Prominent activist who implied Netanyahu deserves death apologizes to protesters

A prominent anti-government activist on Monday walked back a social media post in which he appeared to justify the potential assassination of Prime...

US federal jury says Ohio magistrate was fired for being Jewish

JTA — An Ohio woman who alleged six years ago that she had been fired because she was an observant Jew has won $1.1 million in damages after a...

In the Knesset and in the streets, the leaders of the Israeli center-left are MIA

“Mistakes happen. We’re all people,” National Unity party chief Benny Gantz tweeted on January 23. It was an apology of sorts. Gantz’s party...

Kultura, dekla vseh gospodov

Jutri bo kulturni praznik. Ljudje imajo ta praznik radi. V prvi vrsti, ker je dela prost dan. A v veliki meri tudi zato, ker so muzeji ta dan...

US university that fired teacher who reported antisemitism settles with him for $1m

JTA — A university in Oregon that fired a Jewish professor after he reported several incidents, including purported antisemitic remarks made by...

2 years after extradition from Israel, Malka Leifer trial set to begin in Australia

The trial of Malka Leifer, a former Haredi girls’ school principal accused of sexually abusing her students in Melbourne, is set to start on...

Haifa hospital doctor arrested on suspicion of indecent act outside a preschool

A senior doctor was arrested Monday on suspicion of carrying out an indecent act outside a preschool. According to police, the man is suspected of...

Palestinian teen killed as gunmen clash with IDF in Nablus

A Palestinian teenager was killed as gunmen clashed with Israeli troops early Tuesday in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian health...

Jewish ‘monuments man’ on what Philly’s famous Rocky Balboa statue says about memory

JTA — Paul Farber was shocked when he first watched “Rocky” and saw a Star of David on the grave of Rocky Balboa’s coach, Mickey Goldmill. As...

Welfare for senior citizens

It's time to discuss how old is old enough Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools. ― George Chapman, English...

Parshat Yitro: An echo from Bereishit, and the verbosity of the Tenth Commandment

The concept of  אין מוקדם ומאוחר בתורה (Torah narratives are not necessarily in chronological order) is nowhere more glaringly...

Peace – at what cost?

Giving land to the Palestinians does not bring peace, as we learned from the Gaza Strip. Israelis were pulled out of Gaza by force, even requiring...

Its Only Now We Begin

“The Baltics” are often lumped together as one single geographic unit, comprising Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Geography and ideology are...

(PISMO BRALCA) Odprto pismo podžupanu MO Maribor, gospodu Gregorju Reichenbergu, MS MO Maribor in širši javnosti

Spoštovani, na drugi seji MS MO Maribor, 26. 1. 2023, kjer so, med drugimi točkami dnevnega reda, člani MS obravnavali tudi OPPN (TA1-C) za...

Permission to Heal

There is a promise given in the Torah for proper observance of the commandments. If we fulfill everything we are expected to do, then all of the...

Moish Rosewasser, Hitler’s buddy?

Some Jews are blond with blue eyes. Some are tall. Some Jews have tiny noses and almost march when they walk. Some Jews speak the national tongue...

Peaceful solutions lag

By Gwynne Dyer "I wish you a world without Babis. Forget about Babis. Try to live without Babis," said former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis on...

Seoul's nuclear gambit is not in favor of alliance politics

Mitch Shin Jagannath Panda By Mitch Shin and Jagannath Panda South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has begun the New Year by provocatively...

Time for dialogue?

I was asked to sign a petition calling for dialogue with the government about its proposed legal reforms. As one who is naturally inclined towards...

VOX POPULI: Chinese balloon shootdown eerily similar to Soviet U-2 crisis in 1960

On May 1, 1960, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) received a phone call from a senior Pentagon official reporting that one of their...

Violence explodes in Israel; PA to blame along with the Western powers

As Israelis and Jews world over mourn the dead and wounded from one of the most horrific terror attacks in years, Palestinian Arabs and even some...

Is ChatGPT actually exposing problems with college education?

By Sheldon H. Jacobson ChatGPT is the latest artificial intelligence disrupter. It provides informed answers to questions, generating text with the...

Netanyahu's radical cabinet ministers ignore history and pursue one undemocratic state

By Trudy Rubin One of the advantages of growing older is that you accumulate something called "historic memory," which basically means you've been...

In the name of roses

Kim Jin-heon On my wife's birthday, I purchased a bouquet of roses from a local flower shop and gifted them to her. Their stunning beauty and...

EDITORIAL: Kishida caught between rock and hard place over choice of aides

After dismissing a close aide for making discriminatory remarks about sexual minorities, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he felt the weight of...

Facing up to the cold reality

By Cho Hee-kyoung A lot of people got a nasty surprise when they opened their gas bills in January. Prices had risen by at least one-third compared...

The U.S. needs new thinking for old alliances

It’s helpful to remember that U.S. alliances in Northeast Asia were, as Georgetown University’s Victor Cha explained in his important book...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the country's declining birth rate

During Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s keynote speech on January 23, at the winter session of Japan’s parliament, among the key internal and...

Israeli Protests: How Many Elephants Can Fit In One Room?

The world is hearing a great deal about the recent protests in Israel. There are anti-government protests in many countries at any one time; and in...

Knesset law committee to begin votes on judicial overhaul legislation in coming days

The government’s contentious judicial overhaul legislation is swiftly advancing toward its first reading in the Knesset plenum, after a coalition...

CIA director: Current Israeli-Palestinian tensions resemble Second Intifada

The director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency expressed his concern last week that the current period of tensions between Israel...

Bilateral ties between Tokyo and Manila at a crossroads

In just over seven months since taking office, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has conducted as many as eight foreign trips. He kicked...

A Message from the Israeli Consul General

This January I received a newsletter from the Israeli Consul General in this large North American city. What did it tell me? It introduced the new...

We Must Stop Putting Sky-High Healthcare Profits over Human Lives!

For time immemorial, the doctors have played an indispensable part in Jewish life. We know that when Maimonides wasn’t changing the world as a...

India's rise is beyond doubt

Investors should welcome country's extensive to-do list

Neo-Nazi pair planned power grid attack to ‘completely destroy’ Baltimore

A neo-Nazi pair planned to “completely destroy” Baltimore as part of a plot involving an attack on the city’s power grid, according to a...

Rescuers dig through rubble in Turkey, Syria as earthquake death toll passes 4,300

AFP — Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands through the freezing night Tuesday, hunting for survivors among the rubble of...

Report: Cybersecurity giant Wiz to pull cash out of Israel due to judicial shakeup

Cyber tech company Wiz intends to move its money from Israel to foreign bank accounts due to the government’s efforts to weaken the judiciary,...

Google announces release of ChatGPT rival named Bard

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Google said Monday it will release a conversational chatbot named Bard, setting up an artificial...

When Jew-haters call themselves Christian

The Church of England has banned the Israel-hating vicar Stephen Sizer from Anglican ministry for 12 years. It took them long enough (the Board of...

From Rio to Paris: International Climate Change Treaties Between Consensus and Efficacy

This is an excerpt from Global Climate Justice: Theory and Practice. You can download the book free of charge from E-International Relations....

State lawmaker vows legislative action after antisemitic flyers hit Atlanta suburbs

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) — A continuing wave of antisemitic flyers has hit parts of suburban Atlanta, including the home of Georgia’s only Jewish...

The Impact of Gender on the Study and Practice of International Security

Paragraph 38 of the 1995 Beijing Declaration, which followed the Fourth World Conference on Women, called for governments to include a gender...

Quake toll passes 5,000 as rescue efforts in Turkey, Syria hampered by aftershocks

ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake...

Sergei Guriev on Putin, populism, Chinese repression, and more

Environment minister goes diving to save coral

Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman took a hands-on approach to her job Monday as she went diving to help with the preservation of coral...

Between Chanukah and Purim Part II

Embed from Getty Images   In part I of this post we examined the dual threat of spiritual and physical extinction hanging over the Jewish People....

New Antisemitism Needs Ancient Solution

In an attempt to counter rapidly growing antisemitism in the country, the French government updated its plan to combat antisemitism to include...

Developing Ethiopian Jews’ Skills for Life

Nothing could have prepared me for my visit to Gondar in Ethiopia. Although I was ready for the challenges of launching a program to benefit young...

An Unlikely Source of Hope at the Abyss

A lifetime in Israel, shuttling between gritty working-class realities in the Negev and the Ivory Tower at the Hebrew University, has taught me to...