PM, experts at odds on scrapping kids’ quarantine * Snow hits north * ’Signature’ shows who gets long COVID * German cops probe Israeli site * Mourning Holocaust in 1945

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, January 26, 2022 Presented by [Atlantis Resorts]( [In U-turn, health officials to recommend delaying plan to scrap quarantine for kids]( By [TOI staff]( [Health chiefs to meet with PM; head of Pediatricians Association says he’s ‘raising a red flag’ over plan set to begin Thursday; 888 COVID patients in serious condition]( [Health officials said to warn country will soon break own record for serious cases]( By [TOI staff]( [Depression, anxiety in children jumped during pandemic, study shows]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Winter storm Elpis brings heavy snow to Golan; schools in north, Jerusalem close]( By [TOI staff]( [Motorists in the capital are asked to stay off the road in the afternoon to allow bulldozers to move around the city; Hermon ski resort sees 20 cm piling up overnight]( [Israel braces for heavy snow, strong winds as winter storm Elpis blows in]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Lebanese president says country ready to resume maritime border talks with Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel’s Energy Ministry says it is prepared to negotiate again, but ‘Lebanon must stop raising new demands’]( [Russia threatens retaliation if West continues ‘aggressive course’ on Ukraine]( By [VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV]( [Foreign Minister Lavrov says top officials will advise Putin on next steps when it gets US response to demands, but West still concerned Moscow planning to invade]( [US, Europe draw up gas supply plan in case of Russian cutoff amid Ukraine tensions]( By [Ellen Knickmeyer, AAMER MADHANI and Matthew Daly]( [Potential Ukraine invasion tests Biden’s ability to rally allies against Putin]( By [AAMER MADHANI and Zeke Miller]( sponsored by [Kosher in the Bahamas]( [Inspired by Israeli cooking techniques, Atlantis’ Kosher dining service offers contemporary fare with an array of classic and novel dishes. For events and group functions.]( Top Ops [Zack Rothbart]( [Before liberation: Mourning the Holocaust in 1945]( [Discovering the scope of the destruction of Europe’s Jews, world Jewry observed an international day of bereavement, with rare unity across religious lines]( [Kenneth Jacobson]( [Taking stock of Holocaust awareness for International Holocaust Remembrance Day]( [We need creative approaches to engage the next generation, thanks to events fading into history, antisemitism surging, and the rise in extremism of all kinds]( [Kenneth S. Stern]( [Antisemitism rests on intent not motive. It’s clear from the IHRA Definition]( [The text we wrote avoids psychoanalyzing perpetrators and simply asks whether victims were selected because of their race, religion or other such category]( [Israel Yoles]( [Cervical cancer screening: What you didn’t know you didn’t know]( [It’s caused by infection, it doesn’t affect only women, vaccination can prevent it, and getting checked really can save your life]( [Herzog announces historic trip to UAE next week, will meet crown prince]( By [Lazar Berman]( [President to open Israel national day at Dubai Expo during two-day jaunt to Gulf state, in first-ever official visit by an Israeli president]( [Lapid: Israel hopes for ties with Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, but no deal imminent]( By [TOI staff]( [Top PA official says meeting with Lapid was positive, ‘opened doors’ for more talks]( By [TOI staff]( [Lebanon inks deals to receive electricity from Jordan via Syria]( By [Sarah El Deeb]( [Israel reaches worst score ever in annual corruption index]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel ranks 29th out of 37 OECD countries; watchdog head: ‘corruption phenomenon in Israel strengthening’; study published same day ex-minister pleads guilty to tax offenses]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Jan. 26 – Snow in the Holy Land and a blizzard of COVID updates]( By [TOI staff]( [Health reporter Nathan Jeffay brings a flurry of pandemic news; Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben-David explains how the Abraham Accords are opening up new med-tech markets]( [Knesset passes ‘COVID law,’ ending state of emergency in place for most of pandemic]( By [TOI staff]( [Researchers discover ‘antibody signature’ that may explain why some get long COVID]( By [TOI staff]( [Team lead hopes findings will help in early identification of patients at increased risk of illness, in turn facilitating research and development of targeted treatments]( [Explainer / What do we know about Omicron variant’s ‘stealthier’ descendent?]