For 1st time since October, Israel’s transmission rate shows outbreak slowing

Israel’s coronavirus transmission rate dropped below 1 for the first time since the end of October, meaning that the number of active cases is...

The Trump-taunting Lincoln Project Is Coming to Israel. But Not as Liberal Saviors

Fresh from what fans consider their Never Trump triumph, the Lincoln Project founders have a new mission: To help ditch Netanyahu. But you might...

Blood on rabbis’ hands, Haredi emergency chief says after mom’s COVID death

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav waged an uphill battle for virus vigilance in the ultra-Orthodox community. But even his mother didn’t listen — and held a...

Fashion icon Bernie Sanders steals show at inauguration

Amid the designer outfits and formal elegance on display at US President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, an unlikely fashion icon emerged...

Israeli immunity hinges on Palestinians getting COVID shots too, doctors say

Ahmad Sheib, a Palestinian resident of Tulkarem, has followed news of the stunningly successful Israeli vaccination drive against coronavirus with...

UAE reportedly signs for purchase of F-35s an hour before Biden sworn in

The United Arab Emirates reportedly signed an agreement to purchase 50 F-35s and 18 advanced Reaper drones from the US in what was President Donald...

Jon Ossoff sworn into Senate seat holding historic book of Hebrew scripture

Jewish millennial Jon Ossoff became Sen. Jon Ossoff on Wednesday afternoon at a socially distanced swearing-in ceremony in the Senate chambers...

Harris swears in 3 new Senators making Schumer first Jewish majority leader

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three new senators were sworn into office Wednesday after US President Joe Biden’s inauguration, securing the majority for...

Netanyahu says art and culture events can resume in 2 weeks

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s developments as they unfold. Israel’s Government Press Office offers the coronavirus vaccine to...

New start for all

Time to strengthen Korea-US alliance Joe Biden was sworn in as the new president of the United Sates on Wednesday, raising the hope that his...

Security officials said to prepare Knesset Guard to repel Capitol-like assault

Senior police and Knesset officials reportedly held talks Wednesday to review how the Knesset Guard would respond if there were an attempted mob...

Female ministers' exits

President should keep campaign pledge to keep 30 percent share President Moon Jae-in's reshuffle of three Cabinet members Wednesday sharply lowered...

50 years after her death, magic of Coco Chanel still captivates us

French fashion designer and businesswoman Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) once famously declared, "I don't do fashion. I am fashion."  The...

Dealing with Biden

By Donald Kirk For starters, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un never began to give up his nuclear program after his summit with Donald Trump in...

Biden to the Rescue?

46th president: Familiar problems, a new beginning

Wednesday at noon, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took their respective oaths of office to become the nation's next president and vice president. Many...

The ugly truth about a ‘beautiful sight’ in Hong Kong

Given the mutual recriminations that characterize the sorry state of U.S.-China relations as of late, it is hardly surprising that China’s state...

What America needs is hearty laugh

By Tom Purcell America could use a hearty laugh right now, but laughter doesn't come easily because too many Americans have lost their sense of...

Global migration drops dramatically due to COVID-19

By John J. Metzler Global migration which has surged in recent years has dropped dramatically since the COVID-19 virus closed national borders and...

A COVID genocide in Americas?

By Federico Finchelstein and Jason Stanley NEW YORK ― Many commentators seeking to understand Donald Trump and Trumpism have found clarity in...

New Year's retribution

By Jase Graves Unlike most years, I decided to start 2021 with a few resolutions that I hope will make me a better husband, father and member of...

Middle East braces for fallout of US―China divide

This is the first of a two-part article written by Dr. James M. Dorsey, a Middle East expert, about the rivalry in the Middle East between the U.S....

New start for all

Time to strengthen Korea-US alliance Joe Biden was sworn in as the new president of the United Sates on Wednesday, raising the hope that his...

How should higher education change?

By Kumar Vikrant The ongoing pandemic has proven to be an eye-opener regarding the lens through which we view our higher education...

As Abbas seeks a safe exit, who's waiting in the wings?

In January last year, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas refused to issue a decree to hold legislative and presidential elections. He...

