Japan, China need to step up dialogue on bilateral disputes

Building a healthy relationship with China is a priority for Japan that goes a long way toward determining the nation’s future course. Japan needs...

The End of the Age of Politics

Cartoonist Takao Yaguchi, like his characters, was force of nature

Muteki (Invincible), a sumo wrestler masked like a pro wrestler whose winning streak cannot be stopped, is the protagonist of the first work of...

The Real Task of Benny Gantz’s Panel

The god of soccer has departed this world

New York – Diego Maradona has died, and with him dies one of the greatest soccer players of all time. Daniel, a manager at Ground Support, a...

One was Loved, One was Hated

The Torah uses a harsh word to describe Jacob’s feelings for his first wife, Leah: that she was hated. Alarmed by this language, some...

Drunk dialing, texts & voicemails

The Holidays are here, and some of us will be partying and might find ourselves drunk at the end of the night and instead of going to bed we pull...

(POGLED) Covid, ki je ukradel božič

Želel sem dan začeti prijetno, a sem vklopil televizor ravno v trenutku, ko je jedka gledalka v oddaji Dobro jutro po telefonu nahrulila Ano...

Yavis and Zavis

One of the cruellest elements of the Corona virus has been its effects on the most vulnerable. Like the ancient Amalekite enemy of the Jews, in the...

Parshat Vayeitze: Dreams of Tomorrow

In times of despair and distress, whether physically, mentally, or spiritually, we need a recharge. Those restorative moments are catalysts not...

A Thanksgiving Moment: Reframing the American and Jewish Story

Managing a Broken Society: As we experience this Thanksgiving moment, we realize the health challenges and economic struggles of so many in our...

A few common Torah Mnemonics.

Welcome back to my blog about Gematria, the Merkabah and the Birth of the Alephbet. Today I’m going to list some common mnemonics that you should...

Queen Aliquippa, 1st Resident of McKeesport, PA

Some years ago when my Cousin Jean read a draft of an article on our family’s hometown of McKeesport, a small town near Pittsburgh, she replied...

Enlightenment starts with Yaakov

 Parashat VaYetzei November 27, 2020 / 13 Kislev 5781 This parasha closes exactly the way it opens. Fleeing from home, the Torah says,  Yaakov left...

Garlic and Chicken Soup, 2: Vaccines

Last week I wrote about the preventive medicine we should all be practicing, as our foremothers taught us.  I took a bit of heat (in addition to...

Painting a Portrait of Mashiach

“Nobody knows how they will be until they will be,” writes Maimonides about the Messianic days. Nonetheless, he dedicated two chapters in his...

Javno-zasebno partnerstvo po madžarsko

Tridesetletne izkušnje z javno-zasebnim partnerstvom (PPP) v svetu so pokazale bistvene prednosti in slabosti tega koncepta za izvedbo predvsem...

Australia’s war crimes in Afghanistan show the cost of celebrating the military

Australia has fought alongside the United States in every major American military action of the last century, from World War I to the Middle East....

Iranian diplomat goes on trial in Belgium for plot to bomb opposition rally

BRUSSELS (AFP) — An Iranian diplomat goes on trial in Belgium on Friday accused of plotting to bomb an opposition rally outside Paris, in a case...

Jordan warns against changing status of Temple Mt., after Netanyahu’s Saudi trip

Jordan said it opposes any effort to change the status quo at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, following Prime Minister Benjamin...

No progress on Israel-Saudi normalization until ‘King Salman has gone’ — report

An Israeli source familiar with the details of the normalization talks with Saudi Arabia said that progress on a possible deal would only happen...

Israeli ex-envoy fumes over Thailand’s release of Iranians jailed for bomb plot

Israel’s former ambassador to Thailand fumed over the release of three Iranians arrested over a 2012 bomb plot in Bangkok targeting Israeli...

Heavy rainfall causes flooding, damage in coastal cities

Heavy rainfall on Thursday caused extensive flooding and damage in several Israeli coastal cities, with the continued downpours making this...

15 malls to reopen Friday under plan to evaluate social distancing rules

Some malls were set to reopen Friday as part of a pilot plan approved by the high-level coronavirus cabinet, amid signs that new COVID-19...

And yet another British, well-known cis-woman heartlessly negates transwomen

This is a running commentary on the above interview with Suzanne Moore, an award-winning columnist and journalist who won the 2019 Orwell Prize. ***...

Don’t have a cow: Israel’s Remilk serves up dairy products made without animals

Israeli startup Remilk hopes to be the first company in the world to bring real dairy milk products to market without needing a single cow in the...

Maradona had Che on his arm and Fidel in his heart

Commentary. Was Maradona a communist? In a certain “resistance” sense, he certainly was. And a Castrist, Chavista, Peronist of the left, an...

Europe’s Populist Showdown

The Elections in the United States: a Middle Eastern Perspective

“Donald Trump – the true face of the United States”, “The Arabs and the new American Administration”, “Biden, Arabs, and the Gulf”....