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[toi_logo_white.png](?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=4dde368fdd-EMAIL_WEEKEND_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_02_09_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-4dde368fdd-55598597) [Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates](?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=4dde368fdd-EMAIL_WEEKEND_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_02_09_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-4dde368fdd-55598597) The Weekend Edition Sunday, September 2, 2018 [imp?s=167760&sz=728x90&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=167761&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=167762&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=166778&sz=116x15&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=166779&sz=69x15&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd](  [We-Are-British-Jews_final_16000008_15999999-e1535718182866-640x400.jpeg]( Doda Beeb [Amid rising anti-Semitism, BBC sends 8 British Jews to Israel for new TV show]( By [Jenni Frazer]( [Airing September 4 and 5, 'We Are British Jews' challenges a diverse cast -- and the audience -- to question assumptions about Judaism and politics](  Analysis [Robert Philpot]( [As Labour ‘considers’ IHRA anti-Semitism rules, it practices a sleight of hand]( [In next week's vote, far-left party members are expected to accede to Jewish community's demands on racism -- and set loopholes to continue inordinate criticism of Israel]( [Corbyn-580-640x400.jpg](  [Rabbi-Sacks_Emeritus-Chief-Rabbi-200x200.jpg]( [Former UK chief rabbi Lord Sacks: Jeremy Corbyn is a dangerous anti-Semite]( By [TOI staff](  [John_McCain_After_Being_Released_as_Prisoner_of_War-640x400.jpg]( [John McCain understood why I refused to leave prison]( By [Natan Sharansky]( [The late US senator translated his firsthand knowledge of the horrors of captivity and dictatorship into a lifelong pursuit of justice]( [imp?s=167763&layout=marquee&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=167764&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=167765&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=167766&sz=116x15&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=167767&sz=69x15&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd](  [AP_17214664334485-e1535372715693-400x400.jpg]( Interview [Bestselling US author: ‘Russian asset’ Trump doesn’t truly care for Israel, Jews]( By [David Horovitz](  [dhorovitz2b-medium.jpg] Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Rodrigo Duterte is due in Israel on Sunday. Why are we opening our doors to him?]( [The Philippines president made headlines with his talk of doing to drug dealers what Hitler did to Jews. Rhetoric aside, apologies notwithstanding, the trouble is it's not all talk]( [AP_18109481874184-e1535354026582-640x400.jpg](  [AP_18220434321403-200x200.jpg]( [Duterte due in Israel to gun for new arms, honor Philippines’ past saving Jews]( By [Raphael Ahren](  [iStock-626233454-400x400.jpg]( [The real culprit contaminating Golan Heights streams]( By [Alon Tal]( [imp?s=199791&layout=marquee&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=199792&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=199793&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=199794&sz=116x15&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=199795&sz=69x15&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd](  StartUp Israel [New drug brings hope in acute leukemia battle, Hebrew U researchers say]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Tests show 50% cure rate in lab mice; single molecule targets many leukemia proteins, and activates a tumor suppressor gene; clinical trials hoped to start in US in 2019]( [iStock-623945252-640x400.jpg](  [Israeli smart software flags patients at risk for colon cancer]( By [Shoshanna Solomon](  [Intel’s newest and fastest processors for laptops are sired by Haifa team]( By [Shoshanna Solomon](  [Analysis / With ‘king of tycoons’ off to jail, courts signal crackdown on financial crime]( By [Shoshanna Solomon](  [Lew-the-Jew-tattoo-e1534800780120-400x400.jpg]( Indelible legacy [How a nice Jewish boy helped break America’s tattoo taboo]( By [Rich Tenorio](  Historical rewrite? [The banality of lies: In ‘Operation Finale,’ Eichmann’s falsehoods are validated]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [Opening this weekend, the film, focused on the kidnapping of Holocaust ‘architect,’ humanizes its notorious antagonist and allows his deceptions to go unchallenged]( [cover-eichmann-1440x708-640x400.jpg](  [slower-1-200x200.jpg]( [Golden anniversary / Groundbreaking Israeli short film, now 50, gets royal treatment]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [imp?s=167768&sz=300x250&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=167769&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=167770&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=166778&sz=116x15&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=166779&sz=69x15&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=167771&sz=300x250&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=167772&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=167773&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=166778&sz=116x15&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=166779&sz=69x15&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd](  People of the Books [Genocide of African tribes was Germany’s Holocaust dress rehearsal, says scholar]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Author Elizabeth Baer examines the chilling methods that decimated the Herero and Nama people in the early 20th century -- and how they were used against the Jews]( [Untitled-collage-1-640x400.jpg](  [SternFig3-e1534263869144-200x200.jpg]( [How the stereotype of Jews and money goes beyond the Pale (of Settlement)]( By [JP O’ Malley](  Archaeology [8-year-old boy stumbled on rare 11,500-year-old fertility figurine on hike]( By [Michael Bachner]( [2 years ago, Itamar Barnea, an archaeology enthusiast, pocketed an unusually shaped pebble; when his mother handed it to authorities, it was found to be an ancient statuette]( [1.-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%A8-%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A2-%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9F-e1535623463895-640x400.jpg](  [20180827_084130-e1535396924441-200x200.jpg]( [Abayudaya youth on first Israel trip welcome new Torah scroll at Western Wall]( By [Yaakov Schwartz](  [Hannah-Estrin-e1532436483277-200x200.jpg]( [Still no budget for conservation at Western Wall section where boulder fell]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan](  [karenag1535460950-200x200.jpg] [Karen Alkalay-Gut]( [The blank spot where my poem once hung in Yad Vashem]( [One day last fall I received a call from Yad Vashem explaining that they wanted to use a poem of mine to open an exhibit on photography and the Holocaust entitled “Flashes of Memory.” I was thrilled. I had just finished a collection of poems in Yiddish about my responsibility to the voices of my many family members who disappeared in the Holocaust and was deeply moved that my work would be incorporated in an exhibition of this magnitude at such an important institution. “Flashes of Memory” presents photographs taken...]( [sponsored_content.png] [imp?s=166779&sz=69x15&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=257172&layout=recommendation_widget&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=257173&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd][imp?s=257174&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=257175&layout=recommendation_widget&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=257176&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd][imp?s=257177&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=257178&layout=recommendation_widget&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=257179&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd][imp?s=257180&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd] [imp?s=257181&layout=recommendation_widget&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]( [imp?s=257182&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd][imp?s=257183&sz=1x1&li=adb46cec92&e={EMAIL}&p=4dde368fdd]  [toi_logo_white.png](?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=4dde368fdd-EMAIL_WEEKEND_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_02_09_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-4dde368fdd-55598597) [Why did I get this?](  | [Update Preferences](  | [Unsubscribe]( Like this newsletter? 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