ToI’s weekly deep dive: Wheelchair basketball warriors * Israelis relocate to birthplace of democracy * ’Dial of Destiny’ review * What Matters Now to Prof. Yedidia Stern

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, July 2, 2023 Interview [US brothers Peter and Aaron Berry turn tragedy into wheelchair basketball glory]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Having lost their parents and ability to walk in a car crash, Houston siblings turn to sport to rebuild their lives and today play for the University of Alabama’s championship team Op-ed David Horovitz [Netanyahu hasn’t ‘lost control’ of his gov’t. He gave it to the supremacist far-right]( PM not only empowered Levin to batter democracy. He also placed anti-democratic radicals in key posts. Did he really think he’d be able to control them and their violent disciples? Reporter's notebook [Eli terror attack and extremist riots leave recriminations and tension in their wake]( By Jeremy Sharon The murder of four Israelis stoked grief and outrage among the settler community; some responded with reprisal rampages in nearby Palestinian villages [Court freezes evacuation of illegal West Bank outpost, as two other outposts removed]( By Jeremy Sharon [Gun licenses revoked from several members of ‘Brothers in Arms’ protest group]( By Tal Schneider [Under shadow of judicial overhaul, Israelis flee to Greece, birthplace of democracy]( By Romain Chauvet Society [High Court orders IDF to explain why not all elite units are open to female soldiers]( By ToI Staff Justices give defense establishment until September to respond to questions about limits on women in combat roles, despite ongoing pilot programs [Israel plummets 23 spots in gender equality index to 83rd in the world]( By ToI Staff [Homophobic conference held in Jerusalem after two locales refuse to host]( By ToI Staff [Lawmaker prevented from addressing Knesset while holding her baby daughter]( By Stuart Winer United States [Senators say Israel blocking transfer of US-owned Iron Dome batteries to Ukraine]( By Jacob Magid Graham and Van Hollen say they’re not asking Israel to offer its own air defense equipment to Kyiv, but to revoke veto barring the US from sending systems to Ukraine [US, Biden more popular in Israel than almost anywhere else, poll shows]( By Jacob Magid [Blinken: West Bank unrest makes Israel-Saudi deal much ‘tougher, if not impossible’]( By Jacob Magid Top Ops Arik Ascherman [Why these pogroms continue]( Long-held army doctrine puts protection of Jews before Palestinians, even when it’s the Jews who are attacking Shalom Wald [Yes, Bibi should go to Beijing. In fact, he must.]( China has taken major strides into the Mideast arena, and the Prime Minister needs to go and make Israel’s case Michael Hoffman [Saba Yehuda made aliyah to be a cowboy]( His was a tale of Zionism, Communism, common sense and romance E.J. Hare [The Democratic Party’s anti-Zionist wing is growing. Here’s how]( Israel supporters should look carefully at the New York political scene – and they should be alarmed. Very alarmed. Diaspora [For Jewish community, Paris riots stoke fear they will become targets of violence]( By Canaan Lidor The indiscriminate looting and torching of stores and vehicles sparked by a police shooting of a Muslim teen invokes for many a wave of antisemitic attacks less than a decade ago [Antisemitism levels remain high in Germany amid fears of right-wing surge]( By Canaan Lidor Interview [How the EU antisemitism warrior became a defender of kosher slaughter, circumcision]( By Canaan Lidor New York [New York mayor forms first-ever Jewish advisory council]( By Luke Tress Group made up of 37 community representatives will address Jewish life issues including antisemitism [NYC says 18 yeshivas failing to teach secular subjects in accordance with state law]( By ToI Staff [NY alleges El Al owner used Medicaid funds meant for elderly to buy airline instead]( By ToI Staff and AP [CRM]( ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Prof. Yedidia Stern: A ‘thin constitution’]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan As protests against the judicial overhaul again ramp up, a leading Israeli legal scholar believes the national situation is not yet dire enough to be a ‘full constitutional moment’ Film review Matt Goldberg [In ‘Dial of Destiny,’ Indiana Jones fights Nazis, but this time on his home turf]( Director James Mangold’s sequel brings the franchise’s longtime villains closer than ever before — and into Israeli theaters on June 29 and US theaters on June 30 [Interview / Child star of ‘And Just Like That’ excited to celebrate her bat mitzvah in Israel]( By Amy Spiro [Culinary history, taste and design exhibits whet the appetite in Jerusalem and Holon]( By Jessica Steinberg History [How the work of a celebrated artist killed by a Nazi mysteriously ended up in Israel]( By JP O’ Malley In ‘Bruno Schulz,’ author Benjamin Balint follows the dark story of a renowned Polish-Jewish creative turned SS officer’s artist-slave, and the battles over his surviving legacy [History / Why a church in Amsterdam’s Red Light District was hidden even as Jewry flourished]( By Matt Lebovic [Haredi filmmakers bring Israelis to Auschwitz in virtual reality tour]( By Charlie Summers Pride month [These Jewish gay dads show how parenting benefits from a shifting division of labor]( By Robert Philpot Science [In first, Hebrew U. lab induces placenta cells, boosting pregnancy disorder research]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Achievement will allow study of possible causes for placental insufficiency, which affects up to 15% of pregnancies and causes one in 100 pregnancies to end in miscarriage [Israeli discovery could help brain block urge for highly addictive fentanyl]( By Renee Ghert-Zand [Web of biblical cities depicts King David as major ruler, says Israeli archaeologist]( By Melanie Lidman Hebrew University professor claims evidence around Jerusalem supports David as no mere shepherd chieftain; critics accuse him of oversimplification, calling theory a fish story From the Blogs [Rage, yes, but also due process]( By Yael Leibowitz [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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