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[Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, December 17, 2023
Interview
[Barnard senior, a Black-Native American Jew, has some words for pro-Palestinian peers](
By Cathryn J. Prince
As a Jew of Color raised in a kosher home, Columbia University student Noa Fay feels compelled to respond to groups accusing Israel of offenses such as colonialism and apartheid
Op-ed
David Horovitz
[‘And suddenly darkness’: IDF’s tragic killing of 3 hostages a new, heartbreaking blow](
In their ongoing nightmare, relatives of hostages now carry the added fear that even escape might lead to the deaths of their loved ones, in hitherto unthinkable circumstances
[Interview: Day 69 of the war / How did we go so wrong: 13 questions for a former IDF intelligence chief](
By David Horovitz
[ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Dec 17: Day 72 – PM vows to press on with war after tragic killings in Gaza](
By ToI Staff Reporter's notebook
[Partisan divisions resurface at rival rallies for release of Gaza hostages](
By Canaan Lidor
Hostility toward Netanyahu simmer at weekly solidarity gathering whose organizers say is nonpartisan; right-wing counter-protest says no one should ‘get in the way’ of IDF campaign
[Interview / Holocaust survivor grandmother of hostage Omer Wenkert appeals to Russia’s Putin](
By Jessica Steinberg
[Grandmother of hostage Romi Gonen knocks on ministers’ doors during Hanukkah](
By Jessica Steinberg Analysis
Jeremy Sharon
[Israel’s far-right parties frustrate Biden, but PM is also an obstacle to his vision](
Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit are the source of Washington’s key concerns, but the US president’s call for change in Israel’s government overlooks Netanyahu’s own agenda
Negev
[Unrecognized Bedouin village gets its first-ever rocket shelter, as war rages](
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Umm al-Hiran, like many vulnerable Negev communities, lacks infrastructure â including critical protection from missiles â and is at risk of displacement
[Freed hostage Bilal Ziyadne: Hamas kidnapped us even though they knew weâre Arab](
By ToI Staff Inside story
Jacob Magid
[Israel urging US not to talk publicly about two-state solution — officials](
Request not just being made by PM, but Herzog, Gantz and Lapid as well, who argue that framework has no support post Oct. 7; US official says Washington in no position to heed call
Inside story
[Amid calls for Jews’ extermination, Atlanta synagogues bolster security after Oct. 7](
By Katja Ridderbusch
With a dramatic increase in antisemitic incidents following the Hamas massacre, Jewish communities up safety measures such as drills and guards – as long as they can pay for it
[American Jewry raised $1 billion for Israel in first month of war, scholars say](
By Canaan Lidor Top Ops
Lori Silberman Brauner
[Why Iâm keeping my son in Israel as a war rages on](
He is receiving an education and absorbing values far more important than anything he could learn here in New Jersey
Oren Kessler
[Arabs in Israel: More Israeli, more Palestinian](
As they integrate into a state defining itself as Jewish, the need to assert their own distinct identity assumes new urgency
Marc Kornblatt
[When the New York Times came calling](
Our family dynamic is far more layered than the young vs. old, pro-Israel vs. anti-Zionist story told in the newspaper of record
Robert Satloff
[Did Israel really separate Palestinian mothers from their babies?](
The Washington Post said so, which means its reporters did their due diligence, right? But they didnât
Inside Story
[With Ireland’s Sinn Féin on the rise, support for Israel hits new low post-Oct. 7](
By Robert Philpot [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost](
[Stories of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel]( [Read Here](
ToI podcast
[What Matters Now to Prof. Amichai Cohen: Is the IDF acting legally in Gaza?](
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
[‘Not the life I wish for us’: In Berlin, ‘afraid to be visibly Jewish or talk Hebrew’](
By Sharon Wrobel Reporter's notebook
Canaan Lidor
[October 7 massacre spurs massive Torah scroll writing project](
Thousands of Israeli Jews, including President Isaac Herzog, fill in letters on parchment to commemorate the 1, 200 dead and raise awareness for the 138 hostages still in captivity
[Blue ribbon campaign for Israeli hostages exhausts stock of Boston supplier](
By Matt Lebovic [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Interview [/ 'This isn't like CSI where they get a DNA profile in 45 mins'](
[Expert in ancient DNA and wildlife forensics helps identify Oct. 7 massacre victims](
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Hebrew University Prof. Gila Kahila Bar-Gal uses her knowledge of difficult DNA extraction and physical anthropology as she volunteers at Abu Kabir
[War caught Israeli rehab hospitals unprepared to handle number of wounded](
By Renee Ghert-Zand
[National Library of Israel collecting all documentation of Hamas massacre and war](
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Author interviews
[Israel’s (not-so) secret plan to prevent a nuclear Iran and create a new Middle East](
By JP Oâ Malley
For their new book ‘Target Tehran,’ Ilan Evyatar and Yonah Jeremy Bob interview spymasters, prime ministers and US officials on the shadowy means used to stop an existential threat Arts
[Bradley Cooperâs âMaestroâ shows bravura, but reveals little about Leonard Bernstein](
By Matt Goldberg
In select theaters now and out on Netflix Dec. 20, film is a technical masterpiece but rarely scratches below the surface, reserving its best insights for Bernstein’s wife Felicia
[Artists’ anxieties about Gaza rise to surface in October 7 exhibit](
By Jessica Steinberg
[The personal and the national / Chilling version of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Who By Fire’ mourns Oct. 7 victims](
By Jessica Steinberg
From the blogs
[My little league team has gone to war](
By Jack Levy
As their coach, I glimpsed the kind of adults they could be. Itâs no surprise they dropped everything to answer the call of duty [Weekly Deep Dive](
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