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?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=10c2c2faf3-EMAIL_WEEKEND_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-10c2c2faf3-55598597 [Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates](?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=10c2c2faf3-EMAIL_WEEKEND_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-10c2c2faf3-55598597) The Weekend Edition Sunday, May 6, 2018 [Fleeing native Iran, a would-be convert to Judaism gets new start in NYC]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [Despite being born a Muslim, William Mehrvarz felt he was always meant to be a Jew. Now, fearing apostasy laws, he has abandoned his old life -- and wife -- for refuge in the US]( Reporter's Notebook [With spotlight on cycling, Giro d’Italia provides much-needed break from reality]( By [Melanie Lidman]( [For a few hours, the focus on the bicycles whooshing through Jerusalem streets pushed all else to the background]( [Legendary cyclist Gino Bartali gets honorary citizenship ahead of Giro Israel]( By [Melanie Lidman]( Interview [Who we are, why we’re here: Israeli author explains Zionism to the Palestinians]( By [David Horovitz]( [We’re rightly outraged by enemy attacks on our legitimacy, says Yossi Klein Halevi. But we’ve never bothered to tell them our story. Hence his 'Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor']( [Analysis / When the NY Times says Abbas is no partner, something fundamental is shifting]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Lipstadt: With ‘classic anti-Semitism,’ Abbas ending career the way he started]( By [Marissa Newman]( Not so suite-life [After purchase by US Embassy, Diplomat Hotel’s residents face uncertain checkout]( By [Tracy Frydberg]( A treasured legacy [Granddaughter of Holocaust survivors makes jewelry featuring Nazi tattoo numbers]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Dana Rogozinski names company after her grandparents; aims to 'spark important conversations']( [Truth to power / Harvard prof who escaped Europe on eve of WWII dissects world’s oldest hatred]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [Interview / Amid raging Holocaust law controversy, Poland’s chief rabbi urges nuance]( By [Yaakov Schwartz, Raphael Ahren and Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Who is a stakeholder? / Event meant to build bridges between Israel and Diaspora goes up in flames]( By [Tracy Frydberg]( Forever young [At 83, former Playboy bunny relaunches career as Instagram lingerie model]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Dorrie Jacobson fights ageism with 'Senior Style Bible' blog and encourages older women to be accepting of one another's looks, choices and bodies]( [In first, women can apply to be Knesset rabbi]( By [Sue Surkes]( The world's a stage [Forest monster brings Jewish and Arab theaters together to tell a good tall tale]( By [Anne Joseph]( [With a Hebrew-speaking director, an Arabic-language production of the children's classic 'The Gruffalo' is touring Arab schools and community centers around Israel from Saturday]( [Officers and gentlemen? Religious Zionist flagship academy comes under scrutiny]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Illiberal remarks by rabbi-teachers shine spotlight on pre-military institution, whose graduates wield considerable influence in the IDF]( [Government panel looks to legalize thousands of ‘wildcat’ settlement homes]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Danielle Nagler]( [My son won’t be serving in the IDF]( [IDF’s top lawyer to become first openly gay major general]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( All ears [The Podcast: an accidental pulpit for a new Jewish conversation]( By [Tracy Frydberg]( Startup Israel [Amazon sending signals of long-awaited Israel service, but will it deliver?]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [The giant internet retailer is keeping mum about its Israel activities, but local Amazon sellers think the time is nigh]( [How did a New York-based hedge fund get to buy 20% of Tel Aviv Stock Exchange?]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Israeli device would let pregnant women take ultrasound scans on phone]( By [Michael Bachner and TOI staff]( Holy land [Dead Sea Scroll fragment unveiled in Israel may point to an unknown manuscript]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [At Jerusalem conference on Dead Sea Scrolls at Seventy, hitherto indecipherable pieces of texts from Qumran cave revealed after being placed in cigar boxes in 1950s]( [For Freedom of Jerusalem / Unearthed Bar Kochba coin points to far-reaching support for rebels against Rome]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Attempted antiquities looting at site linked to blood money of Judas Iscariot]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Judy Krasna]( [‘Sinful’ chocolate cake? No such thing]( [Years ago, my daughter had a friend, and her friend had a mom who wanted to diet to lose some baby weight. Instead of dieting alone, this mother decided that she wanted a diet buddy. And instead of finding an appropriate diet buddy, she decided to enlist the company of her perfectly average weight 15-year-old daughter. Her daughter wanted a diet buddy as well, so she decided to enlist the company of my daughter, who never had reason to give even a passing thought to calories or to weight. I...]( ?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=10c2c2faf3-EMAIL_WEEKEND_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-10c2c2faf3-55598597 [Why did I get this?]( | [Update Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( Like this newsletter? [Forward to a friend]( © 2018 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved