How Israel Is Harming the War on Antisemitism

26 years later, memories of the Kobe earthquake still haunt me

Remembering that day still arouses a painful feeling of shame mixed with embarrassment in me. On Jan. 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck...

Akademiki, plejboji in domoljubje

Živ dan nisem izrekel žal besede proti plejbojem. Kaj je lepšega kot uživati življenje v mnogih razsežnostih, da le ni na škodo drugega. Tudi v...

Tu BiShvat Seder – 5781 (Covid 19 Edition) part 4 of 5

6.Pomegranate – רימון We now eat fruits with inedible shells or peels. For example: nuts, pomegranate, oranges, and avocado. The edible part of...

How I became a "terrorist"

In recent times, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has embarked on a campaign to label everyone as a “terrorist”. In this rather...

Funerals Lend Perspective on Trump and COVID

(Ten months and) Two Weeks of Loss, by Rabbi Howard J. Goldsmith It has been a very sad few weeks for our congregation. Dear, long-time congregants...

Israel Is Not an Apartheid State

B’Tselem, which is an anti-Israel, Israeli organization dedicated to erasing Israel from the map (btselem.org), has once again accused Israel of...

Corona Has Broken Us But Vaccinations Won’t Fix Us

This past Wednesday, I was very lucky to receive my second dose of the Pfizer Covid vaccine. Though I am not in the first phase age group for...

The Bar Mitzvah ‘Boy’

I hear the chanting from downstairs. It’s the Torah parasha for that week in January when he will celebrate the big event. The words do not...

More than a coincidence

Every year, Martin Luther King Day seems to correspond with the reading in synagogues around the world of the story of Moses standing before...

New Capitol riot video shows mayhem as mob ransacks Senate, prays for victory

New footage released by the New Yorker on Sunday provides the most graphically detailed look yet at the mayhem that unfolded as hundreds of...

Two rockets fired from Gaza toward Ashdod land in sea

Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired two rockets toward the southern Israeli city of  Ashdod before dawn on Monday, the army said. The two...

For world’s 1 billion migraine sufferers, COVID a major headache, new film shows

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a huge pain for everyone, and migraine sufferers are no exception. In fact, many have reported more attacks than...

Fearing insider attack at Biden inauguration, FBI vetting national guard troops

WASHINGTON (AP) — US defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing US...

The House Is Burning, and That's Not a Metaphor

Belated Justice for the Mother Teresa Tank Brigade in Jenin

Meeting Arab mayors, Netanyahu vows to tackle community crime like terrorism

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a group of Arab mayors on Sunday night that he would pass a wide-ranging plan to combat violence and crime...

Prosecutor: Trump incitement ‘most dangerous crime’ committed by US president

WASHINGTON (AP) — The lead prosecutor for US President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment began building his case for conviction at...

Twitter suspends QAnon-supporting US congresswoman over election fraud claims

AP — Twitter on Sunday temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican US Congresswoman from Georgia who has...

Refugees’ human rights are buried under the snow of the Balkans

Report. Since the explosion of the Syrian crisis opened a breach through the Balkans, violence, denial of rights and abandonment have taken place...

In idiot America, for equity investors, what difference does it make?

THE DEVIL WILL FIND WORK FOR IDLE HANDS TO DOA friend of mine said to me on Monday: “you won’t be short of something to write this week!”. Not...

Former Trump campaign aides played key roles in organizing Washington rally

WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans of US President Donald Trump’s failed reelection campaign had key roles in orchestrating the Washington rally that...

Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy and modern cancel culture

The night before he was murdered, Martin Luther King traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to rally support for striking Black sanitation workers.  On...