ToI’s weekly deep dive: Israel goes to the moon * Netanyahu’s embrace of racists * Playing defense in the US war on refugees * Jews don’t own Ho llywood this Oscars

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Weekend Edition Sunday, February 24, 2019 [Shooting for the moon, engineers cheer successful launch of Beresheet]( By [Melanie Lidman]( [$100 million spacecraft could make Israel the fourth country to land on the moon, but for many engineers involved in the project, just the fact that it launched is miraculous]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Netanyahu’s despicable push to bring racists into Israel’s political mainstream]( [The PM has persuaded the religious-Zionist Jewish Home to partner with the Kahanists of Otzma Yehudit. It makes cynical political sense for his interests, but what of Israel’s?]( [Michael Aarenau]( [Banned, assassinated, and now mainstreamed: Kahane lives]( Elections 2019 [After a decade of Netanyahu, Israel finally has a real election contest]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [In uniting, Gantz and Lapid have potentially upended years of political predictability. With their move, for the first time in years, the prime minister has a fight on his hands]( [Campaign notebook / Arab, religious parties last of record-high 47 slates to register for elections]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Gantz-Lapid alliance is a major shake-up, not yet a political revolution]( By [David Horovitz]( [Likud joins with defunct party to sidestep legal challenges to Jewish Home deal]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( Analysis [Jacob Magid]( [How the national religious camp moved from land for peace to union with radicals]( [The dispersal of Modern Orthodox Israelis into diverse political homes over the decades has left a progressively messianic minority in charge of their once dovish party]( [Times of Israel Presents / Meretz MK condemns Israeli right for politics of ‘hatred’]( By [Simona Weinglass]( [Yoseif Bloch]( [Todah, Tzipi]( [Oath of office / Registering new party, YouTube star urges public to vote ‘F**k’]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( Interview [The Jewish organization on the frontlines against Trump’s war on refugees]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( Analysis [A ‘Zionist extremist who hates civilized people’: Luciana Berger’s Labour ordeal]( By [Robert Philpot]( [Resignation of Jewish MP, who has faced torrents of abuse and threats of violence from members of her own party, puts claims of UK Labour anti-Semitism back in spotlight]( [Interview / Unfazed by current boycott, Austrian FM has fond memories of her time in Israel]( By [Raphael Ahren]( Case 4000 investigated [Slowed-down nation: How Netanyahu’s alleged Bezeq graft stalled Israeli internet]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [In 2015, a vital telecom infrastructure reform was gathering pace. Then the PM fired the official in charge, the reform was derailed, and now the country is lagging years behind]( StartUp Israel [Israeli team develops way to find genetic flaws in fetus at 11 weeks]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Researchers at Tel Aviv University say their new noninvasive procedure to find chromosomal abnormalities has a ‘much higher resolution’ than methods used today]( [Israel’s ReWalk seeks FDA nod for robotic suit to help rehab stroke victims]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Israeli arms makers unveil new bunker buster and suicide drone in India air show]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [German carmaker BMW to set up Tel Aviv center to scout for new tech]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( Analysis [Yossi Klein Halevi]( [I love Poland]( [A people deserves to be judged by its best, not its worst, and the best of the Poles are among the Jews’ most trusted friends]( Two for one [In NY, new gluten-free bagel joint transforms after dark to chic kosher gourmet]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( Sabra Style [Berlin film fest winner Nadav Lapid brings Golden Bear home]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Amid congratulations for ‘Synonyms,’ a highly autobiographical story, filmmaker urges Israelis to draw their own conclusions about the film]( [A global library photography project trains its lens on Israel’s stacks]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [A tale of Ethiopian heroism finally makes it to Israel]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Oscar preview [Jews really don’t own Hollywood: Chosen get few Oscar nods, are played by goyim]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( From the depths [Head of Yad Vashem’s archives helps survivors unearth their own buried histories]( By [Brad Pomerance]( [As head of the largest Holocaust archive in the world, Dr. Haim Gertner aims to connect other documentation centers and make all information freely available online]( [Danube days: Hungary launches culture year in Israel with song and dance]( By [Itamar Sharon]( [Hidden talent / These are the Russian-speaking Jewish Americans you never knew changed your life]( By [Julie Masis]( [Hungary to open office with ‘diplomatic status’ in Jerusalem]( By [Raphael Ahren]( Photo Essay [How a paintbrush met a photograph — scenes of Israel]( By [Chaim Bezalel]( [When you’re a photographer, your wife’s an artist, and the Gulf War has driven all your tourist customers way, what’s a creative couple to do?]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved