Passing Arab Commuters By

A disgraceful scene took place last week at the Knesset committee for public complaints. The committee’s chairperson, Yael Ron Ben Moshe (Kahol...

(POGLED) Scholzeva napoved drznejše Nemčije

Po osmih tednih pogajanj ima Nemčija novo vlado. Za socialdemokrata Olafa Scholza, ki je nasledil Angelo Merkel na mestu kanclerke, težko...

Last trip showed hope Lithuania might take deeper look at its role in Holocaust

Just over a month ago, I returned from a long overdue trip to Vilnius. My last time in Lithuania was eight years ago, in the summer of 2013, when I...

The Last Sufganiyah. A Canadian Chanukah Story.

TORONTO, December 2, 2021 – It was a miserable snowy November morning in Toronto, Canada. You know, one of those seasonal days that ‘The Old...

How vulnerable is your personal information?

When you enter your personal information or credit card number into a website, do you have a moment of hesitation? A nagging sense of vulnerability...

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Just say no to unaffordable spending

By Tom Purcell I wish I had a change of heart, but I still can't support it. Back in 2009, long before I got my beloved 11-month-old puppy, Thurber,...

Noise pollution - overpopulation-related health crisis

By Joe Guzzardi Overpopulation's negative consequences are well-known to the nation's environmentalists. Too many people lead to overdevelopment...

Partnering with persons with disabilities for an inclusive, accessible and sustainable world

By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana As the world observes the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, we honor the leadership of persons...

All hope is not lost for US-China relations, despite tensions and tepid virtual summit

By Tom Plate Can it be that fresh air is being permitted to enter U.S. foreign affairs thinking? The other day, a critique of U.S. policy toward...

1 in 4 adults are estranged from family and paying psychological price

By Galit Atlas Search "toxic parents" on Instagram, and you'll find more than 38,000 posts, largely urging young adults to cut ties with their...

Hamas’ inconsistent media coverage of the deadly Western Wall terrorist attack on November 21st

On Sunday, November 21st, north of Jerusalem, a terror attack was perpetrated near the Western Wall, killing 25-year-old Eliyahu David Kay, of...

D’var Torah Parsha Miketz and Hanukah Great Lessons for People and Businesses

The lessons from this week’s Torah Portion, Miketz, are an important economics lesson.  The story is well known,  Joseph’s imprisonment ...

Making the Old New Again

Recently I was asked what the halakha is if a person forgot to make the brakhah of Shechiyanu when he or she lit candles on the first night. Should...

Yuval David’s Meaning of Hanukkah

Chanukah is one of my favorite festivals of the year.  Also called ’the Festival of Lights’, Chanukah is celebrated with the lighting of the...

We need a miracle of our own making

One of the tragedies of Hanukkah is what a short-lived victory it was. After a two decade rebellion that pushed the Seleucids out of the Land of...

Celebrating New Beginnings

First, let me thank the Blog Editor for approving my application. Scanning the latest blog posts, with the authors’ biographies (several of whom...

It is diplomacy, stupid!

By Yun Byung-se Two years ago, Bill Burns, the then-president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and now the CIA director,...

Slavoj Žižek: Omicron bares the world’s real pandemic

We are all aware by now that the World Health Organization has declared a new variant of concern of Covid-19, named Omicron.  The new B.1.1.529...

Will Leni Robredo and Sara Duterte-Carpio win the 2022 Philippine elections?

The Philippines has a long history of voters embracing personalities over political parties, but even the most seasoned of Filipino poll watchers...

Syria is Actively Emerging from International Isolation

The complete fiasco of Washington, which for 20 years participated in the complex Afghan conflict, ineptly squandered $ 2.3 trillion taken from the...

Biden is Trying to Make an Anti-Chinese Stand on the Olympics

China will host the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Beijing became the first city in history to host both the Summer and...

VOX POPULI: Makoto Kitajo’s lyrics epitomized the final decades of the Showa Era

"Kandagawa" (Kandagawa river), a memorable 1973 hit song, was completed in less than an hour. The opening line goes, "Anata wa mo wasuretakashira"...

Kao(s)landija in vsi njeni modreci

V deželi Kao(s)landija se je del državljanov – no, skoraj polovica – odločil, da pri vožnji ne bo pritiskal na zavore svojih vozil. Z jasnim...

“Summit for Democracy” - Enhancing Empire, Not Defending “Democracy”

The very first “Summit for Democracy” will be held in early December 2021. Organized by the United States, it will include “leaders from...

EDITORIAL: Pressing need to recognize ‘black rain’ victims as hibakusha

We urge the state to take swift action in line with a high court ruling that all individuals exposed to radioactive “black rain” in the...

The inflation boom worries finance officials more than the Omicron variant

Report. Inflation hasn’t been this high in Italy since 2008. This amounts to €1,346 of extra spending for a family with two children. The US...

As Israel awaits Omicron confirmations, one likely case sparks cautious optimism

The number of Israelis officially confirmed to have caught the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is expected to rise significantly by the end of...

Be an ally of Jews against antisemitism, and here is how

For non-Jews like me, standing with Jews against antisemitism is a moral imperative. Antisemitism is as old as Judaism, and eradicating it is not...

Bennett family vacation said to elicit grumblings from allies as well as PM himself

Some officials in Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office reportedly attempted to convince the premier’s wife against going abroad on a family...

To the Soldiers Who Raided a Film Festival: Aren’t You Tired of the Violence? To the Israeli Soldiers Who Raided a Film Festival: Aren’t You Tired of the Violence?

On November 8 the occupation army stormed Ramallah, deploying outside the West Bank city’s cultural center, where the closing ceremony for the...

For many in costly capital Tel Aviv, White City living means going into the red

AFP — Israeli musician Shir Meir lives in a Tel Aviv hostel room with three friends, sharing a kitchen and bathroom with others as they struggle...

Iran — the gamble, the original sin, and the unthinkable current consequence

Having failed in his high-profile efforts to dissuade the Obama administration from sealing the radically inadequate 2015 deal with Iran, prime...

Xi Jinping echoes Jack Ma as he plots future China-Africa ties

This year's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation marks a turning point

Prominent national-religious rabbis call for protests against government

A group of prominent rabbis affiliated with the national-religious movement have issued a call to protest the government over its policies on...

A Day in Our Lives as an Occupying, Dispossessing Nation

Have we, Israeli Jews, developed a mutation in our genetic material due to the extended and unstoppable process of dominating another people and...

Dutch far-left party urges end to ‘racist’ Holocaust commemoration

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (JTA) – A Dutch far-left party has called for cancelling the Netherlands’ main Holocaust commemoration ceremony, saying...

Israel's 'Maximum Pressure' Failed in Gaza. Why Would It Work in Iran?

In its intense campaign against talks with Iran, Israel is presenting the need to continue with harsh sanctions and to oppose “Iranian blackmail”...

Why China’s Uyghurs are back in the headlines

A couple of months ago, I wrote a piece for RT pointing out that for the time being, the United States appeared to have shelved the Xinjiang issue...

Biden White House celebrates Hanukkah with first-ever Jewish second spouse Emhoff

WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses held a “family” celebration of Hanukkah at the White...

UK police probe video of men spitting at Hanukkah party bus, accosting passengers

LONDON — British police said Wednesday they are investigating a video which appeared to show a group of men spitting at a bus full of Jewish...

New York hate crimes unit probing vandalism of menorah in Queens

New York Jewish Week via JTA — After a large public menorah was knocked into the street in Queens, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has instructed...

A Jewish writer has 4,000 tiny dreidels found by Eastern European treasure hunters

NEW YORK (JTA) — Even when Arthur Kurzweil sits by himself in his study, he doesn’t feel that he’s alone. After all, he has the dreidels — all...

Take stricter measures

It's time to shift to emergency mode The Moon Jae-in administration is facing growing calls for stricter quarantine measures to better respond to...

Best export year

Still, Korea Inc. cannot afford to remain complacent in 2022 South Korea's annual exports are likely to hit an all-time high this year. The...

'A shrimp among whales'

By Donald Kirk The notion that South Korea should adopt a "neutral" position between the U.S. and China has been gaining traction as President Moon...

Crime and punishment

By William R. Jones In January 2020, The Korea Times graciously published "Siamese twins" in which I presented binominal pairs (expressions having...

People power can stop the Uyghur genocide

Boycotts are a powerful weapon in the quest for justice. This is why the Israeli leadership is making so much effort to have the peaceful...

Thailand's problems begin in the classroom

Anachronistic education system produces poor productivity and restive students