Fashion icon Bernie Sanders steals show at inauguration

Amid the designer outfits and formal elegance on display at US President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, an unlikely fashion icon emerged...

There is no ‘return to normalcy’

Joe Biden’s presidential bid has often invited comparisons to President Warren G Harding, whose 1920 campaign slogan promised a “return to...

Israeli immunity hinges on Palestinians getting COVID shots too, doctors say

Ahmad Sheib, a Palestinian resident of Tulkarem, has followed news of the stunningly successful Israeli vaccination drive against coronavirus with...

Jon Ossoff sworn into Senate seat holding historic book of Hebrew scripture

Jewish millennial Jon Ossoff became Sen. Jon Ossoff on Wednesday afternoon at a socially distanced swearing-in ceremony in the Senate chambers...

UAE reportedly signs for purchase of F-35s an hour before Biden sworn in

The United Arab Emirates reportedly signed an agreement to purchase 50 F-35s and 18 advanced Reaper drones from the US in what was President Donald...

Harris swears in 3 new Senators making Schumer first Jewish majority leader

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three new senators were sworn into office Wednesday after US President Joe Biden’s inauguration, securing the majority for...

PODCAST: The Daily Briefing – Biden’s one-legged Talmudic inaugural speech

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...

Former Likud MK Benny Begin, son of late PM, joins Sa’ar’s New Hope

Former Likud lawmaker and cabinet minister Benny Begin, son of the party’s iconic founder and former prime minister Menachem Begin, announced on...

Travelers returning from Dubai turn violent at Jerusalem quarantine hotel

A number of people quarantined at a Jerusalem hotel after returning from abroad turned violent and destroyed property in the early hours of...

Security officials said to prepare Knesset Guard to repel Capitol-like assault

Senior police and Knesset officials reportedly held talks Wednesday to review how the Knesset Guard would respond if there were an attempted mob...

Female ministers' exits

President should keep campaign pledge to keep 30 percent share President Moon Jae-in's reshuffle of three Cabinet members Wednesday sharply lowered...

50 years after her death, magic of Coco Chanel still captivates us

French fashion designer and businesswoman Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) once famously declared, "I don't do fashion. I am fashion."  The...

Dealing with Biden

By Donald Kirk For starters, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un never began to give up his nuclear program after his summit with Donald Trump in...

46th president: Familiar problems, a new beginning

Wednesday at noon, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took their respective oaths of office to become the nation's next president and vice president. Many...

What America needs is hearty laugh

By Tom Purcell America could use a hearty laugh right now, but laughter doesn't come easily because too many Americans have lost their sense of...

Global migration drops dramatically due to COVID-19

By John J. Metzler Global migration which has surged in recent years has dropped dramatically since the COVID-19 virus closed national borders and...

A COVID genocide in Americas?

By Federico Finchelstein and Jason Stanley NEW YORK ― Many commentators seeking to understand Donald Trump and Trumpism have found clarity in...

New Year's retribution

By Jase Graves Unlike most years, I decided to start 2021 with a few resolutions that I hope will make me a better husband, father and member of...

Middle East braces for fallout of US―China divide

This is the first of a two-part article written by Dr. James M. Dorsey, a Middle East expert, about the rivalry in the Middle East between the U.S....

New start for all

Time to strengthen Korea-US alliance Joe Biden was sworn in as the new president of the United Sates on Wednesday, raising the hope that his...

How should higher education change?

By Kumar Vikrant The ongoing pandemic has proven to be an eye-opener regarding the lens through which we view our higher education...

IDF troops arrest 4 settlers after 2 tried to break into West Bank base

Soldiers arrested four Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank after two of them attempted to break into a military base on Thursday afternoon,...

Early humans used prehistoric tool to chop bones, eat the marrow: Israeli study

Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered what use early humans made of a widely distributed but mysterious flint chopping tool, the...

We’re baaaaack: What the press is saying about a new US and an old tiff

1. Oath-watchers: Israeli media is playing close attention to the installment of US President Joseph Biden, with hopes for healing along with fears...

Uganda’s Choice

On January 14, Uganda held presidential and parliamentary elections in which the main struggle was between the current head of state, who has been...

Bo – Leaving Denial and Chaos Behind

As an archetype, Pharaoh is not a bad actor, he is simply an aspect of each one of us, our being in denial and thus chaotically attending to too...

The Tragic Phase of US Reign in Iraq Coming to an End?

Driven by the demands of the people of Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from American military intervention, the US eventually had to reduce its...

What’s New?

In the middle of this week’s Torah reading there’s an abrupt change in the very nature of our text. For 61 chapters we’ve been following...

Charedi Behavior is Putting American Jews in Harm’s Way

Last month some 10,000 chassidim participated in an unmasked ball in Williamsburg Brooklyn. The occasion was the wedding of a grandchild of one of...

Haaretz Cartoon

New start for all

Time to strengthen Korea-US alliance Joe Biden was sworn in as the new president of the United Sates on Wednesday, raising the hope that his...

Netanyahu backs reopening art, culture events in two weeks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday agreed to reopen the locked-down arts and culture industry in two weeks’ time, releasing it from a...

Biden to the Rescue?

The ugly truth about a ‘beautiful sight’ in Hong Kong

Given the mutual recriminations that characterize the sorry state of U.S.-China relations as of late, it is hardly surprising that China’s state...

If America really wants unity, it must do away with critical race theory

One of the main pitches that the Joe Biden campaign made during the 2020 election was that he would reunite the country. The words “unity” and...

The musical performances at the Biden inauguration chime with America’s bankrupt culture

In a grand ceremony worthy of an ancient aristocrat, geriatric Joe Biden was yesterday sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. America...

Where Biden stood for inauguration, reminders of a failed insurrection

WASHINGTON (AP) — The reminders of the siege were everywhere. On the very spot where US President Joe Biden delivered his inaugural address, an...

Jewish fraternity AEPi exec to leave pro-Trump group after backlash from alumni

JTA — An executive for the Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation is leaving his position with a group whose political arm took part in the January 6 rally...

Is the American Jewish community broken?

It seems a little bit apropos that the Parsha HaShavuah for President Joe Biden’s inauguration is Parshas Bo, the start of the story of the...

A better alternative to loving every fellow Jew

“We must love every Jew” much reminds me of “We must fully repent.” These both are nice goals for on our deathbeds but for everyday life, they...

The Trumpist insurrection is the watershed of US decline

Commentary. How does one dialogue with the half of the country that is anti-vaccine and, at the same time, physiologically immune to dialogue...

The Far Horizon (Bo 5781)

Rabbi Sacks zt’’l had prepared a full year of Covenant & Conversation for 5781, based on his book  Lessons in Leadership . The Office of Rabbi...

Does it really matter what Kamala is wearing?

You are sure to have seen the cover of the February issue of Vogue even if you don’t hold a lifelong subscription to this women’s fashion...

How Biden & Harris used Twitter to signal the world

Historically, the transition of power in one global empire necessitated extensive diplomatic efforts on the part of all other powers. A new...

Civility is Overrated

This post, which will focus on what might be going wrong with communication in this country (and, on a smaller scale, individually)  developed from...

For 1st time since October, Israel’s transmission rate shows outbreak slowing

Israel’s coronavirus transmission rate dropped below 1 for the first time since the end of October, meaning that the number of active cases is...

The Trump-taunting Lincoln Project Is Coming to Israel. But Not as Liberal Saviors

Fresh from what fans consider their Never Trump triumph, the Lincoln Project founders have a new mission: To help ditch Netanyahu. But you might...

How Japan can help the U.K. meet its China challenge

The United Kingdom, which has been struggling with the novel coronavirus pandemic and has one of the highest totals of COVID-19 related deaths, has...

The Israelisation of US foreign policy is hard to reverse

One of the US foreign policy standards is supporting Israel at all levels, even if that means violating international laws and norms. Every new US...

Israel is an apartheid state, says B'Tselem; time to ditch the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism?

When B'Tselem described Israel as an apartheid state in a position paper last week, it did more than just dispel long held delusions about the...