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Here’s to the new White House and its thankfully worthy residents

Even after her husband became the vice president of the United States, Jill Biden continued to teach school. She asked her Secret Service agents to...

Kapitalizem, trumpizem in janšizem

Smo v nekakšnem babilonskem trenutku. V Babilonu je bog ljudem zmešal jezik, ker so postali preveč podjetni. In ljudje govorice drug drugega niso...

Inside the chicanery of scammers who impersonated Kurdish Jews

This report is part of a series. For several years, the Kurdish Jewish leadership in Israel has tried to build constructively on their historic...

Israel’s fledgling regenerative business consciousness

The pundits have been out in force giving their customary wraps of the “year that was” and prophecies for the “year that will be”. One of the...

Denied the truth, Americans miss the chance to mourn loss

The following is co-authored with  Rabbi Stewart Vogel. We write with great concern that one of the fundamental human rites of passage is being...

(PISMO IZ BRUSLJA) Trump je le del problema

Še vedno smo pretreseni nad dogajanjem v ZDA. Vendar si ne moremo privoščiti, da bi v šoku pozabili na jutri. Demokracija je krhka, dovzetna za...

How could the storming of the U.S Capitol have even occurred?

The motto of the worldwide Boy Scouts and Girl Guides movement is, “Be Prepared.” It is clear that there were not many Boy Scouts around on...

Europe’s vaccination debacle

MUNICH – A storm is raging over the European Union’s failure to have ordered more of the approved COVID-19 vaccines ahead of time. Stephane...

China's economy is not out of the woods yet

Positive growth belies unresolved structural challenges

US-based political scientist arrested, accused of secretly working for Iran

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts-based political scientist and author is accused of secretly working for the government of Iran while lobbying US...

What makes a person a good Jew?

Zalman Zirkind, a Chassidic Jew, is scheduled to be sentenced in U.S. District Court, in New York, for having pleaded guilty to laundering drug...

The Kabbalah of miracles

KABBALAH OF MIRACLES MARVELS IN OUR TIMES Rabbi Yakov Saacks, The Chai Center, Dix Hills As a Rabbi, I study many topics of Jewish interest. I have...

What happens to the Mishpacha when women are removed? Now we know

The image of a father holding his child’s hand as they walk down the street has always been touching to me. Perhaps it makes me think of my own...

Opinion – The Challenges Facing Joe Biden in the Middle East

Joe Biden’s presidency will likely have important consequences for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Biden comes into the job with a lot on...

Renzi wanted to break the M5S, PD alliance – he strengthened it instead

Interview. ‘Once again, he is playing an important role for us, as his moves have always had the effect of bringing us back together,’ says Five...

‘But He’s Not Hitler’: Unraveling the Objections to Calling Trump a Fascist

Since the Capitol insurrection, there’s been a surge of historians rightly identifying fascist elements in Trumpism. So what’s behind the...

‘Our Moses’: Delaware rabbi blesses Biden at ceremony on eve of inauguration

JTA — A Delaware rabbi blessed US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, before they left the state for the presidential inauguration, by...

Trump considers starting new political party as his term ends, report says

US President Donald Trump is considering the possibility of launching a new political party as his White House tenure draws to a close, according to...

Health Ministry advises pregnant women get vaccine after 10 serious infections

The Health Ministry on Tuesday advised pregnant women to get the coronavirus vaccine after a number of women expecting a baby fell seriously ill...

Biden’s State pick: We’ll consult with Israel, allies before return to Iran deal

US President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state Tony Blinken said Tuesday that the incoming administration will consult with Israel...

Trump reportedly pardons former strategist Steve Bannon

US President Donald Trump has pardoned his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, as part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of his...

Biden arrives in Washington for inauguration with big plans, big problems

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President-elect Joe Biden made a sober entrance to the nation’s capital Tuesday, ready to assume power as America reels from...

Tokyo must tell U.S. to halt dicey low-flight drills in Okinawa

In late December and early January, U.S. military aircraft repeatedly conducted ultra-low-altitude formation flight training exercises over the...

Netanyahu’s Likud widens lead over Saar’s New Hope to 15 seats — poll

A new poll released on Tuesday suggested Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party is regaining supporters, while ex-Likud minister Gideon Sa’ar’s...

Biden chooses Jewish geneticist Eric Lander to lead Cabinet-level science office

JTA — US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Eric Lander, a geneticist and professor at MIT and Harvard, as presidential science adviser and...

Google should fix the news industry it broke

The innovation that turned Google and Facebook into money-making behemoths wasn’t search or social networking. It was selling advertising space...

How to decarbonize Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged that his country will become carbon neutral by 2050. “Responding to climate change is no longer...

Holocaust education in schools is deeply lacking

This piece is a guest post written by Naomi Schmulewitz. Holocaust education in American schools is deeply lacking, and it was Elie Weisel who...

IHRA definition of anti-Semitism divides US Jews ahead of Biden presidency

JTA — When is it anti-Semitic to criticize Israel? Anti-Semitism signifies hatred of Jews and the ways that hatred is perpetuated through age-old...

On his last day, Iran places symbolic sanctions on Trump for alleged ‘terrorism’

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Tuesday imposed sanctions on US President Donald Trump and a number of members of his administration over their alleged role...

Former New York congressman Max Rose listed as new Pentagon COVID adviser

JTA — Max Rose, the outspoken former congressmen from Staten Island, appears headed to the Pentagon to be a top adviser on the coronavirus...

Jewish lessons to be learned from the Trump era

Well, good riddance — it’s just about over. Four years of unprecedented, tumultuous politics. Here are five things to be learned from Donald...

Oh So Far Away (Jeremiah 46:13-28)

The message of this week’s haftarah is largely aimed at Egypt. As in last week’s haftarah from the book of Ezekiel, Jeremiah warns the Egyptian...

Housing crisis pitting us against each other

By Joseph Shin Growing up on housing subsidies for 20 years, I went through childhood conditioning myself to the idea that homeownership was simply...

The world needs more Casey Lartigues

By Adam Borowski When I was reading the news about North Korea three years ago, I stumbled across an organization most of you are familiar with ―...

At Israel’s request, Trump pardons Israeli handler of spy Jonathan Pollard

US President Donald Trump pardoned 73 people and commuted the sentences of 70 additional individuals in the final hours of his term on Wednesday....

COVID-ravaged India will limit Biden's efforts to counter China

Increase in poverty just one example of the damage wrought by pandemic

Park Geun-hye's Conviction and Talks of Possible Pardon

On January 14, 2021, South Korea’s Supreme Court upheld former President Park Geun-hye’s 20-year sentence on charges of corruption and abuse of...

What do we write about when we write about America?

I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. Langston Hughes (1901-1967) This year marks the tenth anniversary of my writing this regular column...

North Korea's strange military moves

By Boo Hyeong-wook During the eighth congress of the ruling Workers' Party, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared important development...

Bid to restart talks

Former adviser tapped as foreign minister President Moon Jae-in tapped former national security adviser Chung Eui-yong as his new foreign minister...

Introducing 40-year mortgages

Elaborate safeguards needed to help young adults own homes easily The financial authorities have unveiled a plan to introduce mortgages with a...

The remaking of G-d in the image of man

Voltaire – among others – was fond of making the satirical observation that “G-D created man in His image and, ever since, man has sought to...

Right-wing Jewish Home party elects first female leader

The Jewish Home party on Tuesday night for the first time selected a woman as its leader, choosing Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Hagit Moshe to head the...

Can ex-presidents be impeached? No. Convicted? Yes.

Can a former U.S. president be impeached? Can he be convicted? Those are two different constitutional questions. And U.S. President Donald Trump,...

Was Brexit inevitable?

By Robert Skidelsky LONDON ― On one level, the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union was an unintended consequence of a too-clever...

Trump gave America a four-year civics lesson - the hard way

By Scott Martelle Sitting out front of our house last week watching the sun set, I struck up a conversation with a few neighbors going through...

The exceptional Judaism of Jonathan Sacks

The Prince of Wales called Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, “A Light to the Nations”. Rabbi Sacks was also “a Light to the Nation” — his nation,...