Hamas gunman kills S. African immigrant in Old City terror * PM: We’re on verge of kids’ COVID outbreak * Podcast: Our UK BFF * Blog: Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, November 21, 2021 Presented by [ChaiFlicks]( [Jerusalem terror attack fatality named as South African immigrant Eliyahu David Kay]( By [TOI staff]( [26-year-old Western Wall guide and former lone soldier was shot dead by a Palestinian gunman in Old City; 4 hurt, including 2 border cops who have been released from hospital]( [Hamas gunman kills 1, wounds 4 in terror shooting in Jerusalem Old City]( By [Judah Ari Gross and Aaron Boxerman]( [Rabbi was returning from prayers at the Western Wall when terrorist struck]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Palestinian arrested over suspected terror stabbing of 67-year-old in Jaffa]( By [Michael Bachner]( [After questioning of 18-year-old suspect, police say indications mounting that incident wasn’t an attempted robbery as initially believed; victim moderately injured]( [National security adviser confirms solar, water swap deal with Jordan]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Energy ministers will sign agreement in the UAE on Monday; Eyal Hulata says pact enabled by the Abraham Accords]( [In rare meet, Israeli envoy to Bahrain seen talking with Indonesian defense minister]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Urging parents to vaccinate kids, PM warns Israel ‘on verge’ of children’s outbreak]( By [TOI staff]( [Ahead of Tuesday roll-out of vaccine campaign for ages 5-11, Bennett say COVID shots are the ‘safest and most effective way to keep our children healthy’]( [Some signs of COVID rise continue as reproduction rate climbs to 1.02]( By [TOI staff]( from our sponsor [Israel’s #1 Comedy, Checkout, Now Streaming on ChaiFlicks]( [Checkout follows the daily antics of the staff and customers of a failing Israeli supermarket. Watch the award-winning comedy streaming exclusively on ChaiFlicks.]( [Herzog heads to UK for meetings with Prince Charles, Boris Johnson]( By [TOI staff]( [President to also meet with British FM, Jewish community leaders during official visit; will urge a tougher line on Iran]( [Shin Bet intel instrumental in UK’s terror designation of Hamas – report]( By [TOI staff]( [En route to UK, Herzog op-ed calls for wider Mideast dialogue, but not with Iran]( By [TOI staff]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing Nov. 21 – Israel and its new BFF, the United Kingdom]( [Editor David Horovitz and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discuss the UK designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization and President Herzog’s visit to London]( [Religious affairs minister appears to walk back support for Western Wall compromise]( By [TOI staff]( [Labor MK Gilad Kariv, a Reform rabbi, condemns Matan Kahana for claiming ‘the vast majority’ of Jews in Israel are Orthodox]( Interview [Angels in antiquity: Judaism’s long relationship with heaven’s haloed helpers]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [While many Jews relegate the supernatural beings to the Christian realm, Prof. Mika Ahuvia reveals a deep cultural and religious connection in a new book]( Top Ops [Chavi Eisenberg]( [Hey American businesses: Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas]( [Hanukkah celebrates Jewish freedom from assimilation; it doesn’t need Jewish-Christmas decorations or Jewish-Christmas movies or Jewish elfs-on-the-shelf]( [Paul Ben Ishai]( [The 5G dilemma for Tamar Zandberg]( [The planned new broadband cellular standard is one of the least green technologies around and amounts to a solution for a problem that doesn’t exist]( [CRM]( [Ethics Committee blocked from convening, as Joint List MK refuses to join]( By [TOI staff]( [Osama Saadi, tapped as an alternate member of panel, says he won’t be ‘a tool in political games between the coalition and opposition’]( [Justice minister said to ask lawyer Navit Negev to submit her candidacy for AG]( By [TOI staff]( [Woman files police complaint against Likud MK who called to ‘trample’ coalition]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Four Cubits,’ the fifth Jerusalem Biennale, takes cue from pandemic]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Ancient two-meter measurement is theme of this year’s Jewish art exhibition, which explores personal spaces and isolation; event runs through December 30]( Not Amman [Iran’s women soccer goalie to sue Jordan for suggesting she’s a man]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Zohreh Koudaei says Jordan ‘questioning her femininity,’ condemns ‘crude and inappropriate’ allegation; she helped her team qualify for the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup]( [Blacklisted Iranian airline targeted in cyberattack]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran, worst hit by COVID in region, says half its population fully vaccinated]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Sweden’s national theater stages its first ever Yiddish production]( By [Katarzyna Andersz]( [Though there are at most around 3,000 speakers in Sweden today, the three shows filled nearly to capacity reflect the popularity of the official minority language]( [‘Path of humiliation’: Anger grows as Gazans lament arduous, costly travel to Egypt]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [380-kilometer road trip from Rafah to Cairo passes through sweltering deserts of the Sinai peninsula, where the Egyptian army imposes checkpoints and nighttime curfews]( [Egypt makes ‘unexpected, unimaginable’ Gaza comeback with postwar reconstruction]( By [Agencies]( [Israel returns remains of Palestinian teen alleged firebomber after bodies mix-up]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Sudan military coup leaders reinstate deposed PM Hamdok but maintain oversight]( By [Samy Magdy]( [Top general says Hamdok to lead an independent technocratic cabinet until elections held; other government officials and politicians arrested in October takeover to be released]( [CRM]( [First-ever Susan Alexandra store is a colorful homage to NYC’s Jewish history]( By [Shira Telushkin]( [As celebs and designers fawn over Susan Korn’s handbags, she doesn’t forget her roots, saying that opening her 1st shop in the Lower East Side’s former textile district was a must]( More Headlines [Mastercard opens fintech, cybersecurity innovation lab in Beersheba]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [IDF foils attempt to smuggle drugs, ammunition into Israel from Lebanon]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [After Israeli ban, US envoy to UN expresses backing for Palestinian rights groups]( By [TOI staff]( [White supremacist prison guards intimidate Black inmates with impunity in Florida]( By [JASON DEAREN]( [A mile from Auschwitz, a restored synagogue recalls thriving Jewish life in Oswiecim]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [French far-right candidate Eric Zemmour said courting voters in London]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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