Palestinian child seriously hurt in West Bank crash, taken to Israeli hospital

A Palestinian child was seriously injured Saturday when the vehicle he was in hit a wall on Route 60 in the West Bank, south of Nablus. Magen David...

With court to debate controversial Jerusalem cable car, ministry voices opposition

The High Court of justice will convene on Sunday to consider petitions against the controversial construction of a cable car in Jerusalem that...

South African scientists brace for illness wave propelled by Omicron variant

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As the world grapples with the emergence of the new highly transmissible variant of COVID-19, worried scientists in South...

The unfair and illegal partition of Palestine turns 74

On 29 November, 1947, the newly-created United Nations (UN) approved the Palestine Partition Plan and started the Nakba process. Nakba, meaning "...

Sedem dokazov plemenske ureditve

V zadnjem času se je razbohotilo primerjanje Slovenije z različnimi sistemi, združbami ali časovnimi obdobji. Bili smo že vse. Včasih Švica,...

‘Agreement of shame’: Thousands of Jordanians protest major energy deal with Israel

Thousands of Jordanians protested against a major deal between Jordan and Israel on energy and water in Amman on Friday. Extra police forces were...

To protect one retired leader, China’s bungling censors turned the Peng Shuai mess into a major incident damaging the reputation of the whole country

An international outcry over Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s whereabouts and well-being may have started to subside following the release of a...

It is high time we start preparing for future pandemics

Five million lives worldwide have already been lost to COVID-19, and the World Health Organization Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (WHO/ACT-A)...

Israelis spend $220 million within 6 hours on Black Friday

Israelis in 2021 continued to increase their rate of participation in the international purchasing craze that is Black Friday, buying products in...

2 US defense officials say Israel hacked Iran’s gas system last month — NYT

Israel carried out a cyber attack against Iran’s nationwide fuel system last month, two United States defense officials told the New York Times in...

Authorities scramble to locate 800 Israelis feared exposed to Omicron variant

Authorities are scrambling to locate 800 Israelis who may have been exposed to the new Omicron variant of COVID-19, a defense official said...

Coronavirus cabinet not expected to ban airport entry after Omicron found – reports

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they happen. Here’s a Hanukkah gift that sparks knowledge and insight about Israel and...

Stephen Sondheim, a giant of American musical theater, dies at 91

Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century with his intelligent, intricately...

Massachusetts lawmakers vote to require genocide education in high schools

BOSTON (JTA) – Against a backdrop of disturbing revelations of antisemitic incidents, including many in local schools,  Massachusetts lawmakers...

Gold medalist Linoy Ashram on her Olympic whirlwind and becoming an Israeli icon

JTA — This summer, Linoy Ashram became the first Israeli woman to win an Olympic gold medal, in any sport, when she eked out a victory in...

South Africa calls travel bans over new variant ‘draconian, unjustified’

JOHANNESBURG,  South Africa (AFP) — South Africa’s health ministry on Friday attacked a global rush to impose travel bans to slow the spread of a...

Hearing the cantor sing the prayer for IDF soldiers… in Morocco

RABAT, Morocco — It is not every day that you hear the prayer for the well-being of Israel Defense Forces soldiers in an Arab country, especially...

World races to contain new COVID threat, the Omicron variant

BRUSSELS (AP) — Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world raced Friday to contain a new coronavirus variant potentially more...

‘Trans goons, bedwetters and snowflakes’: New book destroys identity politics

There’s an undeniable groundswell building against the crazed identity-obsessed woke mob, but if there’s to be any significant pushback, then...

Our response to COVID-19 cannot be one size-fits-all

Today we can say that we are entering into a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, with many of the countries that have been worst affected by the...

Kolumna Svetlane Slapšak: Ne posvečajte pozornosti!

Za to obstajajo resni razlogi, glavna med njimi pa sta spoštovanje do mrtvih in vlaganje vseh sredstev, ki jih imamo na voljo, da ustavimo...

A Dreamer of Dreams

Joseph can be called the first representation of the creative spirit in the text of the Torah. As Thomas Mann beautifully puts it in “Joseph and...

