Like a ’warzone’: 140 hurt as Eritrean groups riot in TLV * Likud MK: Army, Shin Bet working for terrorists * A forgotten massacre * No Jews for Swiss Jewish studies job

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, September 2, 2023 [140 injured in hours-long Tel Aviv chaos between rival Eritrean migrant groups, police]( By ToI Staff Some 15 seriously hurt as pro- and anti-regime activists clash outside event organized by nation’s embassy; 30 cops hurt; widespread rioting damage Live updates [LIVE: Police say Tel Aviv clashes between Eritrean groups finally ‘under control’; 140 hurt]( By ToI Staff Ichilov Hospital chief says violence produces biggest mass casualty event since Second Intifada; police organize buses to return those involved to their residences [Provocateur Likud MK under fire for saying IDF and Shin Bet ‘working for terrorists’]( By ToI Staff PM pans Tally Gotliv’s ‘outrageous’ claim, as Gallant demands apology, opposition aghast; she responds by railing at government’s ‘sycophantic’ stance on security prisoners [Israelis rate Gallant as best-performing minister, and Ben Gvir the worst — poll]( By ToI Staff [Almost 50 years after forgotten Kiryat Shmona massacre, a new film seeks to remind us]( By Amy Spiro ‘A Haunted Home’ revisits the horrific 1974 attack in which terrorists murdered 18 people in a northern Israeli apartment building and explores the security failures surrounding it [‘No dictatorship in our schools’: Protesters to rally against overhaul for 35th week]( By ToI Staff Protest leaders cite efforts by education minister to fire Yad Vashem head; announce mass marches in north, south of country [Protesters block Tel Aviv light rail for third week, hold ‘civics class’ on tracks]( By ToI Staff Top Ops Judy Halper [My great uncle never went to Cairo]( But he did translate a fragment of its Geniza, along with Hebrew texts that include a 15th century philosopher whose politics ring familiar today Gershon Baskin [The future of Hamas]( Elections will soon pit a local pragmatist against an Iran-allied extremist – either way, Hamas is integral in Palestinian politics [Two killed in northern town, raising homicide toll in Arab community to 165]( By ToI Staff Pair including 13-year-old shot in Kafr Qara while riding in car; shooting follows numerous killings and comes after 2 slain Thursday in separate incidents [Police arrest two sons of woman shot dead in Haifa apartment]( By ToI Staff [In latest case of alleged harassment, woman says bus driver told her ‘You’re naked’]( By ToI Staff 22-year-old says Dan driver repeated his comments twice when she boarded with a sleeveless shirt; company says it’s investigating complaint [Hundreds of Palestinians riot on Gaza border; 9 said wounded by IDF fire]( By Emanuel Fabian Military says suspects hurled explosives at fence, tried to cross it; violent protest comes after report claiming Hamas may resume regular marches on frontier Interview [How Holocaust survivors flocked to NJ to start a thriving poultry farming industry]( By Rich Tenorio Seth Stern’s new book ‘Speaking Yiddish to Chickens’ tells how his grandparents joined thousands of other Jews in a plucky venture as they rebuilt their lives in rural America [Alarm over Austria far-right Freedom Party’s ‘frightening’ video glorifying Nazi past]( By KIYOKO METZLER As party soars in polls, clip promotes extremist conspiracy theory that white Europeans are being replaced by migrants; video features balcony where Hitler gave speech [Meta’s handling of ‘SpongeBob’ Holocaust denial post taken up by Oversight Board]( By Asaf Elia-Shalev [Germany charges 98-year-old former Nazi SS camp guard as accessory to murder]( By AP Prosecutors say suspect, who will be tried as a juvenile if court takes up case, ‘supported the cruel and malicious killing of thousands of prisoners’ at Sachsenhausen [Swiss university seeks Jewish studies professor, but Jews blocked from the position]( By Jackie Hajdenberg University of Lucerne, a public institution near Zurich, only allows Catholics to teach ‘doctrinal’ courses in theology [Tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed, whose son was killed in Princess Diana crash, dies at 94]( By DANICA KIRKA, CARA RUBINSKY and Jill Lawless Egyptian businessman, the owner of Harrods and Fulham Football Club, was devastated by the death of his son and claimed the royal family masterminded the deadly traffic accident [Obituary / Mohamed Al Fayed: Egyptian tycoon who craved ‘establishment’ approval]( By AFP [CRM]( [Portugal says nearly 21,000 Israelis applied for citizenship last year]( By Shira Li Bartov Israel leads as country with most applicants for 2nd year running, after Portuguese government began allowing descendants of Sephardic Jews to seek passports [West Virginia rabbi’s ‘obsession with Lego’ connects him with his changing community]( By Jackie Hajdenberg Rabbi Victor Urecki says congregants have been supportive of his sometimes quirky pastimes – and that this generosity of spirit has helped him evolve to better serve their needs More Headlines [Man charged with killing of Israeli man at Alabama moving company warehouse]( By ToI Staff and Luke Tress [Get a whiff of this / Scientists recreate ‘scent of eternity’ used in embalming Egyptian mummies]( By ToI Staff [UN chief warns global divisions, enhanced nukes are ‘recipe for annihilation’]( By Edith M. Lederer [Proud Boy convicted of helping spearhead Jan. 6 Capitol attack sentenced to 18 years]( By LINDSAY WHITEHURST [Insurgents in northwest Syria kill at least 9 soldiers as fighting surges]( By BASSEM MROUE and HOGIR AL ABDO [Berkeley AEPi shellfish dump wasn’t antisemitic vandalism, police and fraternity say]( By Emma Goss [Rema’s Tel Aviv concert canceled an hour before start amid safety concerns]( By ToI Staff [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? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2023 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved