With Tokyo Olympics up in the air, realistic appraisal needed

More people in and outside Japan are voicing doubts about holding the Tokyo Olympics this summer. In a poll taken by The Asahi Shimbun on Jan. 23...

With or Without the Haredim

Pandemic health 101

Gin, cheap and potent, was in great demand in 18th-century London. For laborers during the Industrial Revolution, getting inebriated on this...

Thurgood Marshall’s visit to Japan 70 years on

January 1951 was a busy time for Japan, or more specifically, a busy time for the office of the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces Gen. Douglas...

Biden gets dream team on China: But what if the game is changing?

Biden’s China-related appointments represent a Democratic Party dream team of consummate insiders with a Beltway accent, fluent in the business...

When outlandish pledges sound increasingly enticing

Huh Kyung-young, head of the National Revolutionary Party / Korea Times file By Kim Rahn A familiar face has returned to the local political scene...

Republicans must regain credibility to help US compete with China

Opposing Biden's policy agenda will damage America’s reputation abroad

Iraq's prime minister should be dismissed and prosecuted for his failures

Thirty-two dead and over 110 wounded people have been added to the list of bombing victims in Iraq. Two suicide bombers were responsible; strapped...

South Korea’s Moon Jae-in must put his words on Japan into action

Significant steps still needed to resolve diplomatic row between Tokyo and Seoul

US investigators have charged at least 150 people over Capitol riot

US federal prosecutors have charged at least 150 people in connection to the storming of the US Capitol on January 6. The charges range from...

Three weeks into lockdown, rampant mutated strains keep infections sky-high

Some three weeks into Israel’s tightened nationwide lockdown, with more-infectious mutated coronavirus strains running rampant, the outbreak was...

Teachers’ Union spars with health minister over vaccine rate, school reopening

A spat broke out Tuesday between the Health Ministry and the Teachers’ Union over the vaccination rate among education workers, with each side...

‘Put Them in Cattle Cars’

US Senator Leahy, set to preside over Trump impeachment, taken to hospital

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening after not feeling well, a spokesman said, hours after the...

Foundation boosts its aid to isolated Holocaust survivors in shadow of pandemic

AFP — When the face of 86-year-old Holocaust survivor Naomie Lichthaus appeared on their screen, staff at the call center of Israel’s Yad Ezer...

Finding new home in New Hope, ex-Netanyahu top aide seeks to show Likud the door

Knesset member Zvi Hauser has been a lawmaker for just 21 months, the strangest 21 months in the history of Israel’s parliament. He’s now running...

Alaska to investigate issue of 3REICH’ license plate, other offensive plates

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska department plans to investigate the issuance of “3REICH” personalized license plates, while a spokesperson for...

Sanofi’s $125 million Israeli drug buy could be a three-pronged cancer buster

The anti-cancer drug developed by Biond Biologics, which the Israeli startup will now try on humans in clinical trials with France-based...

In first call, Biden and Putin both cautious on big concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held their first conversation as counterparts Tuesday in a phone call...

1 + 1 = 2

Nekatere resnice so večne. Druge povozi čas. Preprostim osnovnim elementarnim resnicam zlahka zaupamo. Kompleksnim resnicam, ki temeljijo na...

How China’s influence flipped Turkey’s position on Uighurs

Uighurs in Turkey are having many sleepless nights. The rumor among well-informed circles is that in return for COVID-19 vaccines from China and...

(POGLED) Reševanje ameriške demokracije

Napad na ameriški Kapitol, ki se je zgodil 6. januarja, in to v trenutku, ko je kongres ZDA potrjeval rezultate zadnjih predsedniških volitev, bi...

(BRANJE) Je mogoče ZDA znova zaupati?

Evropo je preplavilo olajšanje, potem ko je postalo jasno, da bo Donalda Trumpa v Beli hiši zamenjal Joe Biden. Prihod novega ameriškega vodstva...

Yewande Biala’s ‘outrage’ over the mispronunciation of her name is just proof of her attention-seeking, not other people’s racism

These days, reality television celebrities earn extra kudos when they perform outrage. And Yewande Biala is certainly outraged. ‘Mispronouncing...

Facebook gets a ‘D’ from ADL on curbing Holocaust denial

JTA — How well are the world’s most prominent social media companies rooting out Holocaust denial on their platforms? Not at all, the...

Back to a two-state reality: Israel and Jordan

From hutz l’Aretz, it seems Israel should consider returning with today’s borders to the 2 States of 1948 to 1967; Israel and Jordan. First, a...

Netanyahu Keeps Trying to Evade Prosecution, Like Some Criminal on the Lam

Unqualified to uphold law

Justice minister nominee, vice minister hit for misbehavior Monday's confirmation hearing for Justice Minister nominee Park Beom-kye failed to...

Economic contraction

Time to stimulate consumption, investment The Korean economy contracted 1 percent in 2020 from the previous year, largely due to the fallout from...

Hashtagging the Holocaust: How COVID Gave Death Camps New Life Online

Pandemic lockdowns pushed Holocaust memorials to produce innovative, immersive and interactive ways to engage with a distanced audience, from Zoom...

Biden Has to Clean Up Trump's Mideast Mess. There's Plenty of It

Free vaccines and India’s humanitarian diplomacy

Large parts of the world are still reeling from the spread of the coronavirus, with renewed lockdowns in effect in many places. With every stricken...

Biden gets symbolism right

By Norman Stockwell One of Donald Trump's first acts on moving into the White House in January 2017 was to hang a portrait of Andrew Jackson, the...

What’s working in COVID-19 treatments and what isn’t

The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines has put the focus of the pandemic fight on inoculating as many people as quickly as possible. But outbreaks are...

COVID-19, school schedule

By Sho Chang-young A few days ago, in my apartment complex, there was an announcement regarding the preliminary measures for enrolling school-aged...

North Korea’s new economic plan looks a lot like the old one

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presented a new five-year economic plan and conceded that the country’s economy is struggling at a Workers’...

Restoring US credibility, soft power

This is the second in a "Letter to President Biden" series aimed at conveying policy recommendations in an open letter from politicians, scholars...

Hong Kong’s slum landlords put everyone at risk

The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged Hong Kong’s economy. It should also press the government to tackle an enduring stain: The reality that too many,...

Antwerp mayor: Ultra-Orthodox fanning anti-Semitism by flouting COVID-19 orders

JTA — The mayor of Antwerp, a city in Belgium where about 15,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews live, warned that their failure to comply with COVID-19...

Behind closed doors, Israel Museum stocks up on art

The Israel Museum was only open for short periods over the last year, but it’s still purchasing new art. The Jerusalem institution recently spent...

How we found more family 55 years after Auschwitz

“Are you going to fast today?” my sister asked my grandmother. We had just buried my grandfather the day before, hours before the start of Yom...

An Act of Faith

Growing up in the cold New York winters I always wondered at the dichotomy between planting trees and harsh winter weather.  I would imagine that...

‘An anthill gone mad’: Inside the party of Conte after government collapse

Analysis. The 5 Star Movement is caught in the whirlwind of the government crisis, attempting to claim its centrality. ‘We are the backbone of...

Haredi naiveté knows no boundary

This past week two major stories broke that put particular emphasis on the Haredi community and their disdain for civil society in general. In...

Bridging and Bonding: Jewish Institutions Address the Crisis of American Social Capital

Many argue that Jewish organizations of every kind are being abandoned, especially by the next generation, who are turned off by the “...

Will there be Peace in Afghanistan under Biden?

While it is well known that international treaties and agreements signed are not a personal contract between political leaders, but rather certain...

The New Pharaoh (POTUS) In The White House

בסייד POTUS Joe Biden’s decision this week to undo President Trump’s punishment of the Palestinians regarding the failure of their leaders...

30,000 lies: From Holocaust denial to ‘Camp Auschwitz’

The 30,573 lies began with Holocaust denial. Just a week after taking office in January of 2017, on International Holocaust Day, the Trump...

When they go low, anti-Israel activists go lower

Radical activists often twist proven facts to fit their narrative and promote their own depraved agendas. We saw this in full force when far right...

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day Does Not Serve Its Purpose

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which occurs on January 27, is always a good opportunity for predictions and summaries regarding...