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[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: Bidenâs 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 Hezbollahâs 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](
[âA mental health pandemicâ: 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](
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