Israel prepares to shut down for Yom Kippur as security forces remain on high alert

Israel is preparing to shut down on Tuesday evening for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, as...

Lebanon said to object to key points in maritime border deal with Israel

Lebanese authorities have crucial reservations about several key points of a US-brokered proposal to solve a maritime border dispute with Israel,...

Trump files $475m defamation suit against CNN over coverage since 2020 election

WASHINGTON — Former US president Donald Trump sued CNN on Monday, accusing the cable television news network of defamation and seeking $475 million...

(POGLED) Eksploziv na Rimskem vrelcu

- Tragedija bi bila, če bi njen potencial v časih, ko je za turizem potrebna dodana vrednost, dokončno zapravili. Zgodba o Rimskem vrelcu je...

Israeli gives birth after menopause reversed with transplant of 20-year frozen ovary

A remarkable 20 years after freezing her ovary, an Israeli woman defrosted part of it, reversed her menopause, got pregnant without IVF, and has...

Meloni addresses the nation in a first speech focused on energy bills

Analysis. The FdI leader delivered her first address at the helm of the government to the National Confederation of Growers (Coldiretti) in Milan....

Police arrest 4 suspects from rival crime family after murder of Israeli mob boss

Following an hourslong manhunt, four members of a powerful crime family were arrested Monday night in connection with the killing of a rival gang...

A deep dive into risks for undersea cables, pipes

Deep under water, the pipes and cables that carry the modern world's lifeblood — energy and information — are out of sight and largely out of...

Journey to Reconnect with Roots from Jerusalem to Diyarbakir

In May 2022, Rimon travelled for the first time to Diyarbakir, the historical city of her grandparents and the unofficial Kurdish capital. She...

The virtual world is a new arena for Palestine-Israel confrontations

While Israeli aggression against Palestinians is escalating, and the Palestinian response is to attack the occupation army, Israel is complaining...

Former US envoy who worked on maritime deal claims Lebanon got 100% of its demands

The former US envoy tasked with settling a maritime dispute between Israel and Lebanon expressed significant skepticism on Monday regarding the...

Yona’s Story: An Ode to Teachers and Our Dad

Yona’s extraordinary story, his flight from before God, and his dogged determination to undermine Nineveh’s repentance, raises significant...

Balad party appeals its election disqualification to the High Court

Arab nationalist party Balad appealed to the High Court on Tuesday to overturn an election vetting panel’s decision to disqualify it from the...

‘Shalom’ from Tehran: Israeli TV airs footage taken covertly from street protests

Israel’s Channel 12 aired footage shot on its behalf from Tehran with a concealed camera, giving Israeli viewers a rare glimpse on Monday night...

Jewish gun owners sue NY leadership over law barring firearms in places of worship

NEW YORK — Jewish gun owners in New York are suing the state’s leadership over a new law barring firearms in places of worship. The lawsuit...

Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur; security forces on high alert amid terror threats

Israel shut down beginning Tuesday afternoon for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, as security...

At least 3 banks held up across Lebanon in one day, as rage mounts over cash limits

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese depositors, including a retired police officer, stormed at least three banks in the cash-strapped country Tuesday after...

Forgive me!

A few days after we embrace the Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur ensues, the Jewish Day of Atonement, and our holiest day of the year. It...

The EU prioritises the Abraham Accords

At the UN General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, defined Israel's security concerns as the motivating factor behind supporting the...

G^d punishes sins of parents upon children to the third and fourth generation

I’m retranslating the Torah. Work that progresses slowly. Here is a preview. The headline of this post is a sloppy translation of a portion of...

Why Businesses Misbehave

J. Bradford DeLong on US inflation, redistribution, economic dogma, and more

What Caused the Ukraine War?

The Kremlin’s Suicidal Imperialism

Are You Pro- or Anti-Aging?

How concierge IV therapy went from Instagram trend to pre-Yom Kippur hydration hack

JTA — When Sarah Jemal was pregnant with her first child, she couldn’t keep any food or liquids down. Given her risk of dehydration and preterm...

Tipping the Scales

The fall holiday season is a challenging time for our family. Rosh Hashana falls two weeks after our son’s passing on the 16 Elul, and it was 12...

Cold War is back

By Joschka Fischer BERLIN ― Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine is an attempt to turn back the clock to a time when Russia was a superpower that...

What Khane Pelts witnessed

Part 1 of testimony by Malke Gilis was released here: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-malke-gilis-witnessed/ Alongside her testimony was that...

Setting the Record Straight

The goal of Yom Kippur is that we successfully clean our slate both in connection with laws between man and G-d, as well as those laws that are...

Jonah on Yom Kippur

Many readers may be familiar with events from the book of Jonah such as his journey through a tempestuous storm, being swallowed by a large fish...

VOX POPULI: Kishida fails to win over the public with his lack of eloquence

Harvard University in the United States is well-known for inviting world-class celebrities to deliver commencement addresses. The star-studded...

Back to the Brink in Iran

Xi Jinping’s Radioactive Friend

The unity of purpose between the right and the global powers

Commentary. The right that is winning in Europe is not the one that opposes taking orders from ‘foreigners,’ but rather the one that undertakes...

Blue-eyed Buddhist

The story of a working-class radical from Ireland who became a celebrated monk and challenged the British Empire in Asia - by Laurence Cox Read at...

Conservationists release 64 vultures equipped with radio transmitters

The Israel Nature and Parks Authority on Tuesday released 64 endangered griffon vultures into the wild, hoping that the new Jewish year will be a...

Postcolonial Gaslighting and Greenland: When Post-Truth Gets in the Way of Independence

This is an excerpt from Global Politics in a Post-Truth Era. You can download the book free of charge from E-International Relations. When deciding...

Raisi tries to calm raging Iran protests as death toll continues to climb

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday appealed for national unity and tried to allay anger against the country’s rulers, even as the anti-...

What stopped globalization?

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut – After decades of unprecedented openness, international economic relations have entered a new era, characterized by...

New Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen and Eisai is just the beginning

A drug developed by Biogen Inc. and Eisai Co. has achieved a first in Alzheimer’s research: In a large, late-stage trial, lecanemab slowed down...

Swelling corporate reserves

It is necessary to encourage capital spending Internal reserves accumulated by the 100 largest Korean companies exceeded 1,000 trillion won ($695...

No one is above law

Former President Moon should cooperate with BAI probe Former President Moon Jae-in has refused to answer written inquiries sent to him by the state...

Putin's threat of a nuclear strike on Ukraine may not be a bluff. What do we do now?

By Doyle McManus After weeks of reverses, Russia's army is still losing ground in the battlefields of Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin's response,...

The History of Creation in Three Words

The history of Creation can be expressed in three words (not even words but mere conjunctions): “ and ,” “ or ,” and “ and/or ,” whereas...

The Secret of Complete Forgiveness and Purification on Yom Kippur

On Yom Kippur, we are forgiven and purified from all of our sins, as the verse states, “Ki ba’yom hazeh yechaper aleichem l’taher eschem m’...

A Tribute to John Coltrane and His Jazz Composition, Love Supreme

A Tribute to John Coltrane and His Jazz Composition, Love Supreme It reverberates an impression from the Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) prayers of...

West Hollywood Just Got Even More Inclusive

As a Queer Jew, I consider it part of my mission in life to fight not only for my own acceptance and visibility but for that of others. West...

A need to know

By William R. Jones The Scholastic, Inc. booklet, "101 Things You Need To Know," was authored by a staff team. The cultural booklet is geared...

What’s the point of the apologies if we are just going to get mad again?

Two years ago – few hours before Erev Yom Kippur 5781 –  there  was a war in my living room. A three front war: we were all angry at each other,...