Five serious COVID patients recover after experimental Israeli treatment

Israeli immunotherapy company Enlivex Therapeutics said Thursday that five COVID-19 patients in severe to critical condition recovered from the...

Transparency remains vital in drafting budget despite pandemic

The government is about to start formulating the budget for the next fiscal year, which will start in April. The budget requests for fiscal 2021...

The Netanyahu Doctrine: Break All My Enemy's Bones

Mary Beard: women in power

The Western world’s demonisation of women in power can be traced back to Ancient Greece, argues the celebrated UK classicist Mary Beard. For...

Australian cli-fi movie ‘2067’ is cerebral SF, puts ‘Down Under’ on Hollywood map

A top film reviewer in New York named Julian Roman has seen the movie and says it’s about a nuclear technician who tries to save humanity from a...

Nuthin’ much…just watchin’ the games…how about you?

ENTERTAINING NEWS FLASH!! The following headline just in, is from Hubby, the FNN’s (Fake News Network’s) specially embedded reporter…. Rumor has...

Finding one’s voice (Daf Yomi Eruvin 53)

Embed from Getty Images “We are like a finger in a pit with regard to forgetfulness.” Today’s Daf Yomi reminded me of how fortunate I am to...

What should I say to my grandson?

When at 5 years old he asks the naïve question “Savta and Saba coming?” And of course in our “mature” voice, we can explain “No there is a...

The Rabbis and the Umbrella

It is hard to watch the antics of some of the more unusual cults operating in Israel, ostensibly the Land of the Jews. In normal circumstances, if...

The deep Anthropocene

Humanity’s transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture is one of the most important developments in human and Earth history. Human...

Will You Shut Up, Man

“Will you shut up man;” “you blew it;” “it is what it is because you are who you are;” and “I’m not here to call out his lies,...

The Lockdown Turns Israel into a Human Zoo

Let’s say that you need to choose between two life courses: Living for 85 years locked at your apartment without meeting anyone or seeing...

Breathing in a Crowded Sukkot: A Poem

Jerusalem, 2019 What a difference a year makes … People, like a natural force, pushing to the Kotel: they hold me up, so I won’t slip on the...

A Yom Kippur Couch Potato in the Virtual World

I grew up in Queens, NY and my family belonged to the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills, a large Conservative synagogue with a prominent Rabbi, I....

I am a woman – watch me grow

Helen Reddy has died, and I only just discovered her. I came across ‘I am woman’ a few weeks ago. The feminist anthem from 1971 found me, in...

The Limits of American Recovery

BERKELEY – The United States is home to 4% of the world’s population but 21% of confirmed COVID-19 deaths; it accounts for 25% of the Global...

Capitalists and Socialists of the World, Unite!

PRINCETON – The world’s most dynamic economy is governed by a communist party, whereas its previous capitalist stronghold is under the misrule of...

Zbytočný núdzový stav

Otázkou je, či na sprísnenie opatrení potrebujeme zaviesť núdzový stav, či by nepostačovali iné, mäkšie nástroje. Núdzový stav je...

By postponing an exhibition featuring paintings of KKK figures, senseless censors are devaluing art

The announcement of the postponement of an art exhibition has exposed the political motivation of museums. The exhibition by American painter...

The Gospel according to Pompeo

Commentary. If Pompeo's morality lectures aren't gaining traction at the Vatican, they are finding fertile ground in Italy. Di Maio’s M5S,...

Conte predicts GDP rebound next year, but Recovery Fund projects are still a mystery

Analysis. For Next Generation EU, Prime Minister Conte announced the creation of an ad hoc structure to ensure transparency and meet deadlines....

Words alone won't enforce EU rule of law

For the first time, the European Commission has released a report analyzing rule of law in all EU countries — and it doesn't look good. But words...

Police ramp up lockdown enforcement, replace roadblocks with mobile patrols

The Israel Police announced Thursday that it is stepping up enforcement of the national coronavirus lockdown before the Sukkot holiday, noting that...

First El Al commercial flight after virus hiatus is grounded due to engine fault

What was supposed to be El Al’s first commercial flight Thursday following months of suspended services due to the coronavirus pandemic got no...

Police minister criticizes officers for allowing Tel Aviv protest march

Public Security Minister Amir Ohana criticized the police on Thursday for allowing a protest march in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night that saw...

IceCure to distribute cancer-freezing tech in Thailand via Japan’s Terumo Corp

IceCure Medical Ltd., an Israel-based maker of a tumor-freezing technology, said Thursday it has expanded a strategic partnership with Terumo Corp....

My Jewish love of Christmas lights

I have a confession. While most observant Jews spend this time every year shopping for the four species – carefully inspecting the etrog’s texture...

Online Sukkot festival welcomes iconic sounds of Bob Dylan

The Sukkot holiday is all about welcoming ushpizin, Aramaic for guests, into one’s sukkah, the temporary home created for the eight-day holiday....

Nuclear War with North Korea Shouldn’t Be an Option

A few years ago, the United States came close to nuclear war. According to Bob Woodward’s new book, “ Rage ,” throughout the summer of 2017...

Guess What Would Have Happened Had Arabs Protested on Balfour Street

Processing migrants on a distant island isn’t a crazy idea: it’s the sort of leftfield thinking the UK needs more of

While the liberal sharks circle Home Secretary Priti Patel for daring to even look at housing immigrant processing centres on a pair of remote...

Racism is over! All it needed was to paint Britain’s iconic red post boxes…black

Another pointless initiative has hit the United Kingdom’s streets. It’s a shameless stunt to emphasise the United element of our world-renowned...

Russia’s operation in Syria 5 years on: A military success, sure, but how to convert this into long-term political outcomes?

According to Russia’s Ministry of Defence, before the operation was launched, a military force was secretly deployed to Khmeimim Air Base in Syria....

Use of AI & digital ads in politics shows it’s a snake oil world of deception, manipulation & contempt for ordinary people

There is nothing particularly new about political advertising. It has been with us for decades. But this year’s US presidential elections will...

Generation after generation, they will keep our dream alive

The October 2000 Intifada, or “uprising”, was a defining moment in the history of our Palestinian people, especially for the Palestinian Arabs...

Hundreds march through Tel Aviv against law limiting demonstrations

Hundreds of Israelis marched through the streets of Tel Aviv on Wednesday against new legislation aimed at limiting protests during the current...

Large sukkahs for mass gatherings seen going up in ultra-Orthodox areas

At least three ultra-Orthodox sects were reportedly preparing on Wednesday for mass gatherings in Jerusalem during the upcoming Sukkot festival,...

Bronfman heiress jailed for bankrolling sex slave cult leader

NEW YORK (AP) — An heir to the Seagram’s liquor fortune was sentenced Wednesday to an 81-month prison term and immediately thrown behind bars for...

Fact check: False claims swamp first Trump-Biden debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of fabrications and fear-mongering in a belligerent debate with Joe Biden, at one...

As virus rebounds in New York, ultra-Orthodox decry stigmatization

NEW YORK CITY (AFP) – As cases of coronavirus tick up again in New York, particularly in neighborhoods with significant populations of Orthodox...

In film on over-the-top Versailles gala at NY Met, Ottolenghi proves food is art

NEW YORK — Anyone who wants to argue that food cannot be art has clearly never cracked open a Yotam Ottolenghi cookbook. Ottolenghi, the...

Israel and Kosovo Should Rise Together

It is a small country, in a brutal region, whose people have faced the prospects of annihilation because of their culture and religion. While these...

Humanost in strokovnost na preizkušnji

Dobri dve leti sta minili od slavnostnega praznovanja 50-letnice Centra za usposabljanje, delo in varstvo (CUDV) Črna na Koroškem, ob kateri so...

Comparing Bibi's Coronavirus Crisis to 1973's Yom Kippur War Is an Insult

Kto je tu nezodpovedný?

Na prvý pohľad vyzerá toto číslo hrozivo, no ak prihliadneme na to, koľko ľudí bolo testovaných, tak dostaneme iba plastickejší obraz...

How to End the Pandemic This Year

LONDON – Research to develop a safe, effective, and widely available COVID-19 vaccine is advancing rapidly. But when it will happen is not clear....