ToI’s weekly deep dive: Bugsy’s deadly gamble * Something rotten in the Jewish state * 10 Israeli Earth Day priorities * Podcast: Light-up Natio n with Rx pot?

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, April 25, 2021 Interview [How Jewish mobster Bugsy Siegel’s gamble on Vegas paid off after his murder]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [The movie star-handsome member of the infamous Murder, Inc. envisioned a gambling oasis in the desert, says a new book in Yale’s Jewish Lives series]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Criminal rot in the heart of Israel]( [The SEC has filed fraud charges against the key firm in Israel’s global binary options scam. The saga shows our governance, law enforcement and society at large have been corrupted]( [Binary options fraud / SEC charges Israel’s main binary options firm, and its 2 chiefs, with vast fraud]( By [Simona Weinglass]( [Times of Israel Podcast / Daily Briefing Apr. 21 – TOI’s reporting brings alleged fraudsters to justice]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Netanyahu’s direct election gambit changes the rules mid-race to ensure he wins]( By [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [The PM misrepresented his plans on national TV, and for good reason. His proposals tweak the system to knock out competitors and deliver a victory he can’t otherwise attain]( [Analysis / Did a dry, procedural Knesset vote just signal the end of the Netanyahu era?]( By [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Analysis / As Netanyahu eyes a fifth election, is he driving Bennett into Lapid’s arms?]( By [Haviv Rettig Gur]( Environment [For Earth Day, leading green group sets out its 10 priorities for Israel]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel’s goals for coming years include protecting disappearing eco-corridors so wildlife can continue to roam despite development]( [Environment Ministry unveils climate bill with sweeping powers to cut emissions]( By [Sue Surkes]( [At Biden’s Climate Summit, PM pledges to move Israel to renewable energy by 2050]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Gilad Erdan]( [The climate threat can widen the circle of Mideast peace]( Reporter's Notebook [In Jerusalem, Palestinians and Jews see a night of rage and hate]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Protests were some of the most violent in years, with dozens of Palestinians and cops injured, random attacks on Jews and Palestinians across the city, and mayhem in downtown]( [Jewish extremists plan rally in Jerusalem’s Old City amid rising tensions]( By [TOI staff]( [East Jerusalem teenagers arrested on suspicion of slapping Haredi boys on train]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( Coronavirus [‘I’m young, I don’t need it’: Ultra-Orthodox non-vaxxers dig in their heels]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Amid Israel’s vaccination success, there are still some 800,000 adults refusing to get shots, many of them Haredi, and they seem motivated by fear, not religious rulings]( [Israel risks losing teenagers to anti-vaxxer influence, warns top doctor]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Israeli study boosts belief vaccinated mothers protect babies through their milk]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Despite COVID’s ebb, Israel among 116 countries added to US ‘Do Not Travel’ list]( By [Jacob Magid]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Pharmacist who opened his mind to Rx marijuana wants Israel to get lit]( By [TOI staff]( [Until the 1930s, cannabis products were sold in local pharmacies, says Saul Kaye, head of CannaTech and iCan. Now, by not deregulating medical pot, Startup Nation is falling behind]( StartUp Israel [Israeli tech said to give precise, knife-free skin cancer diagnosis in seconds]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Dropping biopsy, pioneering method uses optics to assess lesions; finds all 15 cancer patients in 90-strong sample]( [Israeli startup begins selling cocoa spreads in US, touting 50% less sugar]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [ironSource, valued at $11b, still ‘scratching surface’ of potential – co-founder]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Google, AWS win $1.2 billion Israel tender for cloud services]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( From the blogs [A Brit’s desire for salt and vinegar crisps in Israel]( By [Andrea Samuels]( Anniversary [The Warsaw Ghetto Revolt was initially dubbed ‘fake news’ by some US Jews]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [New book ‘The Jewish Heroes of Warsaw’ traces the immediate aftermath of Holocaust’s most famous revolt, including the ‘gendering’ of resistance and politicization of its narrative]( [NY Yiddish theater festival spotlights previously unheralded women writers]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [Israeli rabbis order Hungary government to freeze payouts to sparring local Jews]( By [Yaakov Schwartz]( [Want to visit your Israeli grandchildren after a year of separation? Get in line]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [First-degree family members, new grandparents and Israeli residents with visas try to navigate the labyrinthine regulations of entering Israel during the pandemic]( [Two new books expound on aliyah experience for olim, by olim]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Archaeology [Doing what no human eye can, AI reveals secrets of Dead Sea Scroll’s creation]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Computers analyzing tiny details of famous Isaiah Scroll spot different styles indicating 2 scribes, and opening new avenues into understanding origins of ancient documents]( [Israel Travels / Stunning views from Goliath’s hometown show its ancient strategic importance]( By [Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am]( From the blogs [The Year of the Introvert]( By [Daniella Levy]( [I have a confession: I don’t know if I’m ready to take my mask off yet. And it’s not because I’m worried about the virus]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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