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Sunday, April 30, 2023

ToI investigates

Now world’s no. 1 opioid consumer per capita, Israel faces addiction epidemic

By Renee Ghert-Zand

New report traces spike in use of fentanyl and similar drugs; experts attribute abuse and addiction to overprescription, lack of understanding, and health system problems

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Op-ed

David Horovitz

Israel at 75: ‘Only together can we reach our goals’

In a pre-recorded video screened at the opening 75th Independence Day ceremony, the prime minister stressed unity as central to the wonders of modern Israel. Was he listening?

Op-ed / Herzog’s global Jewish dialogue initiative is laudable, as long as it’s not too late

By David Horovitz

From the blogs

I never thought it would be my family

By Tali Dee

Analysis

How one bereaved mother changed Israel’s Memorial Day and the country itself

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Gony Harnik, 25, was killed in the first major battle of the Lebanon War. His mother’s poetry and activism would inject a new consciousness into the national ethos of commemoration

15,000 attend controversial joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day event

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

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Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Pro-overhaul protest showed the right’s strengths — and the government’s weakness

Likud voters want gov’t to focus on declining economy, Haredi parties want draft exemption law, religious Zionist voters want continued judicial reform

An uncompromising right could drag Netanyahu down a more hardline path

By Shalom Yerushalmi

‘Minority can’t rule here’: In Jerusalem, pro-overhaul protesters stand by government

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Shaked tells ToI she was able to diversify the judiciary under current system

By Tal Schneider

Analysis

Overhaul backers turn thrice-struck asylum seeker law into emblem of court activism

By Jeremy Sharon

Contrasting justices’ rejection of bill jailing African migrants with their approval of Gaza Disengagement Law, Simcha Rothman cuts to very heart of debate dividing Israeli society

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Top Ops

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Israel of the earth

Come meet the Israel I know, where I live and love – what I see and hear and taste and smell and feel. Maybe you’ll feel it too

Steven Greenberg

Am I an abomination? An Orthodox publisher speaks to gay teens

LGBTQ youth need much more support than Koren’s new Leviticus commentary offers, but its careful effort is a major improvement

Didi Nachshon

Absently present: We will not be at Yossi’s graveside this year

We are out fighting on your behalf to make sense of the most senseless loss. We are defending the soul of our nation

Elchanan Poupko

A letter to Israel’s demographically intoxicated

You’re right. You do have many children – more than anyone else in Israel. But guess who has even more children

Reporter’s notebook

The dictator and I: A visit to Turkmenistan reveals the limits of Israeli diplomacy

By Tal Schneider

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Interview

JFNA Chairwoman Julie Platt ‘inspired’ by protesters despite Israel confab disruption

By Canaan Lidor

Anti-overhaul demonstrators likely chased away Netanyahu and crashed a key panel, but to the US Jewish leader, they’re also a testament to democracy

‘The Jewish people won’t forgive, won’t forget’: Protesters target Rothman at JFNA

By Canaan Lidor

On genocide memorial day, Jerusalem Armenians hold out hopes for Israeli recognition

By Lazar Berman

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ToI podcast

What Matters Now to Prof. Gil Troy: ‘Identity Zionism’ to cure Diaspora’s ‘unJews’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Historian-author expounds on the Zionist trinity of Jewish peoplehood, Land of Israel and modern state, and how young Diaspora Jews can use it as a vehicle of self-actualization

From the blogs

‘That Song’: Exploring and celebrating Israeli music

We’ve all got a song that rocked our world. Read these essays on the profound impact of a single song on a single writer

Israel at 75: Interview

For scientist Michal Schwartz, Israel Prize is rewarding milestone in ongoing journey

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Weizmann Institute neuroimmunologist bucked convention to prove that brain is not isolated from immune system, leading to possible therapies to treat Alzheimer’s and other diseases

Doctors tapped for Independence Day torchlighting hope to heal fractured nation

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Interview

In Hungarian film ‘Those Who Remained,’ how 2 Holocaust survivors adapt to new lives

By Rich Tenorio

Interview

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a TV show? ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ set to hit Netflix

By Amy Spiro

Aleeza Ben Shalom, the show’s Israeli-American star, says she hopes viewers around the globe will see Judaism as ‘something to look at, respect and feel something positive towards’

‘There’s somebody for everyone’: Dozens of matchmakers meet to swap tips in Jerusalem

By Amy Spiro

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Premier colors

Artist connects the dots for a new look at Israel’s leaders

By Jessica Steinberg

Exhibit of 12 neo-pointillist portraits of prime ministers offers fresh perspectives for Israel’s 75th, at Jerusalem Biennale Gallery in old Shaare Zedek building

Archaeology

Newly identified Roman army camps indicate unknown ancient campaign in Arabia

By Stuart Winer

Google Earth imagery shows outlines of three sites in Jordan that have classic design of temporary bases built by Rome; believed tied to conquest of Nabatean kingdom

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History books / National Library seeks personal diaries and accounts from 1948

By Jessica Steinberg

Archaeology / 75 years on, newly found compass points to heart of 1948 battle where 35 troops died

By Michael Bachner

Landscape art

Earth Day art murals reinvent crumbling army barracks at Dead Sea

By Jessica Steinberg

10 muralists visit as part of Artists 4 Israel project to beautify forgotten areas of the country

New projects aim to keep Borscht Belt memory alive with historical markers, museum

By Luke Tress

This summer in the Catskills, programs will place plaques in town centers, open pop-up exhibits, hold a festival and comedy show to commemorate and celebrate Jewish heyday

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