Netanyahu kicks off election campaign by touring Jerusalem mall

Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu wasted no time after the dispersal of the Knesset on Thursday, kicking off his election campaign by touring a...

Biden congratulates new PM Lapid, thanks Bennett for ‘friendship over the past year’

US President Joe Biden congratulated new Prime Minister Yair Lapid in a tweet published the minute he officially replaced Naftali Bennett as...

Shaked-led Yamina facing defections, electoral challenges in coming campaign

Yamina was Israel’s ruling party on Thursday. Just a day later, it finds itself as a minor Knesset faction struggling to survive in a volatile...

The Reversal Heard ‘Round the World

Henry Wade is undoubtedly chuckling in the grave he’s been laying in for the last 20-some years. Wade, a former district attorney from Texas, had...

Tel Aviv bookseller turns customers into characters in first book

There are more than 60,000 titles for sale at Halper’s Books, a labyrinthine store on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv. Most of the inventory is used, but...

Bat mitzvah at the Kotel – not whistling Dixie

Today, I attended a bat mitzvah at the egalitarian part of the Kotel. The two bat mitzvah girls and several members of their families were in...

Gay conservatives exist and are having a moment in the US

For far too long, being gay or lesbian has been tied to liberalism. Finally, that paradigm is shifting as more of the gay community refuses to be...

Orthodox Jewish divides on abortion come to the fore after Roe v. Wade reversal

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Pam Scheininger and J. David Bleich have this much in common: They are Orthodox Jews who are preoccupied with Jewish ethics...

New Zealand designates US far-right group Proud Boys a terrorist organization

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government has declared that American far-right groups the Proud Boys and The Base are terrorist...

Israeli smart fabric uses electricity to fast-track repair of nerves

Israeli researchers say they have developed a material that speeds the repair of damaged nerves using electricity. The ultra-thin material — a...

PODCAST: US evangelical support for Israel isn’t monolithic nor certain, says expert

Welcome to Times Will Tell, The Times of Israel’s weekly feature podcast. This week we’re speaking about evangelical support for Israel with...

(POGLED) Hladneje ne bo nikoli

Povedano drugače: ekonomski model rasti še vedno izbira navezo z neoliberalnim kapitalističnim razvojem. Potrošništvo mora biti stimulirano z...

Documentary tracks many artistic reincarnations of Leonard Cohen and his iconic song

NEW YORK — Everyone with a drop of cultural awareness knows there was a sacred chord that King David played that pleased the Lord. It’s the...

Rights group: Palestinian authorities systematically torture detainees with impunity

Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip systematically torture critics in detention, a practice that could amount to crimes...

50 years of love, war and country: Photojournalist’s work expands to massive screens

There’s a bold change of pace in “The Last Photograph: Ran Tal After Micha Bar-Am,” a new exhibit at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art that slices up...

‘She’s in real danger’: Jew who escaped Iran pleads with Israel to let his wife in

An Iranian Jew who escaped the country after being persecuted for years and moved to Israel is begging the government to help bring his wife to the...

Minimum wage row

Labor, business sides should accept agreement for sake of sharing pain The nation's minimum hourly wage has been set at 9,620 won ($7.41) for next...

Christian group resumes bringing students to Israel on Birthright-style trips

This summer, hundreds of young men and women will flock to Israel on “birthright” tours, learning about their religion and the country’s...

Dear Marina was the definition of an Eshet Chayil – a woman of worth

Marina Smith, her husband Eddie, and their sons, Stephen and James, founded Beth Shalom, the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, in 1995. It is...

The Supply-Side Fight Against Inflation

The West must move east for NATO to survive

The leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries just met in Madrid for the alliance’s most consequential summit in a generation....

The WTO Is Back

The Case for Ukraine’s EU Membership

VOX POPULI: No one can paint out the craving for freedom felt in Hong Kong

I have watched two films portraying events in Hong Kong. Both “Revolution of Our Times” (2021) and “Blue Island” (2022) are scheduled to be...

EDITORIAL: Japan should work with NATO toward regional peace, stability

In western parts of the vast Eurasian continent, Russia continues its aggression against Ukraine. Meanwhile in eastern areas of the continent,...

North Korea suggests balloons flown from South brought COVID

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea suggested Friday that its COVID-19 outbreak began in people who had contact with balloons flown from South...

Parshat Korach: For the Sake of Fighting

Arguing is a pretty fun sport. It’s a sparring of sorts with an assortment of tools and techniques designed to disarm and defeat your opponent....

National Viability and Vitality: The Israeli Case (1)

The Talmud states that “since the Temple’s destruction, prophesy [prediction] is given only to the foolish” (Bava Batrah 12b). No one truly...

The human cost of enabling the incitement of violence

­Over the past couple of months, close to a dozen innocent Israeli citizens- Jewish and non-Jewish alike- had their lives taken from them too soon,...

Remembering Pop

The wedding album does not lie. There is no picture of Pop. Pop was destined to live 77 years. Of course we didn’t know that at the time. If we...

Hydropower is a bad bargain

NEW DELHI – The era of cheap oil and gas is over. Russia’s war in Ukraine — or, more specifically, Europe’s ambitious effort to wean itself...

U.S. Supreme Court has taken control of climate policy

The top court's EPA decision upends precedent and, in effect, embraces a new doctrine of law.

Writing Off Russia

Ukrainian novelist Vladimir Rafeenko/Volodymyr Rafeyenko was born in Donetsk in 1969, and lived there, as a writer and professor of Russian...

Trošimo varčno!

Novica o suši, ki vzame pridelek, je precej bolj udarna kot potem vse tiste novice, ki temu sledijo in nam govorijo o tem, kako težko je tem...

Hong Kong-China: Beijing must be held accountable for its actions

On the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover of British rule to China, Beijing's strongarm tactics against the rule of law and democracy are...

Can NATO save eastern Europe?

NATO can protect its eastern European members against a Russian attack — but not against their own internal problems. And these are an increasing...

Our trip to Antioch

Ancient Romans bought mementos to commemorate their travels. These speak eloquently of their world, if we care to listen - by Maggie Popkin Read at...

Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, who touted unconventional COVID treatment, dies at 49

American family physician Dr. Vladimir “Zev” Zelenko, who rose to fame during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic by promoting an...

NYC lawmakers lash city colleges’ chancellor for skipping hearing on antisemitism

NEW YORK — New York City Council Members slammed the chancellor of the city’s massive public college system on Thursday after he canceled his...

If the detention of an Israeli soldier war crime, what about thousands of Palestinian civilians?

Early this week, the Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades released a short video footage showing an Israeli soldier it is holding as a prisoner of war,...

Pakistan must learn to cut military spending

Limited resources are needed to help stabilize the economy

Bennett, Be Tough on Netanyahu – but Don't Resign

It’s inappropriate to give career advice to someone I didn’t vote for, but the situation requires it. Naftali Bennett ought to remain in the...

Hong Kong must improve its diversity as it ushers in a new chapter

Hong Kong’s transition to a new chapter is an opportunity to make the city a better home for all who have stayed.

Kdo pljune in lula dlje?

Začetek počitnic je za otroke bolj pričakovan kot vstop v novo (šolsko) leto. Nestrpnost in pričakovanja dosežejo vrh s podelitvijo spričeval,...

What our projects make of us

Racheli was telling us about her latest project. We had been seated inside a circular hut, an Ethiopian structure, in the Yemin Orde Youth Village...

New BBC ‘comedy’ features anti-Israel ‘gag’

I am reluctant to give the oxygen of publicity to a radio show that I suspect currently has an audience of around 17, mainly comprising the mums of...

Info of over 300,000 Israelis leaked as Iranian hackers target travel booking sites

Iranian hackers have recently hacked into a number of popular Israeli travel booking websites, managing to obtain the personal information of over...