ToI’s weekly deep dive: PM Lapid’s ’dream’ speech * Toe-gate 2022 * Titanic’s Jewish history * Proof of earliest opium use * Podcast: Lost poetess of Theresienstadt

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, September 25, 2022 TV series review [The uncomfortable truths in new documentary by Ken Burns, ‘The US and the Holocaust’]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [The three-part miniseries airing this week recognizes a part of WWII history many Americans are unfamiliar with – or would prefer not to know about]( Interview [PBS Holocaust documentary perpetuates well-worn myths to glorify FDR, says historian]( By [Matt Lebovic]( Rosh Hashana [As war rages, lone IDF soldiers from Ukraine reunite with families in Moldova]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [Unique trip brings Israeli troops and their loved ones together in Chisinau ahead of Rosh Hashanah, after they were kept apart by Russian invasion]( [Three-quarters of this year’s 50,500 new immigrants linked to war in Ukraine]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Israel’s population climbs toward 10 million mark, statistics bureau says]( By [TOI staff]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Lapid gives UN his centrist vision, hopes more at home will be moved to vote for him]( [PM champions his country, underlines its power, and offers peace to the Palestinians, knowing Israel has gradually shifted to the right but, perhaps, not as far as Netanyahu has]( [Op-ed / Abbas asked why there is no Palestinian state. The answers were in his speech]( By [David Horovitz]( [At UN, Lapid calls for two-state solution, says world choosing ‘easy option’ on Iran]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Full text of Lapid’s 2022 speech to the UN General Assembly]( Interview [Back in fold, Likud’s Danon says mulling Netanyahu ouster ‘legit’ if 5th vote fails]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( Interview [Jacob Magid]( [US envoy to query Poland over its demand for reparations for Jews killed by Poles]( [Lipstadt tells ToI she’s ‘disappointed’ with Warsaw’s stance]( [Inside story / Poland defends including pogroms in reparation demands: Nazis should have saved Jews]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [ToI Podcast / Daily Briefing Sept. 22: Lapid at the UN; Lipstadt on antisemitism today]( By [TOI staff]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept 20: Iranian violence, West Bank violence; the queen laid to rest]( By [TOI staff]( Inside story [East Jerusalem school strike reignites long-running protest over Israeli curriculum]( By [Jack Mukand]( Top Ops [Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll]( [Toe-gate 2022]( [When ever-increasing stringencies on women’s dress and behavior in the ultra-Orthodox world make you want to cry, sometimes you just have to laugh instead]( [Efraim Zuroff]( [When Queen Elizabeth helped us hunt Nazis]( [The late monarch used her royal powers for justice, against strong opposition, by making it possible to prosecute war criminals who escaped to the UK]( [Katja Vehlow]( [Who decides who is Jewish enough in Germany?]( [Responding to a Berlin cantor’s disparagement of German converts: The case for supporting newcomers to Judaism is made by Jewish History as well as Moses Maimonides]( [Alla Borisova-Linetskaya]( [In St. Petersburg, where all that’s left to trust is the rain]( [A visit to the ‘Paris of Russian provinces’ finds a somber city seemingly averse to the poison of Putin’s propaganda]( New York [New York yeshiva asks transgender teacher to leave amid uproar over her identity]( By [Luke Tress]( [Instructor agrees to resign after community controversy, widespread harassment; school says parting was in an ‘amicable and professional manner’]( [Yeshiva University Pride group pauses battle for campus recognition]( By [Luke Tress]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept 21: Yeshiva U v. YU Pride Alliance; update on Poland reparations]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( Times Will Tell Podcast [Podcast: Secret Holocaust poems set to haunting music by survivor’s granddaughter]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Czech-born musician Lenka Lichtenberg speaks about her new album, ‘Thieves of Dreams,’ based on poetry written in Theresienstadt and hidden in Prague. NEW: Full transcript included]( Author interview [The first Jew to escape Auschwitz helped save 200,000 lives — but few know his name]( By [Robert Philpot]( Comment [Jordan Hoffman]( [Accused of antisemitism, Netflix hit ‘Do Revenge’ should have done its due diligence]( [The middling teen film flashes a gratuitous Star of David around the neck of the villain, spurring an online uproar]( [As Iran’s president doubts the Holocaust, its survivors gather at Yad Vashem]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Interview [Israeli novelist explores painful psychological price paid by IDF soldiers]( By [Amy Spiro]( Exhibition [Titanic Jewish Experience offers a moving tribute to the liner’s Jewish history]( By [Marshall Weiss]( [Located in Pigeon Forge, the Titanic Museum’s exhibit on Jewish passengers and crew highlights the role of immigration at the time, while drawing a direct line to the Holocaust]( Health [Israeli discovery may help fight risk of skin cancer triggering brain tumors]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Scientists say they’ve identified, and figured out how to fight, proteins that prompt brain cells to go rogue and lead to secondary growths]( [Magen David Adom takes triage expertise on the road with seminars in Chicago area]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Cutting-edge test for fatal brain disorder now available in Israel]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept. 19: Tailor-made COVID vaccines; Haredi TV stars on ‘Bnot Brak’]( By [TOI staff]( Tech Israel [As homeland faces floods, visiting Pakistani-Americans see promise in Israeli tech]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Delegation of religious figures, journalists to meet with president and tour holy sites as they explore possibilities of expanded ties]( [Israeli scientists produce 3D printer ‘ink’ capable of producing wood products]( By [Ash Obel]( [The future of clothes shopping is going back in time]( By [Danielle Nagler]( [It’s not Boardwalk or Park Place, but NIS 300,000 puts you in Israel’s property game]( By [Danielle Nagler]( Environment [How to do the holidays with zero waste, with an online guide]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Violetta Ryabko, author of Greenpeace-produced brochure, who moved to Israel from Russia: ‘I want to contribute something good to this country’]( [In booths of recycled waste, Israel’s fast-growing climate tech sector holds confab]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Global sea levels set to rise higher than previously predicted — research]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Plastic waste responsible for 1 in 3 turtles brought to treatment center]( By [Sue Surkes]( Archaeology [Israeli archaeologists uncover earliest known use of opium in the ancient world]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Traces of psychoactive drug found in pottery from Tel Yehud; with new forensic scientific protocols at sites in Israel, discovery may herald many exciting new ‘firsts’]( [Archaeology / Frozen in time: 3,300-year-old burial cave from Ramses II era found at popular beach]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Archaeology / Wood cut to fuel King Solomon’s ancient mines caused environmental collapse – study]( By [Sue Surkes]( From the blogs [Rosh Hashanah greeting cards tell a tale of Israel]( By [Rachel Neiman]( [Designed to convey seasonal good wishes, the cards also highlight the year’s hot topics, from Theodor Herzl to Alfred Dreyfus, the Suez Canal to the Western Wall]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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