ToI’s weekly deep dive: War and fragile peace with Gaza * Hijabs in Congress? * Nazi-looted Degas gets ’ransom demand’ * Hot sh*t on World Toile t Day * Irkutskian Jews

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Weekend Edition Sunday, November 18, 2018 [In Hebron, mourning a Palestinian killed in Ashkelon by a rocket fired from Gaza]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Mahmoud Abu Asabeh, a contractor who spent much of his time in Israel, was the sole fatality in 2 days of barrages from Strip; he was buried with little fanfare and no PA presence]( War and Fragile peace [Hundreds from rocket-battered south protest against Netanyahu in Tel Aviv]( By [Luke Tress]( [Protesters block traffic and scuffle with police as they call for PM to resign over truce deal with Hamas in the Gaza Strip]( [Residents of rocket-battered Ashkelon try to regain a sense of normalcy]( By [Melanie Lidman and Video by Luke Tress]( [Op-ed / The path of a piece of shrapnel: A minor story that made no headlines]( By [David Horovitz]( [Zimra Vigoda]( [Air raid sirens, prosthetic legs, and Tel Aviv lattes]( Spotlight on USA [Hijabs and kippas may be allowed in Congress for first time since 1837]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Female Muslim representative Ilhan Omar, who wears a headscarf, pushing to end ban on head coverings in House of Representatives]( [California wildfires / California synagogues, Hillel houses and families evacuate amid raging fires]( By [Elissa Einhorn]( [US Jewish day schools ‘not immune’ to e-cigarette epidemic among teens]( By [Ben Zehavi]( Interview [MP who heads Labour Friends of Israel is ‘concerned’: Corbyn might become PM]( By [David Horovitz]( [Joan Ryan, battling Labour extremists who want to oust her from Parliament, says her party leader should apologize to the Jewish community ‘for the anguish and anger he’s caused’]( [Exclusive / Austrian FM vows to stand up for Israel, which is currently boycotting her]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Art dealer’s heirs decry ‘ransom demand’ for Degas stolen by the Nazis]( By [Robert Philpot]( World Toilet Day [Israel researchers heat up human poop for fuel and fertilizer]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Ben-Gurion University team says method, using hydrothermal carbonization in a ‘pressure cooker,’ can improve sanitation and be a source of energy]( [Potty time / 4 ancient toilets almost wiped from Israel’s history]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( StartUp Israel [Guns, drones, and surveillance equipment: Big Brother steps out in Tel Aviv]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Some of the technology on show at the 5th International Homeland Security and Cyber Exhibition is positively spooky]( [Beach boys: High-schoolers’ startup aims to develop wrist band for water safety]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Israeli team makes implants using patient’s own stomach cells, biomaterials]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Shayna Goldberg]( [Infertility and sensitivity: Parshat Vayetze]( Jewish World [Jews of former Cossack fort Irkutsk mark 200 years of prosperity and persecution]( By [Rossella Tercatin]( [Founded by a band of liberated Jewish Cantonist soldiers in 1818, this small Siberian community has donated to communal causes worldwide — and been threatened with expulsion]( [With Larnaca synagogue and museum, small Cypriot Jewish community has big plans]( By [Larry Luxner]( Appreciation [David Horovitz]( [Who was that guy?! The diverse genius of William Goldman]( [Novelist, playwright, coruscating non-fiction writer, screenwriter of comedies, of thrillers, of president-ousting investigative journalism, his stories defied indifference]( [Interview / Mossad unveiled: Human side of the world’s most mysterious intelligence agency]( By [Anne Joseph]( [Interview / In new Israeli film, family ties get knotty when dad decides to become a woman]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( Interview [The devil went down to Harlem — to team up with a Jewish harmonica player]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Twenty-three years in the making, the new documentary ‘Satan & Adam,’ screening Nov. 17-18 at the Boston Jewish Film Festival, chronicles a musical odd couple who rise to stardom]( [Sarah Tuttle-Singer]( [What would Freddie Mercury do?]( Inside Israel [Jesus image, hidden in plain sight at Negev church, is one of earliest in Israel]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Youth with ‘short curly hair, a prolonged face, large eyes and an elongated nose’ depicted in faint painting found in circa 6th century Byzantine church in ancient village Shivta]( [When green makes gold / Crushed and separated, this olive oil is fresh off the press]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Blog [Shabbat after the Law]( By [Brent Chaim Spodek]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2018 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved