Conservative Jews: Drop Ben Gvir * Earliest Canaanite sentence, on a lice comb * Midterms latest * Danish Muslim-Jewish biker club * Israel, Iraq, Lebanon in climate deal

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, November 9, 2022 Presented by [ChaiFlicks]( Exclusive [In rare plea, Conservative Jewry tells Netanyahu: Don’t make Ben Gvir a minister]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Mercaz Olami, the Zionist umbrella arm of Conservative-Masorti Judaism, warns appointing far-right lawmaker to a cabinet post would threaten Israel-Diaspora ties]( Live updates [LIVE: President starts consulting parties, set to task Netanyahu to form government Sunday]( By [TOI staff]( [Herzog says Israel ‘must not under any circumstances give up our togetherness,’ calls on parties to behave responsibly to ensure this]( Archaeology [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Ivory lice comb – a dating head-scratcher – may hold earliest Canaanite sentence]( [With a paucity of contemporary Bronze Age examples for comparison, scholars believe relatable 7-word inscription is first recorded complete proto-Canaanite sentence in Holy Land]( [Archeologists hope tunnel under Egyptian temple leads to long-lost tomb of Cleopatra]( By [Tobias Siegal]( from our sponsor [Stream hit Israeli drama ‘Unchained’ starring Aviv Alush]( [Watch Aviv Alush (The Beauty & the Baker) as Yosef, a rabbi-investigator helping women obtain a ‘gett’ while dealing with a crisis of faith in his own home.]( [Dems show surprising strength in midterms, control of Congress hangs in balance]( By [Sara Burnett, Jill Colvin and Will Weissert]( [Despite expectations that high inflation and flagging approval for Biden could bring widespread routs, Democrats hold off Republican challengers in series of competitive races]( [Jewish Democrats near Tampa fall short as Florida swerves right]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Arizona ballot snafu drives Republican conspiracy theories]( By [ANITA SNOW and NATHAN ELLGREN]( [Hochul declares win in New York governor race; challenger Zeldin refuses to concede]( By [Luke Tress]( [Democrat set to become first woman to win state gubernatorial race; Jewish Republican opponent tells supporters ‘votes are still out’]( [New York’s Schumer keeps Senate seat, but majority role up for grabs]( By [Karen Matthews and Deepti Hajela]( [Michael Bennet and Jared Polis defend their seats as senator, governor in Colorado]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Shabbat-touting Shapiro wins Pennsylvania governor race]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Democrat who made his Jewish faith focus of campaign defeats Trump-backed Republican Mastriano, who was criticized for links to Christian nationalists, far-right sounding board Gab]( [Elaine Luria, Jewish Democrat on Jan. 6 committee, loses Virginia House race]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Controversial GOP candidate concludes campaign with ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ parody]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [From Auschwitz to Iftar: Danish Muslim-Jewish biker club revs up interfaith dialogue]( By [Melanie Lidman]( [Uniting over a common love of motorcycles, members of MuJu & Co. hit the road to fight bigotry, including guarding over a Jewish cemetery in Copenhagen every Kristallnacht]( [Holocaust survivors warn of antisemitism, hate speech on Kristallnacht anniversay]( By [Kirsten Grieshaber]( [German institute lashed for Tel Aviv ‘Shoah, Nakba’ event on date of Kristallnacht]( By [Lazar Berman]( Top Ops [Zack Rothbart]( [The transcendently humble neighborhood rabbi]( [An ultra-Orthodox rabbi in a mixed area of Jerusalem, Rabbi Zemel treated everyone with respect and good humor. He will be missed]( [Phyllis Greenberg Heideman]( [Kristallnacht in Dubai: Finding hope despite a rising tide of extremism]( [As more and more people know less and less about the Holocaust, new allies in the fight against hate and antisemitism are emerging in the lands of the Abraham Accords]( [Netanyahu’s new term has looming legal conflict of interest]( [listen to the podcast]( [Israel joins Mideast nations, including Iraq, Lebanon, to agree on climate action]( By [Sue Surkes and AP]( [Meeting chaired by Egyptian and Cypriot presidents is culmination of 3-year regional process; Lebanese PM’s office downplays significance of appearance alongside Israel]( [Herzog’s brief chat with Tunisia’s PM draws harsh criticism in Arab world]( By [Lazar Berman and Tobias Siegal]( [Israeli