ToI’s weekly deep dive: Queen’s complex bond with Jews * King Charles III’s historic ties to Israel * New UK PM Liz Truss * Podcast: Jewy-American author Elyssa Friedland

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, September 11, 2022 The Queen, Jews & Israel [Queen Elizabeth’s long, complex relationship with the British Jewish community]( By [Amy Spiro]( [She inspired loyalty among UK Jews throughout her reign, hosted Jewish and Israeli leaders, but it irked members of the community that she never visited Israel]( Profile [King Charles III: A friend to UK Jewry, with special and historic ties to Israel]( By [Itamar Sharon and TOI staff]( [Royal has long had good relationship with British Jews; outspoken on antisemitism; shored up Israel bona fides in recent years with official visit; also empathetic to Palestinians]( [Israeli leaders mourn death of Queen Elizabeth II: Ties ‘flourished’ under her reign]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Where does new British PM Liz Truss stand on ties with Israel and UK Jewry?]( By [Robert Philpot]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [When it’s too dangerous to attend the funeral of your own murdered twin]( [Deadly crime in the Arab community has long since become a national crisis]( Exclusive [New York Jewish school secretly kept on staffer who ‘resigned’ over abuse scandal]( By [Jacob Magid]( Analysis [Tal Schneider]( [Israel eases restrictions on defense exports but refuses to disclose its customers]( [Data shows a large jump in exports following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, yet information about the countries purchasing Israeli systems remains largely hidden]( Politics [Yesh Atid shares women’s platform, amid projected dearth of women in next Knesset]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Number of female lawmakers is expected to drop, with few named so far to party lists; Lapid accuses right-wing religious parties of wanting to keep women away from power]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept. 8: Incredible shrinking women in the Knesset; religious reforms]( By [TOI staff]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept 7: Gantz’s new slate and First Temple papyrus returns to Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept. 6: IDF releases Abu Akleh report; was PM Golda Meir a feminist?]( By [TOI staff]( Religion [In precedent, rabbinic court says divorce refuser’s family can’t be buried in Israel]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Group backing woman who’s been ‘chained’ for nearly 20 years hails move as a gesture showing Israel stands with her, but others see it as failing to address root issue]( [Israel incentivizes proper burials for stillborns to ‘ease suffering of families’]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Russian rabbis meet in Moscow to discuss growing unease amid war, call for peace]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( Top Ops [David Sedley]( [Queen Elizabeth II’s lifetime vow of dedication]( [If you’re like most people, the risk of not following through will prevent you from committing. Not so the queen, who kept her promise to the people (Ki Teitzei)]( [Kenneth Jacobson]( [The failed lessons of the Munich massacre]( [50 years ago when terrorists murdered members of the Israeli Olympic team, the world should have changed in 2 crucial ways. It didn’t.]( [Karen Paul]( [Heading home: Thoughts on life, death, Judaism and baseball]( [Ahead of the High Holidays, America’s pastime comes to mind: The rules and regulations, the unbreakable traditions – and the moments of reckoning]( [Joel Carmel]( [The faceless mass]( [After serving in the IDF’s COGAT unit in the Civil Administration: ’We are not (only) occupiers of territories; we are, mainly, occupiers of people’]( [CRM]( Times Will Tell Podcast [Podcast: After writing the great Jewy-American novel, author Elyssa Friedland’s back]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [This week, the ‘Last Summer at the Golden Hotel’ and ‘Floating Feldmans’ author releases her newest work and tells us all about it. NEW: Full transcript included]( Culture [Filmmakers trade jabs over so-called ‘settler film fund’]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Israel’s top directors and actors come out strongly against West Bank-based film organization created by former culture minister Miri Regev]( [Art at heart / Tel Aviv shows its love for art with weekend of free events]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Jerusalem studios, galleries open doors in annual contemporary art festival Manofim]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Kiss my glass / Glassmaker Lalique opens door to Israeli-designed mezuzahs]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( Health [Two antibodies identified in Israel can fight all known COVID strains, study finds]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Infusible to patients, antibodies are so powerful neutralizing the coronavirus they could eliminate the need for more vaccine boosters, peer-reviewed research says]( [Israeli study: Vaccines slash long COVID cases, with 80% drop in shortness of breath]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Adding acid to embryos boosts IVF outcomes by a third, Israeli study shows]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [In first, new Israeli blood test could detect pancreatic, colorectal cancers]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( Exhibition [LA deli exhibit puts a little mustard on the Jewish-American immigrant tale]( By [Rich Tenorio]( Environment [PM greenlights petrochemical company’s takeover of Israel’s biggest oil refinery]( By [Sue Surkes]( [New owners tell Tel Aviv Stock Exchange they will cooperate fully on government plan to shut Haifa Bay facility]( [It's a hoot / Israeli use of barn owls to control rodents heading to N. Africa, UAE]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Bird experts: Mass migration poses ‘scary’ flight safety risk at Ben Gurion Airport]( By [Ash Obel]( [NGO petitions High Court to force Dead Sea Works to pay water bill in full]( By [Sue Surkes]( [New law offers new horizon for people with disabilities]( By [Danielle Nagler]( Tech Israel [Bedouin teens develop Moovit-like app for school kids in Negev villages]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Over a dozen youths complete five-week tech program for Bedouin community, backed by MIT, Ben-Gurion University]( [Food, energy, space tech in top 5 of Israel’s new national R&D priorities]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Shufersal opens Israel’s first shop-and-go grocery store in Tel Aviv]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Backed by FIFA, Playermaker dives into sports analytics feet first]( By [Ethan Freedman]( ToI Original Video [Into the Land: A Tale of Two Cities]( [The third episode of The Times of Israel’s original ‘Into the Land’ docuseries — taking a deeper look at some of Israel’s most complex social, environmental and historical issues]( Archaeology [Ingathering of the exiles? Extremely rare First Temple-era papyrus repatriated]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [2,700-year-old inscribed papyrus, a letter to ‘Ishmael’ written in early Hebrew script, joins only two others from biblical times. But that’s just the beginning of the story]( [Archaeology / Were First Temple Jerusalemites living in lap of luxury? Rare ivory finds offer clue]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( From the blogs [The angels who saved my husband’s life]( By [Shira Pasternak Be'eri]( [A meetup with rescuers revealed the Israel we dream about but so rarely see — a place of goodness, giving and caring that transcends national and cultural boundaries]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2022 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved