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[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, October 6, 2024 [A scientist helps save the world from asteroids. What would the Midrash say?]( By Rich Tenorio Addressing Boston’s Vilna Shul as part of its Lifesavers Speaker Series, Dr. Nancy Chabot shows how collaboration in the emerging field of planetary defense proves a rabbinic adage Reporter's notebook [Despite the war, no shortage of honey for Jewish New Year]( By Sue Surkes Op-ed David Horovitz [Iranian regime’s missile assault underlines that Israel, with US, must expedite its demise]( Latest ballistic bombardment is grim reminder that the Islamic Republic is the center of the multi-front war to destroy Israel. Ultimately, it’s us or them [Op-ed / Netanyahu never went away after October 7. But now, courtesy of Sa’ar, he’s truly back]( By David Horovitz [Explainer / After Iran’s attack and as Israel engages Hezbollah, will proxies in Iraq step up fire?]( By Alexander Schloss Analysis [A nervous Iran wanted to restore old regional order, but Israel is on the offensive]( By Lazar Berman Hardliners seem to have won the day in Tehran, but instead of deterring Netanyahu, they have likely sparked a painful, direct strike on Iranian territory – possibly the first of many [Analysis / A limited Lebanon raid with narrow goals is no game-changer, but comes with risks]( By Lazar Berman [October wake]( Interview [BBC coverage of Hamas conflict ‘profoundly biased,’ says former pro-Iran commentator]( By Robert Philpot ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Oct. 3, Day 363 – Israel on the offense: A pivotal week fighting 7 fronts]( By ToI Staff Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discusses Iran’s attack, Israel’s ongoing operations to push back Hezbollah and mission in Yemen, and asks if US will use its bear hug as restraint [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct. 4: Day 364 – War in north presses on as IDF announces killing of Hamas PM]( By ToI Staff [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct. 5: Day 365 – Spotlight on ToI’s Those We Have Lost memorial project]( By ToI Staff Top Ops Michael Oren [Turning the tide of war: Israel’s ‘Midway’ moment]( An inconclusive ceasefire will keep Israel from restoring its devastated deterrence power and regaining regional preeminence Batya Hefter [Even God created worlds and destroyed them]( We enter Rosh Hashanah, after this terrible year of loss, and set aside our sins, errors and missed opportunities, to begin – for it is day the world is conceived Ariel Beery [How to kill an idea]( Removing a movement’s leaders and its funding won’t end its influence, but a vision of something better can (Israel already has most of the pieces in place) Judy Klitsner [We sued the Orthodox Union and settled; now we want it to make amends]( Had it not been for the OU’s silent complicity, Baruch Lanner would not have had access to the many hundreds of trusting teens he abused Obituary [Yeshayahu Gavish, Six Day War general who captured the Sinai, dies at 99]( By ToI Staff [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 Joshua Leifer: The fall of US Jewry and how it can rise again]( By ToI Staff While a product of the Conservative movement, left-wing journalist argues in new book that ultra-Orthodoxy offers blueprint for ensuring that American Jewish life can thrive Interview [‘We Will Dance Again’ director: Terrified Nova partygoers recorded their efforts to survive]( By Jessica Steinberg [A year after Oct. 7, Kfar Aza and Nir Oz are mostly empty, with residents in anguish]( By Jessica Steinberg Residents return to visit their homes, sift through wreckage and shake their heads in disbelief that some loved ones are still held hostage in Gaza [11 days in, hunger strikers unwavering as they highlight plight of Israeli hostages]( By Jeremy Sharon [Tel Aviv restaurateur tries to change hostage message to ‘Let Them Go Now’]( By Jessica Steinberg [Across North America, Jews and their allies prepare for a poignant Oct. 7 commemoration]( By Cathryn J. Prince Falling during the Days of Awe, the anniversary of the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust still painfully resonates – and brings people together – around the world [Interview / In ‘The Killing Roads,’ filmmaker Igal Hecht confronts the visceral pain of Oct. 7]( By Robert Sarner [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Reporter's notebook [Fortitude under fire: Farmers along the northern border stay planted despite the war]( By Diana Bletter Undaunted by Hezbollah’s rockets and drones, a group of war-hardened farmers refuses to evacuate from Moshav Liman, a long-standing cooperative agricultural community Health [Parents, creators discuss how to talk to kids about war, hostage crisis]( By Jessica Steinberg Conference at Jerusalem’s Mandel Leadership Institute includes TV writer Hen Avigdori, whose wife and daughter were released from captivity; ‘Laugh as much as possible,’ he says [The pen is mightier / National Library counts 169 publications so far about Oct. 7]( By Jessica Steinberg [Young kids, parents still face heightened stress a year into the war, think tank says]( By Diana Bletter Interview [Depicting interwar Germany’s rising Nazi party, new kids novel teaches history, morality]( By Penny Schwartz From the Blogs [Last year’s New Year’s card]( By Adele Raemer 2023 Adele could not have known what was to come. 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