Daily Briefing Jan. 17 – There’s science behind those booster shots

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...

UK university scholarships? Not for Jews!

In recent times the Anglo-Jewish world has been made aware of acute pressures on Jewish students at a range of UK higher-education institutions...

Deal to purchase German submarines may be signed this week, after top panel meets

A defense procurement committee made up of senior ministers convened on Sunday and discussed a deal to buy three submarines from Germany, a deal...

Regime change in the global economy

MILAN – In 1979, W. Arthur Lewis received the Nobel Prize in economics for his analysis of growth dynamics in developing countries. Deservedly so:...

Shut the Schools Now!

Our children’s future is at stake. Their welfare hangs in the balance.  Each day that passes, the damage increases.  It’s time to act:  From...

Netanyahu said leaning toward accepting plea deal after talks with lawyers

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his lawyers to press ahead with talks with Avichai Mandelblit on a plea deal in his criminal...

Israeli man jumps out of moving vehicle after Palestinian steals car in West Bank

An Israeli man reportedly jumped out of a moving car last week after it was stolen by a Palestinian during a brief stop in the West Bank town of...

Remove Michael Steinhardt's Name From the Israel Museum

New York Jewish billionaire Michael Steinhardt, a pioneer of the hedge fund industry and among the founders of the Birthright Israel project, is...

Indonesia officials said to have visited Israel to talk COVID, despite lack of ties

A delegation of Indonesian officials recently made a rare visit to Israel to discuss coronavirus strategies, despite the countries not having...

Biden fires Trump appointee from commission that monitors Holocaust sites

WASHINGTON (JTA) — US President Joe Biden removed a Trump appointee with ties to white supremacists from a commission that monitors Holocaust...

Likud struggles for unified response amid reports that Netanyahu seeks a plea deal

The reports in recent days that former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was negotiating a plea deal to end his corruption trial — that could see...

Respect for In-Laws

Where does the word “in-law” come from? Moshe’s wife’s father’s added an extra parsha in to the Law! Where does the word FAMILY come frome?...

Envisioning Governance 4.0

FBI Agent Adds Insult to Injury in Texas Hostage Situation

In the midst of a spiritually enriching Shabbat morning service, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three others were taken hostage by a terrorist at...

U.S. has no moral authority over China in tech development

Regulating tech is a challenge that requires cooperation, not finger pointing

Man stabbed to death outside home in northern Arab town; 16-year-old arrested

A man was stabbed to death in the northern town of Jisr az-Zarqa on Sunday night and a 16-year-old has been arrested in connection with the...

Popular Haredi radio host accused of sexually assaulting multiple women

Dudi Shwamenfeld has been named as the Haredi radio host accused by multiple women of sexual abuse. News of the story broke earlier this month,...

Texas rabbi: I threw a chair at the gunman, and we headed for the door

COLLEYVILLE, Texas — Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, among four people held at gunpoint during Shabbat morning services at his Congregation Beth...

(KOMENTAR) Ribe v šampanjcu

Skrivnostni sestanek se je odvil pred tednom dni v Umagu, je poročal puljski dnevnik Glas Istre. Več hrvaških istrskih ribičev se je tam za...

Supreme Court rejects petition calling on it to insist on harsher plea deal for Deri

The Supreme Court on Sunday rejected a petition that asked it to intervene in the plea deal recently signed by Shas party leader MK Aryeh Deri,...

Texas Synagogue Siege: Still Something to Pray For

Explosions and gunfire were heard before the 10-hour hostage ordeal at Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas ended. Four hostages were...

Customer Experience

In addition to fundraising for mezuzahs and OTC medications for my upcoming mission to El Salvador, I just finished teaching a series on Jewish...

Recognizing Anti-Semitism, Not Just Defining It

How can an attack on a synagogue on Shabbat be classified as “not specifically related to the Jewish community”? At one of the news conferences...

Looking out from the Mountaintop after Colleyville

On April 3rd, 1968–the day before he was assassinated–Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his legendary “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop...

Tu b’shvat – Environment Day

With the Jewish date of Tu b’shvat, it is a time to reflect on what Judaism and the Bible have to contribute to this debate. ESG is definitely the...

Israel Unfiltered: David Ben Moshe

I had the pleasure to interview David Ben Moshe in my Israel Unfiltered interview series .  David Ben Moshe is a writer, inspirational speaker,...

Exploring space and ourselves

By Arthur I. Cyr "Hubble on steroids!" That is how actively involved Garth Illingworth, a professor of astronomy at the University of California,...

The fate of U.K.’s Boris Johnson now hinges on three factors

Boris Johnson is the Harry Houdini of British politics, blustering his way through scandals about fibs, finances and a colorful love life that...

Politici objavujú krásu budovania. Toto je smrť slovenského neoliberalizmu (píše Miroslav Beblavý)

Autor je bývalý poslanec NR SR, expredseda strany Spolu-OD V piatok vyhlásil Richard Sulík architektonickú súťaž na obnovu štátom...

Netanyahu reportedly agrees to ‘moral turpitude’ in potential plea deal

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s demand that a plea deal in his criminal trial include a...

Israeli unemployment rate continues to dip

Israel’s broad unemployment rate dropped to 6 percent in December, from 6.5% in November, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported on...

Orthodox conscription bill knocked down by Knesset, as ministers plan new proposal

A bill aimed at lowering the age at which members of the ultra-Orthodox community can be exempted from military service failed to muster a majority...

Disbelief in English town after local man takes hostages at Texas synagogue

BLACKBURN, England (AFP) — Community leaders in Blackburn, northwest England, on Monday voiced their shock after a local man took four people...

Committee advances plans for new Jerusalem homes beyond Green Line

The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee advanced a 1,465-unit plan for a new neighborhood in the capital, half of which would be in...

Plaťte dane!

To, že hŕstka boháčov vlastní zhruba toľko ako polovica ľudstva, je známa vec, no takýto nárast bohatstva nemá obdobu. Priepasť medzi...

Italy's Draghi Recovery at Risk

No Greater Love

74 years ago, on January 18, 1948, during the early stages of Israel’s War of Independence, a convoy left Kibbutz Maale Hachamisha in the Judean...

President Biden is Wrong

When British national, Malik Faisal Akram, used an illegally purchased firearm, since only American citizens are able to legally purchase firearms...

The Aafia Siddiqi related hostage drama: What it really means

​The state can generally not be held responsible for the actions of individuals from a purely legal perspective. But in Pakistan’s case, the...

Going To An Extreme To Gain Citizenship

Sometimes what seems to be a losing battle and the inability to move the needle on matters which profoundly affect your very life, may demand...

Calling for an end to the Jewish state has everything to do with Israel

Peter Beinart’s latest missive in Jewish Currents – arguing that pro-Israel Americans show no interest in what is going on in Israel and instead...