2 held after blast in Tel Aviv park * Air Force drills for long-range Iran strike * The truth about long COVID * Roving rabbis in rural Australia * 1st air taxis in J’lem

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, September 15, 2023 [2 suspects detained on central Israel highway after blast in Tel Aviv park]( By Emanuel Fabian Masked officers in plainclothes detain men on Route 431 near Ramle; Shin Bet says at least one linked to explosion without injuries in Hayarkon Park [IDF imposes West Bank, Gaza closure during Rosh Hashanah amid terror alerts]( By Emanuel Fabian [Israel intercepts 16 tons of chemicals used in rocket fuel headed to Gaza from Turkey]( By ToI Staff [Netanyahu to head to US after Rosh Hashanah on a trip more marginal than he’d hoped]( By Lazar Berman With judicial overhaul fight raging and tense security situation at home, PM to spend 6 days in US, meet with Biden in NY, address UNGA, see series of world leaders and Elon Musk [Netanyahu, Musk meeting confirmed, said part of push to end antisemitism controversy]( By ToI Staff [Zelensky meets Chabad rabbis ahead of Rosh Hashanah, calls for more Israeli support]( By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff [Air Force stages major drill in Greece practicing potential long-range strike on Iran]( By Emanuel Fabian Military says fighter jets flew thousands of kilometers, successfully hit targets with live fire, despite ‘particularly challenging’ weather conditions [In rare remarks, Gallant appears to confirm alleged Israeli strikes in Syria]( By Emanuel Fabian [Revolutionary Guards chief warns Israel’s life ‘will be cut short’ if it attacks Iran]( By ToI Staff Inside Story Renee Ghert-Zand [As patients suffer, long COVID remains a collection of symptoms with no single cure]( With COVID wards and post-COVID clinics in hospitals now closed, the 10-20% of COVID sufferers who have long-term debilitating condition seek help through community health services [Health Ministry advises some to don masks again as Jews gather for Rosh Hashanah]( By Renee Ghert-Zand [Some US synagogues adopt COVID measures for holidays, but ‘business as usual’ for most]( By jacob gurvis [How roving rabbis help the few Jews of rural Australia celebrate Rosh Hashanah]( By Nomi Kaltmann Known for its religious outreach, the Chabad movement often sets up outposts in towns with small Jewish populations, but this effort in the outback takes the (honey) cake [Saudis co-hosting UN event aimed at revamping Israeli-Palestinian peace process]( By Jacob Magid Next week’s General Assembly confab organized with Arab League, EU is latest Riyadh effort to engage in Palestinian issue amid normalization talks; Israeli, PA missions not invited [Blinken weighs October trip to Middle East, as US maintains normalization push]( By Jacob Magid [Abbas’s son was part of PA delegation to meetings in Riyadh on Israel normalization]( By Jacob Magid Top Ops Chana Tannenbaum [The holy occasion of a shofar’s blast]( There’s no New Year’s Day or Judgement Day in the Torah, but why was such an important day as Rosh Hashanah kept under wraps? Hindel Schwartz Swerdlov [Breaking for falafel in Jerusalem before Rosh Hashanah]( The handwriting on the wall reminds me that God is with me when times are hard, and a tucked-away food joint makes it all taste better ToI Presents [Webinar: Diaspora Jews & Israel’s judicial overhaul: Differing stances]( REGISTER NOW: Join former United States ambassador to Israel David Friedman, former MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh and Prof. Gil Troy on Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. Israel / 12 p.m. ET. Hosted by ToI’s Amanda Borschel-Dan. [ToI Webinar / No vote, no voice? Diaspora Jews’ influence on Israel’s judicial overhaul crisis]( By ToI Staff [Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says]( By AP Search efforts underway following massive flood in coastal city fed by breaching of two dams in heavy rains caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel [Satellite images show flood devastation that killed more than 11,000 in Libya]( By YOUSEF MOURAD [High Court pushes off Tuesday hearing on Levin’s refusal to convene judicial panel]( By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon Judges reject justice minister’s request to annul injunction, but give him time to submit further response to ruling demanding he explain decision not to assemble committee [Herzog to world Jewry: After year of ‘struggle,’ time for all to open hearts, listen]( By ToI Staff [On eve of Rosh Hashanah, poll shows more Israelis feel pessimistic about coming year]( By ToI Staff IDI think tank finds 42% of respondents say this year will be ‘worse than year now ending,’ in levels of gloom last seen at height of COVID pandemic [Global Jewish population hits 15.7 million ahead of new year, 46% of them in Israel]( By ToI Staff [‘I have your back’: In Rosh Hashanah message, Biden vows to combat antisemitism]( By Michael Horovitz In hour-long call with rabbis, US president vows to fight hatred of Jews ‘at every turn,’ asserts antisemitism at ‘a record level, echoing the worst chapter in human history’ [‘A little more alert than usual’: Dogs, security checks at US synagogues for festivals]( By Ron Kampeas and jacob gurvis [7 Israelis on pilgrimage to Uman arrested in Ukraine over drug possession, car crash]( By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman Four said detained at crossing near Moldovan border; separately, three taken in for questioning by local police after fatal car collision kills Ukrainian woman [Likud MK makes Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman despite Netanyahu’s warning]( By ToI Staff [Sex offender rabbi turned away from Ukraine border crossing ahead of Uman pilgrimage]( By ToI Staff ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Jewish Law Prof. Benny Porat: Common ground as titans clash]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan A resident of a West Bank settlement city, the Hebrew U prof. is a vocal opponent of the coalition’s judicial overhaul. Hear how 2,000 years of Jewish law shapes his thinking [Air taxis fly over Jerusalem for 1st time as Israel builds airspace network of drones]( By Sharon Wrobel Dronery, a subsidiary of Israeli drone delivery fleet operator Cando, operates demo flights of China’s Ehang two-seater air taxi taking off from Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital [At biblical fauna museum, a blow-by-blow of all things shofar, and more horns to toot]( By Jessica Steinberg Beit Shemesh Biblical Museum of Natural History director Natan Slifkin’s collection features everything from rams to kudus to African buffalo and even a unicorn [Authorities seize from US museums 3 artworks worth millions said stolen by Nazis]( By AFP Paintings by Egon Schiele are sought by heirs of Jewish art collector who died in the Holocaust Interview [What happened in Chile on the ‘other’ 9/11? A novel weighs a quasi-fictional scenario]( By Rich Tenorio In ‘The Suicide Museum,’ Chilean-American writer Ariel Dorfman pens an alternate history with himself and his family, along with a driven Holocaust survivor, as protagonists [CRM]( More Headlines [2 Jewish Israelis sentenced over brutal assault of Palestinian during May 2021 riots]( By ToI Staff [Herzog said to ask Macron to help remove sanctions on Putin-linked oligarch Kantor]( By ToI Staff [Florida man arrested for hanging swastika banner on highway overpass]( By AP [Netanyahu testified in submarine affair, but ‘no suspicions arose’ for probing him]( By ToI Staff [Boston Red Sox fire executive Chaim Bloom, once seen as Jewish baseball wunderkind]( By jacob gurvis [After plea deal collapse, Hunter Biden charged with illegally purchasing gun]( By Paul Handley [Ex-senior cop files complaint alleging current police chief stabbed him in 2020]( By ToI Staff [NASA report says more science, less stigma needed to understand UFOs]( By Marcia Dunn [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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