100,000 expected at TLV demos * Diaspora minister doesn’t rule out change to Law of Return * How ’Jewish Kennedys’ saved Jews in WWII * Black Jewish GOP rival for Santos?

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, January 21, 2023 [Police, demonstrators prepare for bigger anti-government protests in Tel Aviv]( By TOI staff Organizers call rallies in two locations Saturday night to enable more to attend; police expect 100,000 given clear weather forecast, anger over government response to Deri ruling [Report: AG could tell PM to step aside over conflict of interest with legal overhaul]( By TOI staff Gali Baharav-Miara said close to requiring Netanyahu take leave of absence, for breach of rules that bar him from involvement in matters that could impact his corruption trial [Supreme Court chief, Tzipi Livni met amid government push to overhaul judiciary]( By TOI staff [Palestinian shot dead in alleged stabbing attempt at West Bank outpost — IDF]( By Emanuel Fabian Military says man entered the illegal Sde Ephraim Farm by car, tried to stab Israeli before being killed; no other injuries reported [Police investigating as Jerusalem girl lightly wounded by apparent errant gun fire]( By TOI staff [World court receives UN request for opinion on Israeli ‘occupation’ and ‘annexation’]( By TOI staff [Chikli tells Diaspora he’s ‘listening’ but doesn’t rule out change to Law of Return]( By Selah Maya Zighelboim ‘We’re going to do it slow,’ minister says at IAC conference regarding potential amendments to legislation, insists ‘grandchild clause’ won’t be scrapped ‘tomorrow morning’ Interview [How the ‘Jewish Kennedys’ helped save 200,000 Jews in WWII and delayed Iranian nukes]( By JP O’ Malley A new book tells how over 150 years the Morgenthaus, a German-Jewish immigrant family, publicized the Armenian genocide, ran the US Treasury and prosecuted mobsters and terrorists From the blogs David Sedley [Showing care by being there: Parshat Vaera]( Moses and Queen Elizabeth – two leaders who had to learn how to comfort the people in their time of suffering [Israel said to send formal request to US for 25 advanced F-15-EX fighter jets]( By TOI staff Report says IAF would need the powerful warplanes to carry munitions in a potential strike on Iran’s heavily defended nuclear sites; not likely to receive jets before 2028 [Air Force again grounds drone fleet after aircraft damaged during takeoff]( By Emanuel Fabian Interview Ron Kampeas [As Santos pressed to resign, Black Jewish GOP lawmaker in NY emerges as contender]( Mazi Melesa Pilip, who was airlifted to Israel in Operation Solomon before later moving to Long Island, says she’s focused on current post in Nassau County and not US House seat Interview [In ‘Alegría,’ Jews, Christians and Muslims come to a boil in a Spanish melting pot]( By Rich Tenorio The new film by director Violeta Salama, screening at the New York Jewish Film Festival on Jan. 22, embraces complexities of identity in the tumultuous African port city of Melilla [Orban: Israel and Hungary have ‘great results’ in ‘building conservative community’]( By TOI staff Right-wing Hungarian PM tweets prognosis after meeting with head of conservative Jewish organization’s Israel branch [Putin fires top official who described Chabad as a supremacist cult]( By TOI staff No reason given for dismissal of assistant secretary of the Russian Security Council Aleksey Pavlov, but reports noted his controversial statement [Germany faces backlash from allies over refusal to give Ukraine tanks]( By AFP Interview [Directing a virtual JCC, one woman is making Jewish Prague the envy of its neighbors]( By Yaakov Schwartz When COVID scuttled director Pavlina Sulcova’s plans to open a new community space, a pivot to fun educational content paid off big time. She just released her 2nd children’s book [Israeli appointed CEO of US chip manufacturer Texas Instruments]( By TOI staff Haviv Ilan, who joined the semiconductor manufacturer in 1999 after it bought out his Israeli startup, will replace longtime chief in April [A Jewish reporter goes inside Rikers for a new book on a notorious jail]( By Jacob Henry Reuven Blau, 43, co-authors deep dive into a New York City prison that makes headlines for violence, mistreatment [CRM]( [Raunchy adventures on Israeli TV comedy ‘Chanshi’ now heading to Sundance]( By Jessica Steinberg More Headlines [Small sinkhole opens up in central Tel Aviv, latest in series of similar incidents]( By TOI staff [Zelensky says ‘no alternative’ to supplying Ukraine with tanks as Germany waffles]( By AFP [Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warn EU of ‘consequences’ if designated a terror group]( By AFP [5 rabbis sue state of Missouri over abortion bans, citing religious freedom grounds]( By Jackie Hajdenberg [New dean at Michigan school resigns over antisemitic death threat]( By Andrew Lapin [Match made in heavens / Turning 93, Buzz Aldrin marries longtime girlfriend]( 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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