Republican Jewish group: Biden must apologize for comparing Trump to top Nazi

The Republican Jewish Coalition on Saturday demanded an apology from Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden after he likened US President...

At UN, Syrian FM calls Turkey the main terrorism sponsor in region

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister accused Turkey on Saturday of being “one of the main sponsors of terror” in his country and the...

(KOMENTAR) Zato se zresnite! Prvi korak naj bo zamenjava Milana Kreka

Ni več vprašanje, ali so novi valovi epidemije covida-19 prišli prej, kot smo pričakovali. Zdaj niti ne bi smela biti več dilema, po kakšnem...

Will COVID-19 be a game changer in our relationship with meat?

In a vast, illuminated greenhouse set among Iceland's otherworldly lava fields, the genetically modified shoots of an ancient cereal crop may hold...

Europe's digital emergency

By Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM ― EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered an upbeat assessment in her first annual policy report ("state of...

Maine needs to learn from avoidable failures in state's largest outbreak

The more than 170 cases in Maine's largest COVID-19 outbreak, spread out across several counties and multiple locations, have been connected by...

Establishing resistance to overseas influence

API Geoeconomic Briefing is a series provided by the Asia Pacific Initiative, an independent think tank based in Tokyo. The series will look into...

Iran and the USA: What Happens Next?

It is now just two months until the presidential elections in the USA. Currently the verdict of the public opinion polls – which is always changing...

Why 2020 is the Year of Grief, Anger, and Reassessment

Open, close, open again, close—every time there is an opening, hope emerges, the desire to move on takes hold, when a closing means a quarantine...

Louisville, Kentucky

It’s just a fairly obscure town in the USA where a woman of colour was recently shot and killed, and the subsequent decision by the court not to...

Leonard Cohen and the Yom Kippur War

I often ask my Birthright participants what would they do if they were safely ensconced on their university campus in North America and they heard...

Jerusalem and the embassy issue

Embed from Getty Images When politicians say of any problem that their position is “clear,” you can be pretty certain that it is anything...

Karizma ni vrlina!

So stvari, ki so popolnoma napačne, čeprav jih imajo skoraj vsi za povsem pravilne, celo samoumevne. In so stvari, ki so v najglobljem bistvu in...

Selling advanced fighter jets to the UAE is all about Israel

The landmark peace deal between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain is great news in terms of constructing a regional coalition against...

Modi bets the farm. It was about time

Big changes are afoot in Indian agriculture, driven by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at considerable political risk. Freeing up farming markets may...

Dočkáme sa diaľnice do Košíc?

Ako prvé chce minister skončiť so zbytočnými naťahovačky okolo diaľnic. Riešenie našiel v predĺžení lehoty na vyvlastnenie pozemkov pod...

Israeli comedy show nominated for international Emmy

The Israeli comedy show “Chamishim” (“Fifty”) has been nominated for an International Emmy award. The show was one of four nominated on...

Perception and the Pandemic

As we walked along, silence blanketed our little duo. We literally were within an arm’s length of one another, but figuratively we were worlds...

Decoding the Book of Jonah the Prophet for Salvation

The Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, is considered the most solemn on the Jewish calendar, but do we know why? The answer lies in the Book of Jonah...

Quality Control and Review — Two Concepts Confused by Israel Supreme Court

“Quality” and “Conformance” are two basic concepts in quality-engineering. The quality of product/service is evaluated exclusively by their...

The Bright Side of Corona – Lessons We Can Learn On The Eve Of Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur is a day of introspection. It is a time to make a personal accounting (Cheshbon Hanefesh), and to learn lessons from past mistakes and...

A Lipitor-fueled ‘vivid dreaming’ event got Trump and Melania all wet with a kiss

A very interesting  ”vivid dreaming” experience with the Lipitor statin drug (that I take since 1991 to keep my cholesterol in check) last night...

North's apology falls short

Pyongyang should put action before words North Korean leader Kim Jong-un offered an apology to South Korea, Friday, for the killing of a...

Moon-Suga phone talks

Seoul, Tokyo should move toward future-oriented ties The phone talks Thursday between President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Yashihide...

In Fighting Netanyahu, All Israelis Should Learn From the ultra-Orthodox

God lost all hope and left Korea

By Chang Se-moon Korea is going through an uneasy, trying time. To the surprise of many, those in power, after glorious promises of justice, equal...

Congratulations on COVID-19 handling

By Mark Peterson Korea has done a marvelous job in handling the coronavirus. There has been a recent spike, but like previous spikes, they have...

For barrier-free society

By Kim Sun-ae My friends and I didn't go into the restaurant. Because it had only stairs, one of my friends who uses a wheelchair couldn't enter...

The Waiting Game

As a writer, we talk a lot about the pain of rejection, but not about the agony of waiting for a decision.  I submit essays to literary journals,...

Love, Respect, Responsibility-Yom Kippur תשפא/2021

Much of my Torah study focus these past years has been Zohar. One of its major themes describes (in great detail and from almost unlimited...

Again!

We were flying north on one of our periodic trips from Florida to New York City to visit family. My four year old daughter was in the seat next to...

A Programmer’s Approach To The Lockdown

tl;dr – In order to minimize economic, social, and psychological damage, I believe that ONLY the largest vectors of coronavirus spread should be...

On Yom Kippur: One essence, one body

As we approach the eve of Yom Kippur in coronavirus times, we find ourselves in an atmosphere of divisiveness and mud-slinging among our people....

Last year in Jerusalem

Embed from Getty Images Last year I spent Yom Kippur in Israel. It was my first time in Israel, and I had neglected to check the calendar. When I...

POEM for Human Unity & Courage: The Pilgrimage of Abraham!

Very grateful to Times of Israel for their simply wonderful hospitality and chesed, for giving me a chance to not only express my views on world...

How We “Earned” Being Covid’s Prime Target

What timing! In the first wave of Covid-19, we spent Passover in lockdown and didn’t get to celebrate it with our extended families, the way...

A Sanctuary in Our Homes

I have a dance studio in my house. No, there are no mirrors, or bars, but there is an open space with a yoga block in the middle, to delineate the...

The Questions I Wish I Had Asked

A man phones his mother. She answers in a very faint voice, “Hello.” He asks, “Mom, how are you?” She replies, “Very weak.” “Why are you...

Forgive Me

Forgive me for seeing you as a threat For disappearing into my isolation and not worrying enough about you For being so happy to get out of my...

Thanks for Foreign Readers

Since August and the publication of a dozen of my articles, where at the end there is space for readers’ comments, not one comment has been...

Some At-Home Yom Kippur Resources

Following up on my previous blog about the importance of avoiding synagogue this Yom Kippur because of COVID-19, here are some resources that might...