ToI’s weekly deep dive: Outwitting germs * Jewish ’avengers’ * Freed by Turkey: Bus drivers, not spies * Judaism & angels * Podcast: Sabra Thanksgiving *The mighty shekel

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, November 21, 2021 [Israeli lab finds out why some germs dodge drugs, opening door to life-saving fix]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Bacteria are safe from antibiotics when they’re in a chaotic state, says Hebrew University team, hoping drug-makers will respond with a new class of antibiotics]( [Israeli study finds early autism diagnosis dramatically boosts child’s prospects]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [University launches major $75 million project to combat diabetes, as cases climb]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( Interview [‘Plan A’ dramatizes real plot to kill millions of Germans as payback for Holocaust]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Streaming via the Boston Jewish Film Festival through Nov. 21, the historical thriller tells the story of Nakam, the Jewish ‘avengers’ who nearly poisoned Germany’s water supply]( [A mile from Auschwitz, a restored synagogue recalls thriving Jewish life in Oswiecim]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [German justice system was contaminated by Nazis for decades after WWII – researchers]( By [Yannick Pasquet]( [‘I didn’t think I’d get home alive’: Israeli couple recalls Turkish custody]( By [TOI staff]( [Back in Israel, Natali Oknin thanks officials for efforts to set her and husband Mordy free, says she just wants to go back to driving her bus]( [Report: To help free Israeli couple, Erdogan sought public gratitude from PM]( By [TOI staff]( [Netflix’s ‘The Club’ offers a rare taboo-shattering portrait of Turkish Jews]( By [David I. Klein]( Israel Travels [See the source of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran National Park]( By [Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am]( [A sprawling compound shows that the area’s (sometimes gruesome) history, tied to an ancient Jewish sect, extends well beyond the caves made famous in 1947]( [Rare 18th-century Esther scroll penned by teenage Italian girl unveiled in Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( [Cops find stolen Torah originally from Baghdad that alleged thief planned to sell]( By [TOI staff]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [The sleaze engulfing Westminster makes our Knesset look relatively principled]( [Imagine the outcry if MKs were serving as paid lobbyists for commercial entities, devoting much of their week to 2nd jobs, and near-openly buying their seats in parliament]( [Herzog heads to UK for meetings with Prince Charles, Boris Johnson]( By [TOI staff]( [Shin Bet intel instrumental in UK’s terror designation of Hamas – report]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [Angels in antiquity: Judaism’s long relationship with heaven’s haloed helpers]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [While many Jews relegate the supernatural beings to the Christian realm, Prof. Mika Ahuvia reveals a deep cultural and religious connection in a new book]( Analysis [Aaron Boxerman]( [Long deprived of power in illegally built homes, Arabs hope change finally near]( [Around 130,000 are estimated to live in houses connected illicitly to the national grid. Everyone agrees something must be done, but not on what]( [Man shot dead leaving funeral; 2nd man, the ‘intended target,’ badly hurt]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Michael Oren]( [Why Israel may soon attack Iran]( [The world’s largest state-sponsor of terror, sworn to destroy Israel, is approaching the nuclear threshold. It’s not an existential threat for the US. It is for Israel.]( [Eliyana Adler]( [I declined the Pilecki Prize to support brave Polish historians under threat]( [The institute hews to a government with a policy of Holocaust distortion that pushes the paradigm of Polish non-Jews as rescuers of Polish Jews]( Exhibition [London’s Imperial War Museum brings the Holocaust into the light for all to see]( By [Jacob Judah]( [Unlike other memorials, the recently opened permanent exhibit is unusually well-lit, giving the very human perpetrators of the genocide of Europe’s Jews no shadows in which to hide]( [Israeli film on SS officer’s romance with Jewish prisoner heads to Apple, Amazon]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( inside story [Robert Sarner]( [Money talks: Business network unites Israeli