Coronavirus czar calls for return to masking in public as infections climb

Coronavirus czar Salman Zarka on Thursday warned that COVID-19 infections are on the rise and urged Israelis to wear masks indoors and take other...

Few Israelis support religion-and-state blitz mulled by incoming coalition – poll

Less than a third of Israelis support the main religion-and-state legislation demands issued by the parties expected to serve in the next...

Body of Yazidi child who died during surgery in Israel stuck at Ben Gurion Airport

The body of a Yazidi child who passed away at Hadassah Hospital after an attempt at life-saving surgery was stuck at Ben Gurion Airport, with the...

PA’s Abbas says he opposes armed resistance, for now

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday in a rare interview that he is opposed to taking up arms against Israel, but warned he...

Iran triggers global outrage with first execution of anti-regime protester

AFP — Iran carried out its first known execution Thursday over the protests that have shaken the regime since September, sparking an...

How the #MeToo movement crushed its Australian icon

Recent developments in the Brittany Higgins lawsuit – Australia’s most infamous #MeToo case – have cast a very unflattering light on the way the...

Herzog grants Netanyahu 10 more days to form a government

President Isaac Herzog on Friday granted Likud leader and Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu 10 additional days to finish forming a...

Europe levels fresh sanctions on Iran over drones to Russia, crackdown on protests

The EU and Britain are set to impose more sanctions on Iran for drone supplies to Russia and a crackdown on protests over the death of Mahsa Amini,...

Tom Tugend, veteran of 3 wars and longtime JTA correspondent, dies at 97

JTA — It was the kind of story that Tom Tugend loved to tell, except he lived it. He left Berlin, aged 13, on Adolf Hitler’s birthday, in 1939,...

A blessing for Dina

It is much easier to speak from the pulpit about Jacob’s tense encounter with his brother Esau, or his struggle with the angel than about the story...

ChatGPT could soon be the better way to Google

A new chatbot from OpenAI took the internet by storm this week, dashing off poems, screenplays and essay answers that were plastered as screenshots...

Wheelchair-using pensioner to be jailed for 2 unpaid parking tickets

A wheelchair-using man is expected to be jailed for two unpaid parking tickets. Gregory Cherkasky, 74, is a father and grandfather and has resided...

Prince Harry calls Nazi costume he wore at 20 ‘one of biggest mistakes of my life’

In the new series “Harry & Meghan,” Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, says dressing up as a Nazi at age 20 in 2005 was “probably one of...

Lapid: ‘Weak’ Netanyahu being led by extremists into ‘insane’ government

Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid slammed the presumed incoming government on Friday, calling it “insane” and its leader, Prime...

US blacklists Erdogan-linked businessman for violating sanctions on Iran, Hezbollah

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has imposed sanctions on a prominent Turkish businessman reportedly close to Turkey’s President Recep...

Likud’s David Amsalem seen as leading candidate for Knesset speaker

Likud MK David (Dudi) Amsalem is Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s leading candidate for the position of Knesset speaker, according to...

Being Israel: On Identity and Conditionality

וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ עַד עֲלוֹת הַשָּׁחַר׃...

Vreme je pozimi bolj “mirno”

V topli polovici leta se plasti zraka pri tleh bolj segrevajo in ker je toplejši zrak lažji od hladnejšega, se zrak hitro premeša po višini. Tako...

Iconic guitarist Yitzhak Klepter of ‘Kaveret’ fame dead at 72

Guitarist Yitzhak Klepter, whose membership in 70s-era rock band Kaveret made him one of Israel’s best-loved musicians, died Thursday at age 72....

RSV hospitalizations jump 31% in a week, stoking ‘tripledemic’ fear

A trio of viruses is on the rise, causing some experts to warn of a “tripledemic” of COVID-19, flu and the far lesser known RSV. Respiratory...

Podcast: Parents need to give themselves a break, says self-help writer

This week’s Times Will Tell is a conversation with clinical social worker Carla Naumburg about her latest book, “You Are Not a Shitty Parent: How...

Russian and Ukrainian Jewish women bond during first-of-its-kind trip to Israel

Some 200 Jewish women, most from Russia and Ukraine, landed in Israel last week to learn about Judaism, Zionism and the country’s history and...

IDF Cyber Defense unit holds drill with US Cyber Command

The Israeli military said Thursday that its Cyber Defense Brigade and the United States Cyber Command held a joint exercise over the past week. The...

Israel Is en Route to a Head-on Collision, Not a Rebellion

It’s reasonable to assume that Avi Maoz will soon be sacrificed. That’s how Benjamin Netanyahu operates. A statement will be issued on Maoz’s...

Netanyahu’s New Government Is Headed for a Jewish Identity Crisis

EDITORIAL: New donations law offers hope to victims but still needs review

A government-drafted bill to restrict organizations’ unscrupulous practices to collect donations and raise funds passed the Lower House on Dec. 8...

VOX POPULI: Don’t blame the Toyota Century if officials take the public for a ride

The car’s interior was so spacious around my feet that I was tempted to stretch even my toes out. The soft black leather seats were comfortable to...

The Double Transformation

Brazil can­not af­ford to let Bol­sonaro off the hook

“I have nothing to do with your son’s eye. Take a plane and go. You won’t go through here.” This is what a supporter of Brazil’s outgoing...

India's ban on rice and wheat exports has been a failure

Grain prices have soared, but New Delhi is at last changing course

Two men run over and killed in apparent accident near Jerusalem

Two men in their 40s were killed Friday morning after they were run over in a tunnel on Route 60 near the Har Gilo settlement in Gush Etzion. They...

Che Lapid and Benny Guevara

Complacent, sated, boastful and self-satisfied Israel is calling to take to the streets. The city squares are trembling in anticipation, the...

12 foreign productions win government incentives to film in Israel

In a long-awaited step forward for Israel’s movie industry, 12 foreign movie productions will be filmed in Israel, with government support of NIS...

Body of Yazidi child who died during surgery refused passage at Ben Gurion

The body of a Yazidi child who died at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem after an attempt at life-saving surgery was not allowed through Ben...

Making Pakistan relevant amidst changing dynamics in the Gul...

In November, India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreed to resume talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) largely focusing on...

Israel is hostile towards the United Nations following its d...

Although the United Nations was the one that established Israel and granted it international legitimacy, the latter launched a major political,...

Why Ukraine should stop criticising India and other well-meaning supporters

India does not want the war to continue but still buys Russian oil; however, it’s unfair to call New Delhi out on that as it has to put its own...

Nov fiskalni okvir kot priložnost ali nov fiasko?

Evropska komisija je po enem letu konzultacij z različnimi deležniki pred kratkim objavila konture novega fiskalnega okvira za države članice....

Israeli social media influencers promote dialogue in Morocco

A group of Israeli influencers boasting more than 45 million followers collectively were in Morocco this week to mark two years since the...

Israel's Divide and Conquer With the Druze Will Not Succeed

There are many examples of Israel’s “divide and conquer” policy regarding Palestinian Arab society in Israel and in the territories on one hand...

Every Breath You Take

As an emphatic way to describe an experience, people often use the expression, “It took my breath away.” I too, like everyone else, am moved by...

Quantitative easing the Chinese way

HONG KONG – In 2020, Sebastian Mallaby of the Council on Foreign Relations announced the beginning of the “age of magic money,” in which...

Our future artificial intelligence overlords need a resistance movement

Artificial intelligence has been moving so fast that even the scientists are finding it hard to keep up. In the past year, machine learning...

Time100 Impact Awards to be held in Jerusalem in May

Media brand Time announced Friday that it will host the Time100 Gala and Impact Awards in May 2023 in  Jerusalem. The Time100 Impact Awards...

Fatach ridicules Jews resisting death, which reveals their own disdain for life

Fatach terrorists are mistaken to jeer Israelis for running away from being murdered. What that really exposes is their own disregard for human...

In new show, Prince Harry blames press, family for ‘feeding frenzy’ over Meghan

LONDON (AFP) — Prince Harry slammed the media “feeding frenzy” over his relationship with Meghan in an explosive Netflix docuseries launched...

Israel’s (nonexistent) Constitution

Following the negotiations on the composition of Israel’s new government after the latest general election, the question of Israel’s constitution...

The Jew Bill: Parshat Vayishlach

Following the Glorious Revolution of 1688, William III and the monarchs who followed him began creating the first economy in Britain that would...

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Day 20

The quarterfinals have arrived, and only the big boys of international football are left.  And Morocco. Tomorrow, the quarters begin with Croatia...

To share human rights where there is no room for it

Simple things often can be controversial, even dangerous, if you live under unusual circumstances. For instance, discussing human rights would...