Israel's Blatantly Illegal Public Security Minister

Cabinet okays Kobi Shabtai as permanent police chief, a job unfilled for 2 years

Cabinet ministers on Sunday approved Kobi Shabtai’s appointment as police commissioner, after the position remained without a permanent appointee...

Information War Dethrones US President

In the end, it was not the Russian government as anti-Russia propagandists in the West claimed but instead homegrown digital tools that brought...

What poet Michael S. Harper heard in John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’

“Trane was searching for a particular tone on his horn; he had what he thought was a perfect embouchure, but his teeth hurt constantly, so he...

Fake news jolted Kurdistan Region officials, and Kurdish Jewish leadership

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

Am I too worried for my son?

I’m dead-tired of the restrictions by now, they come and go – with new ones having to be learned every other day. While I do understand the...

The Key Is Unity

The old saying, “united we stand, divided we fall,” conveys a pithy truth; if we knock others down on our path to success, it catches up with us...

We have not forgotten you, Mr. Wallenberg

It is quite understandable that so many words have been written about Raoul Wallenberg, one of the most heroic figures of the 20th century. At the...

Sometimes judges get it wrong

Dina kept her head down and raised just her eyes up to the dais as a hush came over the court. She tried to read the expression of the man who was...

New Hope’s Sa’ar: If I win, Likud can join me but Netanyahu won’t be a minister

New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar said Saturday that his former party, Likud, could be “a partner” in the government he hopes to form after the...

Why a new Asia policy is needed under Biden

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is likely to attach more importance to Asia as well as its allies when he is sworn in on Jan. 20, raising...

A China strategy to reunite America’s allies

WASHINGTON/LONDON – America’s relationships with its core democratic partners are set to rebound dramatically after President-elect Joe Biden...

Sylvain Sylvain, Jewish guitarist for the New York Dolls, dies aged 69

JTA — Sylvain Sylvain, a guitarist best known for anchoring the influential 1970s band the New York Dolls after his Jewish family left Egypt...

Pope John Paul II on Jewish-Christian friendship and ‘ecological conversion’

Today, January 17, 2021, is precisely 20 years since Pope John Paul II gave a remarkable General Audience, warning about mankind’s disastrous...

A post-Trump Palestine

For decades, Palestinians have suffered under Israeli colonial occupation backed and empowered by US political, financial, and military support....

Gantz accuses PM of trying to derail permit process for Palestinian construction

Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Sunday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of attempting to go behind his back to block his ministry’s...

How will Trump leave? 6 key questions on the US president’s final days in office

WASHINGTON (AP) — As US President Donald Trump’s term comes to a close, his unconventional approach to the office lingers over the usually...

Equitable distribution (Daf Yomi Pesachim 57)

Embed from Getty Images “And the powerful priests among them would take them by force before they could be distributed.” Today’s Daf Yomi...

Tales of our Homeland #14: To My Land

Notes and further reading: Rachel the Poet holds a place of honor in Israeli history and culture. She was a pioneering kibbutznik, and is...

The Moroccan exception should become an expectation

The decision of my country, Morocco, to engage in full diplomatic and cultural relations with the State of Israel presents the Middle East with...

Could It Happen in Israel? It Already Did!

In the aftermath of the Trump insurrectionists storming Congress, and given Israel’s deep and super-charged political cleavages, reinforced by...

Tu BiShvat Seder – 5781 (Covid 19 Edition) part 3 of 5

2.Olive – זית The leader says: We now eat fruits with inedible pits. For example: dates, olives, peaches, plums, cherries. The edible parts of...

Parents fume as BLM campaigners subvert America’s top high schools in the name of diversity & get ‘racist’ entrance exams scrapped

Few expected George Floyd’s killing to lead to a feud over ‘Asian privilege’. But that is the storm that has been waging at America’s top...

PODCAST: The Daily Briefing – Israel, the VacciNation: Your questions answered

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...

Trump’s whiplash diplomacy on Taiwan

Beginning in Jan. 2017, the Trump Administration made great strides in America’s relationship with Taiwan during its time in office, bringing the...

Benjamin Rothschild, prominent French member of the banking family, dies at 57

JTA — Benjamin de Rothschild, a French-Jewish banker who has donated generously to Israel, including $22 million for the country’s effort to...

With habit of ripping up records, Trump could leave a hole in US history

WASHINGTON (AP) — The public won’t see US President Donald Trump’s White House records for years, but there’s growing concern the collection...

Heavily armed man arrested in DC while trying to access inauguration area

WASHINGTON — A heavily armed man has been arrested in Washington at a security checkpoint near the US Capitol, where he tried to use a phony...

These US Orthodox women bloggers prefer not to be seen, but are very much heard

NEW YORK — Soon after its release, the new cookbook “Dinner Done: Practical Recipes For Your Busy Day” zipped to Amazon’s number one new...

Not ‘Apartheid in the West Bank.’ Apartheid

On 1st day in office, Biden to cancel Muslim travel ban, rejoin climate accord

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions...

Tech giants crack down on far-right content, but leave major loophole: Podcasts

AP — Major social platforms have been cracking down on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories in the leadup to the presidential...

Israeli lenders Hapoalim and Leumi sign accords with National Bank of Bahrain

Israel’s two largest banks, Bank Hapoalim Ltd. and Bank Leumi Le-Israel Ltd., said on Sunday they have signed memorandum of understanding...

Huldai: Tel Aviv cultural venues to open in February for the fully vaccinated

Tel Aviv mayor and head of the newly formed The Israelis party Ron Huldai said Sunday that he will not wait for government approval to reopen...

Hackers attack Atlanta synagogue stream of senator-elect Warnock’s sermon

JTA — Hackers shut down an Atlanta synagogue’s live stream of Senator-Elect Raphael Warnock delivering a sermon to honor Martin Luther King Jr.,...

Top Hacks to Open a Jammed Vape Device Tank

If your vape device tank jams, are you going to smash it? Well, this could…

Čas za zamenjavo vlade. Danes rabimo neenotnost

Ena od stalnic slovenske politike je zahteva po združevanju in povezovanju nepovezanih in nasprotujočih si socialnih enot. Ta zahteva se stalno...

The 'Economic Anxiety' Lie: Trump, His Insurrection and His White Liberal Media Enablers

Thank you, LTI

By Mark Peterson I have two reasons to offer gratitude to the LTI ― the Korean Literature Translation Institute. The first reason for appreciation...

New US Agenda for Central America

By Daniel F. Runde WASHINGTON, DC ― Most undocumented migrants crossing the United States' southern border come from three small countries: El...

K-Critical Realism

By David Tizzard K-culture is differentiated from Korean culture in a variety of ways. The former is primarily constructed for export, and its...

Retrospection good for soul

By Steven L. Shields Last year was unkind on all fronts: health, the economy, politics and climate change. Friends and families have suffered from...

Redevelopment housing project

New method should help cool overheated market The government has selected eight areas in Seoul for a pilot redevelopment project by public builders...

Election defeat should galvanize Uganda's opposition

A vote marred by state violence and an internet shutdown saw incumbent Yoweri Museveni declared winner. It's frustrating for a young population...

The Dreyfus Case — a study in scapegoating

One particular image of Captain Alfred Dreyfus has stayed with me since childhood. Dreyfus is standing stiffly to attention while the officer...

Is Social Media Ruining Us?

בס”ד Ain Hara… or Hurtful Words? A recent re-read of one of my favorite books – The Power of Words by Rabbi Zelig Pliskin – has gotten me...

It’s the unpredictability that’s exhausting us!

It’s been months.  Hours, days, weeks, months. In fact almost a year has passed. I’m noticing that people are really worn down, Exhausted,...

Wherein Lies the Real Arrogance?

The immediate, hysterical reactions to the election of President Trump in 2016 should have been enough to indicate that this presidency was going...

Collective failure: trials of Gabriel Fernandez

Part of risk and integrity is the theme of child abuse, which is one of the least attractive subjects in the public debate. A lot of the times, if...

Parting

Neither closing doors to inside of minds nor lengthen roads to into deep hearts. Not a falling star from a vivid memory or a journey to unknown...