Why Trump’s Jewish supporters say he’s been a ‘dream come true’ on Israel

JTA — Most Jews disapprove of US President Donald Trump and plan to vote against him. But for a segment of American Jewry, Trump has granted a...

Kulturnikov se ni treba bati

Z zadnjim dejanjem (primer Metelkova) je slovenska oblast dokazala svojo averzijo do kulture, ki ni po njenih "standardih in normativih". Treba jo...

Author Tatsuhiro Oshiro showed Okinawa’s woes continue today

Every time a crime is committed by a U.S. soldier in Okinawa Prefecture, I am reminded of “The Cocktail Party,” a 1967 novel by Okinawan-born...

Suga gives Southeast Asia credible options besides China

Japan support crucial for a region struggling to counterbalance Beijing

Man stabbed to death in Jerusalem’s Talpiot industrial zone

A man aged around 40 was stabbed to death in Jerusalem’s Talpiot industrial zone on Thursday, police said in a statement. Paramedics were called...

Dutch chief rabbi says ‘no need’ for churches’ mea culpa over Holocaust inaction

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (JTA) — Six Dutch churches issued what they called an acknowledgement of guilt for not having done more to save Jews or...

Shattering hubris in our ‘old-new’ land

These words by T.S .Elliot in “Little Gidding” echo the journey of Abraham: “What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is...

The Real Drama These Days: The Zionist Movement Almost Split

Virus test positivity rate drops to 1.8%, the lowest level in Israel since June

The Health Ministry said on Friday morning that 1.8 percent of the 36,318 tests carried out on Thursday came back positive, the lowest positivity...

Trump and Biden hold dueling rallies in key battleground state of Florida

TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Pressing against stiff headwinds from the pandemic, US President Donald Trump steered toward what he hoped was safer...

No more disgraced President

Former President Lee should apologize to people The country's top court upheld Thursday a lower court ruling that convicted ex-President Lee...

American Apocalypse?

Civil Liberties in a Pandemic

UK Labour in turmoil as Corbyn vows to fight suspension and key allies back him

Britain’s main opposition Labour party was in turmoil on Friday, a day after it suspended its former leader Jeremy Corbyn following his response to...

Time flies, but ‘Bubbie and Zadie Come to My House’ remains a children’s classic

I wrote a children’s picture book for Jewish kids at Hanukkah time in the 1985 titled “Bubbie and Zadie Come to My House” (and it’s still in...

The Weight of Gold – Abraham

When I helped guide a young Christian business associate through a spiritual crisis, little did we know that it would result in a life-altering...

Chosen nation

That’s what everyone calls us, right? And you would expect it to be front-and-center in the first book of the Torah. But choice — bechira in...

Yitzhak Rabin's Legacy of Endless Negotiations

The fact that he was assassinated doesn't prove the late prime minister sought true peace. Quite the contrary

It’s time to give foreign residents the right to vote in local elections

A weekend referendum on a proposal to reorganize Osaka’s administrative structure has highlighted a key question relevant to other local...

Israel's Illegitimate 'Demographic Balance'

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Donald Trump Has Split the Jewish People, Perhaps Forever

Even if the U.S. president loses on November 3rd, Trump Jews are here to stay, and they're not just in America. We could be witnessing the defining...

PM spars with Katz after finance minister tweets criticism from cabinet meeting

In a sign of increasing tensions within both the government and the ruling Likud party, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly suggested...

Neprijetne dileme za javne finance

V Evropi smo priča že tretji gospodarski krizi v zadnjih desetih letih. Vsaka od njih je imela različne vzroke, a vse so povzročile gospodarski...

How Enduring is the American-style Asian Version of NATO?

The United States, committed to fanning the flames of wars in various regions around the world, and to entangling the whole world in military blocs...

Living with the Enemy

Who would have thought that going out for coffee with a couple of friends could be so liberating and energising? Who would have imagined that being...

Alyn riders keep wheels close to home as rehab hospital renovates for COVID-19

The Alyn Hospital Wheels of Love Ride usually takes place in November, bringing hundreds of riders from around the globe to bike Israeli routes...

The Specter of Islamic Radicalism In France

The specter of radical Islam looms large in France and presents the French government with a complex challenge of monumental proportions. Less than...

Facing challenges 25 years after Rabin’s assassination, and today, with COVID-19

This year, as an educator, I have a heightened sense of responsibility because we are living in times of crisis and difficulty. Our world fell...

It was a dark and stormy night

The Torah does not provide us with the exact weather report for the night of the Covenant. We only know that Avram, exhausted by the visions of God...

Parshat Lech Lecha: Our Shield of Love

Love is sought after by everyone in the world, albeit in different forms, as we see marketed in movies and stories across the world. This make...

Yitzhak’s blood cries out to us from the ground

Twenty-five years have passed since Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was murdered. Today, half of all Israelis cannot remember that terrible day. But...

Election 2020: The Battle Against Disinformation

Election season is in full swing, and what began as a cautionary tale in 2016 has now become our new reality. During the last presidential...

The Road Avraham Traveled

This week begins the saga of Avraham and Sara and the origin story of the Jewish people. It all begins with Avraham receiving and following a...

Listen! It’s the question that created the Jews – passive or proactive?

Listen! It’s the question that created the Jews: passive or active? What is your answer to the first question of Jewish history? It’s...

Lech Lecha: Lessons from Avram About the Election

Does the election matter anymore? I am sitting down to write a few hours after I cast my vote. I am sure that by the time Shabbat has begun, many...

Trump Is No True Friend to the Jewish People

Well, we are five days away from the election here in the United States and still there are fellow Jews who continue to support Donald Trump.  A...

Is France the New Satan?

For decades, many extremists among the Arab World and radical Islamists have designated their sworn enemies with a very striking vocabulary,...

Power outages reported across Israel

Power outages were reported across Israel during the early hours of Friday morning. The Israel Electric Corporation said the blackouts were caused...

US-China relations are the ties that bind for Singapore and Asean

The following is part two of an article first published in ThinkChina.sg by George Yeo, a former Singapore minister for foreign affairs, who is now...

‘The good cop’: Joe Biden and Israel during the Obama years

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Talk to the folks who handled the Israel file and who were close to Joe Biden between 2009 and 2017, and his boss, Barack...

Ministers decide to reopen synagogues on Sunday, but shops to remain closed

Government ministers decided in the early hours of Friday morning to move forward the reopening of synagogues to Sunday, but that street stores...

US officials said briefed on security threat, possibly tied to Soleimani killing

US security officials were briefed last month about a threat to senior military leaders on US soil, possibly in retaliation to the US killing of...

Trump or Biden, whoever wins the US election must look beyond China rivalry

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or took a vow against reading the news to get through 2020, it’s likely you’ve recently been bombarded...

Israel-Arab accords an earthquake for Palestinians, who pin their hopes on Biden

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has long been considered an anti-Israel institute, to put it mildly. It was established following an...

Pandemic of loneliness, anxiety: Crisis hotline says suicide calls have doubled

An Israeli crisis hotline says it is receiving an unprecedented level of suicidal calls — and many of them are from people who did not have...

When Israel’s Arabs began to demand their own ‘normalization’ deal

For a brief spell last Wednesday, Israel’s Knesset sounded like the stands at a soccer stadium. “For shame!” opposition lawmakers shouted at...

Stephen Miller reportedly nods to QAnon, prepares further immigration curbs

JTA — Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, is reportedly preparing for a possible second Trump term by readying...

A guide to the 23 US Jewish Democratic incumbents running on Tuesday

JTA — Two Jewish Democrats are retiring from Congress this year, and one is being forced out after he lost his primary. But that leaves 23...