ToI's weekly deep dive of articles to savor: First joint Jewish-Catholic school; Zionist Churchill and Balfour 100; Red carpet rap with Seinfeld

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Weekend Edition Sunday, November 5, 2017 Coexistence campus [Sharing is caring: In Scotland, Jewish and Catholic schools occupy same building]( By [Jenni Frazer]( [In what might be a global precedent, two academies of differing faiths share an address -- and a vision]( British-Israeli History [Ahead of Balfour 100, UK enshrines Churchill’s headstrong case for Israel]( By [Robert Philpot]( [A new permanent exhibition highlights the British PM's unflinching support for the Jewish state -- even under heavy pressure from his government]( Analysis [Alan D. Abbey and Benjamin Emmerich]( [Balfour Declaration: A century old and as disputed as ever]( [Researchers at the Shalom Hartman Institute dive into what the media is and isn't saying about the British letter’s meaning and impact upon its 100th anniversary]( Netanyahu in Britain [30 years after Thatcher’s rebuff, Theresa May celebrates Balfour with Israel]( By [Robert Philpot]( [Downing Street's warm reception for PM Benjamin Netanyahu comes amid close trade ties and diminishing antagonism between Israel and Arab states]( [Israel-UK relations / ‘No reason’ for Israel not to trust Corbyn, says his Jewish spokesman]( By [Robert Philpot]( [Nasreen Hadad Haj-Yahya]( [Yitzhak Rabin, warrior for equality]( [I was 13 when Yitzhak Rabin was murdered, exactly the same age as my eldest daughter is today. The 22 years that have passed since the assassination of the fifth prime minister of Israel make me wonder whether it's me or our political reality that is pervaded by pessimism. Rabin, the general who had instructed IDF soldiers to "break their arms and legs" during the first intifada, later recognized the importance of and worked toward a shared lifeand the creation of greater equality between Israel's Arab and Jewish citizens. Recently I read...]( Sorry, Not sorry [The case for the settlements: Assertive booklets for pro-Israel students]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Foreign Ministry advocacy material for too long focused on culture and hi-tech, failing to explain Israel's just case, Tzipi Hotovely says. Four new guidebooks aim to change that]( [Popular satire TV show takes on the Torah]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Interview [Black and white ‘1945’ shows Jews in post-war Hungary faced a rainbow of gray]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( red carpet rap [Seinfeld gets spectacularly real on the intimacy of performing stand-up for Jews]( By [Alex Suskind]( [On the sidelines of the annual Magen David Adom Red Star Ball this week, the Jewish favorite son dishes to ToI about his Israel connections -- and getting heckled]( Interview [Gilbert Gottfried loves being on the Nazis’ list of most powerful Jews]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( Start-up export [New York’s power plants now protected, using Israel’s Iron Dome technology]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [After alarming outages in 2012 and 2014, the New York Power Authority turns to the Start-Up Nation for help keeping its systems secure]( [Iron Dome developer nabs investment from New Zealand customer]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( CAlling all Dinas [Where the street has their name]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Shira Pasternak Be'eri]( [When my kids stopped being religious]( [There’s a special kind of pain when your child leaves religious observance. If you’ve been there, you know. It intensifies on the High Holidays, especially when it’s new. And it is stronger still when more than one child is involved. This year, two of my sons, Israeli soldiers raised in a religious-Zionist home, chose not to come to synagogue on the High Holidays. Their absence was palpable. Their empty chairs stood as silent witnesses, testifying to a process of shedding observance that I had been trying to deny. Now there...]( [Why did I get this?](You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website to receive the latest news & offers from The Times of Israel and its partners or ad sponsors.) | [Update Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( Like this newsletter? [Forward to a friend]( © 2017 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved