The American deep state revives its tired allegations of Russian interference in November’s presidential elections

There have been a spate of reports recently, alleging Russian interference in the 2020 US presidential election, specifically the charge that...

Netanyahus said to bring suitcases of laundry when staying as White House guests

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara repeatedly brought with them suitcases of clothes to be laundered and dry cleaned while staying...

Cabinet approves near-total national shutdown to stem runaway infection rate

Ministers voted early Thursday to dramatically tighten the country’s coronavirus lockdown amid fears that the infection rate is spiraling out of...

New virus cases near 7,000 for 2nd straight day, with over 1 in 8 tests positive

The Health Ministry said Thursday morning that 6,808 new virus cases were diagnosed a day earlier, after ministers agreed in a late-note vote to...

As hospitals overflow, As Haifa’s Rambam transforms car park into virus ward

AFP — As Israeli doctors confront a surge in coronavirus cases, with some patients waiting for hours in ambulances, one hospital is tackling the...

Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday again declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3...

Slavimo šport!

V bolj pravem trenutku si praznika, posvečenega športu, verjetno ne bi mogli zaželeti. Včeraj smo dan slovenskega športa obhajali po sanjskih...

(GLOBALNA ARENA) Odgovornost se konča pri Putinu

Nemški, francoski in švedski zdravniki soglašajo: Aleksej Navalni, najvplivnejši domači kritik ruskega predsednika Vladimirja Putina in...

'Drive-through' rallies

Politicians should stop instigating people It is deplorable some ultra-right conservative organizations and politicians are plotting to hold mass...

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Hyundai Motor's decision

Major automaker sets precedent for pandemic-stricken industry Union leaders and management at Korea's largest carmaker, Hyundai Motor, agreed...

America's 'perfect storm'

By Donald Kirk PHILADELPHIA ― The Independence Hall where 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence is a vision in red brick, its clock tower...

New York should look to reopen state's cinemas

It's time to open the movie theaters ― carefully and maybe gradually ― but with most other businesses successfully finding their way through the...

Rise of covidnomics

By Kaushik Basu ITHACA ― Boundaries between academic disciplines are always artificial creations intended to facilitate analysis, given our...

Afghanistan peace negotiations move forward

By Arthur I. Cyr Representatives of the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban movement have begun formal direct peace negotiations. The two...

A new justice wouldn’t guarantee a pro-Trump election verdict

Everyone understands why U.S. President Donald Trump and Senate leader Mitch McConnell are in such a rush to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a new...

Does 'October surprise' matter?

By Troy Stangarone On July 5, 1945, British citizens went to the polls for the first time since 1935. Less than two months earlier the Allies had...

Rape, power and corruption: Is this Egypt’s MeToo moment? 

“I was sexually harassed…I was sexually harassed…I was sexually harassed,” a powerful video featuring a cross section of actresses,...

The intense passions of an austere woman

Commentary. Without her contribution as an intellectual and militant communist, we would have never become what il manifesto has been. written by...

Police officer in charge of anti-Netanyahu protests contracts coronavirus

Jerusalem Police officer Koby Yaakobi, commander of the police forces securing the weekly mass protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...

Head of jobs service warns of ‘lost generation’ as unemployment rates soar

The head of Israel’s Employment Service, Rami Garor, warned of a prospective “lost generation” of young workers on Thursday, amid soaring...

El Al pushes back against purchase of controlling stake by new immigrant

El Al has said it opposes a yeshiva student’s recent purchase of a controlling stake in the company, accusing him of being a frontman for his...

In northern West Bank settlement, evangelicals help harvest grapes

Dangling off vines at the Har Bracha settlement in the West Bank, the grapes are plump and ready to pick. This year, evangelical Christians are...

Abraham and Jeremiah

“The Akedah is not in the Torah; it is but one of several rabbinic constructs through which to read the narrative of Genesis 22.”  So I have...

‘When All is Said and Done’ Yom Kippur 5781

One of the key motifs of the Ten Days of Penitence between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is the “Akeida”, in which G-d commanded Abraham to...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the abortion issue

Following her passing on the eve of Rosh HaShanah, many laudatory paeans to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have been written, including many that...

Yom Kippur, Repentance, Atonement and Independence

In Dvarim 29:9 (Deuteronomy) it says, “You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God …” Verse 10 lists several different...

Tashlich and Reunions

In recent days I had two big packages delivered to me. The first came from Chabad of Bedford, NY. The second came from the Princeton Class of 1980,...

Breonna Taylor’s death: Racist inequality stemming from equality before the law

Not everything the public calls crazy, psychiatrists call crazy. And not everything we call murder is technically murder in terms of the law....

The rise of podcasts have created awareness of sex positivity in Israel

Podcasts made such an incredible and lasting impression when they reappeared on the scene. Indeed, podcasting is not a new invention and has been...

This being the Talmud, the matter is not settled (Daf Yomi Eruvin 46)

Embed from Getty Images “Flowing rivers and streaming springs are like the feet of all people.” Reading today’s Daf Yomi portion reminded me of...

Boston’s 118-year-old Jewish Advocate suspends publication

JTA — The Jewish Advocate, a 118-year-old newspaper in Boston founded by Theodor Herzl, is the latest victim of the coronavirus crisis. The...

Mobileye wins big in the Chinese market

Just hours ago (Sept. 24th at 2:00EST), Mobileye announced that its technology will be used by one of China’s largest privately held automakers....

Post Office Blues

I have just returned from an adventure I wish I never had.  I also quiver with what is in store for me.  We live in uncertain times. At 7:30 am I...

Dating Entrepreneur’s Journey

COVID-19 has changed reality as we know it. Screens have replaced classrooms. Office meetings are held over Zoom. Wearing a mask is nearly second...

God is in the punctuation

Loud, repetitive and transdimensional. One description for that which cannot be described. As good as any, I suppose. I mean you’ve got your...

Trump heckled as he pays respects to late Justice Ginsburg at US Supreme Court

AFP — Protesters shouting “Honor her wish” heckled US President Donald Trump as he paid his respects on Thursday to Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the...

TEPCO’s fitness to operate nuke reactors still open to question

The Nuclear Regulation Authority has effectively endorsed Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s fitness to operate nuclear reactors in its safety screening...

White-Collar Crime, No Punishment

NEW YORK – Although the proper role of government in society is much debated, few would dispute that law enforcement falls within the state’s...

Providing monetary compensation to the victims of police violence is necessary, but it cannot fix American policing.

In the United States, where hundreds of Black people fall victim to police brutality each year, very few police officers are ever prosecuted or...

Arab normalisation is another attempt to defeat the Palestinians psychologically

Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and foreign ministers representing the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed the “Abraham...

This is what the Palestinians need to do to confront Arab normalisation

The most dangerous thing about the new wave of Arab normalisation with the Israeli occupation is that the countries involved are trying to justify...

Hypocritical EU member states against migrant quotas should halt their military adventurism

On Wednesday, the European Union (EU) – under the presidency of Germany – called for a compulsory system to help manage the migration situation...

Air force chief: UAE F-35 sale could be ‘less optimal’ for Israel in long term

The proposed United States sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates could have a long-term negative strategic impact for...