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Sunday, August 20, 2017

Thousands of Boston Jews join protest against bigotry; Ivanka praises anti-racism demo; Abbas: Trump admin 'in chaos'; What your Google searches show - The Times of Israel

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'The last time citizens were silent about white nationalists, more than 6 million people died'
 
In Boston, concerned Jews gather in prayer and protest against bigotry
 
An interfaith vigil and well-publicized ‘dueling rallies’ draw thousands of Jews to denounce racism and anti-Semitism in America’s Cradle of Liberty
 
By MATT LEBOVIC
 
Protesters at 'dueling rallies' on the Boston Common, August 19, 2017 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
 
 
Ivanka Trump listens as her father, US President Donald Trump, speaks to the press at his Bedminster National Golf Club in New Jersey, on August 11, 2017. (AFP/JIM WATSON)
 
Ivanka Trump praises Boston counter-protesters in tweet
 
By JTA
 
Counterprotesters hold signs and chant at the Statehouse before a planned "Free Speech" rally by conservative organizers begin on the adjacent Boston Common, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
 
Boston ‘free speech rally’ cut short after massive counterprotest
 
By STEVE LEBLANC
 
A white supremacist carrying a Nazi flag into Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12, 2017. (AP/Steve Helber)
 
Free speech concerns mount as far-right evicted from web
 
By PAUL HANDLEY
 

 
Pressed by old Yale classmates to quit, Mnuchin stands by Trump
 
Jewish treasury secretary defends US president’s response to Charlottesville violence, says his boss is not a bigot
 
By ERIC CORTELLESSA
 Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin stands in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, during an event for President Donald Trump to sign a memorandum calling for a trade investigation of China. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
 
 
In this photo taken June 30, 2017, Hope Hicks arrives on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., en route to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
 
Trump’s new communications director isn’t new to his ways
 
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
 
Jon Stewart on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Feb. 27, 2017. (Screenshot from YouTube)
 
Jon Stewart intimates Trump is anti-Semitic
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 
US President Donald Trump, left, congratulates Senior Counselor to the President Stephen Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in the East Room of the White House on January 22, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
 
Trump thanks ousted aide Bannon, ‘it was great’
 
By AFP
 

 
LIVE UPDATES Latest: German police detain 39 over neo-Nazi march in Berlin
 
Abbas says Trump administration ‘in chaos’
 
Spanish authorities say 12 attackers didn’t have known terror ties; Police say stabbing thwarted in Netanya over the weekend; Assad says no relations with countries backing rebels
 
By TAMAR PILEGGI
 PA President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Meretz chairwoman Zehava Galon (2nd R) at the presidential residence in Ramallah, West Bank on August 20, 2017. (Osama Falah / Wafa)
 

 
Spain hunts van driver as larger gas attack plot comes into focus
 
Police say Barcelona attacker may have left country, confirm 12-strong terror cell believed to have planned series of attacks with over 120 gas canisters
 
By AGENCIES
 Spanish police officers block a road near Alcanar on August  20, 2017, as part of an operation to find a suspect of the Barcelona terror attack. (AFP PHOTO / JOSE JORDAN)
 
 
Catalan autonomous police officers, known as Mosso d'Esquadra, detain a cuffed suspect in Ripoll during a search linked to the deadly terror attacks in Barcelona and the seaside resort of Cambrils on August 18, 2017, a day after a van plowed into the crowd, killing 14 people and injuring over 100 on the Rambla in Barcelona.  (AFP PHOTO / PAU BARRENA)
 
After attacks, Spain probes missing imam, mysterious blast
 
By LORI HINNANT, JOSEPH WILSON and ALEX OLLER
 
Demonstrators protesting outside the Spanish government delegation in Barcelona, Oct. 20, 2015. (Albert Llop/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
 
Catalonia BDS branch says Europe ‘responsible’ for Barcelona attacks
 
By JTA
 
Driss Oubakir, a suspect in Barcelona terror attack on August 17, 2017. (Spanish National Police handout)
 
Spain terrorists showed ‘no sign of radicalization’: father
 
By HAMZA MEKOUAR
 

 
Poll: 1 in 3 UK Jews considered emigrating over anti-Semitism
 
A scene from Manchester's Say No to Anti-Semitism rally on Sunday, October 19,2014. (Mike Poloway) 
37% of over 7,000 respondents say they’ve been concealing signs that would indicate they’re Jewish; 767 anti-Semitic attacks in first half of 2017
 
By JTA
 

 
Seth Stephens-Davidowicz, data scientist and author of 'Everybody Lies.' (Courtesy)
 
Racism and white lies: What your Google searches say about you
 
Author Seth Stephens-Davidowicz says you can hide untruths from family and friends, but not from data science
 
By JORDAN HOFFMAN
 

 
Palestinian killed trying to stab Israeli officer in West Bank
 
17-year-old attempts to stab Border Police officer at Tapuah Junction, is shot dead by other troops; one officer hurt by shrapnel
 
By JACOB MAGID
 Illustrative: Israeli security forces at the scene of an alleged attempted stabbing incident at the Tapuah Junction in the West Bank, on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 (Israel Police)
 
 
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers secure the scene after a Palestinian assailant attempting to stab Israeli guards at a junction near the West Bank city of Nablus, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers on December 8, 2016.(Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
 
IDF arrests brother of killed Tapuah Junction attacker
 
By JACOB MAGID
 
M16 rifles seized by police following the theft of rifles from an army base on May 27, 2017. (Police spokesperson)
 
IDF colonel censured, officer dismissed over theft of 33 assault rifles
 
By JUDAH ARI GROSS
 
The body of suspected Berlin attacker Ani Amri is covered with a blanket after a shootout near a train station in Milan's Sesto San Giovanni neighborhood, Italy, early Friday, December 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Daniele Bennati)
 
Italy expels 2 Moroccans, Syrian as terror fears mount
 
By ANGUS MACKINNON
 

 
Arthur Finkelstein, strategist who helped Netanyahu to power, dies at 72
 
Arthur Finkelstein and Benjamin Netanyahu in March 10, 1999. (Flash 90) 
PM sends condolence to family of US campaign expert, mourning ‘a true friend, a professional, deeply committed to Israel’
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 

 
Iraq begins battle to retake Tal Afar, IS bastion near Mosul
 
In televised speech, Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi tells Islamic State militants, ‘there’s no choice other than to leave or be killed’
 
By AFP
 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, center, holds a national flag upon his arrival to Mosul, Iraq, July 9, 2017. (Iraqi Federal Police Press Office via AP)
 
 
Illustrative: Turkish police officers block the road leading to the scene of an attack in Istanbul, early, January 1, 2017. (AP/Halit Onur Sandal)
 
Turkey kills IS suspect, detains 4 more ‘planning attack’
 
By AFP
 
A general view taken on August 19, 2017, shows artillery being fired from a Lebanese military base in a mountainous area near the eastern town of Ras Baalbek, as Lebanese troops launched an offensive against the Islamic State group on the country's eastern border with Syria, seeking to drive the jihadists from a long-time stronghold. ( AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
 
Lebanon army launches offensive against IS on Syria border
 
By RANA MOUSSAOUI
 
Smoke rises from buildings in Ain el-Helweh, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, near the southern coastal city of Sidon, during clashes between Palestinian forces and Islamist fighters on August 19, 2017.(AFP PHOTO / Mahmoud ZAYYAT)
 
Fierce clashes rock Palestinian camp in Lebanon
 
By AFP
 
 
 
 
Edwin Goldberg
 
Jewish wisdom for the solar eclipse
 
EDWIN GOLDBERG The sages found a message for humanity in the story of a competition between the sun and the moon
 

 
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
 
Our tree in Israel
 
RACHEL SHARANSKY DANZIGER This time next week she and her family will be walking through the streets of a strange and new city
 

 
Adam R. Bronfman
 
Conscience trumps political expedience
 
ADAM R. BRONFMAN A call on Jews to take a collective moral stance against Donald Trump and everything he stands for
 

 
Aviva Richman
 
Smashing idols, changing minds
 
AVIVA RICHMAN Talmudic insight for today: It takes more than destroying statutes to eliminate the mindset of those who worship them
 

 
Gilbert Chikli and his wife, Shirly Chikli pose at their home in Ashdod on March 28, 2016. (AP/Oded Balilty)
 
Ukraine arrests French-Israeli wanted in ‘fake CEO’ scam
 
Gilbert Chikli, living in Israel since 2009, nabbed along with another French-Israeli suspect
 

 
Illustrative photo of an Israeli police car (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
 
2 off-duty soldiers assaulted after being mistaken for Arabs
 
Father of one of the victims tells police that witnesses saw the attack unfold but did not call police
 

 
Illustrative photo of a minefield in northern Israel (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
 
Girl, 12, rescued from minefield in southern Israel
 
No injuries in incident near border with Jordan
 

 
Illustrative: Message inside of a bottle sent by Palestinian children in Gaza as part of UNRWA campaign. (Screen capture/YouTube)
 
Gaza fisherman catches message in a bottle from Greece
 
Jihad al-Soltan finds bottle in his net six weeks after a British couple set it afloat into the Mediterranean Sea
 

 
Illustrative: People wear special glasses as they watch a partial solar eclipse at the Givatayim Observatory, Sunday, November 3, 2013 (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
 
Carbondale’s Jews are over the moon about total solar eclipse
 
FROM OUR PARTNER NY Jewish News: Located at the epicenter of the eclipse path, area Jews look to biblical roots for the celestial phenomenon
 

 
Civil rights activist, writer, social critic, and comedian Dick Gregory, talks to the crowd at the 16th annual Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, MLK Leadership Luncheon, January 20, 2016. (Scott Keeler/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
 
Veteran comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies
 
He went without solid food for weeks to draw attention to a wide range of causes, including Middle East peace, American hostages in Iran, animal rights and police brutality
 

 
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Police officers stand guard in front of the "Sagrada Familia" basilica in Barcelona on August 19, 2017.  (AFP / LLUIS GENE)
 
There would have been (more) blood
 
Papers take some liberties in reporting on how bad things may have gotten in Barcelona and are divided on the meaning of Steve Bannon’s ouster
 
 
 
39 people detained over neo-Nazi rally in Berlin
 
Far-right marchers commemorating 30th anniversary of death of Rudolph Hess in Spandau prison blocked by left-wing protesters
 
By AP
 
Far-right extremists gather to commemorate the death of Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, in Berlin's western district of Spandau, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. (Maurizio Gambarini/dpa via AP)
 
 

 
Pete and Janna Linde in Kansas City's Meshuggah Bagels (Facebook)
 
Authentic NY bagels have finally arrived in Kansas City
 
Pete and Janna Linde simply pined for a decent poppy. Now, they fill a giant carb-shaped hole in the BBQ capital’s food scene
 
By VICTOR WISHNA
 

 
Police under pressure for blocking anti-Netanyahu protest, arresting organizers
 
Prominent critics of the PM detained, demonstrators prevented from holding rally to call for action in corruption probes against him
 
By RAOUL WOOTLIFF
 Demonstrators attend a protest against government corruption n Petah Tikva, August 19, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
 
 

 
Australia releases ‘how-to guide’ to protect from vehicle attacks
 
Following global spate of car-rammings, new government report gives venue operators a ‘toolkit’ to address terrorism concerns
 
By AFP
 Pedestrians walk past newly-installed concrete security bollards near the Lindt Cafe on July 17, 2017, scene of the 2014 Sydney cafe seige, in which two hostages and the gunman were killed. (AFP/WILLIAM WEST)
 
 

 
Netanyahu to meet with Putin in Russia this week
 
PM to travel to Sochi as the countries continue dialogue aimed at preventing clashes between their air forces operating in Syrian skies
 
By RAPHAEL AHREN and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) during their meeting in Moscow on March 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Pavel Golovkin)
 
 

 
Rouhani: Iran’s top priority to protect nuclear deal from US
 
Comments come a week after president indicated that Tehran is prepared to renege on nuclear deal if US continues applying sanctions
 
By AFP
 Iran's President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech after being sworn in before parliament in Tehran, on August 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
 
 

 
Israeli contest seeks Vietnamese startups as fresh link in bilateral ties
 
Entrepreneurs in Far Eastern nation invited to participate in competition that will bring them to Jerusalem for 5 days of tech immersion
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 President Reuven Rivlin (c) oversees the signing of an Education agreement in Vietnam (Koby Gideon /GPO)
 

 
 
 
In this July 10, 1945, photo provided by U.S. Navy media content operations, USS Indianapolis (CA 35) is shown off the Mare Island Navy Yard, in Northern California, after her final overhaul and repair of combat damage. (US Navy via AP)
 
Wreckage of lost ship USS Indianapolis found after seven decades
 
Researchers say vessel was hit in final days of World War II after completing secret mission delivering parts of atomic bomb used in Hiroshima
 
By MAGGY DONALDSON