ToI’s weekly deep dive: Politicization of Holocaust memory * Gantz finally takes the stage * Jane Austen’s family turns up in Jerusalem * All t hat’s Jewish at Sundance

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Weekend Edition Sunday, February 3, 2019 [Once a refugee from Iran, a Jewish state senator ascends in New York politics]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Anna Kaplan escaped Tehran to the US in 1979, while her parents fled to Israel. Now she’s the first Persian-American in the New York State Legislature]( Anti-semitism watch [UK Jews face ‘perfect storm’ with new wave of far-right extremists, radical left]( By [Robert Philpot]( [Anti-terror police chief warns of ‘polarization’ caused by divisive Brexit debate, as militant groups evolve and the threat of terror rises]( [Hostility to Israel and anti-Jewish hatred clearly linked in UK, finds study]( By [Robert Philpot]( [Veterans of IDF search and rescue unit take battle of saving lives to the street]( By [Emily Benedek]( [Alum of Israel’s elite Unit 669 unit heed the call to serve and train civilians around the world to take practical, immediate steps in emergency situations]( Analysis [David Horovitz]( [Would-be PM Gantz sells himself as the vital antidote to toxic, aloof Netanyahu]( [In first political speech, ex-army chief depicts PM as a haughty, corrupt monarch, tearing Israeli society apart, and himself as a unifier and healer. Will the electorate be wooed?]( [Op-ed / As Gantz takes on the Rabin mantle, Israel’s Labor party slides toward oblivion]( By [David Horovitz]( [In a different age, not long ago, Netanyahu thought Benny Gantz was ‘excellent’]( By [Raphael Ahren]( Reporter's notebook [Berlin grassroots project cleans Holocaust memorials where Jews scrubbed streets]( By [Yaakov Schwartz]( [For International Holocaust Remembrance Day, residents of a culturally mixed neighborhood come together to pay respects to WWII victims even while building a united future]( [Does focus on Holocaust tourism dim the memory of vibrant prewar Jewish life?]( By [JP O’ Malley]( Analysis [Raphael Ahren]( [Remembering the Holocaust, Poland blots out any mention of its complicity]( [Tens of thousands of Poles, at least, helped the Nazis kill Jews, but Warsaw is focusing on Polish suffering in WWII and trying to frame its people as rescuers, historian says]( [Efraim Zuroff]( [Israel must stop pandering to Holocaust distorters]( [Deborah Lipstadt]( [Jewish myopia in a perfect storm of anti-Semitism]( StartUp Israel [‘Cancer cure’ doubted as Israeli team claims it can’t afford to publish findings]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Ness Ziona’s Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies says pre-clinical trial results ‘very good’; foreign experts lambaste claims, Israeli experts say they haven’t seen the research]( [Cannabis may help relieve Autism symptoms, Israeli study shows]( By [TOI staff]( [UK firm buys Israeli maker of algae-mimicking medical adhesives]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Israel’s tech umbrella: ‘Irresponsible’ cancer-cure claim damages our reputation]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( Reporter's notebook [Our 10,000 kilometer, kosher Trans-Siberian honeymoon]( By [Rossella Tercatin]( Sabra STyle [Shefita charms and annoys, and seems poised to be Israel’s next ‘Rising Star’]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Jewish Israeli Eurovision hopeful performs covers of beloved alt-rock ballads in an Arabic accent, drawing accusations of blackface]( [For these two artists, the medium is part of the message]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Celebrity chefs get the Birthright treatment on foodie trip]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Family portrait [Jerusalem woman’s Victorian photo album is surprise historical Jane Austen find]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( And that's a wrap [An avalanche of movies by or about Jews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [The ski resort town of Park City, Utah, plays host to one of the most prestigious gatherings of cinephiles in the world — and we’ve got it covered]( [Film review / Documentary on sex therapist Dr. Ruth one of snowy Sundance’s hottest films]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( Stone Age riddle [Haifa archaeologists look to crack mysterious 6,500-year-old ‘Triangle Code’]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Vote for a bloc!]( By [Yedidia Z. Stern]( [If Israelis consolidate into major parties, the extremists won’t be able to hold the government captive with their veto power]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved