Israel shuts for Yom Kippur * ’Shalom Ohad’: Iran protests on Israel TV * After menopause, a birth using 20-year frozen ovary * Stoppard’s classic * Shul gun ban: NY sued

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, October 4, 2022 Presented by [Ashkenazium]( [‘Shalom Ohad, I am with the protesters in Iran, filming with a hidden camera’]( By [Ash Obel and Agencies]( [Israel’s Channel 12 airs footage taken covertly on its behalf at Tehran protests, including interviews with demonstrators; ‘The people no longer want you,’ protester says of regime]( [Raisi tries to calm raging Iran protests as death toll continues to climb]( By [Agencies]( [Biden: US to impose ‘further costs’ on Iran over protests crackdown]( By [Stuart Williams]( Theater review [Tom Stoppard’s alt-neu Broadway play ‘Leopoldstadt’ is 140 minutes of shock and awe]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [Now running in NYC, the show is contemporary but reads like a classic, tracing a Jewish family through the surge and subsequent decimation of 20th-century Austrian Jewry]( [Israeli gives birth after menopause reversed with transplant of 20-year frozen ovary]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Doctor who froze and defrosted ovary ‘cried tears of joy’ when visiting baby born to 46-year-old woman; says success suggests child-bearing years could be extended]( from our sponsor [An exhilarating dive into 1000 years of European Jewry in Budapest’s Ashkenazium]( [Intense, intellectual, immersive Jewish studies: Why the Ashkenazium is an increasingly attractive destination for an MA]( [Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur; security forces on high alert amid terror threats]( By [TOI staff]( [Airport, trains, buses halt operations, airwaves go silent as Jewish Israelis mark 25- hour Day of Atonement; IDF imposes closure on West Bank, Gaza]( [Tens of thousands visit Western Wall for final ‘selichot’ services before Yom Kippur]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Jewish gun owners sue NY leadership over law barring firearms in places of worship]( By [Luke Tress]( [Lawsuit says New York legislation infringes on constitutional rights to free religious expression and to bear arms; security expert warns against armed congregants]( Interview [Jacob Magid]( [Former US envoy who worked on maritime deal claims Lebanon got 100% of its demands]( [Trump-era official David Schenker suggests agreement lacks mechanism to ensure funds Beirut acquires from subsequent gas exploration won’t reach Hezbollah]( [High Court rules government must respond to petition over Lebanon maritime deal]( By [TOI staff]( [Lebanon said to object to key points in maritime border deal with Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Report claims Beirut won’t accept Israel’s buoy-marked border, opposes joint signing ceremony; senior Israeli official says PM Lapid won’t compromise on national interests]( [Lebanon denies it will pay royalties to Israel as part of maritime deal]( By [Ash Obel]( [Netanyahu: Lapid is giving away ‘sovereign territory’ to Hezbollah in maritime deal]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [How Israel's dysfunctional electoral system still can be fixed]( [listen to the podcast]( Top Ops [Dov Linzer]( [Pick up your head and see the sun in the sky]( [Let’s be a little less focused this year, so we can rediscover the precious moments and human connections that are at risk of falling by the wayside otherwise]( [Sandy Eisenberg Sasso]( [The reluctant prophet Jonah: A model of what not to do]( [With serious threats to the world as we know it, we must rise above our insecurities and overcome our anger, shame, fear, and doubt to fix whatever we can]( [Temple Mount activists, police feud over shofar-blowing near flashpoint site]( By [Jeremy Sharon]( [Activists seek to blow ram’s horn at Eastern Wall of Jerusalem’s Old City, where Muslim cemetery lies, but face police opposition despite court rulings upholding freedom of worship]( [How concierge IV therapy went from Instagram trend to pre-Yom Kippur hydration hack]( By [Jackie Hajdenberg]( [As celebs like Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber popularize this ‘wellness’ treatment, Orthodox social media influencers tout the benefits of using the drips before the 25-hour fast]( [Iran hails successful launch of test ‘tug,’ capable of changing satellites’ orbit]( By [AP]( [Space agency chief hopes to use the spacecraft soon; US concerned Tehran’s space program could be used to improve its ballistic missiles]( [North Korea tests ballistic missile over Japan, forcing residents to take shelter]( By [Agencies]( [EU’s top diplomat presses Lapid on Palestinians at opening of Brussels meeting]( By [Lazar Berman]( [PM emphasizes mutual interests and values at start of first Association Council session in a decade]( [High Court grants another delay in razing of West Bank Bedouin village]( By [TOI staff]( [IDF says shots fired at troops in northern West Bank; no injuries]( By [TOI staff]( From our partner [British PM Liz Truss says she’s ‘a huge Zionist and huge supporter of Israel’]( [At reception held by Conservative Friends of Israel, UK’s new premier pledges to take relations between London and Jerusalem ‘from strength to strength’]( [Palestinian Authority PM warns against potential Jerusalem embassy move by Truss]( By [Ash Obel]( [German minister tells Poland no chance for WWII reparations as Warsaw seeks $1.3t]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Poland’s demand includes cases of Jews killed by Poles during the Holocaust; Germany says matter is closed]( [Police arrest 4 suspects from rival crime family after murder of Israeli mob boss]( By [TOI staff]( [Men serving Jarushi crime family brought in for questioning hours after Benny Shlomo gunned down at Azor gas station in daylight; police warned gang leader his life was in danger]( [Israeli mob boss gunned down in broad daylight at gas station near Tel Aviv]( By [TOI staff]( Explainer [Adam R. Seipp]( [Simplistic version of a complex history: Why US politicians trivialize the Holocaust]( [The contemporary narrative highlights the American role in defeating the Nazis, but overlooks the country’s refusal to do more to save the victims]( [CRM]( [Electricity cuts, costly bills push Gazans to seek out solar power]( By [Rosie SCAMMELL and Mai Yaghi]( [Estimates say one-fifth of Strip’s residents have installed panels; restaurant owner says investment in renewable source slashed energy outlay, allowing him to refurbish business]( [In new push, government hopes to get Israelis to sort food waste from other trash]( By [Sue Surkes]( More Headlines [Balad party appeals its election disqualification to the High Court]( By [TOI staff]( [Hope... with feathers / Conservationists release 64 vultures equipped with radio transmitters]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Liberman proposes easy entry for great-grandchildren of Jews, in wake of Ukraine war]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Physicists from US, France, Austria share Nobel Prize for work on quantum science]( By [AP]( [Former Keren Hayesod chair, an ex-minister, convicted in ‘submarine affair’]( By [Jeremy Sharon]( [Gluten-free recipe inside / German Christmas cookies turn traditional Yom Kippur break-fast treats]( By [Ronnie Fein]( [Bank of Israel hikes interest rate to 2.75% to bring inflation within target range]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [At least 3 banks held up across Lebanon in one day, as rage mounts over cash limits]( By [Kareem Chehayeb]( [Likud legal adviser tells Netanyahu he can’t use party funds to promote his new book]( By [TOI staff]( [Trump files $475m defamation suit against CNN over coverage since 2020 election]( By [Agencies]( [Crying fowl / Environment minister urges charity instead of ‘kapparot’ for Yom Kippur]( By [Sue Surkes]( [A ram-bunctious time / Mayim Bialik, Max Greenfield ‘blow shofar’ on ‘Late Late Show’]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [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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