The Times of Israel Wed Oct. 22,2014

The one-stop news site covering Israel, the region and the Jewish people worldwide   THE DAILY EDITION   WHAT MATTERS MOST ON » WED, OCT 22, 2014   Share This:    Visit the timesofisrael.com - updated 24/7. The Jewish world's fastest-growing website. Click here!   IDF patrol comes under fire on Egypt border   Two soldiers moderately to seriously injured in attack from Sinai; army returns fire; area residents asked to remain indoors   By SPENCER HO and MITCH GINSBURG         Navy arrests 7 Gaza fishermen for violating nautical restrictions   By AFP and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF     IDF confirms Hamas planned massive tunnel attack   By STUART WINER and MITCH GINSBURG     Egypt sentences 7 jihadis to death for attacks on troops   By AFP       Freundel scandal highlights converts’ vulnerability   How was an alleged sexual predator given absolute power over his female charges? And how can such situations be prevented in the future?   By AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN and URIEL HEILMAN           From mikvah to baptism of fire to chuppah   JEFF RUBIN On a young woman’s conversion experience at another, very different, mikveh in Washington DC       My conversion experience? Not bad at all   YOEL KEREN Current media reports aside, his experience at least was life-changing and, yes, holy       Horror of horrors: Shabbat on Halloween!   EDMON J. RODMAN Mulling the deep theological question of what to wear when the neighborhood trick-or-treaters come knocking       Cashier’s dad shot dead by disgruntled customer’s grandfather   18-year-old man calls in reinforcements after Haifa vendor refuses to sell him cigarettes       Prez returns library book 40 years late   Reuven Rivlin found 19th century siddur, checked out at least four decades ago, in the synagogue of his official residence       ‘Klinghoffer’ ticket holders talk back   Show-goers feel unfairly judged by those who didn’t see the opera which protesters say is anti-Semitic, sympathetic to terrorists     HEBREW MEDIA REVIEW   WED, OCT 22, 2:12 PM     House on fire   A coalition crisis is waiting in the wings as the Knesset gears up for its winter session; EU sketches ‘red lines’ in West Bank         Brace yourselves: The Knesset’s winter session is coming   Budget battles, stalled reforms, a tenuous coalition and, of course, no shortage of rhetoric — what’s in store for parliament   By HAVIV RETTIG GUR   Related article: Youngest MK not afraid to follow the money     New elections? Netanyahu says they’re the last thing Israel needs   ANALYSIS Despite threats by coalition partners and rampant speculation, a trip to the polls is unlikely in the immediate future   By HAVIV RETTIG GUR     Related article: Netanyahu calls for coalition unity, not elections     In DC, wary Ya’alon says he’s making his ‘opinions known’ on Iran   Defense minister stresses solidity of US-Israel ties, but doesn’t hide concern that a ‘bad deal’ on Tehran nuclear program may be looming   By REBECCA SHIMONI STOIL     Related article: Ya’alon: Hamas has two command centers — in Gaza and Turkey       Killed in the snows of Nepal, IAF’s first female religious pilot is laid to rest   OBITUARY Cpt. Tamar Ariel, 25, an F-16 navigator, is buried in her hometown cemetery a week after she died in a Himalayan blizzard   By MITCH GINSBURG   Related article: A story of survival: The Annapurna Himalayan tragedy     Amar, Stern voted as Jerusalem chief rabbis   Sephardi and Ashkenazi candidates will hold positions that have been vacant for over 10 years   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF       Jordan said working to prevent Jewish prayer at Temple Mount   Officials request worldwide assistance to ensure Knesset not ratify a bill that they say would split access to contested holy site   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF         Steve Jobs’ ex-doctor is in, and he’s quoting Maimonides   Dr. David Agus has 65 rules for staying healthy, and now he’s in Jerusalem explaining how he learned to do healthcare differently   By JESSICA STEINBERG