Strains, already, in Israel-US ties * How so many Holocaust perpetrators got away with it * US boy, 6, shoots his teacher * Old school NJ Jewish mobster sings like canary

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, January 7, 2023 [A week in, Netanyahu government already at odds with Biden administration]( By TOI staff and AP US diplomats scrambling to reassure Middle East allies on Jerusalem holy sites, imploring Israel not to cozy up to Russia and heading toward an impasse on the Palestinian issue [Ben Gvir visits renovated jail to ensure Palestinians’ conditions unimproved]( By TOI staff [Barely 1 in 5 Israelis think it’s alright for Deri to be a minister — poll]( By TOI staff Nearly two-thirds of respondents to TV survey say Shas chief, convicted of tax offenses last year, shouldn’t serve in cabinet; Levin’s proposed legal overhaul opposed 39%-29% [Netanyahu fires three veteran motorcade drivers who also ferried Bennett and Lapid]( By TOI staff [Rebranding of Ben Gvir’s police ministry to cost between NIS 2-3 million]( By TOI staff Interview [‘The great unpunishment’: How, why so many Holocaust perpetrators got away with it]( By Matt Lebovic Fewer than 600 of those who enacted the Holocaust received heavy sentences after WWII. David Wilkinson’s docu explores how the mass of Nazi criminals, collaborators escaped justice [Iran executes two more men arrested during anti-government protests]( By Agencies Two men convicted of killing an IRGC-linked paramilitary force member, bringing to four the number put to death for roles in wave of demonstrations sweeping Islamic Republic [Iran arrests journalist who interviewed death-row inmates’ families]( By AFP [Iran’s Khamenei replaces police chief as country roiled by months of unrest]( By AFP Top Ops Andrew Silow-Carroll [Picking a new rabbi? A new novel about a church shows how]( When I was on a search committee, I saw the sausage-making of synagogue life and how hard compromise is, but when done right, it can get you a pretty great choice David Sedley [Tough choices, greatest good: Parshat Vayechi]( What would you do if you were sure that the only way to rescue the land from the ravages of desertification was to kill thousands of elephants? [Six-year-old boy shoots his teacher in US classroom; she’s seriously injured]( By Agencies Child shooter arrested after ‘not accidental’ incident in Virginia town of Newport News [Report: Abramovich placed kids in control of billions in assets to avoid sanctions]( By TOI staff Cache leaked to Guardian shows sweeping reorganization was conducted days after Russia’s invasion began; experts say move makes it harder to financially target oligarch [Ukraine hails latest US military aid as Russia said to violate Christmas truce]( By ANDREW MELDRUM [Russian hackers reportedly targeted US nuclear sites after Ukraine invasion]( By TOI staff Interview [Unrepentant old school NJ Jewish mobster sings like a canary in Amazon documentary]( By Nadine Matyas At 84, second-generation gangster Myron Sugerman was king of illegal slots and helped fund Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. Now he tells all in the 2022 film ‘Last Man Standing’ [At 15th try, McCarthy elected US House speaker after quelling far-right GOP revolt]( By Frankie TAGGART Victory comes amid tumultuous scenes with lawmakers being held back from physical confrontation and after offering major concessions to party hardliners [Ex-lawmaker who was jailed over January 6 riot seeks US House seat]( By John Raby [Military post near northern West Bank barrier targeted in drive-by shooting — IDF]( By Emanuel Fabian No injuries in attack near village of Jalamah; army says troops return fire at gunmen, hit fleeing vehicle [Report: Ex-Human Rights Watch chief denied Harvard fellowship over anti-Israel bias]( By Michael Horovitz Dean of Kennedy School said to side with pro-Israel donors and veto Kenneth Roth’s position at human rights center; HRW has long been accused of bias against Jewish state [70% of UN rights council members are non-democracies, says watchdog]( By Michael Horovitz [In Izmir, a festival revives a Sephardic jewel and douses anti-Jewish stereotypes]( By David I. Klein Once known in Greek as Smyrna, the city has had a Jewish presence since antiquity, with church documents mentioning Jews from the 2nd century CE. Today, fewer than 1,300 remain [CRM]( [Taliban rages at Prince Harry for claiming in book to have killed 25 in Afghanistan]( By AFP British royal also takes flack in UK over revelations in new memoir ‘Spare’ about his military service: ‘Flashman braggadocio’ [ESPN’s Chris Berman among 11 International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 2023 inductees]( By jacob gurvis The list includes athletes and sports figures from across sports and around the world — from water polo to fencing, and from the United States to Hungary [Israeli researcher reports leak of 235m email addresses linked to Twitter accounts]( By Barbara Ortutay Alon Gal warns exposure of personal emails obtained in hack ‘will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing, and doxxing’ [WhatsApp enables users to connect via proxy to outflank repressive regimes]( By TOI staff [China cracks down on social media accounts of COVID policy critics]( By AP More Headlines [Police arrest man in murder of Rishon Lezion contractor; suspect is a relative]( By TOI staff [Israeli-Argentine conductor Barenboim resigns from Berlin opera over ill health]( By Deborah Cole [Bat Yam man seriously wounded in stabbing]( By TOI staff [US sanctions Iranian drone maker for supplying Moscow]( By FATIMA HUSSEIN [Conspirator in Lev Tahor kidnapping case sentenced to home imprisonment in New York]( By Luke Tress [German zoo receives first installment of $26m gift from Holocaust survivor’s widow]( By David I. 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