ToI’s weekly deep dive: How divided Israel united vs. virus * Op-Ed: No one believes the PM * Seinfeld commits * Muslim twin IDF soldiers * Podc ast: Parenting in pandemic

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Weekend Edition Sunday, May 10, 2020 Victory in Europe Day [Robert Philpot]( [Unsung Jewish heroes who helped UK to victory in Battle of Britain finally heard]( [As the battle’s 80th anniversary approaches, London’s Royal Air Force museum seeks to capture the stories of Jews who risked their lives to help repel the massive Nazi invasion]( [80 years ago, lethal Nazi T4 center began euthanizing Germans with disabilities]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [Mysterious keepsake box reveals shards of grandmother’s pre-WWII life]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( Op-ed [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Netanyahu’s voters like him, his allies back him, but no one believes him]( [The duplicitous politics of Israel’s longest-serving prime minister have shaped his country’s political life and the government set to be sworn in this week]( [Court rejects petitions against Netanyahu, coalition deal, clears path to gov’t]( By [TOI staff]( [Analysis / Under right-wing pressure, High Court turns on the cameras and turns the tables]( By [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Yedidia Z. Stern]( [Sanity prevails: 11 to 0]( Q&A [Simona Weinglass]( [How did Israel keep its death toll so low and does it now risk a new spike?]( [As schools resume and markets reopen, Prof. Yehuda Carmeli explains the dilemmas faced by strategists balancing health and the economy, and warns the worst might not be over]( [Op-Ed / Protecting itself from COVID-19, divided Israel shows rare cohesion]( By [David Horovitz]( [If it reinfects, virus could ‘end humanity,’ Netanyahu reportedly warned MKs]( By [TOI staff]( Netflix review [Say what you want, in ’23 Hours to Kill’ Seinfeld really commits to a joke]( By [Yaakov Schwartz]( [While not reinventing the wheel, the comedy special is as polished and entertaining as one would expect — and even more genuine]( [Locked down? Open up to… Seth Rogen’s in-your-face Jewish humor]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [Locked down? Open up to… artist Zoya Cherkassky]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [A ‘miracle’? Rabbi explains why Russia’s Jews have low COVID-19 death rate]( By [Julie Masis]( [Arab Muslim twins go from delinquents to Israeli soldiers]( By [TOI staff]( [Fares and Firas Muhammad spent much of their youth in courts for thefts and thuggery; when they decided to turn their lives around, their path led them, extraordinarily, to the IDF]( [Failed by Israel, Malki Roth’s parents hope US can extradite her gloating killer]( By [David Horovitz]( [Ahlam Tamimi, who oversaw the 2001 Sbarro bombing that killed Malki and 14 others, was freed in Shalit deal and became a celebrity in Jordan. Now the US just might be on her case]( [Contest launches for crazy Rube Goldberg machine to clean hands from COVID-19]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [CRM]( From the blogs [Jon Spira-Savett]( [No large High Holiday services this year. There, we’ve said it. Now what?]( [At a time of year when our prayers ask ’Who will live and who will die?’ we would be demonstrating that we take responsibility for life and death]( [Ilana Spitz Epstein]( [Dying alone]( [Amanda B. Dan]( [My coronavirus Mother’s Day present]( Interview [‘World War Z’ author/West Point teacher: Disasters are averted in pre-production]( By [Rich Tenorio]( Times of Israel Podcast [LISTEN: Three moms of a total of 16 children talk parenting under coronavirus]( By [TOI staff]( [Conservative columnist Bethany Mandel speaks about homeschooling, while ‘Call Your Mother’ podcaster Jordana Horn counts the days till school comes back]( [People of the Pod / LISTEN: Colorado governor speaks about state’s lockdown and rising anti-Semitism]( By [TOI staff]( [Times of Israel Podcast / LISTEN: An Israeli ER nurse opens up about the ‘unimaginable’ COVID-19 fight]( By [TOI staff]( [LISTEN: Israeli comic with COVID-19 does sick comedy for captive hotel audience]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [As Michigan extremists protest lockdown, state’s Jews grapple with rising hate]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [After far-right protesters stormed the State Capitol April 30 — wearing swastikas and carrying guns — Lansing’s Jews fear what might happen at the next hate fest]( [Israeli celeb chef in New Orleans turns shuttered restaurants into soup kitchens]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Jewish lawyer dresses as the Grim Reaper to protest Florida beach reopenings]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( [Trump’s ‘xenophobic’ green card halt ‘vilifies’ immigrants, says leading lawyer]( By [Cathryn J. 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