No more female soldiers guarding jails amid sex scandal * ’Secular awakening’ after Yom Kippur fray? * Dianne Feinstein dies * Roger Waters docu alleges anti-Jewish slurs

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, September 29, 2023 Presented by [Chabad of Poland]( [Female soldiers no longer to guard security jails amid suspected case of intimate ties]( By Michael Horovitz Soldier serving as guard allegedly had relationship with security prisoner jailed for deadly terror attack; other soldiers also suspected of inappropriate contacts with him Inside Story Canaan Lidor [Fearing religious takeover, activists see ‘secular awakening’ in Yom Kippur fray]( The breaking up of a prayer event over gender segregation has galvanized liberals worried about a slide into coercion, with battle lines mirroring divisions found in overhaul fight [Judge rejects Orthodox group’s petition over pulled permits for Sukkot events]( By Michael Horovitz and ToI Staff [Tel Aviv yanks religious group’s permits for Sukkot events after Yom Kippur fracas]( By Michael Horovitz Obituary Ron Kampeas [Dianne Feinstein, the US Senate’s longest-serving Jewish member, dies at 90]( San Francisco-born Democrat was known for breaking gender barriers and championing liberal causes during her decades-long political career, while also striving for bipartisanship from our sponsor [Sukkot Essentials: Lifesaving Support for Ukraine’s Refugees]( Chabad of Poland has aided Ukrainian Jewish refugees, providing essentials, education, and support for 18 months. [At a Tel Aviv prayer rally, anti-government protesters channel ‘a different Judaism’]( By Canaan Lidor [AG’s lawyer tells High Court she can’t force a PM’s recusal, then says she can]( By Jeremy Sharon At high stakes hearing, justices make clear they won’t abolish law aimed at shielding Netanyahu from being told to step down, but seem split over whether to delay its implementation [Attorney general drops probe into Ben Gvir for pulling pistol on parking attendants]( By ToI Staff [Levin: I would ‘act immediately’ to replace AG if I was given the authority]( By ToI Staff Justice minister says government lacks an attorney general due to Gali Baharav-Miara’s frequent opposition to it, laments absence of process to appoint new legal adviser [Levin demands AG allow coalition to hire private attorneys in spy tech inquiry]( By ToI Staff [Roger Waters wanted to write anti-Jewish slur on inflatable pig at concert, film says]( By Michael Horovitz Former Pink Floyd frontman mocked Holocaust victim, disparaged Jewish acquaintances, said Jews had no history, according to documentary by UK-based Campaign Against Antisemitism Top Ops Mali Brofsky [Strong back, soft heart: Yom Kippur 5784]( No matter how you feel, disrupting prayer services is not OK, nor is attacking property or antagonizing people to tears Efraim Zuroff [Daring Dani Dayan and the complicity of Lithuanians in the Holocaust]( The locals may never own what they did, but Yad Vashem’s chairman spoke truth to power, calling out their role in eliminating a vibrant Jewish world Erica Brown [The Book of Kohelet and a cup of joy]( Sure, Ecclesiastes pitches existential dread, but its clusters of optimism remind us that there’s a time for everything, even coffee Avidan Freedman [This kosher certificate for Azerbaijan is treif]( Those rabbis who voiced support for a regime using starvation as a weapon of war have desecrated Jewish values ToI podcast [What Matters Now to archaeologist Erez Ben-Yosef: King David’s tent-dwelling monarchy]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan The Tel Aviv University professor proposes that just because early Israelite kings were nomadic doesn’t mean they didn’t control complex societies. ‘Look at Genghis Khan’ [Elon Musk, in chat with right-leaning Jews, claims antisemitism isn’t a problem on X]( By Andrew Lapin Tech entrepreneur says he’s ‘aspirationally Jewish,’ hedges on invite to Auschwitz, during call with Jewish leaders on allegations of antisemitism on his social media platform [Biden includes antisemitism in Civil Rights Act protections at 8 cabinet departments]( By Ron Kampeas [Rice University LGBTQ group severs ties with Hillel over its support for Israel]( By Jackie Hajdenberg ToI Community [Introducing: ToI’s Hidden Gems]( By Sarah Tuttle-Singer Uncover Israel’s secret treasures with this insider’s guide around the country, composed by ToI staff [Treasures of the French Rothschild family’s collection to hit the auction block]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Exquisite fine and decorative art objects dating back centuries — and even millennia — will be up for sale in live and online sales at Christie’s in New York on October 3 to 17 [Two in Arab community slain in separate shootings as new police powers promised]( By ToI Staff 70-year-old killed near Beit Kama Junction and 20-year-old killed in Fureidis in pair of shootings hours apart, bringing death toll among Israel’s Arabs to 190 this year [Survivors of shooting that killed 5 relatives don’t know why they were targeted]( By ToI Staff [Police foil underworld car bombing in Lod]( By ToI Staff [Outside of the sukkah, festivals of every kind abound in Israel]( By Jessica Steinberg An array of musical, theatrical, artistic, culinary and historical events livens up the country during Sukkot 5784 [Report: For Saudi deal, PM open to steps to keep chance for Palestinian peace alive]( By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid Biden told Netanyahu that he wants agreement to include measures that maintain prospects for two-state solution; Netanyahu kept his affirmative response vague [Relatives of Saudis facing execution urge ‘ashamed’ crown prince to act]( By AFP [CRM]( [Why are Asian Jews importing etrogs on Sukkot even though their countries grow them?]( By Jordyn Haime With the discovery of the Chinese ‘Buddha’s hand’ citron, debates over the kashrut of local fruit have caused some Jewish residents to order etrogs from Israel or elsewhere online More Headlines [US quietly admits that Iranian imaging satellite successfully reached orbit]( By Jon Gambrell [Biden warns that Trump and Republican party could ‘smash’ democracy in America]( By Seung Min Kim, JONATHAN J. COOPER and Will Weissert [Hamburg Jewish community to rebuild grand synagogue burnt down on Kristallnacht]( By Jackie Hajdenberg [Republicans launch impeachment inquiry into Biden, claiming ‘mountain of evidence’]( By Farnoush Amiri, LISA MASCARO and Eric Tucker [Gazans abort border riots as Israel reopens crossing in reported Egypt-brokered deal]( By Gianluca Pacchiani [4 soldiers arrested on suspicion of beating 3 Arab Israelis]( By ToI Staff [Israel, prominent in first GOP presidential debate, amounts to bubkes in sequel]( By Ron Kampeas [Israel man diagnosed with dengue fever after returning from trip to Mexico]( By Michael Horovitz and AFP [Israel’s Value Base raises NIS 700m for debut fund to invest in locally traded firms]( By Sharon Wrobel [Peruvian cops nab man suspected of making bomb threats to US synagogues]( By PHILISSA CRAMER [IDF bars settler suspect linked to killing of Palestinian from West Bank for 6 months]( By ToI Staff [Zelensky visits Babyn Yar to mark 82nd anniversary of Jewish massacre]( 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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