ToI's weekly deep dive: New Diva Netta Barzilai * Don't blame Trump for Iran deal * Canadian synagogue celebrates 250 * Gory, but good: 'The 12th Man'

?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=43ba562c9d-EMAIL_WEEKEND_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-43ba562c9d-55598597 [Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates](?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=43ba562c9d-EMAIL_WEEKEND_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-43ba562c9d-55598597) The Weekend Edition Sunday, May 13, 2018 Profile [Meet Sajid Javid, UK’s top Muslim, pro-Israel politician, who may become PM]( By [Robert Philpot]( [Born to Pakistani immigrants, the new home secretary is a passionate Israel supporter lauded by the Jewish community for fighting anti-Semitism and BDS]( Blue and White [Eurovision winner Barzilai jubilant: ‘How great we got to change Israel’s image’]( By [TOI staff]( ['I'm proud and honored to bring this magical event to Israel next year,' says singer, as thousands take to the streets to celebrate back home]( [After Eurovision win, Jerusalem gears up to strut stuff on world stage]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Activists censure Netta’s ‘cultural appropriation,’ cover for ‘apartheid’]( By [Michael Bachner]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Trump’s Iran deal withdrawal: It should never have come to this]( [Now we have the US on one side, Iran on the other, and 5 others in between. Iran will exploit the disunity. Blame the original sin]( [After missile barrage, some in Golan seek shelter as others find serenity]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Kibbutz residents say Thursday's cross-border exchange didn't rattle them, but in Druze villages a lack of bomb shelters leaves jitters over the next time missiles may fly]( War of words [The destitute UK Jew who became one of WWI’s greatest poets from the trenches]( By [Robert Philpot]( Diaspora dilemmas [New center on Israeli and Diaspora Judaism aims to mind — and bridge — the gap]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Bar-Ilan's think tank to inaugurate new MA program for 'specialists' on both sides of the pond]( [ADL study finds 4.2 million anti-Semitic tweets posted in year]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Lior Tal Sadeh]( [Israel and Diaspora Jewry: We really need to talk]( Rooted out [Storm exposes 70-year-old copy of independence declaration]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Scroll rolled into sealed taxidermist's jar remained in pristine condition between tree roots at northern kibbutz; last month, winds knocked tree down]( [Culture Ministry earmarks NIS 60m for Jerusalem archaeology digs, preservation]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( Jewish Frontier [Canada’s oldest synagogue celebrates 250 years of Jewish life in Montreal]( By [Robert Sarner]( [With a festive May 10 gala, Quebecois Jews, still 90,000 strong, boast a diversity nearly unheard of in any other community]( [Eschewing insularity, Haredi yeshiva head teaches math, science and respect]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [To ‘unchain’ Jewish women, rabbinate could extend reach across borders]( By [Marissa Newman]( Film review [Incredibly, the jaw-dropping scenes in this vivid WWII survivalist film are true]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( Startup Israel [The car passing you on a Jerusalem road may be self-driving]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Tests have been quietly underway in capital for months, will expand to California, Arizona]( [Six Israeli startups that are helping save lives]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Amazon ships itself a modular office building, puts it up in Haifa parking lot]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Rachel Stomel]( [Defying conventions]( ["This is a convention of all of our hopes. Everyone should come to this conference. It is a gathering of anyone who values God and holds the Torah dear.” So say the rabbis in a video released ahead of Thursday’s Ayin B’Ayin Yira’u conference in Jerusalem. This year billed as a “unity convention” to mark Israel’s 70th anniversary, the conference features the most preeminent names across the Religious Zionist spectrum, with hundreds of rabbis in attendance. With these great minds gathered in one room, the conference aims to take a good,...]( ?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=43ba562c9d-EMAIL_WEEKEND_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-43ba562c9d-55598597 [Why did I get this?]( | [Update Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( Like this newsletter? [Forward to a friend]( © 2018 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved