ToI’s weekly deep dive: Israel no haven for Ukrainian women * Op-Ed: Tell Rabbi Druckman’s full legacy * Podcast: ’Antisemitism is now entertainment’

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, January 8, 2023 ToI investigates [Raped, abused, exploited: Ukrainian women seeking refuge in Israel find no haven]( By Inna Lazareva A harrowing examination reveals much abuse sliding under the authorities’ radar — or being willfully ignored — while the perpetrators remain free to commit further crimes Op-ed David Horovitz [Ben Gvir is a pyromaniac, but it’s Netanyahu who has given him the matches]( The PM could have simply told the far-right leader that his Temple Mount visit was counterproductive to Israel’s interests. Here’s why he didn’t [Op-ed / Justice minister sounds death knell for Israel’s inadequately protected democracy]( By David Horovitz [Ben Gvir faces dilemma as activists ask to hold Passover sacrifice on Temple Mount]( By Judah Ari Gross Diplomacy [Despite some missteps, Benedict XVI was a committed friend to the Jews]( By Lazar Berman The German traditionalist pope, buried Thursday, is often remembered as icy and aloof, but those who knew him say Ratzinger was a warm man who moved Catholic-Jewish ties forward [Analysis / Israel’s nervous allies signal they want Netanyahu – not Ben Gvir – calling shots]( By Lazar Berman [Analysis / Israel has claimed some wins in UN vote — but the ICJ process is a serious threat]( By Lazar Berman Explainer Carrie Keller-Lynn [With no formally designated acting PM, potential chaos were Netanyahu incapacitated]( As in past, Netanyahu has not appointed an acting premier; he asked Deri to step in for him briefly Friday, but Shas leader’s title of ‘vice PM’ is an honorific with no powers Analysis Haviv Rettig Gur [Are Haredi parties standing in the way of their community’s prosperity?]( As Haredi factions return to power, can the inward-looking politics of yesteryear rise to the challenge of a community grown too big to live at someone else’s expense? [Haredim are fastest-growing population, will be 16% of Israelis by decade’s end]( By Judah Ari Gross Interview [Does an Israeli tourism expert’s Saudi Arabia trip hint at possibly warming ties?]( By Tal Schneider When Israeli dual-national Joseph Fischer learned a global hospitality summit was being held in Riyadh, he inquired about attending. He wasn’t refused Top Ops Yonatan Green [The judicial apocalypse is not upon us]( The real democratic deficit is in decades of judicial supremacy, in which the Supreme Court may ‘override’ the Knesset and has final say on any matter it chooses Yossi Klein Halevi [The Jewish path back to Israeli democracy]( I’ve been part of the Israeli story for too long to despair – sooner or later, this coalition of destruction will unravel Moshe Shoshan [‘Our hands have shed this blood’: We must tell the full story of Rabbi Druckman]( Those of us who revere the late rabbi must learn from his failures too, and resolve to never again accept as leader an unrepentant protector of sexual criminals Yael Davidowitz [You are not a banana peel]( Created in the divine image, humans are intrinsically holy and their bodies must be treated with respect. Why, then, are they being disposed of as fertilizer? [CRM]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: ‘Antisemitism is now a form of entertainment – and that’s new’]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan Kanye West and Dave Chappelle are not isolated incidents of ‘performative’ Jew-hatred, says Prof. Alvin Rosenfeld, head of IU’s Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism Interview [New world history by pop-historian Simon Sebag Montefiore is a family affair]( By Robert Philpot ‘The World: A Family History’ charts a millennia-long epic from the Caesars to the Trumps. Sir Moses’ descendent explains how PM Netanyahu may have just made a historical blunder Interview [‘The great unpunishment’: How, why so many Holocaust perpetrators got away with it]( By Matt Lebovic Health Nathan Jeffay [‘A hell of a variant’: Ultra fast-spreading strain could shake Israel’s COVID calm]( XBB.1.5 strain is dominant in the US after cases doubled in just a week, and could quickly start circulating in Israel; on plus side, variant-bolstered vaccines expected to help [No-knife procedure to avoid some open heart surgeries is now in Israel]( By Nathan Jeffay [Israel on alert for strep A, which has killed 151 in the UK since September]( By Nathan Jeffay [After demonstrating 57% remission rate, Israeli immunotherapy licensed by US firm]( By Nathan Jeffay Interview [Did father Robert Maxwell’s early abuse taint Ghislaine long before she met Epstein?]( By JP O’ Malley Tech Israel [Year of the reset: As era of cheap money ends, how will Israeli tech fare in 2023?]( By Sharon Wrobel Israeli tech firms brace for more cost savings, downsizing to get through global slowdown as the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker [Israel seeks to create R&D fermentation hub to maintain food tech edge]( By Sharon Wrobel [Zooz Power deploys first ultra-fast power booster for electric vehicles in Israel]( By Sharon Wrobel Interview [Unrepentant old school NJ Jewish mobster sings like a canary in Amazon documentary]( By Nadine Matyas At 84, 2nd-gen gangster Myron Sugerman was king of illegal slots and helped fund Nazi hunter Wiesenthal. Now he tells all in the 2022 film ‘Last Man Standing’ From the blogs [Santos lies, Machiavelli sighs, and we get the leaders we deserve]( By Stephen Daniel Arnoff [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2023 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved