat into the ring, she’s expected to get support of Michaeli and other ministers; nominating panel considering selecting woman for 1st time]( [With Elazar Stern out of running, Jewish Agency eyes first-ever female chair]( By [Tal Schneider]( [Elazar Stern drops Jewish Agency candidacy amid burgeoning controversy]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( From our sponspor [Join Telus International as a part-time Independent Contractor.]( [If you live in Israel and are fluent in Hebrew and English, this work from home role could be for you. Role of Personalized Internet Assessor in Israel]( [US: Blinken to warn Lapid of risks of cooperating with China in ‘candid’ talk]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Ahead of secretary’s meeting with Israeli and UAE foreign ministers, senior official says sides will also unveil trilateral working groups on religious coexistence, water, energy]( [Lapid to Harris in DC: Even when we have differences, we share a common goal]( By [Jacob Magid]( Live updates [LIVE: Sudanese justice minister meets with Israeli officials in UAE]( By [TOI staff]( [Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll and Regional Cooperation Minister Issawi Frej discuss joint education, culture initiatives with Nasredeen Abdulbari]( [Church ‘mistake’ sees German neo-Nazi’s ashes buried in Jewish musician’s plot]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Authorities say they are reviewing moving remains of Holocaust-denier Henry Hafenmayer from spot where Max Friedländer had been interred]( Top Ops [Michael Laitman]( [The just protest of the medical residents will not heal healthcare]( [The problem goes far beyond assembly-line medicine – Everything is motivated by money and it’s time to establish a care-based society]( [Chajm Guski]( [A German Talmud translation on Sefaria]( [After so many terrible years of nearly no call for this work, it’s in demand in the digital world – and as a model for Talmud translations into other languages too]( [Haredi cult tries to go to Iran, sparks fears it may be used as bargaining chip]( By [TOI staff]( [Relatives ask Israel, US to intervene as extremist Lev Tahor members seek to leave Guatemala for Iraq, apparently en route to Islamic Republic]( [Iran arrests 10 suspects who worked as accomplices for ‘hostile countries’]( By [AP and TOI staff]( Interview [After killing hundreds of Italian civilians, a brutal SS division evaded justice]( By [Robert Philpot]( [UK author Christian Jennings’ new book ‘Anatomy of a Massacre’ examines the infamous murders at Sant’ Anna di Stazzema to highlight Nazi war crimes that went unpunished]( Interview [Jacob Magid]( [Frustrated with US, but reluctant to fight, PA envoy looks elsewhere for help]( [Ramallah’s man in New York, UN ambassador Riyad Mansour, tells ToI he appreciates what Biden administration has done but recognizes that Washington won’t push Jerusalem into talks]( [Four IDF soldiers held over alleged abuse of Palestinian detainee]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Combat troops from religious ‘Netzah Yehuda’ battalion suspected of beating and sexually assaulting man they had arrested]( [Vandals attack Palestinian village, daubing walls and puncturing car tires]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [Poll shows scant support for Edelstein in Likud leadership battle with Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [Former Knesset speaker would be wiped out in potential primaries, with support of just 6%, survey finds, though options for potential partners would open up under new party head]( [Bennett calls to limit ultra-Orthodox political influence, drawing Haredi ire]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli tech firms raised staggering $17.8b this year, almost double 2020 total]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Funding rounds of over $100m account for more than half the total sum for first 3 quarters of 2021; tech exits reach over $18b]( [Oracle inaugurates regional cloud center in Jerusalem, plans to open 2nd site]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Anonymous Google, Amazon workers decry deal with Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [In letter, hundreds of employees protest agreement for Nimbus project ‘to sell dangerous technology to the Israeli military and government’]( [Writer boycotting Israeli publisher still open to Hebrew translation of novel]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( Interview [Ricky Ben-David]( [Regulation takes time but it’s coming for Facebook, says Israeli law expert]( [Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler of the Israel Democracy Institute says that big shifts in data protection and privacy in recent years signal change for social media platforms]( [Why are non-Jewish Dutch parents giving their children Jewish names?]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Monikers like Aron and Thirza are common in the Netherlands and almost nonexistent in neighboring Belgium. They may correlate with locals’ positive associations with Judaism]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Israel signs deal doubling water supply to parched Jordan]( By [AFP]( [Israeli hospital hit with ransomware attack]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Creator of iconic Chabad menorah posthumously accused of sexually abusing girl]( By [Asaf Shalev]( [2nd suspect arrested over alleged Cyprus plot targeting Israelis – report]( By [TOI staff]( [New Shin Bet chief: Agency won’t stand idly by as crime rises in Arab community]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Removal of Columbus statue by Mexico mayor sparks debate on indigenous people]( By [Samir TOUNSI and Natalia Cano]( [Gilboa prison break mastermind details escape, bungled flight to freedom]( By [TOI staff]( [IDF soldier dies after jumping out of moving car on highway]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Police arrest 4 suspected of kidnapping sister from battered women’s shelter]( By [TOI staff]( [Police suspect 90-year-old woman murdered by her caregiver]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel defeats Moldova, but another Scotland win means World Cup hopes vanishing]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Beam me up, Bezos / At 90, William Shatner heads to final frontier]( By [Marcia Dunn and RICK TABER]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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