Woman found dead in northern Israel home; husband arrested

A woman was found dead in an apartment in northern Israel early Friday morning, in what appeared to be a deadly case of domestic violence. The...

(POGLED) Menedžerska perspektiva: Tri skupne značilnosti epidemije in energetske krize

A ne bo enostavno, saj je večina organizacij - podobno, kot je to bilo in je deloma še danes - organizacijsko in vodstveno povsem nepripravljena...

Gantz becomes latest government minister to catch COVID-19

Defense Minister Benny Gantz has been diagnosed with COVID-19, his office said Friday, and will work from his home where he is quarantining. Gantz,...

Societal rifts a larger threat to Israel than foreign enemies, ex-IDF chief says

Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot is warning that Israel’s internal divisions are a greater threat than its foreign foes, according to...

Has Biden Surrendered Ukraine?

Whatever Happened to “Yordim”?

You can tell a lot about trends in society by the rise and fall of specific words and terms. “Yordim” is a good example. The word literally means...

How Energy is Aiding ASEAN’s Post-Pandemic Recovery

Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were in for a turbulent ride when COVID-19 first reared its head in 2019. The...

Flight from NY to Tel Aviv turns back after unruly Israelis grab business seats

Two Israeli passengers caused a plane flying out of New York to turn back and land, as they clashed with cabin crew after allegedly refusing to...

NY police seeking woman seen spitting on Jewish kids, threatening to kill them

New York police said Wednesday they were looking for a woman who approached Jewish children, made antisemitic comments and spit on them outside a...

US Rep. Boebert asks Jewish visitors if they are spying on Capitol

JTA — Rep. Lauren Boebert asked a group of kippah-wearing Jewish visitors in a US Capitol building elevator on Thursday if they were there to do...

Leaning into own past, Jewish ‘Wonder Years’ writer comes of age with TV bar mitzvah

The Jewish world kvelled over last week’s episode of ABC’s popular primetime sitcom “The Wonder Years,” in which character Brad Hitman...

US Jews prepare for Shabbat in shadow of ‘disheartening’ Texas synagogue attack

JTA — As she began to think about what she would tell her congregants on the Shabbat after the hostage crisis at a synagogue in Colleyville,...

Ukraine and the Fundamentals of European Security

US charges Belarus with air piracy in flight diversion nation blamed on Hamas threat

NEW YORK — US prosecutors charged four Belarusian government officials on Thursday with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight last year...

Autocracy's bad boys are here to stay

Liberal world order is in desperate need of new champions

Argentina's Imaginary Miracle

Report: Israeli fighter jets, refueling planes hold massive drill aimed at Tehran

Israeli fighter jets took part in a large drill over the Mediterranean that included practicing mid-air refueling, according to a report in a...

Dozens of settlers assault Palestinians and left-wing activists in West Bank

Jewish extremists attacked Palestinians and left-wing Israeli activists in Burin in the West Bank Friday morning with clubs and stones, wounding at...

We Were All at Sinai

This past Shabbat afternoon and evening the entire Jewish community around the world waited with bated breath to hear the fate of four Jews taken...

Sclerosis and Goosebumps

In last week’s parsha, Pharaoh hardened his heart for the last time, and lost everything. (Too bad he couldn’t get a heart transplant from a...

What Ger­many’s cli­mate move­ment got right: Break­ing rules

In late November 2021, Germany’s new coalition government announced its aim to phase out coal power across the country by 2030, eight years ahead...

Pope vows justice for victims after Ratzinger faulted in four sex abuse cases

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis vowed Friday to provide justice to victims of clergy sexual abuse and German authorities called for further...

Podcast: Can fakin’ bacon and moon-shaped croissants be called kosher?

Welcome to Times Will Tell, the weekly podcast from The Times of Israel. We’re taking a deep dive today into Israel’s kosher certification system,...

What is a Soul? III (4). The Many Souls of Man—Other Souls

In the previous installments of The Many Souls of Man, we discussed the animal soul,  Nefesh HaBahamit , the godly soul, Nefesh HaElokit , and the...

Why does God ask questions He knows the answers to (Midrash on Bereishis)

The Midrash has some choice words for Adam because of the way he answered God’s question: “Did you eat from the tree which I told you not to eat...

Looking into the future to see the present

The State of Israel, and Israelis in general, are not known for our long-term strategic planning skills. This has always surprised me, since the...

Voter suppression can’t save the Republicans

AUSTIN, Texas – With the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot now over, let’s focus on the big picture. The great anomaly of the 2020 U.S....

Great books are still great

Read with love, rather than critical distance, the classics can provide tools to subvert oppressive hierarchies - by Roosevelt Montás Read at Aeon

Two months since Omicron emerged, where does Israel stand? Q&A with an expert

It’s been two months since the Omicron strain of coronavirus was first identified. On November 24, South Africa reported the new variant to the...

Non-Jewish US House reps form congressional ‘Caucus for Advancement of Torah Values’

JTA — Two non-Jewish members of Congress announced the formation of the Congressional Caucus for the Advancement of Torah Values on Wednesday in...

The Case for Strategic Price Policies

Why Hong Kong should consider better regulating the working hours of foreign domestic workers and bumping their salaries

Doreen (not her real name) has worked for the same household for the past decade.She counts herself lucky for having a good relationship with her...

Israel turned its NSO spy firm against its own citizens

Report. NSO spyware, sold to regimes around the world to crush dissent, is also used against Israeli citizens. Mayors, anti-Netanyahu activists and...

Israel sees 70,000 new COVID cases, with 638 hospitalized in serious condition

The Health Ministry updated its coronavirus figures on Friday, revealing that nearly 70,000 Israelis tested positive for COVID-19 the day before,...

Risking thousands, US targeted massive Syria dam it claimed was on ‘no strike’ list

A covert United States military unit reportedly targeted a massive dam in Syria controlled by the Islamic State with some of the largest...

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Janševa poteza, da se je z izrazi podpore Republiki Kitajski, bolj znani kot Tajvan, šel zamerit Ljudski republiki Kitajski — ki jo EU priznava...

At least 70 killed, hundreds wounded in Saudi-led strike on Yemen prison

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The health minister in the rebel government set up by Yemen’s Houthi rebels says the airstrike on a...

Austrian artist under fire after posting Star of David made of syringes

JTA — Two Austrian cities are removing statues created by a prominent artist after the artist shared a picture of the Israeli flag with the Star...

Lessons from a failed ‘Pales­tin­ian’ film

Anyone who has the slightest familiarity with the making of a feature or documentary film would know too well what a Herculean task mounting any...

Satan Speaks in Understatements

Eighty years ago this week, the Wannsee Conference convened. It was named after the villa in Nazi Germany where the conference took place, and its...

Smashing News

An article in the UK’s Telegraph (20 Jan 2022 I finally got over my conservatory snobbery – now eco-warriors want to take it away) tells of yet...

A year on, I’m still glad Biden, not Trump, is pres­i­dent

This column was borne of a conundrum. Let me explain. Editors everywhere like anniversaries. So, I was asked last week to write a piece about...

Biden’s for­eign pol­i­cy dilem­mas

After a strong start that included rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and World Health Organization, both of which Trump abandoned, President...

Three Glaring Ironies of Colleyville

The events of last Saturday, in Colleyville have caused us to take a collective sigh of relief and a deep gasp for air, at the same time. We are...

Remembering Rabbi Israel Dresner

On January 13, 2022, a giant of American Jewry, Rabbi Israel Seymour Dresner, died. He was 92. Rabbi Dresner was an icon of Jewish support for the...

Responsible leadership urgently required

Dedicated for a Refuah Shelemah for Elisabeth Bat Maisha People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. — John Maxwell The question of...

The Joe Biden Presidency – One Year Review and Assessment

Yesterday, January 20, marked one year since President Biden’s inauguration. Accordingly, I think this would be an appropriate time to assess his...

How to respond to antisemitism

“The unique sadness and terror of anti-Semitism for the Jews” wrote Taffy Brodesser-Akner last June, “lies not just in its violence, but in the...

A brief history of antisemitic conspiracy theories

THE CONVERSATION — The man who took a rabbi and three congregants hostage in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 15, 2022, believed that Jews control...

The Shabbat after Colleyville

So, it’s Friday again. I still have flour on my shirt and some dough under my fingernails. This week, my challah dough came out just right....