ToI’s weekly deep dive: Rabbi Dolittle? * What rift, says top Dem Eliot Engel * The day after your moshav burns down * West Point Jews * 50 year s to Stonewall

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Weekend Edition Sunday, June 2, 2019 [The crazy tale of Tel Aviv’s Rabbi Dolittle, who brought animal world to Israel]( By [Karen Chernick]( [Exhibit and new film ‘There Are No Lions in Tel Aviv’ tell curious, heartwarming tale of Mordechai Shorenstein, a Danish rabbi whose love for wildlife found an expanding audience]( Analysis [David Horovitz]( [Netanyahu’s election gambit keeps him alive, but the crown is slipping]( [How a desperate PM was reduced to subjecting Israel to a new round of voting, why a second election could produce a different result, and where Liberman hopes this could yet lead]( [Op-ed / Liberman is right to protest ultra-Orthodox coercion, but an election won’t help]( By [David Horovitz]( [Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll]( [A few pointers for the political parties of 2019]( [Op-ed / The Supreme irony of Liberman’s bid to squeeze Netanyahu on Haredi army service]( By [David Horovitz]( Anti-Semitism in Labour [UK Labour is subject of Jew-hate probe by anti-racism watchdog it helped create]( By [Robert Philpot]( Interview [Top US Democrat downplays rift between his party and Netanyahu government]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [In Jerusalem, Congressman Eliot Engel dismisses concerns over colleagues Omar and Tlaib; says there is ‘nothing wrong’ with PM’s close alignment with Trump]( [Interview / German envoy to Israel: Rise in anti-Semitism threatens cohesion of our society]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Residents of burned moshav plead for answers as politics overshadows their loss]( By [Melanie Lidman]( [Top rabbi blows lid off rabbinic scandal, rocking national religious public]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Shmuel Eliyahu accuses spiritual leader Shmuel Tal of having inappropriate relationships with female followers, justifying them by claiming ‘holy spirit’ was revealed to him]( [Who is the Admor of Gur, the Hasidic leader who plays coalition kingmaker?]( By [TOI staff]( Stars of all stripes [As it sets diversity record, West Point quietly graduates 1,000th Jewish student]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( StartUp Nation [At SodaStream Ramadan break fast, hopes that peace will bubble up from Rahat]( By [Melanie Lidman]( [Interfaith iftar dinner for 2,000 Jewish and Arab employees highlights company’s expansion to serve more marginalized populations at its ‘Island of Peace’]( [IDF soldiers join battle for Holocaust memory, dignity]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Shelly Landsmann, Microsoft Israel chief, to step down]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [What do you do after you 3D-print a heart? Go straight back to work, apparently]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( Jews and LGBTQ rights [50 years after Stonewall Inn, US Jewish institutions take pride in LGBTQ support]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [Marking confrontational pivot point in the gay rights movement which saw police violence, museums and nonprofits join consortium to commemorate the event through art and education]( Holy Land [Caesarea opens new NIS 80 million visitor center in reconstructed vaults]( By [Melanie Lidman]( [Complete reconstruction of ruins can be controversial, but adapting ancient buildings to modern uses is part of a worldwide trend to breathe more life into archaeological sites]( [Prehistoric humans near today’s Tel Aviv began recycling tools 400,000 years ago]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( Film retrospective [Yiddish film season brings back the best, and worst, from old country and new]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( Necessary Stories [Words of love]( By [Haim Watzman]( [Updating an old tale for the WhatsApp era, Haim Watzman’s new Necessary Story ponders the intricacies of language, love, and betrayal]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved