ToI's weekly deep dive: Hollywood sex scandals go way back; Seafaring Torah for Veterans Day; A mysterious book auction; IDF vet lives family legacy

?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=647bb862db-WEEKEND_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-647bb862db-55598597 [Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates](?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=647bb862db-WEEKEND_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-647bb862db-55598597) The Weekend Edition Sunday, November 12, 2017 Tarnished silver screen [Hollywood’s success, and sex scandals, go back to some of its founding fathers]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Today's disturbing allegations are not unprecedented. A spotlight on Jack Warner, co-founder of one of the biggest movie studios, who was accused of 'womanizing' decades ago]( [At-risk youth / It takes a village to heal Israel’s abused teen girls]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( Theater review [Broadway welcomes Israeli cinema with acclaimed production of ‘The Band’s Visit’]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [The onstage remake scales up the successful niche film without sacrificing intimacy]( [Israel’s national theater asked to perform in Nazi Germany, telegram reveals]( By [TOI staff]( Jews in the military [To honor WWII vet, seafaring Torah scroll to sail on new US Navy supercarrier]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Ahead of Veterans Day, a first-of-its-kind gift to a faith-based military program helps the 30-40 Jewish service members aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford worship on the high seas]( Monied mystery [Who’s selling treasures from the Valmadonna Trust Library? Depends who you ask]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Months after the finest and largest private collection of Jewish books was acquired for the National Library of Israel, some of its most valuable selections are up for auction]( [Monied mystery / Valmadonna Trust Library auction in NY brings record sales. But who benefits?]( By [TOI staff]( [Think most asylum seekers in Israel are African? Try Ukrainian]( By [Melanie Lidman]( [Naomi Chazan]( [Don’t mess with Jerusalem]( [The heated discussions over the meaning of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration have dominated the media just as moves to entirely alter the status of Jerusalem and its environs have quietly proceeded apace. Two interrelated bills (The Basic Law: Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel and the Jerusalem and Its Daughters Bill -- dubbed the Greater Jerusalem Bill), if adopted, will fundamentally redraw the contours of the city and the composition of its inhabitants in Israel's 70th year. Together, they will...]( Votes for women [100 years ago in NY, suffrage movement pitted Jewish sisters against each other]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Daughters of the American Revolution, suffrage leader Maud Nathan and Barnard-founder Annie Nathan Meyer were early feminists, with very different stances on how to reach equality]( [US Jewry / Looking for an American bipartisan issue? Try the fight against BDS]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [Interview / Biographer unpacks Bannon’s ‘big, formative influence’ on Trump]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( Exclusive [Israeli government has lost its way, says Corbyn’s visiting foreign policy chief]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Emily Thornberry, UK Labour's choice for foreign secretary, castigates 'silly' Priti Patel, urges recognizing Palestine, won't buy 'illegal' settlement goods but opposes boycotts]( [Analysis / Will resignation of possible May successor boost Britain’s Jeremy Corbyn?]( By [Robert Philpot]( Holocaust Heroes [Grandson of famous Jewish WWII partisans makes resistance meaningful today]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [Raised in a family of modern day Maccabees who saved 1,200 Jews from the Holocaust, Matthew Bielski keeps their legacy alive to inspire others not to be afraid]( [Foul Play / How a talented German-Jewish high jumper’s dreams came crashing down in 1936]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Soviet Jews / Before the Bolsheviks, this man abolished Russia’s Pale of Settlement]( By [Julie Masis]( Past perfect [1,600-year-old church mosaic puzzles out key role of women in early Christianity]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Female donor memorialized in one of seven Greek inscriptions found recently in Byzantine village churches in the Galilee]( [Weaving their mark / Spiders turn Jerusalem area creek into haunted wonderland]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Laura Ben-David]( [The road to hell is paved with torn billboards]( [Driving to Jerusalem for work never gets old. Despite the ever-increasing traffic, and even after 15 years, I am still regularly amazed that I have the privilege to work in our beautiful, extraordinary, holiest of cities. Oh, and a highly imperfect one, at that. Unless you've been living under a rock, you must know that conflict is never far in these parts. Everything, from politics to religion to social justice and more is fiercely debated by an ever-increasingly polarized society, with religious beliefs often being at the core of such...]( ?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=647bb862db-WEEKEND_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-647bb862db-55598597 [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