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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Israel's Blatantly Illegal Public Security Minister

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Former Ashkenazi chief rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau tests positive for coronavirus

Former Ashkenazi chief rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau tested positive for coronavirus, it was announced on Saturday, days after he received the second dose...

Israel nears grim milestone of 4,000 coronavirus deaths

Israel on Sunday neared the grim milestone of 4,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic. The Jewish state recorded its first...