ToI’s weekly deep dive: El Al’s moment of truth * Gordis: What if Seth Rogen wasn’t (entirely) wrong? * Echoes of Dreyfus in today’s Europe? * N etanyahu’s budget miscue

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, August 30, 2020 Inside story [Grounded by virus, ailing long before, El Al’s future could be sealed next week]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Yeshiva student Eli Rozenberg, 27, whose dad owns US nursing home chain, seeks control; owner Tamar Mozes Borovitz may fight back; government hopes it won’t have to nationalize]( Analysis [Daniel Gordis]( [What if Seth Rogen wasn’t (entirely) wrong?]( [If we want our young people to take Israel seriously, we must offer them a sophisticated discussion on peoplehood, history, and culture, not a list of wars and conflict]( Author interview [Rise of European populists today echoes dark Dreyfus era, Jewish historian warns]( By [Robert Philpot]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Using state budget as a cudgel, Netanyahu puts his political future in the red]( [PM charged head-first into a wall of public resentment over the budget deadlock; it’s doing him more damage than all the years of corruption probes and intemperate politicking]( From the blogs [Donniel Hartman]( [Netanyahu’s identity crisis]( [Israel needs the great leader who takes risks for peace and forgoes military excess, not the petty politician who puts his own interests first]( ToI investigates [Simona Weinglass]( [Israel ducks blame for firm with ex-intel officers that bid to ‘shape’ US vote]( [Defense Ministry tries to shrug off responsibility as Senate report reveals activities of Psy-Group; Israeli law prohibits unlicensed export of defense tech, knowledge, services]( Behind the Headlines [WATCH: Neshama Carlebach on thriving in the shadow of her father’s mixed legacy]( By [TOI staff]( [In online ToI interview, daughter of Jewish music icon Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach discusses the posthumous sexual misconduct charges against him, and life after leaving Orthodoxy]( [Neshama Carlebach]( [Carlebach is my name too]( [UAE formally abolishes Israel boycott law ahead of delegation’s arrival]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Trade with Israelis and of Israeli goods now permitted; teams due in Abu Dhabi on Monday for talks on aviation, tourism, trade, finance, health, energy and defense]( [Abbas slams ‘illusion of peace for peace’ in meeting with UK FM]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [In apparent backtrack, Moroccan PM seems to indicate Israel ties possible]( By [TOI staff]( Author interview [Robert Philpot]( [Nazi’s son plays devil’s advocate to defend murderer father to Jewish lawyer]( [In ‘The Ratline,’ Philippe Sands befriends son of Otto von Wachter, SS officer involved in killing his ancestors. Despite wealth of evidence, son says father was ‘a great man’]( [Germany’s Continental says it used slave labor to supply Nazis, test shoe soles]( By [Ed FRANKL]( [You thought you learned Hebrew at Jewish summer camp? Think again]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( Archaeology [TOI staff]( [Pure gold: Teens find 425 Islamic coins from 1,100 years ago at Israel dig]( [Rare trove ‘in excellent condition’ includes a coin fragment, cut to make ‘small change,’ that shows a connection between Abbasid Caliphate and rival Byzantine empire]( [3,200-year-old fort, site of epic battles in biblical era, found in south Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [‘He was a holy man’: Friends, family mourn stabbing victim Rabbi Shai Ohayon]( By [TOI staff]( [Study partner says 39-year-old father of four’s religious lessons were known to give people goosebumps]( [Rabbi Shai Ohayon stabbed to death by Palestinian in suspected terror attack]( By [Judah Ari Gross and Aaron Boxerman]( [Police raze wildcat West Bank outpost established in memory of slain rabbi]( By [Judah Ari Gross and Aaron Boxerman]( [Stabbing victim Rabbi Shai Ohayon laid to rest: ‘He was humble, kind and quiet’]( By [TOI staff]( Author interview [Bestselling author’s new YA novel stars teenage Sephardic Jew under Inquisition]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Ali Zak]( [10 years ‘chained’: Oshrat’s freedom might depend on a pedophile]( [Discovering that one of the witnesses at her marriage is a convicted pedophile seemed like the breakthrough Oshrat needed to be free of her unwanted marriage. Now, at a critical juncture for Oshrat’s case, the Beit Din will decide whether to re-evaluate her argument that the marriage she has been fighting to leave for 10 years was void the entire time. Oshrat has been trying to receive a divorce from her husband since 2010. Throughout her case, the Beit Din, or rabbinical court, has recognized that Oshrat’s husband ought to...]( [Israel Museum offers capsule tours led by staffers during reopening]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( More Headlines [Israeli researchers: Spit test could allow 10-minute detection of heart attacks]( By [TOI staff]( [Life under the pandemic / After 80 years of meetings, will NY’s German salon also survive COVID-19?]( By [Hannah Harnest]( [Israeli firm develops groundbreaking method to grow seeds in saline soil]( By [Sue Surkes]( [The Brighter Side / A father sent his son to the army — and came up with a new ritual]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Inside story / Ethnic ghosts rise again in fight over access to kibbutz stream]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Arab-Jewish ‘partnership of equals’ startup BlockIT aims to bring fun to school]( By [Jake Epstein]( [With provocative paintings, young artist channels pandemic lockdown angst]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Israel’s RedHill hopes dual-action drug can be ‘game changer’ in COVID-19 battle]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2020 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved