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Gaza rocket hits Israel; Boston's 'Hanukkah miracle'; French aliya soars; Sarah Silverman shines; US won't back Palestine at UN; PM 'sings' Chandelier

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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, DEC 19, 2014   Share This:    Visit the timesofisrael.com - updated 24/7. The Jewish world's fastest-growing website. Click here!   Gaza Palestinians fire rocket at Eshkol region   No casualties or damage in third attack since summer’s conflict; local official says clock ‘ticking down to the next war’   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF     Related article: ‘Cement for rebuilding Gaza diverted to terror tunnels’       ‘Hanukkah miracle’ at Boston museum’s joint Israeli-Iranian show   Musicians from ‘enemy’ countries perform in Hebrew and Persian in ‘Seekers of Light,’ an opera based on infamous Sabbatai Tzvi   By MATT LEBOVIC           The Hanukkah guide to Israeli doughnuts   YAEL TAMAR The country’s most insanely irresistible sufganyot — a feast for the eyes       Women learn Torah too   ALIZA LAVIE State funding is crafted to ensure that only the male religious studies frameworks get public backing       Remixed PM belts out ‘Chandelier’   Edited video clip has prime minister singing along to hit single about partying hard       Are Jews clueless about Christmas?   Humor videos present Noel ignorance of young Yids       Rabbi Harold Schulweis, thinker and activist, dies at 89   OBITUARY Los Angeles-area Jewish leader was an innovator in the synagogue, founded organization to fight hunger and poverty       Prominent Conservative rabbi considers breaking intermarriage ban   Wesley Gardenswartz proposes performing interfaith weddings before backing down, promises not to sever ties with movement       Game ad tech turns brands into players’ ‘pals’   If Coca-Cola lent you a hand, wouldn’t you be inclined to buy its drinks? That is the secret sauce of web start-up Woobi       IDF harassment probe focuses on what commanders knew   Investigators question Givati Brigade chief Ofer Winter after battalion head steps down to fight sexual harassment complaint       ‘Accidental Americans’ face big tax bills   FROM THE WEB CNN Money: Israelis and others who have never lived in the US are being dunned by the IRS     HEBREW MEDIA REVIEW   FRI, DEC 19, 2:18 PM     Time is money   Israeli papers play up Ehud Olmert’s offer to pay his former aide $10,000 for every month of her jail term       French immigration to Israel dwarfs North American figures   6,655 Jews arrived from France in 2014, compared with only 3,225 from North America; rise of anti-Semitism cited as key factor in uptick   By JTA         Sarah Silverman shines at Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival   Controversial Jewish comedian in Israel to accept achievement award and celebrate nephew’s bar mitzvah   By RENEE GHERT-ZAND   Related article: Despite confiscations, Women of the Wall light Hanukkah candles     US says it will not support Palestinian UN bid   State Department spokesperson indicates Washington likely to veto text calling for Israeli withdrawal to 1967 lines by end of 2017   By AFP and JTA     Related article: Full text of Palestinians’ UN resolution: End the occupation by 2017     PM’s harsh reaction to EU initiatives may come back to haunt him   ANALYSIS Invoking the Holocaust in critiquing Europe’s latest actions, Netanyahu might score some points locally, but he’s not making friends overseas   By RAPHAEL AHREN     Related article: Ramallah’s UN moves will lead to Hamas takeover, PM warns     Burgas attack said to have put Hezbollah on Mossad spy’s trail   Group first began searching for an agent in its ranks after Bulgaria accused it of responsibility for bombing, report says   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF       Olmert offered aide $10,000 a month to serve jail time   Former prime minister heard trying to bribe Shula Zaken to take the blame for corruption case in newly released recordings   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF       Natural gas to cost Israelis double world average, report says   The discovery off Israel’s shores will do nothing to lower the price of electricity — but rather increase it, according to an energy expert   By DAVID SHAMAH     Related article: Near major oil spill, a solar field grows in Israel     Entryway to Herod’s hilltop palace uncovered near Jerusalem   Excavations at Herodium in Judean Desert also turn up secret tunnels used by Jewish rebels during the Bar Kochba Revolt 2,000 years ago   By TAMAR PILEGGI       High Court strikes down new rules for African migrants   Justice orders authorities temporarily cease transfer of asylum seekers to detention facility after groups call amendment ‘unconstitutional’   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF       No unity deal with Likud, pledges Jewish Home memo   Leaked document calls Avigdor Liberman a leftist, instructs MKs to go on offensive against him ahead of elections   By LAZAR BERMAN     Related article: Bennett heckled at Tel Aviv think tank       How a nice Jewish girl became comedy’s ‘dirty nerdy’   Jessi Klein, head writer on Comedy Central’s ‘Inside Amy Schumer,’ discusses her role as a link in the long chain of funny Jewish women   By STEPHIE GROB PLANTE