Israel's Top ex-Treasury Officials Are Right

Cold-headed restructuring

LG Electronics seeks to give up smartphone business LG Electronics has begun the process of shedding its smartphone business unit, which has...

Minister slams claim COVID death rate is ‘failure’ compared to others in region

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein angrily denied a TV report on Saturday that suggested Israel was faring poorly in terms of its death toll from...

Freedom of 'anonymous' expression?

By Jason Lim Freedom of expression is enshrined in the constitutions of all democratic nations, but does that mean that there is also a freedom to...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny risks it all for democracy. Will GOP senators do the same?

By Trudy Rubin Alexei Navalny, Russia's leading fighter for democracy, returned home last week, after recuperating in Germany from a Kremlin...

Lessons from living through a pandemic

The year 2020 undoubtedly defied expectations and predictions. Yet as a new year commences, the experience has not deterred many from offering...

Secret to good health

By Kim Ae-ran What is the secret to good health? Getting vaccinated to protect ourselves from the dangers of COVID-19 is definitely on the top of...

Compensation for victims of car accidents

By Chang Se-moon An SUV suddenly cut off a city bus as it left a stop in Jinju City, South Gyeongsang Province, on Dec. 16, 2019. The bus screeched...

Who needs English? It’s all Hebrish, anyway

Here’s a comedy bit from “Zehu Zeh,” the beloved Israeli television comedy series, that doesn’t need much translation. The familiar crew of...

Take your booty

In the Song of the Sea, the Jewish People recount the events leading up to the miraculous parting of the Red Sea and the Egyptians’ fateful...

Twitter owes its users a plausible explanation

Twitter, the social networking service, owes all its users a plausible and definitive explanation regarding the posts it allows on its...

Bo: You don’t have time? or you don’t want to?

I’ll do it tomorrow  — Everyone (at some point) Time is such a crucial part of our lives. Tim Ferris in his bestselling book The Four Hour Work...

There Is Nothing In The World Quite Like Being a Teacher

“In a lifetime, you must meet a good teacher who will change your life.” There are an enormous number of impediments to a student’s ability to...

Proud to be an American

I was born in Liverpool, England, and spent time both in the Netherlands and in South Africa. By the young age of 15, I had already traveled and...

The Trust Test

Trust is a fickle thing. It is hard to build and it can shatter in a moment. Once shattered, it is painstaking to rebuild. If this is true of trust...

Wine of the Week: Dalton Kna’an (Canaan) 2019 red

The city of Mashad is Iran’s second largest city, revered as the country’s holiest city and the center of Persia’s famous carpet production. ...

Festival of Life at Dodger Stadium

After hearing about what was happening at hospitals and vaccination clinics, I had called a few shul members and donors on Sunday to set up #...

Speckled Floors (in the Time of Corona)

You know the ones I’m talking about – those tan/beige/brown dots on an otherwise would-be white floor, the ones that make you think this...

Iran nuke threat dominates Biden’s Middle East agenda

Back in September 2012, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu elicited admiration, fear, and more than his usual share of ridicule for a...

There Is No Tidy Ending to My Eating Disorder

Trigger Warning: This post contains weights and calories. I’ve been struggling with my eating disorder. I haven’t gained the pandemic fifteen,...

The Military Radio Station Is Too Political? What About the Army Itself

The death of K-pop

Courtesy of Peter Kaminski By David Tizzard The Korean ascent to greatness has been steep and fraught with danger, yet it is all the more...

Cabinet to okay Morocco normalization, debate travel ban to curb virus variants

The cabinet on Sunday was set to convene, with ministers slated to approve the establishment of diplomatic ties between Israel and Morocco and...

US Jewish philanthropists give more during pandemic but struggle with allocation

JTA — Lisa Greer used to devote a significant share of her time and money to long-term philanthropic projects. She didn’t mind that it could...

Israeli artist paints Trump from every angle

AFP — The face is obscure and grim, but the blonde comb-over and tie leave no doubt that the image carpeting the studio of Israeli painter Iddo...

‘Vaccine Apartheid’ – blatant blood libel, but too good to resist

Jews and the Jewish nation have been subject to libels throughout the history of the People Israel.  The latest ominous libel meme – ‘Israel...

Israel to close Ben Gurion Airport to all arrivals amid mutation fears

Cabinet ministers on Sunday approved shuttering Ben Gurion Airport until the end of January, amid fears over fast-spreading or vaccine-resistant...

Israel predicts rise in anti-Semitism, as virus-related hate is spread online

Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry has predicted a steep rise in anti-Semitic incidents around the world in 2021, warning in an annual report...

All good moves in Bhutan-Israel chess tournament

It’s only been about six weeks since Israel and Bhutan agreed to formal diplomatic relations, and the two countries are already engaged in chess...

For Haredim, the Bible is AWOL

When talking about Haredi education, the controversy almost always revolves around the lack of core subjects in their curriculum. But there’s...

With another title race over, the Bundesliga is out of lives

At the midway point in the season, the Bundesliga title race looks like its over. Bayern Munich have taken a strong lead, an all-too familiar sight...

Written Reflections from My Trip to Poland

In 1999, I spent a week touring Poland. We traveled to cities and concentration camps. I took pictures and wrote poems. The pictures were to...

From Trump Square to Balfour Street

A five-minute walk from my house takes me to the embassy of the United States, and seeing it fills me with pride. Finally, the world’s greatest...

Somewhere Better Than We Are Now? Only a Big Tent Offers Hope

The news this morning carried the hurried announcement that MK Merav Michaeli, running to head the battered, bleeding and, many say, moribund Labor...

Islamic Movement leader shot dead in Jaffa, 2nd man moderately wounded

A senior official in the Islamic Movement was shot dead and a second man moderately injured on Sunday when a gunman opened fire in the central city...

I, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hereby Declare...

Balad faction elects new leader as future of Joint List hangs in balance

Joint List Knesset member Sami Abou Shahadeh won the leadership of the Arab nationalist Balad faction Saturday night, beating out incumbent Mtanes...

Military task force warns that Israeli COVID variant could emerge

A military-led task force has warned of the potential emergence of a mutated Israeli variant of the coronavirus resistant to vaccines. In a report...

Ultra-Orthodox rioters clash with police as some schools flout virus lockdown

Clashes broke out Sunday morning in three cities across Israel as police attempted to enforce coronavirus lockdown restrictions in a number of...

Why the US is wrong to designate the Houthis as ‘terrorists’

On January 10, then US Secretary of State Pompeo announced that the Trump administration was designating Ansar Allah, the de facto Houthi-led...

Iran said to lay out 7 preconditions to US for renewal of nuclear deal

Iranian diplomats have been in touch with members of US President Joe Biden’s administration about restarting talks on Iran’s nuclear program and...

Israel predicts rise in anti-Semitism after pandemic used to spread online hate

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold. Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry predicts a steep rise in anti-Semitic...

Pressuring Israel never produces results

As the Biden administration begins its time in office a considerable amount of voices, from former administration officials, think tanks and...

Damage compensation

Question is how to raise funds to cover losses The Moon Jae-in administration and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) have started the...

People's trust needed to heal nation

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. ― what a relief it is to write those words ― was unstintingly candid in acknowledging the drastic circumstances...

The opening of miraculous doors (Daf Yomi Pesachim 64)

Embed from Getty Images “He would rest his hand on another’s shoulder.” Today’s Daf Yomi reading provides a vision of an elegant ceremony of...

And The Rocket’s Red Glare, The Bombs Bursting In Air

בסייד Yes, those are the words from the US National Anthem that I learned to sing in school as a young boy. I kept on looking into the sky at...

Vaccines: the case against Bibi

In a leaked video , Bibi claimed that he will win the upcoming elections because of his execution of a swift vaccine rollout.  Israel is doing far...

Meridor and Turner Are Right

Cop shoots in air after ultra-Orthodox rioters surround and shove police

A police officer shot in the air Sunday afternoon after ultra-Orthodox rioters surrounded and shoved him and other officers while enforcing...