Synagogue staffer, Mexican grandpa among 6 dead in Chicago * ToI investigates: Kotel fracas – ’Israel at its lowest’ * Witness describes Netanyahus’ constant gift demands

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, July 5, 2022 Presented by [Masa Israel JourneyÂ]( [Synagogue staffer, Mexican grandfather among 6 shot dead in Chicago’s Highland Park]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [North Shore Congregation Israel identifies Jacki Sundheim as one of the victims; Nicholas Toledo, 78, had been visiting family from Mexico; 4 other fatalities yet to be identified]( [6 dead, 31 wounded in shooting at Chicago-area July 4 parade]( By [Jacob Magid and AP]( [Chabad rabbi says alleged July 4 Chicago shooter entered his synagogue on Passover]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( ToI investigates [After bar mitzvah overrun by zealots, parents lament: ‘We saw Israel at its lowest’]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Ultra-Orthodox boys and men disrupted prayer services at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall as police stood by; those in attendance say it shook their connection to Israel]( [Daily Briefing Jul 5: Western Wall fracas; exclusive National Security Council study]( By [TOI staff]( [Key witness describes incessant demands from Netanyahus for gifts]( By [Jeremy Sharon]( [Hadas Klein, aide to billionaires Arnon Milchan and James Packer, tells court about continuous supply of luxury goods she helped deliver to the former premier and his wife]( FROM MASA ISRAEL JOURNEY [Your Next Step in Tech – The Largest Virtual Tech Event of the Year]( [Looking for job opportunities in tech in Israel, or looking to hire top international talent? 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Your future in tech awaits.]( Live updates [LIVE: US envoy ‘deeply disturbed’ by disruption of Americans’ Western Wall bar mitzvahs]( By [Michael Bachner]( [After ultra-Orthodox extremists rip prayer books at egalitarian plaza, Deborah Lipstadt argues that had incident occurred in any other country, it would be labeled antisemitic]( [US says Abu Akleh bullet test inconclusive, IDF likely shot her by mistake]( By [Aaron Boxerman, Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian]( [Israeli officials disappointed American probe doesn’t exonerate IDF in killing of Al Jazeera reporter; Palestinians assail conclusions, say Israeli soldiers definitively to blame]( [PA blasts inconclusive American Abu Akleh findings; Israel irked over partial blame]( By [Aaron Boxerman and Jacob Magid]( [Taking off to Paris, Lapid says Lebanon must ‘rein in’ Hezbollah, or Israel will]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Setting out on first trip abroad, new PM says ‘dangerous’ Iran nuclear deal, which Israel unanimously opposes, will top the agenda in his talks with the French president]( [In Paris meeting with Macron, Lapid to send a warning to Hezbollah]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Lebanese leaders slam Hezbollah for flying drones at Israeli gas rig]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing Jul 5: Western Wall fracas; exclusive National Security Council study]( [listen to the podcast]( [Moscow makes difficult demands of Jewish Agency, threatening its future in Russia]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Semi-governmental organization stresses that Moscow has not ordered it to cease its activities, says it is reviewing its options]( [Russia demands Israel unconditionally cease its ‘unacceptable’ Syria airstrikes]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [‘I’m terrified’: WNBA star detained in Russia appeals to Biden for help]( By [DOUG FEINBERG]( [Bnei Brak man seriously hurt in suspected terror stabbing]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [47-year-old tells medics he was attacked while crossing highway between ultra-Orthodox city and Givat Shmuel; police launch manhunt]( [Palestinians briefly capture Israeli military dog set on suspect in West Bank]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Family of slain South African immigrant starts global drive to complete Torah scroll]( By [Jacob Rivkin]( Tickets here! [DON’T MISS, WEDNESDAY: Hi-tech archaeology reveals ancient Jerusalem’s destructions]( By [TOI staff]( [On July 6, join us for 2nd in ToI@10 series: Archaeologists Jodi Magness and Joe Uziel in conversation with ToI’s Amanda Borschel-Dan at Jerusalem’s Begin Center — plus live music!]( Top Ops [Dan Perry]( [Massacre on the Fourth of July]( [The latest US Supreme Court rulings were enabled by a Constitution that lets a minority of Americans impose their radical conservative views on everyone else]( [Efraim Zuroff]( [A 101-year-old Nazi is convicted: Late justice is still justice]( [Josef Schutze lived to hear a German judge sentence him for helping murder thousands of Sachsenhausen concentration camp inmates. That’s a victory.]( [CRM]( [Greece frees Israeli arrested on ‘mistaken’ Interpol warrant, but he can’t leave yet]( By [TOI staff]( [Dudi Ashkenazi ordered not to stay on island of Rhodes until final decision; Israel says Peru’s international arrest warrant for drug offenses misidentified him as the culprit]( [1 killed as police open fire on suspects in underworld bombing in north]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud stalwart Steinitz announces retirement weeks before primaries]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Former minister, a 23-year veteran of the Knesset, cites need for ‘some fresh air’; primaries expected August 2]( [Labor’s Michaeli won’t nix sitting with ultra-Orthodox, rules out merger with Meretz]( By [TOI staff]( [Bills on US visa-free travel, Tel Aviv metro nixed on last Knesset day before recess]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Israel pushes off contentious E1 settlement project amid US pressure]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Defense Ministry panel’s meeting on objections to massive housing plan delayed from four days after Biden’s trip until September 12]( [Israeli journalist visits Saudi Arabia amid speculation on breakthrough in ties]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli light rail company hit in cyberattack amid Iranian reports of ‘metro hack’]( By [TOI staff]( [Denial of service, said to cause no lasting damage, is latest apparent salvo in Israel-Iran cyberwar]( [Iran says nuclear deal still possible despite lack of progress in Doha talks]( By [AFP]( Uninvited guest [An ibex walks into a hotel room…]( By [TOI staff]( [‘What do we do?’ guests ask after encountering the wild animal in their luxury Mitzpe Ramon room]( [CRM]( [Arts philanthropy Reboot creates studio to fund Jewish projects from podcasts to TV]( By [Andrew Lapin]( More Headlines [NATO states sign entry protocols for Sweden and Finland, further isolating Russia]( By [Raf Casert]( [Bank of Israel raises interest rate to 1.25% to rein in inflation]( By [Joshua Davidovich and Ricky Ben-David]( [Israel earmarks over $1 million for academic research into new food technologies]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [AG hints she could okay appointment of IDF head before election: ‘No absolute ban’]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Prison officer fired over claims he ‘pimped’ female guards to Palestinian inmates]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [UN official sees Israel primed to lead globe in developing carbon capture tech]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Israel launches low-altitude air transport exercise over Romania]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Police release suspect in missing teenager case, as parents turn to Gantz for help]( By [TOI staff]( [In wake of polio outbreak, baby vaccine rate rises to 96%]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Italy blames climate change for deadly glacier collapse]( By [Francesco Gilioli and Ella Ide]( [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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