women at home and around the globe]( [Former ultra-Orthodox Jerusalemite Orly Carmon’s Orca networking company is a one-stop shop for over 31,000 Hebrew-speaking professionals to share resources and practice self-care]( [US envoy presses Abbas on human rights, prisoner payments during Ramallah meet]( By [Jacob Magid]( [PA president denounces Israeli decision to blacklist Palestinian human rights groups, thanks Linda Thomas-Greenfield for US condemnations of Israeli settlement approvals]( [Hamas gunman kills 1, wounds 4 in terror shooting in Jerusalem Old City]( By [Judah Ari Gross and Aaron Boxerman]( [2 border cops stabbed in Jerusalem’s Old City; attacker shot dead]( By [TOI staff, Aaron Boxerman and Judah Ari Gross]( [Gantz’s house cleaner, an ex-bank robber, accused of trying to spy on him for Iran]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [With indictment filed, Shin Bet security service says Omri Goren spoke to an Iran-linked hacking group about giving them access to the defense minister’s computer]( [Gantz’s house cleaner asked for just $7,000 to spy on him for Iran — TV]( By [TOI staff]( [Amid ongoing cyberwar, Iran uses new tactic: Doxing Israeli foes]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Archaeology [Newly found ancient fortified building seen as ‘tangible evidence’ of Hanukkah story]( By [TOI staff]( [Weapons, coins, burnt wooden beams unearthed in Lachish Forest from structure said to be part of fortified line erected by Hellenistic army to protect city from Hasmonean offensive]( [CRM]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: A Sabra Thanksgiving, with turkey, cranberries and even pumpkin spice]( By [TOI staff]( [An Israeli chef, Tel Aviv mom and Anglo immigrant talk about how and why they celebrate this most American of holidays]( Op-ed [Sue Surkes]( [The Glasgow climate conference failed us, and the planet, big time]( [Without rich nations committing to phase out fossil fuels and without funding to help the developing world, humanity faces a grim future]( Interview [Jacob Magid]( [Shaked: Bringing more countries into Abraham Accords will require US incentives]( [Interior minister insists no Israeli gestures to Palestinians necessary to broaden normalization deals, says Israel’s policy on settlements is to agree to disagree with Washington]( [Israel, Jordan, UAE reportedly set to sign massive solar, water swap deal]( By [TOI staff]( [In a sign of thaw in tensions, Serbia opens trade office in Jerusalem]( By [Lazar Berman]( Inside story [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Shekel climbs to 26-year high as Bank of Israel signals less intervention]( [Currency’s strength against dollar reaches level not seen in over 2 decades, and experts predict it is not going to stop there]( [Israeli startups prepare to play major role in building metaverse]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [WeLaugh: Israeli satire show skewers excesses and fantasy in tech sector]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( More Headlines [Religious affairs minister appears to walk back support for Western Wall compromise]( By [TOI staff]( [Beitar Jerusalem owner Hogeg arrested for alleged massive crypto fraud, sex crimes]( By [TOI staff]( [In US, Iran’s head rabbi says he condemned Soleimani killing to protect Jews]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Chaotic TV / ‘Fauda,’ Israel’s favorite action drama series, films fourth season]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Liar, liar! ‘Reading’ faces, Israeli tech spots fibbers with 73% accuracy]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [‘Four Cubits,’ the fifth Jerusalem Biennale, takes cue from pandemic]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Tiny Japanese carvings at NY Jewish Museum tell story of Jewish family’s resilience]( By [Sandee Brawarsky]( [Inside story / How Charlottesville defendants made the judge say ‘gas the kikes’ and why it matters]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [New witness testimony indicates Netanyahu knew about illicit gifts for wife: report]( By [TOI staff]( [1 million doses of kid-sized COVID vaccines arrive in Israel as 1st shipment lands]( By [TOI staff]( [Bank of Israel mortgage reforms signal more transparency for borrowers]( By [TOI staff]( [Obituary / Journalist Netty Gross, voice of those ‘who otherwise wouldn’t be heard,’ dies at 66]( By [Janine Zacharia]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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