3,000 settlement homes okayed; US steps up criticism * Daily briefing: Will we vaccinate our kids? * ’Jewface’ Joan Rivers series scrapped * Major kashrut reform advances

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Presented by [Good Faith Effort]( Live updates [LIVE: Israel okays plans for some 3,000 new settlement homes, amid US opposition]( By [TOI staff]( [Coalition’s left-wing factions lash out at Gantz over advancement of planned housing units in West Bank, which Blinken reportedly called ‘unacceptable’ in call with defense chief]( [Biden administration issues harshest critique yet on Israeli settlement building]( By [Jacob Magid]( [State Dept. spokesman says recently announced plans for new homes ‘completely inconsistent’ with efforts to maintain calm; ‘We are deeply concerned’]( [Planning committee meets to okay 2,800 settlement homes, despite US condemnation]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [UN rights chief slams ‘arbitrary’ Israel decision to outlaw Palestinian groups]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Plan for major kashrut reform advances through Knesset committee]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Ultra-Orthodox lawmakers fume over proposal, which would open up kosher certification to private agencies]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing Oct. 27 – Will Israelis agree to vaccinate their young children?]( [Health correspondent Nathan Jeffay on COVID shots for kids 5-11; senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on coalition infighting; and Raoul Wootliff on a new stage in the Netanyahu trial]( [After FDA nod, Israel gears up to start vaccinating 5- to 11-year-olds]( By [Amy Spiro]( [FDA advisers back Pfizer shot for ages 5-11, paving way for Israel to follow]( By [TOI staff and AP]( Exclusive [Planned law will let Israel collect personal info on all airline passengers]( By [Tal Schneider]( [Database, which matches programs in US and elsewhere, will compile everything from credit card numbers to meal requests in order to fight terror, crime and pandemics]( [Israel a candidate for visa waiver program, says top US official]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Joan Rivers series that sparked ‘Jewface’ debate scrapped by Showtime]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Plans for ‘The Comeback Girl’ starring Kathryn Hahn dropped by the network after it failed to secure rights from daughter Melissa Rivers]( [Helen Mirren, Mila Kunis join letter rejecting boycott of Tel Aviv film fest]( By [Amy Spiro]( From our sponsor [Amy Chua – Liberalism’s Story (In Memory of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks)]( [To commemorate Rabbi Sacks’ life and legacy, a discussion with Professor Amy Chua of Yale Law School]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [Sudan coup puts Israel ties on backburner, but unlikely to derail normalization]( [Military leaders who pushed ties with Jerusalem are now in control. But with bigger issues to deal with, the already torpid normalization process is expected to slow even further]( [In Israel, Congolese president says seeking ‘closer security, agriculture ties’]( By [Lazar Berman]( [After international outcry, Sudan PM detained after coup allowed to return home]( By [Samy Magdy]( [Bennett meets fallen border guard’s relatives, who had railed against him]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Barel Shmueli’s mother apologizes for calling PM a ‘dog’ after son was shot on Gaza border; asks him to support law that would let her use son’s sperm to produce a grandchild]( Top Ops [Dan Perry]( [Larry David and my own thoughtless, stupid, insensitive remarks]( [There should be limits to humor, I suppose, but then who can determine what is offensive and what is appropriate without becoming Orwell’s thought police?]( [Steven Bayar]( [Of Star Trek and Jewish identity]( [I use one episode to teach denominational differences, another to assess Cain and Abel’s brotherly love, one more on the temptation to sin, and another about God]( [Bucking FDA standards, Israel to allow entry for tourists with Russian vaccine]( By [TOI staff]( [Health Ministry director says arrivals who have received Sputnik V shots will need to take a serology test to confirm antibodies]( [Anti-vaxxer’s gravestone accusing hospital of murder edited amid legal threat]( By [TOI staff]( [Military court convicts Palestinian terrorist in Esther Horgen’s murder]( By [TOI staff]( [Muhammad Mruh Kabha convicted of killing in the Reihan forest last year; family says he should ‘rot behind bars till the end of his days’]( [Israel to recognize fibromyalgia, a chronic muscle pain illness, as a disability]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Patients once sidelined by skeptical doctors now given right to claim state allowance; decision impacts many in south whose illness is thought to be brought on by Hamas rockets]( [Iran offers to talk to Europeans about restarting nuclear negotiations]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Iranian source tells state media country formally notified Britain, France, and Germany it is willing to meet with reps on their turf or in Tehran, but so far has had no response]( [Iran blames fuel shutdown on cyberattack from unnamed country]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [CRM]( Film review [In ‘Golden Voices,’ Russian movie dubbers struggle with new roles in Holy Land]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Poignant and funny, film follows two famous voiceover actors who move to Israel in the post-Soviet era as they try to fit, socially and professionally, into their new homeland]( [3 Jewish baseball players are key figures in the 2021 World Series]( By [jacob gurvis]( [CRM]( [Mort Sahl, satirist who brought politics to comedy, dies at 94]( By [AP]( [Credited as the first to give stand-up acts an iconoclastic edge, Sahl skewered presidents from Eisenhower to Trump, paving the way for comics like George Carlin and Jon Stewart]( [Jay Black of ‘Jay and The Americans’ dies at 82]( By [Ron Kampeas]( More Headlines [Case 4000 / Netanyahu trial turns to alleged benefits he provided Bezeq telecom company]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Republican senators introduce bill to block reopening of Jerusalem consulate]( By [TOI staff and Jacob Magid]( [IAI sets up fund to adapt military drone, energy tech to civilian market]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Israel shuts down culture festival in East Jerusalem, claiming PA funding]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [US study: 1/3 of Jewish college students experienced antisemitism last year]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [Three more dead vultures found in Judean Desert, bringing poisoning toll to 12]( By [Sue Surkes]( [France opens world’s first museum dedicated to Dreyfus affair]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Facebook sat idling as online hate raged after Trump post, leaked documents show]( By [AMANDA SEITZ]( [Porsche, Goodyear invest in Israeli smart car firm Tactile Mobility]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Opposition drops boycott of Knesset committees after court ruling]( By [TOI staff]( [Red Cross says settlers maced personnel in West Bank]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [Maghar becomes Israel’s first Druze city]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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