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[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, October 16, 2022 Science [Designer babies? Hi-tech preimplantation genetic testing may soon come to Israel]( By [Nirit Sandman Eriksson]( [Unlike simpler forms of testing used in IVF today, screening for polygenic diseases doesn’t offer a clear diagnosis but rather a ‘risk score’ for a Pandora’s box full of conditions]( Sukkot [Jews in Kyiv celebrate Sukkot by candlelight as missiles fall nearby]( By [Lazar Berman]( [No members of the community injured, says rabbi; Israeli diplomats remain in Warsaw as attacks pick up again in Ukrainian capital]( [Herzog presides over quasi-biblical gathering revived by his grandfather]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Record number of Jews reported to visit Temple Mount over High Holiday season]( By [Ash Obel]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [As West works on Ukraine missile defense needs, Israel shows no sign of pitching in]( [Jerusalem has repeatedly rebuffed calls for sending Iron Dome to Kyiv since war began; Ukraine’s envoy laments lack of cooperation against ‘common enemy’ Iran]( [In the Negev, a fake fence prepares troops for fighting Gaza from the outside]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [As Israel’s strategy for the Strip shifts away from readying for ground incursions, a training barrier teaches infantry and special forces how to deal with enemies at the gates]( Interview [Leading New York Reform rabbi launches push against anti-Zionism in the movement]( By [Luke Tress]( [Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue hopes Amplify Israel program will reverse slide against Zionism]( [Report finds anti-Israel incidents on US campuses harming Jewish student life]( By [Luke Tress]( [In first, New York sanctions yeshiva for falling short on secular education]( By [Luke Tress]( [ToI Podcast / Daily Briefing Oct. 13: Biden’s maritime message; will guns be allowed at shul?]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Daniel B. Shapiro]( [Creative diplomacy yields wins for Lebanon and bigger wins for Israel]( [Whatever victory Hezbollah’s Nasrallah may claim, this maritime deal means Lebanon has, for the first time, entered a de facto recognition of Israel and its borders]( [Coby Schoffman]( [Remembering Mahsa Amini: The most powerful feminist movement in decades]( [The vivid colors in my in-laws nostalgia for pre-1979 Iran captivate me, but pale beside the hues of the brave women standing up publicly in Tehran sans hijab]( [Bryan Schwartz]( [Fear of oblivion is what made Kohelet immortal]( [Ecclesiastes taught that everything disappears. His book is over two thousand years old, yet it will again be read during Sukkot. Why?]( [Sam Lehman-Wilzig]( [The Mathematics of Emotion in Judaism]( [The holidays changed the schedule of mourning practices for my mother, but my joy at belonging to the Jewish people and keeping its customs mitigates my sorrow]( Reporter's Notebook [Jordan Peterson, ‘lightning rod’ of US culture wars, receives warm embrace in Israel]( By [Lazar Berman]( ToI@10 event [Join us in Jerusalem for a live pre-elections event in which you set the agenda]( By [TOI staff]( [On October 19 at the Train Theater, our team of political experts are ready to answer your burning questions ahead of the November 1 elections — plus interactive polling]( ToI Community [Journey into Paralyzed Nation with our new ToI limited series podcast]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [ToI’s team of political experts — David Horovitz, Haviv Rettig Gur, Tal Schneider, Carrie Keller-Lynn and Jeremy Sharon — weigh in on your burning issues]( [Weekly Deep Dive] Paralyzed Nation How Israel's dysfunctional electoral system still can be fixed [Toi Community Exclusive] Times Will Tell [Podcast: Nigerian-American filmmaker takes on Sderot and Gaza]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Filmmaker Ose Oyamendan spent the better part of a decade filming documentary, “Other Voices,” in Israel’s Sderot and in Gaza]( [With a 93-million-mile zoom, a Netanya stargazer snaps the sun up close and personal]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [David Dayag, a self-taught astronomer, is getting attention for his time-lapse photos, showing the fire and fury at the center of the solar system as if it were next door]( Health [Israeli needle-free alternative to amnio can detect thousands of mutations]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Blood test developed by Tel Aviv University scientist provides detailed info on fetuses without associated health risks of amniocentesis]( [Doctors scramble to avert possible epidural shortage in Israel as stock dwindles]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [‘A mental health pandemic’: Israeli therapist warns of COVID’s lasting effects]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( Author interview [Are the End Times near? How Pentecostal Christianity is taking over the world]( By [Rich Tenorio]( Real Estate [With manmade islands and jetties, new hotel plan set to transform Dead Sea tourism]( By [Danielle Nagler and Joshua Davidovich]( [Projects in the works includes guest villas on stilts à la the Maldives, spits of land reaching into the sea with an expo dome]( [Israeli housing prices keep soaring, up a record 19% from last year]( By [Danielle Nagler]( [Plans underway for new Jerusalem hotel after city gets okay to raze central eyesore]( By [Danielle Nagler]( [Thirsty to know where her water comes from, CA Jewish activist hikes to its source]( By [Melanie Lidman]( [Over 33 days, Nina Gordon-Kirsch walked 240 miles from her California home to the Highland Lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Now she’s releasing a documentary about her journey]( Culture [‘Waltz with Bashir’ illustrator’s creativity on exhibit in Tel Aviv]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [‘Illustrations: David Polonsky’ offers glimpse at how the artist helped craft the successful film, as well as his work on an Anne Frank graphic novel and various other projects]( [Clay on display / Contemporary ceramics on display in archaeological setting]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Israel’s favorite sketch comedy show celebrates 20 years of political satire]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct. 12: Comics fans marvel at choice of Sabra; IDF builds fake Gaza]( By [TOI staff]( From the blogs [Torah with the dolphins]( By [Sara Cohen]( [When they saw me walking on the beach, those shirtless, barefoot men in swimsuits knew exactly what to do]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2022 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved