ToI’s weekly deep dive: Reports from Kiryat Shmona, Kibbutz Be’eri * Haredim volunteer for IDF * How much water does Gaza have? * What Matters Now to Rabbi Rick Jacobs

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, October 29, 2023 [On Tree of Life shooting anniversary, liberal US Jews mourn alone over Hamas atrocities]( By Danielle Ziri Many Jewish progressives find that unlike the outpouring of support five years ago, allies don’t show up for Israel, regardless of magnitude and brutality of the violence suffered ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Coalitions of faith and conscience]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan Op-ed David Horovitz [Hamas, unthinkably, remains potent, still hurting Israel practically, psychologically]( Empathy and support for an Israel in its darkest hour are dissipating, in a war that we don’t want to define as existential but that is looking increasingly so [Analysis / Public trust in government scrapes bottom amid criticism for inadequate war response]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Reporter's notebook [Resilient few who’ve stayed in Kiryat Shmona share hopes, fears in Hezbollah’s shadow]( By Canaan Lidor Analysis Lazar Berman [Israel has shunned ground operations for decades. Is it still looking for a way out?]( As questions arise about the fact that the tanks are still inside Israel 17 days after the Hamas massacre, this war so far looks like the inconclusive operations that preceded it [Analysis / If ground invasion comes, combat in Gaza’s cities will be a bloody grind]( By Lazar Berman [Op-Ed / Nineteen days since the massacre, Israel has achieved nothing. It’s time to go in]( By Lazar Berman Inside story [Not just prayers: War sparks unprecedented mobilization by ultra-Orthodox Israelis]( By Canaan Lidor Some 2,000 volunteer IDF soldiers are at the forefront of an effort that some hope will change the minority’s relationship with the rest of society long-term Top Ops Yossi Klein Halevi [Why is Israel being blamed for the Hamas massacre?]( Erasing the legitimacy of the Israeli narrative fundamentally revives a pernicious antisemitic trope that Jews deserve their fate Yair Lapid [Three questions for the global far left]( How many Jews have to die for you to care? Can you distinguish feelings from facts? Do you know what you really are? Julie Ancis [Pouring salt in the wound of Jewish trauma]( Organizations like the APA and ACA have a duty to call out Hamas atrocities and to stop victim-blaming Martin Kramer [3136528 The Nazi case for Hamas]( The logic equating the October 7 murders with civilian deaths in Gaza was tested in Nuremberg in the ’40s. It was rejected without hesitation Inside story [Pro-Hamas sentiment shocks European Jews, rekindling fears about their future]( By Canaan Lidor The disgust felt by millions toward the terrorist group’s barbarity is overshadowed by angry street protests against Israel and soaring antisemitism [Government initiative helps Jewish day schools worldwide cope with war challenges]( By Gavriel Fiske Explainer Jeremy Sharon [Amid concern for humanitarian situation, how much water and power does Gaza have?]( Israel has severely reduced water supply to Strip and halted provision of all electricity and fuel, but maintains there is enough water and power to prevent a humanitarian crisis Reporter's notebook [Two weeks after Hamas massacre, volunteers still searching ashes of ravaged Be’eri]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Some 20% of kibbutz’s residents killed, abducted or declared missing following Oct. 7 onslaught; forensic teams combing through rubble to find answers for devastated families [Families of Be’eri massacre victims say religious officials delaying cremation]( By Canaan Lidor [CRM]( First person [At an IDF base in the Golan, off-duty reserve soldiers cut loose with BBQ and music]( By Gavriel Fiske A Times of Israel journalist joins other musicians to bring a relaxed evening of song to reservists, in the surreal reality of post-October 7 Art [With gut-wrenching drawings, artist Zoya Cherkassky shares Israel’s pain with world]( By Renee Ghert-Zand There is no escaping the sheer horror, pain and trauma in mixed-media works on paper, in which even the brightest colors are overshadowed by the blackness of Saturday, October 7 [Museums rush to offer welcome activities online and, where possible, in person]( By Jessica Steinberg [Israel’s musicians sing for troops and injured, mourners and missing]( By Jessica Steinberg Ishay Ribo and Berry Sakharov, Hanan Ben Ari and Netta Barzilai, Harel Skaat, Shlomo Artzi and others compose new songs and perform old ones for the nation [Somber notes / Israeli Opera soloists sing ‘Bring Him Home,’ for Gaza captives]( By Jessica Steinberg Inside Story [With memories of atrocities in Africa still vivid, asylum seekers are helping Israel]( By Sue Surkes ‘Our country is bleeding, and we are standing with it,’ says Brhane Negasi, who experienced Islamist terror in the Sinai Desert; ‘Hamas is even worse than they were,’ he insists [THOSE WE CALL HEROES / Filipino caregiver paid off terrorist, saved herself and 95-year-old employer]( By ToI Staff [Israeli and Jewish-owned restaurants in the US are raising money for Hamas victims]( By Cathryn J. Prince [With tzitzit in high demand for IDF soldiers, volunteers take on the challenge]( By Shira Silkoff [Holocaust scholars weigh in on politicians’ comparisons of Hamas to Nazis]( By Matt Lebovic US President Biden’s remarks in Tel Aviv stirred emotions, in part for his ‘connection’ of the October 7 massacres with scope of Jewish history. Is it a fair analogy? [Brandeis exhibit on women in the Holocaust holds chilling parallels to Israel today]( By Rich Tenorio health [For Israel’s medical clowns, getting a giggle has never been a tougher sell]( By Renee Ghert-Zand With the whole country traumatized — including themselves — ‘Dream Doctors’ do their best to therapeutically raise the spirits of the war wounded and displaced [Inside Story / Wounded soldier recounts battling terrorists for hours without backup or medics]( By Renee Ghert-Zand From the blogs [Mourning with our Bedouin blood brothers]( By Shalom Weil At the first consolation tent, a line of barefoot men, eyes red from crying, stand outside in the sun, waiting for us [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