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[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Weekend Edition Sunday, December 30, 2018 [14 Times of Israel stories that mattered most in 2018]( By [TOI staff]( [ToI journalists in Israel and around the world discuss their articles from the past year that have left the deepest impressions]( Interview [David Horovitz]( [The case against Netanyahu: Is Israel about to reelect a corrupt prime minister?]( [Elections in April mean campaigning during AG’s deliberations on charging the PM for corruption. Top law prof Mordechai Kremnitzer explains]( First person [Remembering the wise, gracious Amos Oz, and his cat snoring softly on my lap]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Analysis [Marissa Newman]( [6 questions that may hold the key to Israel’s upcoming elections]( [Will the attorney general indict Netanyahu? Will a new center-left leader rise? How will Gideon Sa’ar fare in a hostile Likud? And will the next coalition be exactly the same?]( [Op-ed / Israel’s 2019 election: A battle of two Benjamins]( By [David Horovitz]( [Analysis / Burned by religious Zionist old guard, Bennett seeks a new kind of right-winger]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( First Person [‘And who by fire’: To the loving memory of Rona Ramon]( By [Yakir Englander]( Interview [Head of contested Hungary Shoah museum takes aim at ‘irresponsible’ opponents]( By [Yaakov Schwartz]( [Rabbi Shlomo Koves says plans are still unfinished on the House of Fates, a government-sponsored education center critics say will whitewash Hungarian Holocaust complicity]( [There's a lot in a name / Head of firm that insured Auschwitz workshops stripped of posthumous honor]( By [Dina Gold]( [In Israel, a sterile kindergarten built so cancer patients can just be kids]( By [Larry Luxner]( StartUp Israel [Husband-and-wife duo sets sights on flying cars over San Francisco next year]( By [Federico Maccioni]( [New Future Transportation (NFT) is developing an electric car prototype with wings that aims to solve congestion and also be affordable at $50,000]( [Israel files first-ever indictment against alleged binary options operatives]( By [Simona Weinglass]( [Israeli groom with paralysis stands tall at wedding with help of robotic device]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Israeli startup develops device to jumpstart digestive system]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Meet the Israeli woman who’s championing French pastry in Paris]( By [Robert Sarner]( Author interview [A conscientious objector to the IDF, this Israeli-American says he is a patriot]( By [Marshall Weiss]( [Moriel Rothman-Zecher spent time in Israeli military prison rather than serve. It’s a period reflected in his critically acclaimed first novel, ‘Sadness Is A White Bird’]( [New Talmud ‘biography’ seeks to bring the foundational text to life]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Meticulous restoration and luxury are de rigueur at these swanky Israeli hotels]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Archaeology [Artifacts stolen and smuggled in the West Bank now on display in Jerusalem]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Bible Lands Museum hosts a small collection of the 40,000 antiquities confiscated by the Civil Administration which, while stripped of origin stories, still have tales to tell]( [First impressions / 6 archaeology stories from 2018 that made me rethink my world]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Misplaced 2,000-year-old ring discovered in Jerusalem’s City of David]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( Sabra Stars [With an eye on the past, a textile artist prints 3D fabrics of the future]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Ganit Goldstein, a Bezalel graduate winning accolades for her first collection, is a technology and sustainability enthusiast in the world of fashion]( [A classical composer brings his music home to Israel]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Notes of harmony / In first, Andalusian Orchestra Ashdod performs in Morocco]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Blog [New Year’s Eve behind the Iron Curtain]( By [Masha Kisel]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2018 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved