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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, from left, visit the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland on Friday, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. Merkel attend an event in occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Auschwitz Foundation. (Photo/Markus Schreiber via AP)

'I bow my head before the victims of the Shoah'

Merkel at Auschwitz: Remembering Nazi crimes inseparable from German identity

By Yannick Pasquet

Making her first visit to Nazi death camp as chancellor, German leader speaks of ‘deep shame’ and vows fight against anti-Semitism and all hatred is priority for her government

Artist and Holocaust survivor Frederick Terna is interviewed by AFP in his Brooklyn home on December 4, 2019 in New York City (Angela Weiss / AFP)

InterviewAuschwitz survivor says he fears global rise of anti-Semitism

By Catherine TRIOMPHE

A man walks by the State High School of Oswiecim, located in what used to be SS troops's residential building, in Oswiecim, Poland, on December 3, 2019. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

In Oswiecim, in Auschwitz’s shadow, history is a tough burden to shake

By Maja Czarnecka

A nurse taking a blood test, with the OLO device developed by Sight Diagnostics in the background (YouTube screenshot)

Unlike Theranos, startup’s blood test device ‘delivers on promise’ with FDA nod

By Shoshanna Solomon

Clearance follows US clinical trials that show Tel Aviv-based Sight Diagnostics’ product can do complete blood count in minutes, with lab-like accuracy, using pinprick of blood

Rachel Brosnahan as Midge Maisel in 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' (screenshot)

Spoiler alerts

Stars of marvelously Jewy ‘Mrs. Maisel’ share sneak peaks into Season 3

Before the Amazon hit series drops on December 6, ToI film writer schmoozes with three cast members and learns about Rose’s surprise cowboy boots and Moishe and Shirley’s big move

Tony Shalhoub plays Abe Weissman and Marin Hinkle portrays his wife, Rose, in 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'. (Amazon Studios)

InterviewHow Wisconsin-born Tony Shalhoub’s Lebanese roots help him play a NY Jew on TV

By Emily Burack

Iranian protesters gather around a fire during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the capital Tehran, on November 16, 2019. (AFP)

UN rights chief: Iranian forces were ‘shooting to kill’ protesters

By Jamey Keaten

Michelle Bachelet puts death toll in recent unrest at 208, says demonstrators were shot ‘directly in the face and vital organs’

Iranian protesters gather around a burning car during a demonstration against an increase of gasoline prices, in the capital Tehran, November 16, 2019. (AFP)

US says Iran may have killed over 1,000 protesters in government crackdown

By Shaun Tandon and Maya Gebeily

Iraqi supporters of the Hashed Al-Shaabi armed network demonstrate in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, December 5, 2019. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Pro-Iran demonstrators stream into Iraqi anti-government protest camp

By AFP

In this photo from February 7, 2019, by Sepahnews, the website of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, a Dezful surface-to-surface ballistic missile is displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran. (Sepahnews via AP)

Defiant Iran will not halt ballistic missile development

Rejecting complaint from France, Britain and Germany, the Islamic Republic says it is ‘determined to resolutely continue its activities’

The European Union's political director Helga-Maria Schmid and Iran's deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, center from left, wait for a bilateral meeting as part of the closed-door nuclear talks with Iran at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, July 28, 2019. (AP)

Iran nuclear deal signatories to meet as accord nears collapse

By AFP

A US military helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the Arleigh destroyer USS Mason in the Persian Gulf, May 22, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lasheba James/Released)

Amid Iran tensions, US may send thousands more troops to Mideast

Trails left behind by the launch of a rocket from a base in central Israel as part of a test on December 6, 2019. (Courtesy)

Defense Ministry conducts missile test over central Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Residents report seeing white trails left behind by launch; ministry mum on nature of test but says it was pre-planned, carried out successfully

IDF special forces take part in an exercise in Cyprus simulating war in the north in December 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israeli commandos train in Cyprus in drill dubbed ‘Game of Thrones’

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa meet at the Sao Bento palace in Lisbon, December 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Reporter's notebook

Netanyahu leaves troubles at home for worry-free, achievement-less Lisbon visit

PM’s 48-hour trip to the far-side of Europe included just two meetings and plenty of ‘no comments’

Sara Netanyahu at Lisbon memorial: My family is suffering an inquisition too

By Shalom Yerushalmi

Normalizing ties with Israel not discussed in Morocco, US official says

By TOI staff and AFP

After Pompeo meet, Netanyahu says Israel has ‘full right’ to annex Jordan Valley

By Raphael Ahren

Dr. Sigal Shelach, CEO of JDC Israel, on November 19, 2019 at the soon to be renovated Jerusalem offices. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/ToI)

