ToI’s weekly deep dive: Fresh at World Cup, Qatar’s 1st kosher eatery * Israeli woman captains men’s chess team * Sassoon dynasty rise & fall * Podcast: Sabra popsicles

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, November 27, 2022 TOI investigates [Ghastly beheading lays bare the myriad perils for LGBT Palestinians fleeing to Israel]( By [Jack Mukand]( [Even before Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh was murdered in Hebron for being gay, he faced a long list of dangers and challenges inside Israel’s ‘broken’ asylum system, friends and experts say]( World Cup [/ 'It's not 5-star dining but people have some kosher staples']( [At Qatar’s first-ever kosher establishment, have a bagel but hold the blab]( By [Ash Obel]( [For religious Jews, getting a bite at the World Cup involves a trip to a secret hotel room, where a Chabad rabbi distributes sandwiches with a side of Jewish pride]( [Temporary presence, not a breakthrough: The Israeli diplomats in Qatar for World Cup]( By [Ash Obel]( [Reporter's notebook / ‘I’m talking to an Israeli journalist!’ Giggles and grace from Iranians at World Cup]( By [Ash Obel]( [Reporter's notebook / At Mideast’s 1st World Cup, mixed results for an Israeli reporter’s interview forays]( By [Ash Obel]( Ukraine [Zelensky speaks to Herzog about Ukraine’s dire energy situation]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Nine months into war, Ukrainian leader offers condolences on Jerusalem terror attack, expresses optimism about working with new government]( [Foreign Ministry: US patience with Israel’s Russia stance may be wearing thin]( By [Lazar Berman]( World Jewry [Diaspora minister: ‘Not implementing Western Wall compromise was a historic failure’]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [As he prepares to leave office, Nachman Shai tells ToI he’s proud to have restarted dialogue between Israel and US Jewry, sees Netanyahu as the only hope for maintaining these ties]( [US Reform chief: Ben Gvir as police minister akin to KKK leader as attorney general]( By [TOI staff]( [Chief rabbi calls for government to change immigration law to keep non-Jews out]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Analysis [Sue Surkes]( [COP27 didn’t slash emissions, but it did give Israeli climate tech a global stage]( [Israeli officials, firms and NGOs showcase solutions while signing agreements and commercial deals]( [Sections of 22 streams to undergo eco-restoration alongside flood prevention]( By [Sue Surkes]( Conflict [Wounded IDF veterans tour US colleges as campus climate sours]( By [Luke Tress]( [Former soldiers describe experiences with war and terror to Jews coping with collegiate anti-Zionism; new report claims increasing attacks on Jewish student identity]( [New York pro-Palestinian activist pleads guilty to hate crimes for 3 attacks on Jews]( By [Luke Tress]( [3,000th Palestinian child has heart operation in Israel through Save a Child’s Heart]( By [Jack Mukand]( Top Ops [Rachel Sharansky Danziger]( [Once again, this terror]( [The familiarity of the today’s explosions weighs me down. I don’t want my children to have to know this. I don’t want my traumas to be theirs]( [Miriam Dagan]( [Why Germans link Nakba and Holocaust]( [There is a widespread – and incorrect – view in Germany that the State of Israel defines itself as the answer to the Shoah]( [Radha Stirling]( [Sportswashing]( [When Qatar insisted on hosting the World Cup, people’s love of soccer again surpassed their disapproval of dictators, corruption, and human rights abuses]( [Erik Ross]( [Klezmer was my rock]( [It’s a hybrid music, as Yiddish is a blended tongue, made to trespass and wander over boundaries. But it surpasses all its components.]( [‘Are you here by mistake?’ Meet the 1st Israeli woman to captain a men’s chess team]( By [Inna Lazareva]( [At the World Team Chess Championship, Ilana David describes her childhood alongside world champion Garry Kasparov]( [Holding Russia in check, Ukrainians look to capture chess glory at Jerusalem tourney]( By [Inna Lazareva]( [Interview / ‘Show me the evidence’: US captain defends alleged chess cheat Niemann at J’lem meet]( By [Inna Lazareva]( Interview [The rise and fall of the opium-fueled Sassoon dynasty, the ‘Rothschilds of the East’]( By [Robert Philpot]( [In ‘Sassoon,’ Prof. Joseph Sassoon tells how his distant family of Baghdadi Jews fled to India and built an empire on the legal narcotics trade, hobnobbing with the British royals]( [CRM]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Israelis love these natural popsicles — all year round]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Paletas frozen treats were created in Tel Aviv, inspired by Mexico and bring seasonal flavors to the palate, including Hanukkah’s sufganiya]( Interview [Myths about Auschwitz Jewish ‘Sonderkommando,’ failed rebellion busted in new study]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [Book from Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is Polish historian Igor Bartosik’s ‘promise kept’ to survivor Henryk Mandelbaum, who was forced to work in gas chambers and crematoria]( [Government approves funds to record Holocaust survivors’ testimonies for the future]( By [TOI staff]( ToI@10 event [LIVE: English screening of Israel’s Oscar pick ‘Cinema Sabaya’ + director interview]( By [TOI staff]( [Get tickets here for Dec. 6 event in Jerusalem with director Orit Fouks Rotem and ToI’s Jessica Steinberg following a subtitled showing of feel-good film that swept the 2022 Ophirs]( Sabra screens [New documentary about Ronit Elkabetz features actress’s films and unique fashions]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Filmmaker Moran Ifergan’s ‘Je t’aime Ronit Elkabetz’ memorializes the star — steering clear of discussing her 2016 death]( [Maternal matters / New short film ‘Bunchi’ exposes struggles of Ethiopian-Israeli mom]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Interview [In new comedic horror film, Holocaust survivor vampire faces his surprise daughter]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Noah Segan writes, directs, and acts in ‘Blood Relatives,’ a not-too-bloody road trip movie with an uplifting message about family and the benefits of uniting in the face of evil]( Interview [With a jam-packed schedule at 70, comedian Mark Schiff asks ‘Why Not?’ in new book]( By [Amy Spiro]( [The longtime opening act for Seinfeld looks back on 50 years in the business, as well as connection to Jewish faith]( [Wildly popular / ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ most borrowed book at Brooklyn Public Library]( By [TOI staff]( Exhibition [In New York, a beloved West Coast deli exhibit takes on a Big Apple flavor]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [The very appetizing ‘I’ll Have What She’s Having: The Jewish Deli’ is at the New-York Historical Society through April 3. Get ready to step back into history – and to leave hungry]( Archaeology [Looted coin of Hanukkah villain found during bust of suspected artifact thief]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Currency bearing visage of King Antiochus IV discovered in home of Kiryat Shmona man caught ‘in the act’ of illegally using metal detector at northern archaeological site]( From the Blogs [Nobody wants to be alone]( By [Jason Fredric Gilbert]( [’I’m a very, very good-looking guy. I wear designer clothes. I’m six feet tall. I have a degree in psychology and communications…’]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2022 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved