Daily Briefing Oct. 19 – Desperately seeking a new Jewish Agency chair

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish...

First case of new Delta mutation AY4.2 diagnosed in Israel

A subvariant of the Delta coronavirus mutation raising alarm bells in the United Kingdom has been found in a child who entered Israel from Moldova,...

(POGLED) Oprostite, grešila sem

Oprostite mi, grešila sem. Bi najbrž morala povedati, če bi podpornikom pohoda za življenje v nameri prepovedati splav uspelo. Pred tremi leti...

Stoudemire adds ‘farmer’ to list of post-NBA careers

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — On an unusually hot day in mid-October, Amar’e Stoudemire stopped by the Union Square Greenmarket to meet New...

Pod okupacijo primitivcev

‘Razumemo ljudi, razumemo njihovo jezo, razumemo, da smo vsi skupaj v času vseh koronskih ukrepov siti, utrujeni, naveličani. A za tovrstne ukrepe...

6.0 magnitude quake hits under Mediterranean, rattling Israeli coast

An earthquake underneath the eastern Mediterranean Sea close to the island of Crete on Tuesday morning was felt in parts of central Israel and the...

UK Jewish toddler Alta Fixsler, 2, dies after being removed from life support

A two-year-old Jewish toddler Alta Fixsler died Monday after her life support was turned off following an extensive, but ultimately futile, legal...

Blinken hosts 4-way Zoom call with Israeli, Indian and UAE foreign ministers

US Secretary of State State Antony Blinken held a Zoom meeting late Monday with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam...

Shaked slams coalition partners after Rabin memorial: ‘Stop the wild incitement’

A day after a fractious parliamentary session in memory of the assassinated former premier Yitzhak Rabin, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked took an...

Prosecution at trial of Nazi camp secretary: Gas chamber cries ‘clearly audible’

ITZEHOE, Germany (AFP) — A 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary who absconded before her trial appeared in court in Germany on...

Speculating on 'Squid Game'

This undated photo released by Netflix shows cast members, from left, Park Hae-soo, Lee Jung-jae and Anupam Tripathi in a scene from "Squid Game."...

The man who’s seen almost every Holocaust movie ever made has some takeaways

JTA — At least 440 narrative films have been made about the Holocaust — and Rich Brownstein has seen just about every single one of them. As a...

Ex-Nazi death camp secretary, 96, who fled trial, to finally face court

FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — A 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary who absconded before her trial was set to begin is due to appear...

Using facial recognition on kids paying for school lunches is proof that Britain’s surveillance creep has gone too far

Just because we have the technology to turn an image of a face into a digital signature really doesn’t mean we should applaud the latest...

Settler violence and Israel's impenetrable web of impunity

As happens each year during the Palestinian olive harvest, Israel's illegal settlers are destroying olive trees and attacking Palestinian farmers....

Learning to Manage the China Threat

TEL AVIV – When US President Bill Clinton backed China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, he suggested that the move would spark...

Who gains from a sectarian war in Afghanistan?

The surge in atrocities comes at a challenging time for the new Taliban government which is trying to establish international recognition as the...

How many missile tests will it take before Biden gets his head out of the sand on North Korea?

On Tuesday morning, North Korea tested what was described by South Korea as a “submarine-launched ballistic missile” (SLBM) that was analysed...

Singapore’s ‘foreign interference’ law will weaken people power

When the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Bill, or Fica, was tabled in Singapore’s Parliament on September 13, local activists were...

Against longtermism

It started as a fringe philosophical theory about humanity’s future. It’s now richly funded and increasingly dangerous - by Phil Torres Read at...

CCTV footage shows suspect in slaying of British MP Amess hours before stabbing

Security camera footage emerged Monday showing the man suspected of killing a British lawmaker strolling down a London street hours before he...

3 more arrested over cold case murders from ’80s, ’90s tied to Hasidic cult

Police said Tuesday that they arrested three more suspects in connection with the unsolved suspected murder of a teenage boy and the murder of a...

Bennett expands Green Classroom plan as COVID numbers continue to drop

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday authorized the expansion of the Green Classroom pilot program that reduces quarantine times for students...

Nazi secretary in German court after trying to flee trial

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s developments as they unfold. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing to allow “mix...

In Denying Healthcare to Asylum Seekers, Shaked Hits a New Low

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked believes her nationalist moves will make rightist voters forget that she formed a government together with the left...

Israeli, German air chiefs exchange medals after Jerusalem flyover

The commanders of the Israeli and German air forces exchanged medals of appreciation this week, following a joint flyby over Jerusalem on Sunday....

Israel authorizes some 4,000 undocumented Palestinians, after 10-year freeze

Israel announced on Tuesday it had officially legalized the status of 4,000 undocumented Palestinians in the West Bank, following a decade-long...

Far-right and Arab MKs scuffle during visit to hunger-striking terror suspect

MK Ayman Odeh, leader of the predominantly Arab Israeli Joint List party, physically clashed on Tuesday with MK Itamar Ben Gvir, a member of the...

IDF closes off areas near Gaza border amid warnings of attack

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday closed off a number of areas near the Gaza border amid threats of attack by terror groups in the enclave. The...

Dollars and sense: The art of valuing art

I’m a fan of contemporary art, especially abstract and performance art. And while I like the style and power of the British graffiti artist Banksy,...

An Interview With Jan-Werner Mueller

Boldly Taking on God

Avraham is renowned in the Western traditions as an exemplar of faith par excellence, but Judaism places equal emphasis on Avraham’s role as an...

UK building safety crisis: ‘We are at breaking point’

Finally, after years of hard work and saving, I had done it. In late 2017, I purchased a one-bed flat, and it was a dream come true. But this dream...

Who wants to be an ‘All American’ speaker?

I have a job for you. It requires you telling an audience things you already know. You can prepare if you like, but no preparation is necessary....

Saturation CCTV coverage further marginalizes India's Muslims

Imperfect technology tramples upon citizens' rights

Turkey's new alliance with Latin America is of strategic importance

Turkey has been given observer status in the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament, known as Parlatino. The move was confirmed in a tweet on...

Spring fever

When Dutch students learn about sex, love and relationships, there’s no shame but plenty of giggles and camaraderie - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

‘Makes me shudder’: Man photographed hot air balloon operator before fatal fall

As Asher Amar headed to work on Tuesday morning, he snapped a photo of a hot air balloon in the sky, a common sight near his home in northern...

US energy envoy to visit Lebanon, will discuss maritime border talks with Israel

The Biden administration’s new point-man for resolving Israel and Lebanon’s maritime border dispute over natural gas exploration will head to...

(POGLED) Otroci naj se šolajo v šoli

Šeststo sedeminosemdeset otrok se je lansko leto šolalo na domu, kar je za 75 odstotkov več kot v šolskem letu 2004/2005, ko so se doma šolali...

Defending budget increase, Gantz says IDF needs funds to fight off looming Iran

Defense Minister Benny Gantz appeared before the Knesset’s powerful Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday to justify the...

Battling injustice, Gal Gadot takes Elle front cover

Israel movie star Gal Gadot has been given a place of honor on the front cover of the November issue of Elle Magazine, which is dedicated to “Women...

3 years after Tree of Life shooting, Pittsburgh hosts summit on eradicating hate

Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle via JTA — As Pittsburgh approaches the three-year anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, the city will...