Jewish fraternity AEPi exec to leave pro-Trump group after backlash from alumni

JTA — An executive for the Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation is leaving his position with a group whose political arm took part in the January 6 rally...

Uganda’s Choice

On January 14, Uganda held presidential and parliamentary elections in which the main struggle was between the current head of state, who has been...

Bo – Leaving Denial and Chaos Behind

As an archetype, Pharaoh is not a bad actor, he is simply an aspect of each one of us, our being in denial and thus chaotically attending to too...

What’s New?

In the middle of this week’s Torah reading there’s an abrupt change in the very nature of our text. For 61 chapters we’ve been following...

Charedi Behavior is Putting American Jews in Harm’s Way

Last month some 10,000 chassidim participated in an unmasked ball in Williamsburg Brooklyn. The occasion was the wedding of a grandchild of one of...

How Biden & Harris used Twitter to signal the world

Historically, the transition of power in one global empire necessitated extensive diplomatic efforts on the part of all other powers. A new...

For Israel's Education Minister, School Is a Bore

Biden will be severely tested in ability to restore world order

Never has a new U.S. president been sworn in amid such a depressing atmosphere. Usually, a presidential inauguration in the United States is a...

Boris Johnson Must Change His Act

LONDON – Some of the United Kingdom’s right-wing newspapers – supporters of both Brexit and its principal advocate, Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

Cancelling Josh Hawley’s book is another blow against free speech by corporate America and only confirms conservative fears

Standing staunchly behind Free Hong Kong activists and criticising big tech for being too powerful could well be considered liberal views by some....

Netanyahu needs Lapid as his chief rival, or he’ll really be saying ‘gevalt’

There are certain unwritten rules to Israeli election campaigns, patterns of behavior embedded in the electoral system and in the way Israelis...

Haaretz Cartoon

Israeli cybersecurity firms raised record $2.9 billion in 2020 amid pandemic

Israel’s cybersecurity industry posted a 70 percent growth in funding in 2020, raising a record $2.9 billion in 100 transactions as the...

Where Biden stood for inauguration, reminders of a failed insurrection

WASHINGTON (AP) — The reminders of the siege were everywhere. On the very spot where US President Joe Biden delivered his inaugural address, an...

George W. Bush said to hail ‘savior’ Clyburn for Biden endorsement, Trump ouster

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — As they witnessed US President Joe Biden take the oath of office on Wednesday, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn...

To ni normalno

V navdušenju sem poklical prijatelja, ki živi na Obali. »Izmisli si nekaj in pridi v Ljubljano,« sem ga nagovarjal, naj krši strogo prepoved...

Is the American Jewish community broken?

It seems a little bit apropos that the Parsha HaShavuah for President Joe Biden’s inauguration is Parshas Bo, the start of the story of the...

A better alternative to loving every fellow Jew

“We must love every Jew” much reminds me of “We must fully repent.” These both are nice goals for on our deathbeds but for everyday life, they...

The Trumpist insurrection is the watershed of US decline

Commentary. How does one dialogue with the half of the country that is anti-vaccine and, at the same time, physiologically immune to dialogue...

Why we should worry about Twitter blocking Trump

Commentary. An acceptance of such patterns of control empowers corporate and financial elites to serve as guardians of civic virtue despite their...

The Far Horizon (Bo 5781)

Rabbi Sacks zt’’l had prepared a full year of Covenant & Conversation for 5781, based on his book  Lessons in Leadership . The Office of Rabbi...

How many years were B’nai Yisrael in Egypt?

In Parshat Bo we read (Shmot 12:40): The habitation of B’nai Yisrael living in Egypt lasted 430 years. Where did the number 430 come from?...

Does it really matter what Kamala is wearing?

You are sure to have seen the cover of the February issue of Vogue even if you don’t hold a lifelong subscription to this women’s fashion...

Civility is Overrated

This post, which will focus on what might be going wrong with communication in this country (and, on a smaller scale, individually)  developed from...

Laschet not to change Germany's approach towards Turkey

The new CDU chairman won’t change the approach towards Turkey. Laschet has never been in favor of Turkey’s full EU membership, but he supported...