ToI’s weekly deep dive: 360° coverage of 2 years to the Abraham Accords * Why we’ll all miss the queen * Elections 2022’s disjoined list * Podcast: Musician Adam Duritz

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, September 18, 2022 Analysis [Two years after Abraham Accords, worrying trends emerge amid achievements]( By [Lazar Berman]( [While trade and diplomatic ties continue to expand, polls show public support in nations that normalized ties has plummeted — and it is unclear whether others will sign on]( Interview [Nides: Biden administration taking Abraham Accords ‘from start-up to real operation’]( By [Jacob Magid]( [On 2nd anniversary of signing ceremony, US ambassador says Washington is working to deepen and broaden Israel’s normalization with Arab neighbors]( [Kushner ‘disappointed’ Abraham Accords haven’t grown, says 6 countries were on deck]( By [Jacob Magid]( [UAE foreign minister lands in Israel ahead of meeting with Lapid in Jerusalem]( By [Lazar Berman]( Times of Israel Podcast [Podcast: 2 years post-Abraham Accords signing, who’s got Israel’s back against Iran?]( By [TOI staff]( [In a special Daily Briefing, editor David Horovitz and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman assess the accords’ successes and failures, and how the region’s alliances have shifted]( Inside Story [In its $1.3t demand from Germany, Poland seeks reparations for Jews killed by Poles]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Leading Polish researcher decries government report as ‘political, not historical,’ says its authors willfully ignored Polish involvement in atrocities]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept. 12: Poland seeks WWII reparations – for Jews killed by Poles]( By [TOI staff]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Some of Netanyahu’s most bitter adversaries have smoothed a path for his return]( [There are still more than six weeks until election day, but the splintering of the Joint List may prove decisive]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept. 18: Was this just the defining moment of the 2022 elections?]( By [TOI staff]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept 13: The way the right’s Krembo crumbles and a new ToI docuseries]( By [TOI staff]( [State of the campaign / How close is Netanyahu to the magic 61?]( By [Simon Davies and Joshua Hantman]( United States [Yeshiva University suspends all student clubs as it seeks to block LGBTQ group]( By [Luke Tress]( [Modern Orthodox university in New York says it will follow ‘roadmap’ from conservative Supreme Court justices to protect its ‘religious freedom’ to bar campus Pride club]( [New York gives final approval to new rules regulating secular studies in yeshivas]( By [Luke Tress]( [‘Victim blaming’: University of Vermont assailed for denying antisemitism charges]( By [Luke Tress]( [US congressman calls on FBI to probe handling of antisemitic crimes in New York]( By [Luke Tress]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Why we’ll all miss the queen]( [She came to symbolize what was ultimately acceptable and what was not, at a time when that cardinal distinction is being challenged in democracies other than Britain as well]( [‘Always a spark about her’: Ex-PM May shares Queen stories at Jewish memorial event]( By [Sue Surkes]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept. 11: Queen Elizabeth, Israel and the Jews]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli leaders commemorate UK chief rabbi Sacks: ‘He made the world better’]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [PM Lapid says he still keeps former British chief rabbi’s book close; Herzog hails his writings as a ‘fountain of strength, originality’]( Top Ops [Elchanan Poupko]( [The worst was seeing the teacher hit my classmate]( [Debates over educational standards are beside the point: If Hasidic children live in the shadow of teachers’ violence, we cannot remain silent]( [Yochi Rappeport]( [Why women’s spiritual leadership matters]( [The (male) rabbis taught me and my classmates to be proud not to participate Jewishly if it meant our husbands could do more. Now, girls have better role models]( [Amos Yadlin]( [Deal or no deal, Israel must prepare for a nuclear-armed Iran]( [While a joint strategic-operative plan should be formulated with the US, updated planning must also enable Israel to independently stop Iran’s nuclear program]( [Benji Lovitt]( [Sabra’s top 10 Israeli superpowers]( [If you think the Marvel superhero’s strength, speed, agility, and endurance are awesome, wait till you hear how she navigates Tel Aviv!]( [CRM]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Counting Crows frontman says Israel ‘tugs at me a lot’]( By [TOI staff]( [Adam Duritz returns after 40 years to perform, recounts time as teen in Israel, working on a kibbutz and in Jerusalem; NEW: Transcript included]( [Concert review / Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz vows to return after 1st-ever Israel show]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Round here / Counting Crows frontman calls Israel ‘a heady liquor’ for Jews]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Interview [An ex-Marine was about to bomb an Indiana mosque. And then they welcomed him inside]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Joshua Seftel’s ‘Stranger at the Gate’ tells the story of military vet Richard ‘Mac’ McKinney’s change of heart — and religion — after getting to know Muslims off the battlefield]( Health [Israelis to start getting new variant-tailored shots by end of month — COVID czar]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Second-generation vaccines being distributed to healthcare providers, as scientific community waits expectantly to see how much they help]( [Israeli foam to reverse receding gums soon set for human use, after success on dogs]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Fixing weak electric current in part of brain may treat Parkinson’s — Israeli lab]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Nano drugs dosed via skin could become easier to develop, thanks to Israeli research]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( Tech Israel [Israel climbs to 1st spot worldwide in digital quality of life survey]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Annual index ranking 117 countries shows Israel’s mobile internet affordability is top-notch but quality and infrastructure need work; Israel ranked 4th in 2021]( [Food trucks are driving Israel’s latest restaurant trend]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Government asks business, academia to find way to cut power line radiation]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Microsoft integrates Israeli tech to upgrade video streaming quality]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( TV review [The Haredi women not afraid to step outside the box — and onto the screen]( By [Amy Spiro]( [New HOT reality series ‘Bnot Brak’ debuts Sunday, spotlighting the lives of five ultra-Orthodox women who embrace social media and are eager to show the diversity of Haredi life]( [Semi-autobiographical Spielberg movie gets 1st trailer]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [‘Love and respect’ as Elbaz exhibit opens in Holon a year post-death]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Play about abused women still resonates after 25 years]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Archaeology [Frozen in time: 3,300-year-old burial cave from Ramses II era found at popular beach]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [During construction work at Palmachim National Park near Tel Aviv, a fallen rock reveals an ancient treasure trove from the era of the biblically notorious pharoah]( From the blogs [When Abraham lost Israel: The saga of a missing child]( By [Guy Lieberman]( [The incredible story of a Jewish family’s journey from Europe to South Africa, a mother who never gave up on her child, and the 7-year-olds who are his descendants]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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