The Times of Israel Oct 24,2014

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The one-stop news site covering Israel, the region and the Jewish people worldwide   THE DAILY EDITION   WHAT MATTERS MOST ON » FRI, OCT 24, 2014   Share This:    Visit the timesofisrael.com - updated 24/7. The Jewish world's fastest-growing website. Click here!   ANALYSIS   Unrest, instability, intifada — whatever its name, it’s in Hamas’s interest   The simmering violence in Jerusalem, culminating inWednesday’s fatal terror attack, may not have a moniker, but it is a flame that Hamas wants to spread to the West Bank   By MITCH GINSBURG         Three arrested in East Jerusalem rioting   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF     From grandfather of baby terror victim, a tearful message   By JTA and AFP     Jerusalem terrorist’s mother: I understand victims’ pain   By AFP and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF     Two Israelis said killed when Nepal bus drives off mountainside   Accident north of Kathmandu claims at least 11 lives, more than 48 said wounded; conflicting reports suggest six more Israelis may have been injured   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF             Raped at a mikveh, then abandoned   MANNY WAKS Joey Diangello, a former Hasidic Jew and outspoken victims advocate, is dead — where’s the outcry?       If only I could convert!   YISRAEL ROSEN The founder of Israel’s Conversion Authority says the distress is real and the model he created can help       Sabbath Voices   FROM THE BLOGS As thousands of Jews worldwide prepare to make this coming Sabbath — Shabbat Noah — extra special, come read some choice blog posts about the Day of Rest       Israel’s newest record: World’s biggest digital printer   Dip-Tech, known for its innovative printed glass designs, is now in the Guinness record books       Shia LeBeouf now a Christian   Formerly Jewish actor claims to have ‘found God’ while playing a devout Christian character in new movie       Driver’s alcohol level breaks record   Kiryat Motzkin man surprises police with highest blood alcohol concentration ever measured in a driver       Parents of Ecuadorian hurt in Jerusalem attack flown to Israel   Hamas-affiliated website quotes Gaza PM praising perpetrator of attack that killed a three-month-old, injured eight       Jewish, Arab singers perform together ‘to promote harmony’   US Embassy organizes concert to honor American Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl, murdered by al-Qaeda in Pakistan in 2002       Rivlin hitches plane ride from Polish counterpart   Israeli president to fly to Warsaw for unveiling of ornate display in country’s brand-new Jewish museum       App aims to keep things kosher, in Israel and abroad   With ‘What’s Kosher,’ users get the lowdown on what to eat and where – and even who the kashrut supervisor is       iPhone 6’s price in Israel among highest in the world   With latest Apple phone finally hitting the shelves, will consumers agree to pay over $1,000?       David Broza and his collaborations   ‘East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem,’ a documentary, covers the singer’s eight-day musical journey with Palestinian and Israeli artists     HEBREW MEDIA REVIEW   FRI, OCT 24, 1:43 PM     All eyes on Jerusalem   Capital is on edge as the weekend begins, Rivlin plans to visit Kfar Kassem, and Israelis get an extra hour of sleep         New film suggests a bright future for Polish Jews   A talk with the director of ‘The Return,’ which opens Saturdayin New York, on how he presents a positive look at a growing, hip Jewish community in an unexpected place   By JORDAN HOFFMAN   Related article: Used to rebuild Warsaw, Jewish tombstones return to cemeteries     Women’s group sneaks Torah scroll into Kotel plaza   Women of the Wall hold ‘first Torah reading and bat mitzvah’ at Western Wall women’s section, and on social media   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF     Related article: Western Wall rabbi slams ‘deceptive’ women’s group     One capital, two deeply divided cities   ANALYSIS As Hamas tries to spark an intifada in East Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, Israeli police aren’t making matters any better   By AVI ISSACHAROFF     Related article: Jerusalem’s Barkat vows to calm capital’s violence     Build settlements in response to Jerusalem terror: minister   Housing Minister Uri Ariel calls on government to lift unofficial building ‘freeze’ in isolated West Bank settlements   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF     Related article: PA official: Israel responsible for Jerusalem violence       UK Jewish students struggle to avoid twinning with ‘Hamas greenhouse’   University of Manchester set to vote on partnership with Nablus school, London university blocks Holocaust commemoration, and Cambridge demands ‘justice for the Palestinian people’   By LIAM HOARE     New president seeks to cure ‘epidemic’ of racism   ‘Israeli society is sick, and it is our duty to treat this disease’ and ease tensions between Arabs and Jews, Rivlin tells academics   By BEN SALES       US negotiator: Some want talks with Iran to fail   Wendy Sherman says diplomacy with Iran is worth the risk, but many obstacles remain   By BRADLEY KLAPPER       Canadian Jews shocked, angered by Ottawa shooting   ‘Canada is the most big-hearted place I know. It hurts to see that upended into so much pain’   By RENEE GHERT-ZAND     Related article: Canada terrorist wanted a passport to go to Mideast       Man with Islamic ‘extremist leanings’ attacks NY police   Hatchet-wielding assailant Zale Thompson wounds two officers in Queens, is shot dead by police   By AFP and AP       Israel slams Latvian musical celebrating Nazi’s life   Herbert Cukurs personally participated in the near annihilation of Latvian Jewry after the Nazis invaded Latvia   By JTA       You don’t need to be religious to observe the Shabbat Project   This weekend, Jews in some 460 cities all over the world have signed up to turn off their phones and tune in to the Jewish day of rest   By CAROLINE LAGNADO