ToI’s weekly deep dive: Reports from Kyiv * Interview with Yair Lapid * How Jews saved Monticello * New tourism at dying Dead Sea * Podcast: Horovitz on a decade of ToI

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, February 20, 2022 ToI investigates [The long arc: 3 years on, the Cyprus gang rape case begins to bend the other way]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [A UK teen convicted of lying about being gang-raped by Israeli tourists in Ayia Napa has cleared her name. Will the truth of what happened in that Cyprus hotel room now prevail?]( Onsite in Ukraine [At historic Kyiv synagogue, congregants scoff at talk of war]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Local Jews say they haven’t seen any indications Ukraine is on brink of conflict, but they are ready if Putin shows up]( [Interview / Kyiv envoy urges Israelis to leave, warns rescue flights might not be possible]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Reporter's Notebook / As Israel scrambles to get citizens out, Kyiv streets seem preternaturally tranquil]( By [Lazar Berman]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Feb. 16: ToI reporter finds business as usual in bustling, blasé Kyiv]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [Lapid to ToI: Ukraine’s plight shows why Israel must always be able to defend itself]( By [David Horovitz]( [In an interview marking his 10 years in politics and ToI’s 10th anniversary, FM claims political discourse is healthier under the new coalition; says ‘I guess’ Netanyahu’s finished]( [Op-Ed / In Ukraine’s vulnerability, a reminder for Israel]( By [David Horovitz]( [Jewish refugee aid group readies for possible humanitarian crisis in Ukraine]( By [Luke Tress]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Feb. 15: Reports from Bennett’s Bahrain visit and war-wary Ukraine]( By [TOI staff]( Exclusive [In 1st, Israel advancing plan to expand national park onto E. Jerusalem church lands]( By [Jacob Magid]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Mazel tov! A behind-the-scenes look at The Times of Israel as we turn 10]( By [TOI staff]( [Editor David Horovitz shares his motivations for launching our increasingly resonant site a decade ago, and charts its progress and goals]( Top Ops [Rachael Risby-Raz]( [The Malka Leifer Court Gang]( [I know how hard Shana and her organization Magen work on behalf of victims of sexual abuse because I know much it took to help put just one perpetrator away]( [Sam Lehman-Wilzig]( [Conservative Judaism: The beginning of the end?]( [Religion pushes toward the extremes of liberal universalism and dogmatic particularism – the once-largest branch declined because it takes the middle road]( [Rebecca Wald]( [Circumcision doesn’t make someone Jewish]( [As Israel debates expanding free circumcision services to non-Orthodox streams, some in the US hope to join the tribe without it]( [Tani Frank]( [What Smotrich got right: The Conversion Bill and Diaspora Jewry]( [New legislation would redefine who gets to decide ’who is a Jew’ – and while the law would apply only to Israelis, it would have implications for world Jewry]( Antisemitism [US Jewish leaders warn of growing antisemitism, say they helped fight Amnesty report]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [The heads of the Conference of Presidents, William Daroff and Malcolm Hoenlein, speak with ToI about Whoopi Goldberg, Ben & Jerry’s, and the centrality of Israel in US Jewish life]( [New York mayor meets with Jewish leaders, police brass on rising antisemitism]( By [Luke Tress]( [New York mayor decries ‘vicious hatred’ against Jews as antisemitic attacks continue]( By [Luke Tress]( Coronavirus [Undetected COVID infections are rare, Tel Aviv hospital finds in staff survey]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Asymptomatic cases in general public are probably fewer than thought, say Ichilov doctors, after finding that only 2.6% of its health workers unknowingly had COVID since August]( [COVID reinfections far higher for recovered patients who shun vaccine: Israeli study]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Feb. 17: Yiddish New Testament; virtual Chabad house; good COVID news]( By [TOI staff]( [In first test outside US, Israeli hospital to trial Omicron-specific Pfizer vaccine]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( Tech Israel [Mobileye, mobility partners to launch autonomous shuttles in US by 2024]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Intel’s Jerusalem-based subsidiary teams up with German electric vehicle maker and US transportation software developer to roll out project]( [28 chickpeas launched to ISS for Israeli-led ‘space hummus’ experiment]( By [TOI staff and JTA]( [‘Medical selfie’ company Healthy.io to bring innovative health tech to UAE]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Defense Ministry, Innovation Authority to fund Israel’s first quantum computer]( By [Ricky Ben-David and TOI staff]( [CRM]( [The lost story of how a Jewish family saved Thomas Jefferson’s famous home – twice]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( Sports [Druze athlete breaks Israeli barrier with record-breaking 1,000-meter run]( By [TOI staff]( [Biomedical engineering student Karawan Halabi beats time that stood for 25 years, becoming first Druze to set an Israeli best; starts training for the Olympics]( [Beijing 2022 / Israeli skier Szollos caps off successful Olympic run with 23rd place in slalom]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Beijing 2022 / Israeli ice skaters Kops, Krasnopolski advance to free skate at Beijing Olympics]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Tower of David renewal seeks to reinstate ancient citadel as Old City beacon]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Jerusalem fortress, some of it 2,500-years-old, is completing a $40 million renovation, bringing city’s historic ‘lighthouse’ into 21st century]( Environment [At Dead Sea museum, chemical firm evokes past pioneers as it bids to keep mining]( By [Sue Surkes]( [With movies and virtual reality, guided tour through reconstructed huts combines Zionist history with ICL’s push for renewal of mineral extraction license]( [Exclusive / Environment Ministry to propose minimum target for Dead Sea water level]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Environment ministry sets 40% renewable power production goal by 2030]( By [Sue Surkes]( [For design couple, quirky and clever creations all hinge on a tiny detail]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( From the blogs [I am a Jew and I just want to come home]( By [Jared Armstrong]( [My rabbi and I are shocked by the Israeli government’s denial of my application for citizenship. They told us we don’t trust you, you’re not sincere]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2022 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved