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Kerry phones Netanyahu, apologizes for ‘chickenshit’ comment
 
Secretary says sorry on behalf of Obama administration; Israeli commentator cites ‘unprecedented loathing’ between the two leaderships
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jerusalem in 2013. (photo credit: AP/Gali Tibbon)
 
 
US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat wave before a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 4, 2014. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
 
Kerry, Erekat to meet on stalled peace talks
 
By AFP and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, September 15, 2010. (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon / Flash90)
 
Top security officials urge PM to restart peace process
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 
President of the Autism Society Scott Badesch (Photo credit: Youtube screen capture)
 
Disability groups blast use of Asperger’s to insult PM
 
By ITAMAR SHARON
 

 
Bette Midler in the 1993 film 'Hocus Pocus,' a comedic twist on the Salem witch trials of 1692 (photo courtesy: Walt Disney Pictures)
 
More than ‘Hocus Pocus’ to Salem’s Jewish past
 
Biblical history and Mosaic Law permeated the lives — and deaths — of the Massachusetts Bay community which would not ‘suffer a witch to live’
 
By MATT LEBOVIC
 
 
 
 
Ilya Meyer
 
At least change the genocidal logo
 
ILYA MEYER Before recognizing Palestine, countries should insist the Palestinians ditch the iconic map that erases Israel
 

 
Edmon J. Rodman
 
Shabbat on Halloween: Horror of horrors or wonder of wonders?
 
EDMON J. RODMAN Since Heschel said ‘the meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space,’ who better to have at my Halloween Shabbat dinner than a Time Lord?
 

 
Screenshot from a video posted to Facebook showing Bedouin sheikh Aqel Al-Atrash dancing at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish wedding. (Screen capture: Facebook)
 
Dancing Bedouin sheikh at haredi wedding causes uproar in Arab world
 
Bedouin man who posted video fined over NIS 1 million in religious local court, says he fears for his life
 

 
Screenshot from a promotional video on the Helena Rubinstein beauty products (Screen capture: YouTube)
 
Museum tells Helena Rubinstein’s story in art
 
Born Chaja Rubinstein to Polish-Jewish parents in Krakow, the diminutive powerhouse is the subject of a new NY exhibition
 

 
Cleveland Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson dunks during the final seconds of overtime in an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Chicago, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. Cleveland won 114-108 (photo credit: AP/Paul Beaty)
 
Israeli coach David Blatt secures first NBA win
 
LeBron James scores 36 points as Cleveland Cavaliers charge past Chicago Bulls 114-108 in overtime
 

 
Israelis hold umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain as they walk on Jaffa Street, downtown Jerusalem, October 31, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
 
Accidents, damage as Israel pelted with heavy rains
 
With flooding in city streets and desert riverbeds alike, Israelis finally feel the arrival of winter
 

 
Margot Wallstroem, Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs is pictured during an interview with AFP at her office on October 31, 2014 in Stockholm. (Photo credit: AFP/JONATHAN NACKSTRAND)
 
After IKEA tit-for-tat, Sweden hopes Israel ties will recover
 
Swedish FM expresses optimism Israeli ambassador will return, following country’s recognition of Palestinian state
 

 
Iran says 93 percent of executions drug-related
 
UN: 852 people were reportedly condemned to death in Islamic Republic between 2013 and 2014
 

 
Omar Albach (center) with the two actors in his videotaped social experiment. (YouTube screenshot)
 
Viral video shows Canadians keep Islamophobia in check
 
Initiated after Ottawa shooting, clip was created by Muslim student who has previously filmed anti-Israel and pro-boycott clips
 

 
Students at Scheck Hillel Community Day School's homecoming football game, when its new synthetic turf field made its debut, Oct. 22, 2014. (Courtesy Scheck Hillel/JTA)
 
New sports fields give day schools a competitive edge
 
Dreams of higher enrollment — and a larger donor base — spur multi-million dollar facilities
 
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Labor MK: Israel should give PA East Jerusalem neighborhoods
 
Eitan Cabel says it’s in Israel’s long term interest to hand over control of Beit Hanina, Issawiya and other Palestinian areas
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 Labor Party MK Eitan Cabel (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
 
 

 
Police arrest second suspect in Glick shooting
 
Man who worked with Mu’taz Hijazi at Begin Center may have helped him carry out attack; Glick’s condition improving
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 Mu'taz Hijazi, in an undated photo. (photo credit: Flash90)
 

 
Pro-BDS Jewish group boycotts Brussels Jewish film festival
 
Union of Progressive Jews of Belgium pulls out of event, citing involvement of Israel, US embassies
 
By JTA
 Illustrative photo of protesters urging a boycott against Israel. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
 
 

 
Southern leader urges IDF response to Gaza rocket
 
Eshkol Council chief Haim Yellin says military achievements of summer campaign are disappearing, Israel must ensure security of all citizens
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows a rocket being launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Friday, July 11, 2014. (photo credit: Menahem Kahana/AFP)
 
 

 
A Hamsa in the Zichron Tuvia neighborhood (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
 
The devil is in the details on a magical mystery tour of Jerusalem
 
ISRAEL TRAVELS Tales from the dark side as our travel guru chases demons, counters curses, tests potions, and discovers the advantages of giving birth to ugly babies
 
By AVIVA and SHMUEL BAR-AM
 

 
Actress Shoshana Roberts starred in a video discretely made by man walking in front of her as she walked the streets of New York City and endured dozens of unsolicited catcalls during the course of a single day. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
 
Harassment video actress gets death and rape threats
 
Vicious response to Shoshana Roberts’ viral NYC video is sadly unsurprising for anti-street harassment organization
 
By AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN
 

 
IAEA head: Iran dodging questions on nuclear weapons
 
Tehran hasn’t complied with obligation to provide information on military aspects of atomic program, says Yukiya Amano
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (right) shaking hands with Yukiya Amano (left), chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during a meeting in Tehran on August 17, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Iranian Presidency website/HO/Mohammad Berno)
 
 

 
At least 100 Islamic State fighters killed in Kobani
 
An estimated 576 jihadist fighters killed in northern Syrian battleground town since fighting began in September
 
By AFP
 Kurdish peshmerga fighters gesture and wave a Kurdish flag from a military vehicle armed with a heavy infantry weapon as they ride towards the Syrian town of Kobani, also known as Ain al-Arab, from the border town of Suruc, in the Turkish southeastern Sanliurfa province, on October 31, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/STRINGER)
 
 

 
After losing 1,000 men in Syria, Hezbollah builds ‘security zone’
 
ANALYSIS As its death toll mounts, the Shi’ite group deploys along the Lebanon-Syrian border to prevent entry of Sunni fighters; has little time to focus on Israel
 
By AVI ISSACHAROFF
 
Iraqi Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of a comrade killed in Mosul fighting Islamic militants, July 14, 2014 (Photo credit: Jaber al-Helo/AP)
 
 

 
Richard Branson’s spacecraft for tourists explodes on test flight
 
One pilot killed, another seriously injured as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo disintegrates, crashes in California desert
 
By BRIAN MELLEY and JUSTIN PRITCHARD
 This image from video by KABC TV Los Angeles shows wreckage of what is believed to be SpaceShipTwo in Southern California's Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. A Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded after taking off on a test flight, a witness said Friday. (photo credit: AP Photo/KABC TV)
 
 






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