ToI’s weekly deep dive: Scars from First Lebanon War * US Reform head is hopeful * New Hope head on tottering coalition * Podcast: When an Orthodox principal comes out

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, June 19, 2022 ToI investigates [As thousands fulfill lifelong Israel dream, other Ethiopians on hold indefinitely]( By [Amy Spiro]( [A wave of 3,000 new immigrants is underway, but many activists say the piecemeal operation only prolongs the saga and provides false hope to those who will never be let into Israel]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [The imminent bid to quash the independence of Israel’s Supreme Court]( [Under revolutionary legislation submitted by the Likud-led opposition, the process of choosing our justices would be even more politicized than the US system, with fewer safeguards]( [Analysis / Opposition previews plans to remake composition of the Supreme Court]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( politics [Gideon Sa’ar to ToI: To save the government, our partners need to sacrifice more]( By [Tal Schneider]( [New Hope leader thinks other party heads in flailing coalition should start cracking the whip with rebel MKs; dismisses idea that only its left wing is being required to compromise]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jun 13: Mazel tov! Coalition a year old; why Israel hit Syria airport]( By [TOI staff]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jun 12: That’s the way the coalition crumbles?; Israel-bashing report]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [40 years from the start of the First Lebanon War, Israel’s scars still aren’t healed]( [As country ponders complex legacy of 1982’s Operation Peace for Galilee, the fear of getting stuck in hostile territory and the distrust of leaders remain]( Europe [As Russia threat grows, visiting European Union chief looks to Israel for solutions]( By [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [In ToI interview, Ursula Von der Leyen indicates Europe sees Jerusalem as a valuable ally on defense, energy, food security; says Iran deal ready but ‘political decisions needed’]( [EU releases aid to Palestinians held up over textbook reform]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jun 15: EU ‘Iron Lady’ in Holy Land; when exactly will the gov’t fall]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [US Reform head hopeful on Israel-Diaspora ties, despite Jerusalem inaction]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Religion [In the US, some fading Reform and Conservative synagogues go Orthodox to stay afloat]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [Chabad Hasidic outreach programs reverse decline and bring growth to congregations through a host of programming designed to foster a more traditional community]( [Woman freed after being ‘chained’ in her marriage for 22 years]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Reform, Conservative leaders grumble over government inaction on Western Wall deal]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Inside story [Are organizers of a major German art festival gaslighting critics about BDS support?]( By [Miriam Dagan]( [Opening June 18, the 15th Documenta is curated by an Indonesian collective whose members have accused Israel of apartheid, touching a nerve in a country haunted by the Holocaust]( Top Ops [Yossi Klein Halevi]( [The soon-to-end coalition that nurtured two visions of Israel]( [It has been a government of dual national reconciliation – between Jews and Arabs, between Jews and Jews. The alternative is the unraveling of Israeli cohesion.]( [Joshua Hammerman]( [50 years after Watergate, Nixon’s ’Jewish Thing’ lives on]( [We won’t accept a world where bad presidents happen to good people: we speak truth to power, and pursue justice – as this week’s January 6 hearing reminds us]( [Steven Greenberg]( [It’s too late for gun control, America. It’s not too late to leave]( [A word of advice to my US friends and family who want their children to grow up without the prospect of getting shot]( [Jonathan A. Greenblatt]( [You don’t need a map to find antisemitism]( [Anti-Zionists may wrap themselves in the cloak of solidarity with the oppressed, but this movement is as conspiratorial and anti-Jewish as the far-right]( Obituary [A.B. Yehoshua, Israeli literary giant and ardent humanist, dies aged 85]( By [Mitch Ginsburg]( [Influential author, recipient of the Israel Prize and dozens of other awards, was also known as a sharp-tongued polemicist and staunch Zionist]( [CRM]( Times Will Tell Podcast [Podcast: At 45, this Orthodox principal and father of four came out of the closet]( By [TOI staff]( [Hear what happened next for Dr. Mark Shinar and his family in an open conversation marking Gay Pride Month]( [Rainbow exposure / Photographer highlights queer love and families on Pride month]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Interview [Can you laugh at that? Comedian Judy Gold on where to draw the line – then cross it]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( Interview [Bam! Kapow! When 1930s Jewish mobsters beat up Nazis in the streets of America]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( Tech Israel [Israeli researchers develop gene-editing technology to fight HIV virus]( By [Luke Tress]( [Scientists from Tel Aviv University use CRISPR to modify body’s disease-fighting type B white blood cells, in what may become a treatment for the illness]( [Shipping conservation / Ahoy, me hearties! Young buccaneers invited to learn about marine life]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Israeli startup on track for ‘recharging roads’ project at Italy’s Bergamo Airport]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Israel unveils armed robotic vehicle for ‘forward reconnaissance missions’]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( Ahead of World Drug Day [In hitting bottom, an alcoholic psychiatrist finds the key to fighting addiction]( By [JP O’ Malley]( Archaeology [Study: World’s first cultivated fruit trees planted 7,000 years ago in Jordan Valley]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Analysis of charcoal from Tel Tsaf dig reveals olive and fig tree wood, indicating first examples of orchards in an advanced, wealthy society]( [Old flame: Israeli researchers find evidence of fire use nearly 1 million years ago]( By [TOI staff]( [Tickets here! / LIVE EVENT: Hi-tech archaeology reveals secrets of ancient Jerusalem’s destructions]( By [TOI staff]( From the blogs [My daughters need their mommy]( By [Tiferet Peterseil]( [A car accident left me disabled, but with help, I take care of my kids better than anyone else can. That’s why Israel needs to legislate support for families like mine]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2022 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved