Rosh Hashanah: Putin expects ’hefty contribution’ from Russia’s Jews * Worshiper stabbed to death outside shul in south Israel *ToI with Pakistan group on Jerusalem visit

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, September 25, 2022 [Putin tells Russian Jews he expects ‘hefty contribution’ in New Year’s message]( By [TOI staff]( [Statement encouraging Jewish community to integrate comes after tens of thousands rushed for exit in wake of war with Ukraine, with more expected to follow as reservists called up]( [Estonia said to block Israelis with Russian citizenship from entering]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Ukraine is ‘not Nazi,’ say Holocaust survivors who live there in message to Putin]( By [Joris FIORITI]( [Worshiper stabbed to death outside Dimona synagogue after asking suspect to be quiet]( By [TOI staff]( [Eliyahu Hazan, 59, attacked by man who was yelling expletives and disturbing evening prayers in the southern city]( [‘We are one family’: Lapid appeals for unity in Rosh Hashanah message to world Jewry]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel’s Jewish population passes 7 million on eve of Rosh Hashanah]( By [TOI staff]( Reporter's Notebook [Visiting Israel, Pakistani delegation promotes vision of peace ‘one step at a time’]( By [Ash Obel]( [Despite lack of diplomatic relations, a group featuring a former government minister tours Jerusalem, seeking to lobby Islamabad to join Abraham Accords]( [For Rosh Hashanah, Negev Desert wine and ancient opium]( [listen to the podcast]( [Demonstrators return to Iran’s streets, defying deadly crackdown]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Reformist party calls to disband morality police, after young woman allegedly beaten to death in custody; dozens killed, hundreds arrested in unrest]( [Firebomb hurled at Iran’s embassy in Athens after protest against deadly crackdown]( By [AFP]( [Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator to meet UN watchdog chief amid dispute over probe]( By [AFP]( Top Ops [Rachel Sharansky Danziger]( [As history happens in Ukraine, let’s write ourselves into the Book of Right]( [What will we tell our children when they look back at this time, see a bloody war, a ruthless tyrant, talk of nuclear warfare, and ask: Did you stand up to it all?]( [Rachel Azaria]( [For the sins we commit as groups, especially against other groups]( [For thinking that we’re always right and the other always wrong… We have allowed our differences to become so identity-defining that they may destroy us]( [Yedidia Z. Stern]( [Rosh Hashanah or January 1?]( [This season of Jewish holidays goes a long way to preserve our Jewish identity, protecting us from the pervasive divisiveness and assimilation in Israeli society]( [Chana Tannenbaum]( [Heralding the birthday of the world]( [The ’something from nothing’ of creation is found in a barren woman’s child, in a penitent’s fresh start. The shofar calls to us to realize and make use of this gift]( Op-ed: Rosh Hashanah 5783 [David Horovitz]( [To overturn the evil decree]( [In an era of historical revisionism, forgotten lessons and rising intolerance, Judaism’s core imperative seems particularly vital]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing September 25: For Rosh Hashanah, Negev Desert wine and ancient opium]( By [TOI staff]( [As war rages, lone IDF soldiers from Ukraine reunite with families in Moldova]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [Unique trip brings Israeli troops and their loved ones together in Chisinau ahead of Rosh Hashanah, after they were kept apart by Russian invasion]( [Europe faces dilemma on border limits as Russians seek sanctuary from military draft]( By [AFP]( [Under new law, Russian troops face 10 years in jail for surrender, refusal to fight]( By [AFP]( [CRM]( [Lapid told UN majority of Israelis back 2-state solution, but poll signals otherwise]( By [TOI staff]( [Survey says only 31% of Jewish Israelis think next gov’t should push for such a peace deal with the Palestinians, with nearly 60% opposed; support far higher among Arab Israelis]( [UAE hails Lapid’s support for 2-state solution, backs Palestinian state on ’67 lines]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Italians cast votes as far-right party with post-fascist roots poised to take power]( By [Gildas Le Roux and Ella Ide]( [Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, appears set to establish first far-right Italian government since fall of Mussolini in WWII]( [Troops open fire at group of armed Palestinians near Nablus, killing one — IDF]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Nablus-based armed faction ‘Lion’s Den’ says member killed in clash; West Bank, Gaza crossings for Palestinians to close over Rosh Hashana]( State of the campaign [Simon Davies and Joshua Hantman]( [Yair Lapid’s campaign dilemma, and how it connects to his 2-states speech at the UN]( [He wants to grow Yesh Atid’s share of the anti-Netanyahu vote, without pushing Labor, Meretz or even Yisrael Beytenu below the threshold]( [Gantz won’t sit with Netanyahu, backs 2 ‘entities’ to resolve Palestinian conflict]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud activist suspended after assaulting anti-Netanyahu protesters]( By [Ash Obel]( [As holiday season arrives and COVID fears ebb, US synagogues try for a new normal]( By [Jackie Hajdenberg]( [With virus deaths falling globally, community-wide guidelines make way for a patchwork approach as the Jewish world prepares for 3rd High Holidays under pandemic concerns]( [At campaign launch, Balad accuses ex-allies of putting economics ahead of ideology]( By [Jack Mukand]( [In a rally featuring Palestinian flags and nationalist anthems, Arab anti-Zionist party’s leaders express confidence they’ll enter the next Knesset, despite current low polling]( [Shots fired at home of Druze mayor as land dispute turns ugly]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Damage caused to Wisam Nibwani’s house in Julis but no injuries; police break up riots after attack as Druze leader urges calm]( [30-year-old seriously injured by Acre car explosion in apparent mob hit]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Stray bullet fired at Bedouin wedding hits car in southern kibbutz]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Roger Waters scraps Poland shows amid fury at his blaming Ukraine extremists for war]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Waters holds ‘extreme nationalists’ in Kyiv responsible for the conflict, along with Western allies for adding fuel to the fire by supplying weapons; urges concessions to Russia]( [Zelensky says Putin knowingly ‘sending citizens to their death’]( By [AFP]( Move over apples & honey [What 5 international chefs are making for Rosh Hashanah]( By [Rachel Ringler]( [These culinary masters are weaving the traditional symbols of sweetness into their Jewish New Year’s menus – though the apples may be confited and the honey replaced by silan]( [7 Rosh Hashanah desserts that aren’t honey cake]( By [Rachel Myerson]( [How to do the holidays with zero waste, with an online guide]( By [Sue Surkes]( [In field of big personalities, low-key Shapiro poses test for Pennsylvania Democrats]( By [Marc Levy]( [Jewish gubernatorial candidate accuses his GOP rival Doug Mastriano, who was at US Capitol on January 6, of trafficking in ‘antisemitic, racist and homophobic tropes every day’]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Fate of Yemenite baby determined after DNA from exhumed body matches relatives’]( By [TOI staff]( [Woman accuses would-be Likud MK of sexually assaulting her 8 years ago]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel’s soccer team beats Albania 2-1, securing spot in 2024 UEFA play-offs]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran ‘regrets’ Ukrainian decision to reduce its diplomatic presence in Kyiv]( By [AFP]( [NASA scraps third attempt at moon launch due to tropical storm]( By [AFP]( [Egypt announces it’s considering bid to host 2036 Olympics]( By [AFP]( [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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