startup to supply Moroccan renewable energy developer with hydrogen power]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Outgoing defense minister: I expect Netanyahu to be ‘levelheaded’ about Iran strike]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Benny Gantz warns that Israel needs to prepare a plan for targeting Tehran’s nuclear facilities, but must ‘consider issue very carefully before carrying it out’]( [Airstrike on fuel convoy near Iraq-Syria border kills at least 10]( By [AP]( [After Israel agreement, Lebanon seeks maritime border talks with Syria]( By [AFP]( [Incoming Likud MK says she intends to ignore High Court rulings]( By [TOI staff]( [Tally Gotliv, aiming for chair of Knesset judicial committee, claims court has no authority to strike down legislation, echoing claims by others in presumptive coalition]( [AG appears to criticize court override bill proposed by Netanyahu allies]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Herzog to begin formal consultations on who should form new coalition]( By [Stuart Winer]( Analysis [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Dramatic rise of Smotrich and Ben Gvir fueled by voters willing to ‘hold their nose’]( [Experts and voters say Religious Zionism doubled support by finding people worried about security and willing to ignore more extreme stances, given lack of right-wing options]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Nov. 9: Netanyahu’s new term has looming legal conflict of interest]( By [TOI staff]( Inside story [Jewish school head to leave after exposé showed scandal-hit staffer secretly kept on]( By [Jacob Magid]( [2 months after ToI report on continued employment of man who ostensibly resigned in abuse scandal’s fallout, Schechter Long Island tells parents Scott Sokol has taken job elsewhere]( Exhibition [Opening on Election Day, NYC exhibit traces global history of Jews’ civil rights]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [‘How Jews Became Citizens’ at NYC’s Center for Jewish History gives access to a trove of ancient documents showing the ever-changing status of local Jewish communities]( [Jerusalem square named for Portuguese diplomat who saved 10,000 Jews in WWII]( By [Ash Obel]( [Aristides de Sousa Mendes defied his country’s dictator and provided visas to people in France fleeing Nazi persecution; mayor says plaza ‘now carries the name of a hero’]( [4 years after Trump decision, Jerusalem panel releases plan for permanent US embassy]( By [TOI staff]( [In Germany, Kristallnacht goes by a different name. Here’s why]( By [Toby Axelrod]( [Many German speakers are rejecting the euphemism for the events of Nov. 8-9, 1938, which translates to ‘night of shattered glass,’ saying it omits that more than glass was broken]( [Chicago Jewish students protest after principal shrugs off Nazi Halloween costume]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [Palestinian teen killed as gunmen attack MKs’ pilgrimage to Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Member of al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades apparently killed by homemade bomb exploding prematurely; military arrests 12 terror suspects in overnight West Bank raids]( [IDF: Shots fired at troops along northern West Bank barrier; no injuries]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Three Palestinian women with Islamic Jihad ties charged for planned shooting]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Epstein accuser drops sexual abuse claims against Alan Dershowitz]( By [Larry Neumeister]( [Facebook parent company Meta to lay off 13% of employees in ‘most difficult change’]( By [Agencies]( [Adidas lowers earnings outlook after ending Kanye West partnership over antisemitism]( By [AP]( [Jewish comedian who was a source of pride for French Jews converts to Catholicism]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Qatar’s World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality ‘damage in the mind’]( By [AFP]( [Teen gets 5 years for sexual assault of 10-year-old in her bed during burglary]( By [TOI staff]( [Man hospitalized after road rage assault on Tel Aviv highway sees condition improve]( By [TOI staff]( [Health Ministry suspects parasite in Sea of Galilee causing eye infections]( By [TOI staff]( [Man arrested for throwing eggs at UK’s King Charles]( By [AP]( [You got message / In Israel everything is via WhatsApp – even a reality TV dating show]( By [Amy Spiro]( [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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