ToI's weekly deep dive: Why Mossad gave Mengele pass; Jawbone fossil takes bite out of evolution; Suave sabra beard solutions; Teen shoe design whiz

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Weekend Edition Sunday, January 28, 2018 Interview [How Israel’s leaders use targeted killings to try to ‘stop history’]( By [David Horovitz]( [Ronen Bergman, author of 'Rise and Kill First,' a revelatory history of Israeli strikes on individual enemies, dissects his discoveries and their often discomfiting implications]( [Mossad chose not to nab Mengele, didn’t hunt down Munich terrorists, book claims]( By [David Horovitz]( [Netanyahu’s threats to attack Iran ‘panicked’ Obama into nuke talks, author says]( By [David Horovitz]( [Jawbone fossil found in Israeli cave resets clock for modern human evolution]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [In Boston, Holocaust-era rescue stories pierce the darkness of genocide]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a conversation about individual efforts to rescue Jews from the Nazis' 'Final Solution,' and why the accounts still resonate]( [Yad Vashem stages ambitious show of rare photos taken by Nazis and their victims]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [At Jewish-Roma Holocaust event, bowing heads to the ‘forgotten victims’]( By [Marissa Newman]( Analysis [Qanta A. Ahmed]( [Jerusalem belongs to the Jews: Islam says so]( [In denying Jewish ties to the land of Israel, Islamists defy the Quran and cultivate a genocidal anti-Semitism]( [In Ashdod, secular and religious politicians shop (for voters) on Shabbat]( By [Marissa Newman]( [Using #resistancegenealogy, journalist exposes immigration hardliners’ hypocrisy]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [As Jennifer Mendelsohn delves into the backgrounds of those strongly opposed to new arrivals today, she almost inevitably discovers ancestors with questionable entries to the US]( [The Five Tribes of Israel / JTS head says Israel’s close relations with Trump ‘delegitimize’ American Jewry]( By [Tracy Frydberg]( [Hara Person]( [Pence’s Kotel visit insulted women everywhere]( [Seattle synagogue gives inaugural ‘tikkun olam’ award to immigrant rights group]( By [Gregory Gutterman Scruggs]( Holocaust Heroes [After saving Jewish children from Auschwitz, this humble heroine chose obscurity]( By [JP O’ Malley]( [Mary Elmes, only posthumously honored for her heroism, quietly turned down the France's Légion d'Honneur. A new book explores the modest Quaker's life-saving efforts]( [Holocaust hero honored 75 years after dramatic rescue of fellow Jews from Nazis]( By [Yaakov Schwartz]( [Benjamin Lau]( [307 kids have nowhere to go]( [Once clean-shaven, Israelis no longer bristling at beards]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Israel’s Wizcomtech designs pen to make reading easier for kids with dyslexia]( By [Urvashi Verma]( [New device aims to help the 14% of school-age children who have trouble reading, writing and understanding the meaning of words]( [Flint water crisis whistleblower receives Union for Reform Judaism award]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scroll deciphered, revealing 2nd Temple power struggles]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Written in encrypted ancient Hebrew that had always defied researchers, one of the last unpublished scrolls illuminates Qumran sect's split with Jerusalem over control of calendar]( [Imaging technology reveals birth of Athena on 2,300-year-old shard from Galilee]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Toronto teen shoe designer puts best foot forward]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Talli Rosenbaum]( [The dangers of demonizing masturbation]( [Several years ago, I shared my Ten Tips for Raising Sexually Healthy Orthodox Sons. In my seventh tip, “Explain that sexual arousal is a natural part of being human,” I alluded to the existential conflict of healthy young men whose options for sexual expression are limited until marriage. I believed this conveyed a modestly cloaked message to parents to educate their sons that, despite prohibitions they are taught against spilling seed, sexual arousal and ejaculation are natural, normal and healthy. Yet, I was taken to task. One reader wrote: “Something very important...]( [Why did I get this?]( | [Update Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( Like this newsletter? [Forward to a friend]( © 2018 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved