Smotrich’s rabbi backs theocracy * Soccer head issues pro-Qatar, anti-Europe tirade * When Weinstein sought ’Jew to Jew’ sympathy * DeSantis a star, Trump less so, at RJC

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, November 19, 2022 [Spiritual adviser to Smotrich backs theocracy: ‘No problem having a halachic state’]( By [TOI staff]( [Rabbi Chaim Druckman: Private rights wouldn’t be harmed, but only Orthodox conversions would be allowed, buses wouldn’t run on Sabbath; Liberman: They want state of the ayatollahs]( [Ben Gvir’s bodyguard injured during scuffle with fellow settlers in Hebron]( By [TOI staff]( [Top Ben Gvir aide listed as legal adviser for group that donates to Rabin assassin]( By [TOI staff]( [FIFA chief scolds critics of World Cup and Qatar in extraordinary diatribe]( By [Graham Dunbar]( [Infantino blasts ‘hypocrisy’ of Western critics who have denounced Gulf state’s rights record, says Europe should first ‘apologize’ for its actions over past ‘3,000 years’]( [First commercial flight between Israel and Qatar to depart Sunday for World Cup]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [World Cup anthem singer leaves Israeli interview when asked about Qatar human rights]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [Weinstein approached me ‘Jew to Jew’: NYT’s Jodi Kantor on the subdrama of ‘She Said’]( By [Sarah Rosen]( [Journalist who won Pulitzer for investigation of disgraced Hollywood producer says he made failed bid to elicit sympathy, describes Jewish moments in new film on her reporting]( Analysis [Ron Kampeas]( [Trump no longer main draw, DeSantis a star, at Republican Jewish Coalition convention]( [Ex-president to address event via Zoom after initially saying he wouldn’t be able to make it; Desantis, Haley and Trump critics receive more coveted spots]( [Trump 2024 rivals court his donors at big Republican Jewish Coalition meeting]( By [Steve Peoples]( [Garland names ex-war crimes investigator as independent prosecutor for Trump probes]( By [Chris Lefkow]( [AG said to slam brakes on latest effort to name recently convicted Deri as minister]( By [TOI staff]( [Baharav-Miara said to tell Netanyahu approval needed from Central Elections Committee; Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit, Smotrich’s Religious Zionism to operate separately in Knesset]( [Iranian authorities kill 3 protesters in Mahsa Amini’s home province]( By [AFP]( [Death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman while in custody of morality police in September has sparked months-long wave of demonstrations]( [Senior IRGC officer said stabbed to death during Iran protests]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Rights group accuses Iran forces of firing on dead protester’s family, seizing body]( By [AFP]( Top Ops [Chana Resnick Pinto]( [Terror is no laughing matter]( [Antisemites broadcast on social media – that’s not news. 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More than you’d think]( [Syria says four soldiers killed in Israeli airstrikes on military bases]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [State media says Israeli aircraft flying over the Mediterranean fired missiles at military positions in coastal and central Syria; no comment from IDF]( [In Athens, Gantz stresses need for strong regional ties against Iranian threat]( By [Elena Becatoros]( [After Israeli-owned tanker hit, US to deploy 100 unmanned vessels in Persian Gulf]( By [AFP]( Israel Travels [Visit the Old City monastery that holds Jerusalem’s 1,700-year-old Armenian history]( By [Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am]( [A new museum at the Monastery of the Cross offers displays of stunning mosaics and artworks, artifacts and architecture, going back to Armenia’s 4th-century roots in the Holy Land]( Qatar 2022 [jacob gurvis]( [All the Jewish players and storylines to watch in the 2022 World Cup]( [While the US has two Jewish players, that’s about it; Israel will not be at tournament again, but thousands of Israelis could take advantage of a rare opportunity to visit Qatar]( [Thousands mourn 21 victims of devastating apartment fire in Gaza]( By [AFP]( [At least 7 children among the dead buried in joint funeral; relative of the fatalities says blaze occurred during a family reunion]( Profile [Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, Jewish cryptocurrency CEO, brings echoes of Bernie Madoff]( By [Lisa Klug]( [After becoming a billionaire before age 30, the FTX head suffers a reversal of fortune so massive it’s setting records, decimating investors’ savings, and drawing legal questions]( [Gunman opens fire at rabbi’s home next to synagogue in Germany; no injuries]( By [AFP]( [Police deploy at neighboring synagogue in Essen; minister says suspect caught on CCTV but remains at large; colleague calls incident ‘latest attack on Jewish life in Germany’]( [Jewish day schools in Pennsylvania, Texas evacuated over bomb threats]( By [TOI staff]( [Jewish comedians weigh in on Chappelle’s controversial SNL monologue]( By [Jackie Hajdenberg]( [Hannah Einbinder says skit was ‘littered with antisemitism’; Jon Stewart defends comedian, urges people to consider it ‘from a Black perspective’]( [US Jewish school teacher charged for 25 sex crimes including rape, child pornography]( By [Luke Tress]( [Baltimore science instructor William Zev Steen arrested for multiple alleged crimes dating back as far as 2008; also led company installing filtration software on ‘kosher’ phones]( [Luxurious? Sure. 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