ToI’s weekly deep dive: 1st evidence of Yom Kippur observance * Netanyahu’s UN speech analyzed * What Matters Now to David Friedman, Michal Cotler-Wunsh & Gil Troy

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, September 24, 2023 [First recorded evidence of Yom Kippur depicts day of affliction as sectarian struggle]( By Gavriel Fiske Prof. Yonatan Adler, author of ‘The Origins of Judaism,’ cites dramatic passage from the Dead Sea Scrolls that shows Hasmonean-era jostling for religious authority Op-ed David Horovitz [Netanyahu predicts a new Middle East, is silent on the havoc he’s unleashed in Israel]( At the UN, the PM hails imminent Saudi peace, sees the breakthrough as personal vindication; says not a word about his divisive judicial overhaul, while thousands protest outside [Op-ed / Unnoticed, Netanyahu promises a ‘minor correction’ with devastating consequences]( By David Horovitz [Op-ed / ‘Irish optimism’? Biden touts a Saudi deal; Netanyahu raises expectations even higher]( By David Horovitz Bibi Speech [Netanyahu tells UN that Israel ‘at the cusp’ of historic peace with Saudi Arabia]( By Lazar Berman With Saudi diplomat in attendance, PM offers vision of ‘new Middle East’ and AI-enabled future, but ignores bitter fight over judicial overhaul back home and on NYC streets [Speech / Full text of Netanyahu’s UN address: ‘On the cusp of historic Saudi-Israel peace’]( Inside Story Canaan Lidor [Prominent Zionists laud Biden’s remark that no Jew anywhere is safe without Israel]( Abe Foxman, Natan Sharansky and Dani Dayan say president’s unprecedented statement shows understanding of how most Jews feel United Nations [Israeli, Emirati foreign ministers meet to talk 3 years of Abraham Accords]( By Lazar Berman Foreign Minister Eli Cohen sits with his Emirati counterpart Abdullah Bin Zayed in New York, receives invitation to COP28 climate conference in Dubai [PM holds ‘friendly’ UN sidelines meet with Zelensky against backdrop of tensions]( By Lazar Berman [Netanyahu discusses potential Saudi deal in first known meeting with Erdogan]( By Lazar Berman Op-ed Haviv Rettig Gur [Is a frustrated right starting to consider a larger constitutional process?]( Chastened by failure, some champions of the Knesset’s sovereignty and power are grudgingly, haltingly looking outside the parliament for a solution to the judiciary crisis [Anti-overhaul activists meet NY tech leaders: ‘We’re facing a protracted campaign’]( By Tal Schneider ToI podcast [What Matters Now to David Friedman, Michal Cotler-Wunsh and Gil Troy: Nuance]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan A playback of this week’s webinar, ‘Diaspora Jews & Israel’s judicial overhaul: Differing stances,’ explores whether global Jewry should play a role in Israel’s current crisis More Headlines [The bloodstained jacket: Yom Kippur, 1973]( By Yuval Krausz [Netanyahu can’t deliver on Saudi Arabia]( By Aron Heller [Abbas holds onto the past as the Palestinian future slips away]( By Abdulaziz Alkhamis [Cultivating faith when life does not makes sense]( By Frederick L. Klein [Local elections turn placid Tiberias into unlikely front in Israel’s societal clash]( By Canaan Lidor Religion [Annual Yom Kippur mass prayer tests the limits of Tel Aviv’s vaunted liberalism]( By Canaan Lidor City has prohibited the placing of a divider between men and women at popular street event that draws 2,000 Orthodox and secular participants; as things stand, it won’t go ahead [Orthodox European rabbinical group finds a home in Munich, with new funding]( By Canaan Lidor [In unusual move, rabbis in Europe condemn Armenian Holocaust comparisons]( By Canaan Lidor [Knesset okays NIS 149 million for Rabbinate salaries, renovations of rabbis’ tombs]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn [IDF to open its top commando unit to female recruits for first time]( By Emanuel Fabian Starting in late 2024, women can try out for Sayeret Matkal; pilot scheme also to open in elite mobility unit; chief of staff sees low chance of program starting in Armored Corps [CRM]( [After 80 years, hat shop in old garment district still has Tel Aviv covered]( By Gavriel Fiske Multi-generational Dalia’s Hats has been at the same Nahalat Binyamin location for decades, remaining essentially the same even as the neighborhood transforms around it Interview [After tackling Golda, director Guy Nattiv goes to the mat for Iran’s exiled athletes]( By Jessica Steinberg 1973 [50 years on, filmmaker Amos Gitai remembers Yom Kippur War in museum exhibit]( By Jessica Steinberg Controversial creator of ‘Kippur,’ ‘Kadosh’ and dozens of other works, who was shot down in battle, draws on difficult memories for ‘Kippur, War Requiem’ at Tel Aviv Museum of Art [On anniversary of war, a Golan kibbutz invites visitors for historic, cultural tours]( By Jessica Steinberg History [Harrowing Šķēde massacre photos help reframe Holocaust in German-occupied Latvia]( By Matt Lebovic Tech Israel [Fears of a bubble in Tel Aviv house market deflate, but prices still overvalued: UBS]( By Sharon Wrobel Rising mortgage rates put an end to the boom in Tel Aviv home prices, which tripled over the past two decades at the fastest rate among 25 major cities, UBS real estate index says [Israel allocates NIS 30m to fund projects for AI applications in Hebrew and Arabic]( By Sharon Wrobel [Israel and the UK clinch $2.1 million deal for joint science and innovation projects]( By Sharon Wrobel Interview [A Rothschild wrote a book about antisemitic Rothschild conspiracy theories]( By Amy Spiro In ‘Jewish Space Lasers,’ journalist Mike Rothschild – no relation – plumbs 200 years of outlandish and harmful material to try and discover how one family became an unending target Health [IDF disabled veteran athletes bring home 14 medals from their first Invictus Games]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Israeli team makes a splash in its debut at sports competition for wounded combatants from around the world, meets ‘kind and friendly’ games founder Prince Harry [Israeli researchers develop noninvasive method to assess iron levels in brain]( By Renee Ghert-Zand [With color and fun, hospital helps young patients prepare for MRIs and CTs]( By Renee Ghert-Zand [Health Ministry announces new Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are on way to Israel]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Archaeology [Archaeologists find ancient stonemason’s workshop in Jerusalem outskirts]( By ToI Staff Defense Ministry unit that uncovered site, which includes several adjacent quarries, says it likely was a ‘center for quarrying, production and distribution of stoneware’ [Oh, blast / 2 unexploded shells found during Jerusalem light rail construction]( By Michael Horovitz From the Blogs [Can a toddler really apologize? (And other thoughts on Yom Kippur)]( By Rachel Seelig There’s telling them to ’say you’re sorry’ and then there’s cultivating personal responsibility, kindness and empathy [Weekly Deep Dive]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2023 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved