ToI’s weekly deep dive: Visit Negev ’Burning bush’ * Thanksgiving with a side of Hebrew * 1st insulin pills * WATCH: ToI panel talks US elections * Tiny Temple Mount gold

 

Desativar para: inglês Sunday, November 29, 2020   REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK Ancient rock etchings on remote Negev plateau evoke the Bible, draw new interest BY SUE SURKES As Mount Karkom attracts increasing visitors, archaeologists try to protect a prehistoric art-filled site that a top researcher claims is Mount Sinai, complete with ‘burning bush’   400 YEARS TO MAYFLOWER Back in 1620, the Pilgrim leader behind the 1st Thanksgiving was Hebrew-obsessed BY RICH TENORIO   FROM THE BLOGS HOUDA NONOO My first trip to Israel – when dream became reality As a Jew, I yearned to come. As a committed citizen of Bahrain, I waited for circumstances to allow such a visit. That time finally arrived.   OP-ED Who made the bomb? The full truth about Lockerbie is still not being told BY DAVID HOROVITZ   TIMES OF ISRAEL PODCAST ToI editorial panel sounds off on the US elections and what they mean for Israel BY TOI STAFF Join the ToI Community to watch this week’s installment in our exclusive Behind the Headlines video series   Analysis / A fourth election within two years is now a certainty BY HAVIV RETTIG GUR   Analysis / With submarine probe, a cornered Gantz shows he’s willing to sink the coalition BY HAVIV RETTIG GUR   Analysis / Pragmatism or Palestine nationalism? Arab MK forces a choice on his colleagues BY HAVIV RETTIG GUR   FROM THE BLOGS MICHAEL MELCHIOR Effi Eitam is a deplorable choice to head Yad Vashem The former lawmaker has espoused views about Arabs that violate the spirit of the World Holocaust Remembrance Center’s mission   HEALTH Oral insulin, by Israeli mom-son team, starts final trials to become world’s 1st BY NATHAN JEFFAY CEO says pills, which can replace many injections, will help ‘hundreds of millions of diabetics worldwide,’ sending insulin directly to the liver and reducing weight gain   He lost his mom but survived the virus. Now ‘long COVID’ is wrecking him again BY NATHAN JEFFAY   Israeli scientist claims to ‘reverse’ aging in blood cells BY NATHAN JEFFAY   Israeli students’ electric car for elderly to compete in Dubai-based show BY JAKE EPSTEIN   COVID-19 US experts: Ongoing coronavirus health crisis taking toll on kids’ mental health BY CATHRYN J. PRINCE Frontline workers, child therapists find anecdotal evidence for higher rates of problem behaviors, depression, and anxiety in children as adults also struggle to cope with pandemic   Until vaccine, make 55-plus live separately to save lives, Israeli research says BY NATHAN JEFFAY   With school out for months, hundreds of thousands of kids face food insecurity BY SUE SURKES   ToI investigates / Coronavirus is driving thousands of people into hunger. Where is the state? BY SUE SURKES   STARTUP ISRAEL Don’t have a cow: Israel’s Remilk serves up dairy products made without animals BY SHOSHANNA SOLOMON Startup says it has pioneered milk proteins ‘chemically identical’ to those in cow-produced milk, for products with the same taste and texture, but no cholesterol or lactose   Leave your chutzpah at home, branding expert advises Israelis as UAE ties beckon BY SHOSHANNA SOLOMON   Interview / Israel innovation chief says work-from-home could challenge tech ecosystem BY SHOSHANNA SOLOMON   Burger-printing SavorEat holds IPO, becomes first plant-based meat firm on TASE BY SHOSHANNA SOLOMON   DIRECTOR INTERVIEW 2 Holocaust survivors return to Poland to Never Forget… with a side of Klezmer BY JORDAN HOFFMAN In ‘Saul and Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band,’ now on-demand, a pair of upbeat nonagenarians go on a journey to their trauma-filled birthplaces and end up performing to thousands   Fred and Julia: A family friend becomes the subject of a Holocaust art biography BY JESSICA STEINBERG   ARCHAEOLOGY Gold bead, apparently lost on Temple Mount 3,000 years ago, found by 9-year-old BY AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN When Binyamin Milt uncovered the bead as he sifted earth for Temple Mount Sifting Project, it was so well-preserved that archaeologists initially didn’t realize its unique nature   Archaeology / Ancient forgers? Israeli researchers ID ‘dirty currency’ from 3,000 years ago BY TOI STAFF   GIVE IT A WHIRL Up your Hanukkah game with this new spin on dreidel BY YAAKOV SCHWARTZ From the makers of the Jewish Wisdom Ball comes Dreidel Revolution, a twist on the holiday classic that introduces skill, speed, and even bluffing for more dynamic gameplay   Stick around / Introducing the Sufganyeta, the jelly doughnut popsicle BY JESSICA STEINBERG   FROM THE BLOGS ‘Tis the season to celebrate (coronavirus and all) BY SARA WOLKENFELD After nearly a year of coronavirus Jewish holidays, we wanted to share what we’ve learned about how to do festivities at a distance, as we start this winter holiday season   Unsubscribe from this List Email not displaying correctly? View in browser © 2020 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved ResponderEncaminhar