UNGA backs Israeli resolution for only 2nd time ever, on Holocaust denial * 1st Shabbat after Texas * Israel world’s #1 for new COVID cases * PODCAST: Kosher fakin bacon?

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, January 21, 2022 [UN General Assembly adopts Israeli resolution aimed at combating Holocaust denial]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Only 2nd time an Israeli-led measure has ever passed; initiative earns 114 cosponsors, is approved by consensus; Iran opposes but can’t force vote since it hasn’t paid its UN dues]( [On Wannsee anniversary, German FM says Nazi-era diplomats share blame for Holocaust]( By [AP]( [Minister raps UN envoy for mischaracterizing her ties with Palestinian counterpart]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Dozens of settlers assault Palestinians and left-wing activists in West Bank]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Masked figures descending from illegal outpost hurl stones, beat people planting trees, set car alight; multiple people wounded, no arrests; settler leaders say they’re ‘horrified’]( [Interview / Deputy minister: You can’t have free, democratic state so long as we control people]( By [Tia Goldenberg]( [Israel world #1 in daily COVID cases per capita; exposed schoolkids won’t quarantine]( By [TOI staff]( [Starting next Thursday, students to take antigen tests twice a week at home and present negative results when going to school; PM says ‘millions’ of home tests to be handed out]( [World breaks daily COVID case count record, again, tally shows]( By [AFP]( [In first for an EU state, Austria makes COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for adults]( By [EMILY SCHULTHEIS and Geir Moulson]( COVID Q&A [Nathan Jeffay]( [Two months since Omicron emerged, where does Israel stand? Q&A with an expert]( [Did the travel ban help? Why aren’t vaccines working the same as with previous variants? Why don’t antibody counts tell us if we’re protected? Immunologist Dr. Yariv Wine answers]( [Gantz becomes latest government minister to catch COVID-19]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Liberman says ‘no money handouts’ for businesses, insists economy doing well overall]( By [TOI staff]( [Natural immunity was more potent than vaccines during US Delta wave — study]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [But authors of paper warn against depending on infection, given the higher risks of hospitalization, long-term impacts and death]( [Spain leads call for COVID-19 to be treated like flu]( By [AFP]( [COVID cases ‘drop significantly’ in Africa, WHO says]( By [AFP]( [Report: Israeli fighter jets, refueling planes hold massive drill aimed at Tehran]( By [TOI staff]( [Maneuvers seen as intended to plan for strike on Iran, Saudi-owned Elaph claims, month after New York Times reveals new tankers seen as key to threat won’t arrive before late 2024]( [Iran, Russia and China begin joint naval drill in Indian Ocean]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Gantz: Iran’s ‘double game’ in region must be on the table at nuclear talks]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Deputy state attorney: Netanyahu plea deal without ‘moral turpitude’ inconceivable]( By [TOI staff]( [Shlomo Lamberger’s public remarks are first from officials at State Attorney’s Office on swirling rumors of potential agreement between ex-premier and AG]( [Explainer / What does a plea bargain mean in Israel, and what could it spell for Netanyahu?]( By [Amir Fuchs and Guy Lurie]( [Societal rifts a larger threat to Israel than foreign enemies, ex-IDF chief says]( By [Luke Tress]( [Ministers agree on NIS 500,000 in aid for each family of 45 Meron disaster victims]( By [TOI staff]( [Justice and finance ministers announce compensation for ‘tremendous loss’ in Israel’s worst peacetime disaster]( From the blogs [Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler]( [The NSO scandal should be an earthquake for the Israel Police]( [They hacked into the very souls of Israeli citizens illegally, without public oversight, and, most troubling of all, claim it was approved by the Attorney General]( [Police chief defiant amid NSO scandal: ‘Some want to harm our crimefighting ability’]( By [TOI staff]( [Facing claims of spying on citizens, Kobi Shabtai tells officers force is ‘under attack,’ vows to continue to develop intel tech, insists authorities only use it lawfully]( [Attorney general opens investigation into police use of NSO spyware against Israelis]( By [TOI staff]( [US Jews prepare for Shabbat in shadow of ‘disheartening’ Texas synagogue attack]( By [Asaf Shalev]( [‘It’s scary to be Jewish in America these days,’ says religious leader acquainted with Charlie Cytron-Walker, the rabbi taken hostage in Colleyville last week]( [NY police seeking woman seen spitting on Jewish kids, threatening to kill them]( By [Luke Tress]( Top Ops [Ilana Sober Elzufon]( [A father-in-law’s pragmatism]( [Moses’s commitment to truth and justice brought him the highest level of prophecy, but he needed some help with the more practical side of leadership (Yitro)]( [Zoë Lang]( [All of us stood at Sinai: On being Orthodox and single]( [Many of our leaders have been married for a long time, which makes crucial that they learn what single people need from the single people themselves]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Can fakin’ bacon and moon-shaped croissants be called kosher?]( By [TOI staff]( [Times Will Tell takes a closer look at the first step of Israel’s reforms in the kosher supervision system, and who’s making the decisions]( [CRM]( [Flight from NY to Tel Aviv turns back after two unruly Israelis grab business seats]( By [TOI staff]( [Passengers said to raise ruckus after sitting in business class, refusing to prove to cabin crew they had tickets for it; pilot returns to NY, pair arrested]( [Christian adoption agency accused of discrimination after refusing Jewish couple]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram suing Tennessee, which funds Holston United Methodist Home, in first challenge to 2020 law giving agencies room to not help those of other creeds]( [US Rep. Boebert asks Jewish visitors if they are spying on Capitol]( By [Gabe Friedman]( Interview [Leaning into own past, Jewish ‘Wonder Years’ writer comes of age with TV bar mitzvah]( By [Aviva Engel]( [From doily head coverings to pre-speech jitters, the rebooted sitcom managed to capture the Jewish rite just right, largely thanks to screenwriter Yael Galena’s own experiences]( [Bennett speaks with Abu Dhabi crown prince following deadly Houthi attack]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [PM affirms support, expresses condolences; UAE news agency says he stressed ‘need to confront terrorist forces that threaten stability and peace in the region’]( [Lapid talks with Turkish FM, in first acknowledged call in 13 years]( By [TOI staff]( [In perfect harmony / Moroccan musicians spend year in Israel with Ashdod Orchestra]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [CRM]( More Headlines [In questioning, women in Iran espionage case insist they had no sinister intentions]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Islamic State attacks Syria jail, military base in Iraq in deadly escalation]( By [AFP]( [IDF issues demolition order for residence of suspect in fatal West Bank shooting]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Man suspected of murdering pregnant wife in northern Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [5 Palestinians freed following arrests during East Jerusalem eviction]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Citing error, Facebook nixes threat to delete page of pro-Israel UN watchdog chief]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Non-Jewish US House reps form congressional ‘Caucus for Advancement of Torah Values’]( By [Shira Hanau]( [‘You were in the Oval Office’: Jan. 6 investigators ask Ivanka Trump to cooperate]( By [Frankie TAGGART]( [US charges Belarus with air piracy in flight diversion nation blamed on Hamas threat]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [After heart transplant, researchers successfully test pig-to-human kidney donation]( By [LAURAN NEERGAARD]( [Funny fashion / Rachel Antonoff employs Jewish comedians to model her latest]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Obituary / Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ rock legend, dies at 74]( By [Hillel Italie]( [The daily edition]() [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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