Pre-Omicron Israeli research: People 50+ who got 3rd shot had 90% lower death rate

Israeli research carried out before the emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus found that people over the age of 50 who received a...

Tel Aviv teen arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting several girls

A 15-year-old student at an elite high school in Tel Aviv was arrested Thursday on suspicion of a series of sexual assaults against female...

Billionaires’ share of global wealth soars as pandemic widens inequality gap as

PARIS (AFP) — The share of global wealth of the world’s richest people soared at a record pace during the COVID pandemic, a report on...

What Kibbutzim Have in Common With Settlements – and It's Not What You Think

I don’t know if it’s a recognized medical condition, but in the past few years I’ve developed an allergy to a word. Every time I come across the...

Israel’s Message to Women: Be Fruitful and Multiply – and Get Lost

Wow, does Israel love kids. As much as it loves kids, that’s how much it hates women. Kids are the sweet red part of the watermelon, women are...

The Mossad Chief’s Declaration on Iran Nuclear Weapons Is Foolish and Dangerous

The public and bombastic declaration by Mossad chief David Barnea, to the effect that the Mossad guarantees that Iran will never have nuclear...

China is on course to win the tech race with the US

The report, titled ‘The Great Technological Rivalry’, has concluded not only that China has made extraordinary technological leaps, making it a...

Reimagining care

By Anne-Marie Slaughter WASHINGTON, DC ― The recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and the ongoing negotiations over U.S....

US needs to know what UFOs are

A few years ago, it would have drawn jokes and scorn. But given the continuing mystery over what, exactly, U.S. military pilots are seeing in the...

Best Christmas gift is time

By Tom Purcell Our time is the best gift we can give to our friends and family this Christmas. Nobody knows how much time we have on Earth ―...

‘The Pomegranate Pendant,’ a Historical Novel by Dvora Waysman

The pomegranate pendant of the title was fashioned in gold as a wedding gift for Mazal, a 14-year-old Yemenite girl who is the narrator of the...

Great Expectations

Vayigash, as the name of this week’s portion implies, is about showing up, showing who you really are. It is a deeply emotional climax of...

Finding Purpose in the Humanities

ADELAIDE – These are tough times for the humanities. Too many liberal arts subjects have come to be seen as fusty and irrelevant. Who can afford...

Postpone the AFCON in Cameroon due to the Anglophone crisis

Cameroon is to host the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in January 2022. The games should be delayed because of the conflict, writes...

Israel, US to discuss military drills to prep for worst-case Iran scenario, US says

Israeli and American military leaders are set to discuss possible military drills to practice destroying Iranian nuclear facilities in a potential...

Lapid lands in Cairo ahead of talks with Sissi, Egyptian FM

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid landed in Cairo Thursday morning to meet with Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Foreign Minister Sameh...

Israel earmarks $17m for new digital health innovation program

Israel has earmarked roughly NIS 55 million ($17.6 million) for a new innovation program that will allow health organizations such as HMOs,...

Democracy Now?

I Would Be Making Immediate Plans For Aliyah If I Was Still Living In The Twin Cities

בסייד In Case You Missed It – Both Minneapolis And St. Paul Police Chiefs Have Announced Their Retirement/Resignation Twin Cities based Kare11...

Muslims and Jews and their Timeless Celebration of Saints in Morocco  

The concept of saints and spirits has been a part of Moroccan religious beliefs and an influence behind cultural practices for as long as history...

Take a bureaucrat to lunch!

Theirs is not to reason why… — Tennyson Just do it. — Nike Israelis often complain that their bureaucrats are the worst. Israel leads in many...

The United States is Uniquely Judeo-Christian

From the time of America being 13 colonies, Jews played in integral part in the shaping of the country that was to come. All other nations had, at...

In Europe, we are freeing chained wives

The emancipation of Jews in Europe changed their status and lives totally. Before it, they were non-citizens, invited to live in a certain town or...

Loving Rebuke

The Parsha in Chesed – Vayigash A group of seasoned educators were once having a discussion reminiscing about their student days. The question...

Helping Students Turn Hope Into Future Reality

When I think of the children my team works to support, a persistent question lingers in my mind. How can you dream if you cannot even conceptualize...

Bill Blaine: a walk around the house

An unguarded portrait of the artist Bill Blaine reflecting on what it takes to be great – and why he never quite made it - by Aeon Video Watch at...