( By [laura ungar]( ToI investigates [Simona Weinglass]( [Israeli, German police zero in on alleged scammers behind 24Option investment site]( [Employees arrested and real estate, luxury cars and jewelry seized in connection with Israeli-owned site accused of bilking people out of millions of euros]( Interview [The only known 2nd-generation Holocaust survivor in US sports leaves an NBA legacy]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [In his new book ‘By the Grace of the Game,’ former pro athlete Dan Grunfeld tells the story of his Jewish immigrant father who defied the odds to make basketball history]( [Auschwitz foundation launches ‘Indifference Challenge’ to counter apathy to racism]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Lapid to speak at Mauthausen concentration camp on Holocaust Remembrance Day]( By [Lazar Berman]( [On eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel home to 165,800 survivors]( By [TOI staff]( [Social Equality Ministry says 15,324 survivors died in 2021, a daily average of 42 fatalities — many of them victims of the coronavirus pandemic]( [RFK Jr. apologizes for Anne Frank comparison at anti-vaccine rally]( By [Michelle R. Smith]( [Auschwitz and Sarajevo siege survivor Greta Weinfeld Ferusic dies aged 97]( By [AFP]( [Iranian president says nuclear deal possible if sanctions lifted]( By [AP]( [Comments carried by state TV come a day after foreign minister indicated a willingness to negotiate directly with US]( [Iran arrests 17 people over ‘panic spreading’ prank videos]( By [Amir Vahdat]( [Outcry as Iran sentences French tourist to 8 years in prison for espionage]( By [Stuart Williams and Cecile Feuillatre]( [As demand spikes, donor to buy Israeli emergency help system for Jewish institutions]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Jewish philanthropist pledges $1 million to fund installation, training of security software for Jewish schools, synagogues in wake of Texas attack]( [Two more men arrested in UK over Texas synagogue attack]( By [AFP]( [UN chief decries antisemitism, urges world to ‘stand firm’ against hatred, bigotry]( By [Edith M. Lederer]( [CRM]( Analysis [As Netanyahu plea fizzles out, so does jockeying for Likud leadership]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [After opposition leader announces he has no plans to leave politics, presumed contenders for Likud leadership swiftly fall back in line behind him, except for Yuli Edelstein]( [Bennett mocks Netanyahu for plea deal talks after ex-PM criticizes COVID policy]( By [TOI staff]( [Michael Steinhardt allegedly looted the same caves his donations help to preserve]( By [Asaf Shalev]( [Links between the Heliodorus Stele, Birthright Israel, and accused billionaire illuminate just how complicated a relationship Israel has with the megadonor philanthropist]( [CRM]( [JCC Manhattan’s new director looks to help people ‘reclaim pre-COVID life’]( By [Ben Sales]( [After a pandemic paradigm shift moved much of her organization’s programming online, Rabbi Joanna Samuels wants to bring her community back together – literally and metaphorically]( More Headlines [Palestinian killer of UK student in 2017 Jerusalem attack is found dead in cell]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [Doughnut Economics launches in Israel with call to update priorities, protect Earth]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Vordle / Wordle got you ‘farblundget’? Try Hebrew and Yiddish versions]( By [Michelle Krasovitski]( [Israel to destroy Khan al-Ahmar hamlet, rebuild it 300 meters away – report]( By [TOI staff]( [Human Rights Watch says senior staffer targeted with NSO spyware]( By [AP]( [IDF, police bust gun-running operation on Jordanian border, seize 53 firearms]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Israeli troops nab 2 Gaza infiltrators, one armed with a grenade]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Boston art museum to return 17th-century painting to heirs of pre-WWII Jewish owner]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Crossing the pond / An Israeli, a Palestinian and a Jordanian walk into the Dead Sea]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Soccer player jailed for deadly hit-and-run signs with team 10 days after release]( By [TOI staff]( [UK government on edge ahead of ‘partygate’ probe into Downing Street lockdown events]( By [Jill Lawless]( [Fairytale beginning / Disney Plus to come to Israel this summer]( By [TOI staff]( [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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