Ilhan Omar calls for action over Republican Boebert’s ‘Jihad Squad’ comment

DENVER (AP) — United States House Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a Democrat, called Friday for House leaders to take “appropriate...

Israel Can Help Its Poorest Citizens – and the Planet – With Green Energy

Last week Israel and Jordan signed a deal under which Jordan will sell Israel solar-generated electricity and Israel will sell Jordan desalinated...

Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim

NEW YORK (AP) — In 2010, the year he turned 80, Stephen Sondheim had to endure a public fuss when a Broadway theater was being renamed in his...

No One Loves a Nation Whose Members Hate Each Other

I have been told that the problems in supply chains afflicting the global economy have gotten so bad, and the prognosis is so dire, that some...

Jesus, James and the Messianic vision of the Jewish People

Since Hanukah is celebrated for eight days, there is always one Shabbat when Jews light both Shabbat and Hanukah candles. Two thousand years ago,...

One day in the house with Steve

You know that scene in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” where the clouds part and God speaks to an overwhelmed King Arthur and his...

My struggles for Bangladesh-Israel relations

Back in 2003, the word ‘Israel’ or ‘Jew’ were almost considered as taboo in Bangladesh, the third-largest Muslim country with 160 million...

The problem of “Antisemitism” in the world and the failure in creating homeland by colonial powers after world war

One would assume that the large number of Jewish people who lived in Eurasian Lands (Europe and Asia) over many centuries after Assyrians and...

New proof points to ancient belief that amethyst wards off hangovers

A recent discovery points to the notion that ancient Israeli gemstones were used to segregate class. It has been long believed – even in modern...

Rufeisen v Minister of the Interior (1962)

The  Law of Return  is an  Israeli  law, passed on 5 July 1950, which gives  Jews  the right to  relocate to Israel  and acquire  Israeli...

Words for Wax

With Chanukah just around the corner, people are already thinking about how exactly they will light their Menorah and what sort of candles they...

Hold Fast Earthlings! The Elites Have Reissued the “Great Narrative”

The “Great Narrative” is at hand! The author of the “Great Reset”, Klaus Schwab just launched another initiative at his World Economic Forum...

VOX POPULI: Library in an apartment setting an idea that is fast catching on

Bookcases inevitably run out of shelf space over time. Typically, book owners deal with the situation by selling or giving away surplus volumes, or...

Pluriversal Peacebuilding: Peace Beyond Epistemic and Ontological Violence

The field of international peacebuilding increasingly recognizes that violence is not a unitary phenomenon, but an array of constraints on human...

NATO chief warns Russia of ‘costs’ if it moves on Ukraine

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Russia Friday that any attempt to invade Ukraine would have costs, as concern...

Immerse yourself in 3500 years of Jewish History!

During one gorgeous Californian evening in November this year, the spectacular Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills was playing its part in what will...

Grocery workers suffer mental health effects of customer hostility

With the holiday season here, consumers are understandably desperate for a “normal” holiday season. For many, that includes big family dinners...

BLM’s Christmas message? ‘Boycott white businesses’

The countdown to the holidays is well underway. Christmas trees and decorations have started to appear in the streets, shops are full of...

Yemeni former Guantanamo detainee disappears day after release

After 20 years of torture and indefinite and arbitrary detention, former Guantanamo detainee Abdulqadir Al-Madhfari was transferred to Yemen from...

EDITORIAL: State has only itself to blame for U.S. base project mess

We urge the government to ruminate on the continued turmoil surrounding a fiercely disputed and deeply troubled project to build a U.S. military...

Switzerland announces new restrictions on Israelis after Omicron detection

Switzerland on Saturday became the first nation to place fresh limitations on Israelis arriving to the country, after a case of the new Omicron...

Bayern Munich AGM revealed a clash of worlds in German football

Motions ignored, speakers rejected, directors jeered — Bayern Munich's AGM descended into chaos. For DW's Matt Ford, the scenes exposed a...

Ukraine’s Zelensky alleges Russia, top oligarch plotting coup planned for next week

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday claimed that his country’s intelligence service has uncovered plans for a...

Moderna says it will develop booster shot for new COVID variant

US pharmaceutical company Moderna said Friday it will develop a booster shot against the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. It is one of three...

Can Ethiopia avert deepening turmoil and prioritise peace?

Ethiopia’s devastating civil war recently entered into its second year. The conflict between the federal government and the Tigray Defence Forces...

Minister says Bennett not ‘fulfilling his potential’ as leader of change government

An Yisrael Beitenu minister known for his maverick personality said Saturday that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is not “fulfilling his potential”...

Bennett urges ‘caution and minimal risks’ amid Omicron variant uncertainty

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel needs to be cautious and minimize risks amid uncertainty over the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, during a...

Nazism, Neo-Nazism And Music

Nazis in Germany and neo-Nazis throughout the world have exploited music and song as instruments of unity, camaraderie and aggression, panelists at...

CAR is Fighting against Both the Domestic and Foreign Enemies

For four centuries African nations suffered from the evils of the slave trade, until, in the mid-19th Century Europeans discontinued this commerce,...

Britain tightens COVID rules as world scrambles to contain Omicron variant

LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom tightened up rules Saturday on mask-wearing and on testing of international arrivals after finding two cases of...

Ministers decide to bar tourists, reinstate quarantine rules to contain Omicron

The high-level coronavirus cabinet on Saturday night approved fresh restrictions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, with...

Before the airlifts, Ethiopian Jews did the heavy lifting to get out of Africa

Thirty years ago, in 1991, Israel pulled off a remarkable rescue mission. Operation Solomon brought around 15,000 members of the ancient Ethiopian...

Southeast Asia risks stumbling toward a South American future

Current trajectory suggests region will struggle to escape middle-income trap

US says it’ll amp up pressure on Iran if it does not start cooperating with IAEA

The US warned Thursday it could raise the stakes in international pressure on Iran if the Islamic Republic continues to hinder efforts by the UN...

The Future of Non-Work

Lately, Israel and America seem to be suffering from a highly unusual economic complaint: not enough workers, even when unemployment is at...

Strukturni primanjkljaj in nova finančna kriza?

Državni zbor je prejšnji teden sprejel rekordna proračuna za leti 2022 in 2023. Iz proračunov v oči najbolj bodeta podatka o velikanskem...

Cyprus said to arrest man who aided ‘kidnapping’ of boy orphaned in cable car crash

An Israeli man who reportedly assisted in the alleged kidnapping of a boy whose parents died in a cable car crash in Italy, has been arrested in...

Europe scrambles for COVID control with boosters, shots for kids

PARIS (AFP) — Europe scrambled Thursday to regain control over a resurgent coronavirus as governments urged adult boosters and shots for young...

Israel bars travel from most of Africa in effort against ‘worrying’ new COVID strain

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday ordered that most of Africa be labeled “red,” heavily restricting entry from the region, following the...

Europe moves to halt flights from southern Africa over worrying COVID variant

Germany and Italy on Friday joined Britain in banning most travel from South Africa as governments scrambled to prevent the spread of a new...

Egypt unveils renovated 3,000-year-old ‘Avenue of the Sphinxes’ in Luxor

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian authorities unveiled Thursday a renovated ancient promenade in the city of Luxor dating back 3,000 years, the latest...

Meeting between Erdogan and MBZ points to a new, pragmatic regional order

This week saw events play out in Ankara that would have been unthinkable not too long ago: Mohamed Bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi’s powerful crown prince...

Santa Claus is gay? Of course he is

Santa is gay. But you knew that already, right? How could he not be in this, the modern era, the age of woke? I admit, I’d always presumed there was...

Friday night at the Nicer Borowitz

Friday evening found old friends Jenna Brilliantine and Kalani, who goes by one name only, welcoming the weekend at their favorite pub, the Nicer...

Expanding Democracy is important for Israel’s fight against climate change

Last week’s return to Israel from Turkey of the couple held for taking a selfie with President Erdogan’s palace highlighted an important trend...

The Failure of ‘Head and Stomach’

The “Head and Stomach argument” is an ideology that has penetrated every level of establishment Zionism since its inception. The dogmatic idea...

Prove that you don’t have a sister

The Hebrew expression “prove that you don’t have a sister” is commonly used to describe situations where an allegation is made without any...

Hag Thanksgiving Sameach

Thanksgiving is my favorite Jewish holiday. If it were up to Benjamin Franklin, the United States would be a Hebrew-speaking country and the turkey...

Thanksgiving kindness (Parshat Vayishlach)

If anyone remembers Sarah Josepha Hale today, it is most likely because of her campaign which led to establishing Thanksgiving as a national...

The true costs of government spending

STANFORD, California – U.S. President Joe Biden insists that his $3.5 trillion ($5 trillion without the budget gimmicks) “human infrastructure”...

Did AstraZeneca keep Britain safer from COVID-19 than Europe?

Pascal Soriot knows how to make a headline. The AstraZeneca PLC chief executive officer gave a rare interview to the BBC to mark the opening of a...

What can the Pope do in North Korea?

Moon Jae-in visited the Vatican on October 29, 2021, when he met Pope Francis to discuss the possibility of a visit by the pontiff to North Korea,...

Biden's childish vendetta against an EU leader

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has expressed concerns that the United States will attempt to interfere in next year’s general...

Washington Unleashes Biological Warfare in Syria

The US crimes in Syria have already been repeatedly reported by the Western media, the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA, as well as various...

Israel's Strategy Against Iran Will Hurt Its Alliance With the U.S.

The diplomatic dialogue that endangers Israel isn’t between the six powers and Iran on the nuclear agreement, but the one that is leading Israel...

Haaretz Cartoon

1 killed in crash on Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway; driver suspected to have been drunk

A man was killed and two others were hurt in a car crash on the Route 1 highway linking Jerusalem and Tel Aviv overnight Thursday-Friday, with...

It has a name: New COVID variant causing global alarm dubbed ‘Omicron’

The World Health Organization on Friday declared the recently discovered B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19 to be a variant of concern, renaming it...

Survivor found in Siberia coal mine after accident, as dozens presumed dead

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) — Rescuers have found a survivor in a Siberian coal mine where dozens of miners are presumed dead after a devastating methane...

Jewish doctor who loves The Beatles created America’s only museum devoted to them

(Jewish Press of Pinellas County via JTA) — Bobby Entel didn’t watch The Beatles’ February 9, 1964 performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. He was...

Xi's Backward Odyssey

BERLIN – Momentous changes are casting a long shadow on China. The country’s political system will soon undergo a profound reform, pending...

Emirados Árabes Unidos, a babel da tolerância.

Vez em quando aparecem oportunidades em nossas vidas que nos marcam para sempre. Após quase dois anos de pandemia, boa parte trancados em casa e...

The light that the Shamash emits

“And no office is more blessed than that of a servant of light.” This is how Herzl concludes an essay he called The Menorah . It begins, “Once...

How a menorah may lead to bring about a ‘Christian nation’

In America, Jews have long championed the separation of religion and state, and for good reason. That proverbial Wall of Separation has protected...

Austria’s Dangerous Assault on Personal Freedom

In recent days it has been announced that, next year, Austria will become the first country in the world to make COVID vaccinations mandatory...

Reimagining bad as good

 You thought greed, brutal kingdoms, and even the inevitable, death and taxes, were bad. Give them another chance. The discussion stems from a...

Living in dreidel land

I stepped outside last night for my evening walk and saw my town square festooned with giant glowing dreidels – a festival of whimsy, color and...

Parshat Vayeshev: If We Only Knew

Watching TV comes with a certain level of comfort. In “E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction,” David Foster Wallace describes one of...

A post-lockdown pandemic of violence is spreading through our schools

Forget the academics for now; educators need to address COVID trauma     You did not have to be a genius to realize that this was about to happen....

A digital Singapore dollar may be too much of a good thing

The world may be going crazy over digital currencies, but tiny Singapore is swimming against the tide. The central bank has decided against offering...

Local manufacturing is important for currency management in Turkey

The current currency crisis in Turkey has led many citizens to demonstrate against the AK Party government over the past couple of days. Before...

VOX POPULI: Living up to our climate rhetoric means accepting higher oil prices

Gasoline was "as vital as blood in the coming battles," declared French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) during World War I. With...

What are the consequences of sectarian killings?

I have the right to wonder about the value of the moral, material and historical cost that the nation is still paying with the continuation of...

Japan must keep supporting Afghan friends PREMIUM

In April this year, the United States announced it would soon withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. Instantly upon hearing this, I had three...

“Marlborough Has Left for the War,” or Would Britain Take Up Arms?

It is no secret that Britain, which has long lost its former imperial image and therefore its own political face, has found itself in the back of...

English Channel migrant deaths a disgrace to Europe

At least 27 people died as they were attempting to cross from France to England in a rubber dinghy. This tragedy is the result of a collective...

EDITORIAL: Japan should legally justify tapping into state oil reserves

The government has decided to release Japan’s state oil reserves for the first time ever. The decision has been made in response to a U.S. call...

American Released from Myanmar Was Part of US Regime-Change Machine

The Western media announced that American citizen Danny Fenster was freed from prison in Myanmar and allowed to leave the Southeast Asian nation in...

Za plačilo okoljske škode

Podnebne spremembe so dejstvo. O tem, da jih znatno pospešuje človeštvo, tudi ni več prav velikih dvomov. A ljudje vozimo, dokler gre, dokler...

Ralf Rangnick could be Manchester United’s best move in years

After sacking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, English giants Manchester United are set to appoint German coach Ralf Rangnick on an interim basis. It could...

Último llamado para que todos los latinoamericanos y caribeños accedan a agua y saneamiento

Al ritmo actual de financiamiento, América Latina y el Caribe no alcanzará el ODS 6, relacionado con garantizar agua y saneamiento a toda la...

Israel detects its first case of new, highly mutated COVID-19 strain

The first case of a new, highly mutated coronavirus variant that first emerged in South Africa was detected in Israel on Friday, the Health...

Bennett warns Israel entering ’emergency situation’ over new COVID-19 strain

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday said that Israel is at the onset of an emergency situation, after the first case of a new, highly mutated...

Ex-Mossad chief says Israeli strikes on Iran nuclear sites ‘must be on the table’

The former head of the Mossad spy agency said Thursday that the option of an Israeli military strike on Iran’s nuclear sites must be seriously...

Israel's theft of Palestinian water must be stopped

Water is essential for life, which is why the situation is bleak for the people in occupied Palestine because Israel is stealing Palestinian...

Late ultra-Orthodox leader’s grave desecrated, prompting outrage

The gravestone of Rabbi Aharon Yehudah Leib Steinman, who was a top leader of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, was vandalized...

(KONTRA) Za RTV, pro RTV: Zdaj pa naj vsi deležniki RTV vsaj malo popustijo. Pa bo.

Da iztek tokratne edicije rubrike Kontra, posvečene problematiki RTV Slovenija, časovno sovpada s predvidenim sprejetjem...

Britain's designation of Hamas as a 'terrorist' organisation is a mistake

It was a surprise when British Home Secretary Priti Patel announced last week that she planned to designate the political wing of Hamas as a "...

Israel Air Force flight school gets first female squadron leader

For the first time this week, a woman was appointed as a squadron leader in the Israel Air Force’s flight school. The air force major, identified...

Declining tax competiveness

Time to ease tax burden, overhaul taxation system Amid growing tax resistance in the wake of the "comprehensive real estate tax bomb," South...

What is the new COVID variant in Africa, and why are scientists so concerned?

LONDON (AP) — South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus this week that they say is behind a recent spike in COVID-19...

With more choosing pure olive oil for Hanukkah, counterfeiters see an opportunity

JTA — In a supermarket in Jerusalem, Ohad David makes a beeline for the most expensive olive oil in the store. He takes three bottles of the...

Budapest’s new $30m Holocaust museum sits in limbo as Hungary debates its contents

BUDAPEST (JTA) — The regular commuters on Fiumei Way, a major traffic artery in this city’s east, are already used to the unusual monument that...

Our AI Odyssey

Benedict Cumberbatch needs to Man Up about toxic masculinity

I must confess that I find sanctimonious celebrity sermons particularly nauseating. So, when I hear acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch stating...

The decline of Turkey's currency fuels the power struggle in the country

On what was called "Black Tuesday" in the media this week, the value of the Turkish lira against foreign currencies declined sharply, bringing the...

Why Grace Meng’s claims of injustice won’t spark a Peng Shuai-style outcry

Much has been said in recent weeks about the plight of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who disappeared from public view after accusing a high...

Why is Philippine Senator Leila de Lima still behind bars?

Fierce opponent of Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drug campaign should be freed immediately

Being in a building

One of the great buildings of the Renaissance reminds us that buildings are made to be explored, smelled and even tasted - by David Karmon Read at...

Israeli held in Taiwan for over a month after violent road incident

An Israeli man living in Taiwan has been jailed there for over a month for a violent incident, his family told Israeli TV on Thursday. Lior Ben...

Hamas urges Hebron unrest in reaction to Israeli president’s planned Hanukkah visit

The Hamas terror group on Friday warned that President Isaac Herzog’s plan to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah on Sunday at a shrine in the...

Hold me back, bru: What the press is saying about threats on Iran and from S. Africa

1. Deal us out: Israel’s attempts to flex its muscles internationally ahead of soon-to-resume indirect talks between the US and Iran on reviving...

The Things That They Don't Want You to Know

Once upon a time, before the all-revealing internet, parents wouldn’t discuss “sensitive matters” in front of the children. Whenever someone was...

As unrest in West Bank’s Jenin rises, governor vows to restore order

Unidentified Palestinian gunmen fired on the Jenin municipality building on Thursday, the latest in a string of violent incidents to hit the...

Space law hasn't been changed since 1967 – but U.N. aims to update laws and keep space peaceful

On Nov 15, 2021, Russia destroyed one of its own old satellites using a missile launched from the surface of the Earth, creating a massive debris...

Not That Seventies Inflation

CAMBRIDGE – Are the United States and other advanced economies experiencing stagflation, the unfortunate combination of high inflation and low...

Reeling in a Deal to Save the Ocean

AUCKLAND/MADRID/VICTORIA/ANSE ROYALE – The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface, produces half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds...

Rav Kook On VaYeshev: Divine Coincidences Moving Existence To Absolute Good

“אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ תֹּלְד֣וֹת יַעֲקֹ֗ב יוֹסֵ֞ף- These are the chronicles of Yaakov:Yosef… ” (Breishit  37:2) Thus...

After this week’s migrant tragedy, we must have a more compassionate approach

It has been widely reported that so far this year almost 26,000 people have taken the dangerous journey across the channel trying to flee danger...

The Case Against Green Central Banking

NEW YORK – One way or another, central banks’ behavior will have to change with the climate. But it should evolve only because climate change...

Podcast: This Arab and Jew talk straight, in raps and in person

Welcome to Times Will Tell, the weekly podcast from The Times of Israel. This week, we’re speaking to Samekh Zakout and Uriya Rosenman, an Arab...

UK officially bans Hamas in its entirety as a terrorist group

Britain on Friday designated all of Hamas an “Islamist terrorist group,” warning that its members and those who support the group could face...

Syria eyes visitor bounce back, hopes for return of European tourists

DAMASCUS, Syria — Visitor numbers to Syria are growing again after a collapse caused by a decade of war, the tourism minister said Wednesday,...

And Then My Student Said: 'Dealing With the Holocaust Is White Privilege'

The interesting shift in the attitude of the American progressive left toward Israel lies in the imposition of a Black-white frame on the conflict....

Sometimes it seems that miracles really are possible.

That was my abiding experience while participating in a World Jewish Congress (WJC) and UAE Embassy in Washington D.C. delegation to the Gulf this...

Bidding for Connection

The tense Thanksgiving family dinner has become a meme.  Families are about feeling connected; but, as we come together, many of us revisit...

US stocks sink on new COVID variant; Dow loses 950 points

NEW YORK (AP) — US stocks fell sharply Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly falling more than 1,000 points, as a new coronavirus...

Motivátor Matovič

Môžeme sa pýtať, čo robila vláda celé leto a prečo namiesto nezmyselnej očkovacej lotérie nevyplácala peniaze „na ruku“ alebo...

Celebrating famous Jews from Ukraine: Carl Sagan

— Join me, Boris Lozhkin, on Twitter  @lozhkin_boris  for news and commentary on Judaism in Ukraine and around the world. Follow me on  Facebook...

Biden’s ‘America’s Back’ is annoying, but also insulting

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden phoned in to NBC’s Al Roker during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday to deliver a...

Nedocenený i preceňovaný Dubček. Pochopiť sa dá iba v kontexte dejín

V každej krajine mal tento už legendárny rok iné podhubie, iných reprezentantov. Iba jeden vrcholový politik stál na správnej strane. Dubček...

Tapping strategic oil reserves will never tame OPEC and its allies

Crude producers should nonetheless refrain from punishing buyer countries

Hallelujah: How Leonard Cohen looked to the Bible and Kabbalah for inspiration

Since Leonard Cohen’s death five years ago at the age of 82, the Canadian singer-songwriter’s monumental five-decade musical and literary career...

Ex-IDF intel chief: In a revived nuke deal, Iran will be much closer to bomb

The former head of Israel’s Military Intelligence warned Friday that Iran’s breakout time to a nuclear bomb will be much shorter if there is a...

BioNtech says it needs 2 weeks to determine vaccine’s effectiveness against Omicron

A spokesperson for medical company BioNTech, which developed a coronavirus vaccine together with Pfizer, said Friday that the firm would need two...

S. African expert downplays threat from Omicron: ‘We won’t have a severe epidemic’

A top adviser to the South African government on the coronavirus pandemic said Friday that while the new Omicron variant of the virus — first...

American Neo-Nazis Dealt A Defeat

Morris Dees, an American civil rights litigation lawyer and the co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been fighting hate organizations...

A House Built on Youth

As someone once said, A house built on youth is an abomination. A long time ago, youth knew its place. Respect your elders and betters was the...

Mounting challenges at the University of Toronto

This week, the Scarborough Campus Students’ Union (SCSU) passed a motion to reaffirm their commitment to the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions...

The entrapments of success

 Parashat VaYeshev Haftorah: Amos 2:6-3:8 November 19, 2021/15 Kislev 5782 Amos was from the south, but he preached in the Northern kingdom,...

Chanukah: Lights, Latkes and Love

Chanukah, the Festival of Lights. The holiday that is celebrated in December darkness, especially in upstate New York once Daylight Savings Time...

Auction of joystick from jet that bombed Iraqi reactor fires up dispute

The control stick from an Israeli warplane that took part in the famous mission to bomb an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 is to go up for auction....

What the Peng Shuai saga tells us about Beijing's grip on power and desire to crush a #MeToo moment

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s apparent disappearance may have ended with a smattering of public events, which were carefully curated by...

Israel labels 7 African countries ‘red’ as new variant stokes worry

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday evening ordered that several countries in southern Africa be labeled “red,” heavily restricting entry...

Ombudsman: Axe chief Sephardi rabbi from religious court over anti-government action

The ombudsman of the Israeli judiciary called on Sunday for the potential removal of Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef from the Great Rabbinical...

Israel backs off controversial East Jerusalem housing project amid US pressure

Israel informed Biden administration officials on Thursday that it has shelved a controversial plan to advance a massive housing project in the...