Idealising the predator

How did certain French intellectuals get away with preying upon young girls, shamelessly, in public and over decades? - by Lily Dunn Read at Aeon

Business 101: Honesty should be the best policy

As parents and teachers, we always teach our children the importance of honesty. When our children lie to us, we hold them accountable, and we...

Trump’s Israel envoy Friedman: Israel should not rely on US sharing its Iran views

Former US ambassador to Israel David Friedman said that Israel should not rely on the US when it comes to Iran, as the nuclear talks falter and...

National Insurance website briefly downed in cyberattack; no data accessed

Israel’s National Insurance Institute said Wednesday that its website had been hacked, causing it to go offline for several hours. The social...

Vaccine makers race to update COVID shots for Omicron strain, just in case

AP — Vaccine makers are racing to update their COVID-19 shots against the newest coronavirus threat even before it’s clear a change is needed,...

The Omicron shame: Why is the world punishing instead of helping Africa?

The decision by several governments across the globe to institute travel bans on seven African countries, starting on 27 November, due to the...

Kafr Qasim residents fume over ‘Fauda’ production’s gunfire sounds amid crime wave

Streets in the central Arab town of Kafr Qasim have turned into a film set for the latest installment of the Israeli action drama “Fauda,”...

Photographer Gillian Laub exposes her family ties and turmoil in the Trump era

NEW YORK — In January 2017, photographer Gillian Laub and her parents found themselves on opposing battle lines in Washington, DC. Laub, an...

Police officers cleared in deadly shooting of Palestinian stabber

The State Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday it had closed an investigation into two Border Police officers who shot dead a Palestinian assailant...

Fox News host: Christmas tree is about Jesus — and Hanukkah

JTA — Hanukkah is over, but Jews may have another chance: A Fox News host explained that the Christmas tree represents the Christmas spirit —...

Pope Francis: ‘Sins of the flesh are not the most serious’

The pope on Monday said that “sins of the flesh are not the most serious” when asked to comment on the recent resignation of the archbishop of...

Omicron carriers to require 14-day quarantine, instead of 10 mandated for others

Confirmed carriers of the Omicron COVID-19 variant will be required to quarantine for 14 days, instead of the 10 days mandated for confirmed...

Israel Should Keep Threatening to Bomb Iran – for the Sake of Peace

As the drama of the nuclear talks in Vienna, has unfolded, pundits, experts and officials galore have created a lot of noise. A day after...

Xi's nuclear frenzy aimed at shielding China's expansionism

Weapons buildup casts doubt on whether U.S. can defend Taiwan

No time for complacency

Take tougher action against resurging virus The resurging COVID-19 pandemic seems to be scoffing at the Moon Jae-in administration's efforts to...

(POGLED) Ustavno sodišče in pogoj PC. Kaj je v odločbi ostalo neizrečeno ali na pol izrečeno?

Odločba Ustavnega sodišča št. U-I-210/21, s katero je ugotovilo, da je bil tako imenovani PC-pogoj (prebolel ali cepljen) za državno upravo v...

Surge of single households

Time to overhaul welfare policy to narrow income gap A recent survey has shown that single-member households account for 31.7 percent of the...

Admitting identity blunder, France frees man arrested in Khashoggi murder

PARIS, France (AFP) — French authorities on Wednesday released a man arrested on suspicion of playing a role in the 2018 murder of Saudi...

Amid Iran tensions, Saudi crown prince makes first post-embargo visit to Qatar

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is in Qatar on Thursday for the first time since the kingdom rallied other Arab...

What really matters in Sino-American competition?

By Joseph S. Nye, Jr. CAMBRIDGE ― The United States and China are competing for dominance in technology. America has long been at the forefront...

'Regime' security is up to people

By Park Jung-won The Moon Jae-in administration has been trying to garner cooperation from the international community in implementing its inter-...

Who will be my 2021 Antisemite of the Year?

A true Christian stops the lying, pretense, and denial We Jews do have true friends and allies, especially among Christians. But not too many. And...

On 'gapjil,' a misuse of power and authority

By Kim Jeong-kyoo When I first met with a man on our apartment council, I did not know he was adept at tricking people to get what he wanted....

Why Don’t We Bless One Another?

At the end of Genesis and the end of the Torah, Jacob and Moses offer extended blessings. We take this in stride – after all, they are biblical...