Interview

After cracking JDC glass ceiling, first woman CEO in Israel renovates operations

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Yedidia Z. Stern

Justice in the courtroom, not in the streets

Our level-headed, intelligent, rational prime minister has lost his good judgment and is inciting against some of the most important institutions of state

Batya Brownstein

I got divorced at the Rabbanut

I was told: ’It’s not fair and it’s horrible, but this is not the time to make a statement.’ So here is my statement (it’s not what I thought it would be)

If you rabbis respected women, you wouldn’t question their motives

When full-fledged, adult members of your own community tell you something is disturbing, offensive, and harmful, take their words seriously.

Shayna Goldberg

Who wins the sisterly rivalry between Rachel and Leah?

We choose our actions, but we cannot know which of them will have lasting impact, so we may as well stop trying to control our futures (Vayetzei)

UK opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his residence in north London on October 28, 2019. (DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

Document lists 9 instances of anti-Semitism by Corbyn among thousands in Labour

53-page report by Jewish Labour Movement says UK opposition party features ‘endemic, institutional anti-Semitism,’ accuses its leader of anti-Jewish bias

Going for GoldersUK’s Johnson serves donuts at kosher bakery ahead of elections

A Syrian woman with her children, who were displaced by the Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria, wait to receive a tent and other aid supplies at the Bardarash refugee camp, north of Mosul, Iraq, October 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

People of the Pod

LISTEN: What makes a Syrian refugee become a pro-Israel advocate?

Episode #14: AJC’s Simone Rodan-Benzaquen explains French anti-Semitism definition adoption * IsraAID’s Yotam Polizer debriefs from the field

A picture taken on August 26, 2019, near the northern Israeli moshav of Avivim shows a Hezbollah flag in the Lebanon village of Aitaroun. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

IDF says Hezbollah, undeterred after recent setbacks, beefing up border presence

By Agencies and TOI staff

Protesters fly Palestinian flags and carry posters with pictures of Sami Abu Diak, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Nov. 26. 2019 (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Jordan says Israel released body of security prisoner who died in custody

Jordanian Foreign Ministry says remains of Sami Abu Diak arrived following the Hashemite Kingdom’s ‘intensive engagement’ with Israeli authorities

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, center, and Deputy Prosecutor James Stewart, right, attend the first audience with the chief of Central African Republic's soccer federation Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands on January 25, 2019. (Koen Van Well/Pool photo via AP)

ICC prosecutor ‘concerned’ over Netanyahu’s West Bank annexation plans

By Jacob Magid and Raphael Ahren

Hamas senior political leader Khalil al-Hayya during a press conference at the end of two days of closed-door talks attended by representatives of 13 leading political parties held in the Egyptian capital Cairo on November 22, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)

Hamas official says no move for long-term ceasefire with Israel

Close-up of a 12,000-year-old human burial embedded in the white material found in the Ein Gev cave. (courtesy)

Archaeology

12,000-year-old Galilee artifacts reset plaster production clock by 2 millennia

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

More Headlines

In this image from video, people gather outside a health emergency operation center Dec. 5, 2019, in Apia, Samoa (TVNZ via AP)

Israel sending team to Samoa to help battle measles outbreak

By TOI staff and AFP

A photograph of corrections officer trainees in West Virginia performing a Nazi salute. (West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety)

West Virginia probes photo of corrections officer trainees making Nazi salute

Illustrative: A man passes a Facebook screen at the Gamescom gathering in Cologne, Germany, August 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Covert Israel-based Facebook network stoked hatred for profit, report alleges

Worker Gabe Ryan removes a sign that includes the name Arthur M. Sackler at an entrance to Tufts School of Medicine, December 5, 2019, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Amid opiod crisis, Tufts removes Sackler name from buildings, programs

Claude Lanzmann at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Claude Lanzmann’s late son’s sperm can’t father child in Israel, court says

In this undated photo, Helmut Oberlander during his time serving as a an interpreter for the Nazis with Einsatzkommando 10a. (CIJA)

Nazi war crimes suspect loses fight to retain Canada citizenship

By AFP

Illustrative photo of a man in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel extradites Frenchman suspected of kidnapping his kids in custody battle

Adel Khatib (Israel Police)

Body of missing Arab Israeli teen found; murder suspected

The alma mater statute on the Columbia University campus. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

Tel Aviv University, Columbia launch joint undergraduate program

Tzippi Rimel (L) holds her daughter Noam. (Courtesy)

Police: Driver in crash that killed mom, baby was ‘using road as car test track’