ToI’s weekly deep dive: Inside Hebrew’s ’ivory tower’ * THIS is how the coalition crumbled – analyses & podcasts * ’Dead Sea Walking’ * Podcast: Kosher queen Jamie Geller

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, June 26, 2022 [For Israel’s language czar, reviving Hebrew means bringing it down from the tower]( By [Tal Schneider]( [Moshe Bar-Asher has brought the Academy of the Hebrew Language to the street with popular input and viral campaigns. But plans for a new home to crown his vision remain unrealized]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [For Lapid, a battle against the odds to thwart Netanyahu’s comeback]( [He’ll have about four months in transitional office to establish his credentials — to show that a PM can both protect Israel from its enemies and champion unity at home]( [Op-ed / The day Netanyahu turned out the lights on Naftali Bennett’s government]( By [David Horovitz]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jun 22: Does Netanyahu have tricks up his sleeve to form a gov’t now?]( By [TOI staff]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing June 21: Behind Bennett’s explosive decision to dissolve coalition]( By [TOI staff]( politics [As elections loom, Arabs take stock of Ra’am’s year-long experiment in government]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [The Islamists were supposed to bring historic change to Arab Israeli life, but with slow movement on key policy issues, some voters may punish the party at the polls this fall]( [A year out of power, Haredim hail government’s downfall, credit divine intervention]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Analysis / As Bennett dissolves Knesset to save settler law, a new set of challenges await]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing June 23: Rebels, kingmakers & unlikely reunions as coalition unravels]( By [TOI staff]( [Documentary filmmaker casts lens on Russian teen allegedly framed by Putin’s regime]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( Top Ops [Noya Rimalt]( [With end of Roe v. Wade, do women in Israel have it better?]( [Without the legal right to end a pregnancy, Israeli women seeking termination must falsely present themselves to gatekeeping committees as ‘mad’ or ‘bad’]( [Aron Heller]( [What exactly is a ‘real’ right-wing Israeli government?]( [The coalition collapsed because of fearmongering, tribal devotion to Likud, and a cult of personality that still surrounds its leader on trial for corruption]( [Michael Oren]( [Remembering the unglorious Lebanon War]( [Making the hairpin mountain turn and seeing Beirut below us, I turned to the soldier next to me in the jeep and said, ’We’re never getting out of here’]( [Bishara A. Bahbah]( [7 issues President Abbas will raise with President Biden]( [In a post-Trump era focused on more immediate geopolitical matters, Palestinians face an uphill battle to repair damaged ties and return to peace talks]( education [For many striking teachers, wage woes just the tip of a deeper malaise]( By [Jeremy Sharon]( Housing crisis [Protests gain steam as Israelis struggle with housing prices. But will they succeed?]( By [Danielle Nagler]( [A decade ago, people moved into tents to call attention to the high cost of living. After years of government promises, they’re back outside — and housing prices have only soared]( [With glamping, an Israeli tourism growth sector gets in tents]( By [Danielle Nagler]( [Cost of new apartments rising faster than at any point in past decade]( By [Danielle Nagler]( [Israel’s new housing starts must now go green, with energy efficiency labels]( By [Danielle Nagler]( Religion [After two decades, female religious advisers get state recognition and hope for more]( By [Charles Summers]( ToI Original Video [Into the Land: Dead Sea Walking]( [The first episode of The Times of Israel’s original ‘Into the Land’ docuseries – taking a deeper look at some of Israel’s most complex social, environmental and historical issues.]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Come for the cabbage, stay for the fennel, says cooking maven Jamie Geller]( By [TOI staff]( [Known as the Jewish Rachael Ray, Geller’s latest cookbook is ‘Farmer’s Kitchen Cookbook: 50 Recipes Celebrating Israel’s Veggies and their Growers’]( [Master storytellers: Ira Glass and Etgar Keret share the secrets of their craft]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Film [Documentary brings a musical theater twist to a sleepy Israeli backwater]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [‘Los Angeles Darom’ highlights real-life struggles in the development town of Kiryat Malachi, through a charismatic resident’s story and original music]( [Full stream ahead / Netflix CEO tells Israeli students he’s looking for ‘local stories’]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Sinking feeling / Desert island drama ‘Triangle of Sadness’ to open Jerusalem Film Fest]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [CRM]( Tech Israel [Israeli company to test if fecal bacteria pills boost cancer immunotherapy]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Prospective medication seeks to tweak gut germs in patients who don’t respond well to treatment, utilizing research that suggests microbiome impacts effectiveness]( [General Motors invests in Israeli vehicle inspection startup UVeye]( By [Luke Tress]( [Italy scouts for Israeli water tech as drought concerns mount]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [More Israelis satisfied with their economic situation than before pandemic — survey]( By [Luke Tress]( Interview [Nazi past of top German business families is ‘hiding in plain sight,’ says author]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [Thanks to Sykes-Picot, history and luxury mingle at Golan battlefield-turned-hotel]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [At Pereh, historic early 20th-century French customhouses have been restored to new glory, after a prolonged brawl with Israeli bureaucracy]( Interview [Fascist Italy, Church under ‘Hitler’s Pope’ took steps to save Jews, claims author]( By [Robert Philpot]( Archaeology [One of the oldest known mosques in the world uncovered in Negev Bedouin city Rahat]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [New discovery joins a second very early mosque dated to the 7th century, when Islam was just beginning to spread in the Holy Land]( [Tickets here! / LIVE EVENT: Hi-tech archaeology reveals secrets of ancient Jerusalem’s destructions]( By [TOI staff]( From the blogs [Antisemitic nationalists killed Germany’s Jewish FM. His mom forgave them]( By [Zack Rothbart]( [With compassion, Walter Rathenau’s mother told the mother of her son’s murderer: ’Had he known my son, he had rather turned the weapon on himself than on him’]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2022 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved