House cleaner accused of spying on Gantz denies espionage was on behalf of Iran

Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s house cleaner, who has been charged with attempting to spy on the minister on behalf of Iran, on Thursday...

Prosecutors to charge nurse with murder in death of 17-year-old Lital Yael Melnik

Edward Kachura, 49, will be charged with murder over the killing of 17-year-old Lital Yael Melnik last month, prosecutors announced on Thursday....

Berland no longer under murder probe detention, but remains jailed in unrelated case

Convicted sex offender Eliezer Berland was released on Thursday from remand after he was detained in connection with two cold case murders — but...

As Israel bids to nix nuke talks, Iran says delegates not taking orders from Bennett

Iran lashed out at Israel Thursday after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called for an immediate halt to talks in Vienna aimed at restoring the 2015...

Passing Arab Commuters By

A disgraceful scene took place last week at the Knesset committee for public complaints. The committee’s chairperson, Yael Ron Ben Moshe (Kahol...

How vulnerable is your personal information?

When you enter your personal information or credit card number into a website, do you have a moment of hesitation? A nagging sense of vulnerability...

(POGLED) Scholzeva napoved drznejše Nemčije

Po osmih tednih pogajanj ima Nemčija novo vlado. Za socialdemokrata Olafa Scholza, ki je nasledil Angelo Merkel na mestu kanclerke, težko...

1 in 4 adults are estranged from family and paying psychological price

By Galit Atlas Search "toxic parents" on Instagram, and you'll find more than 38,000 posts, largely urging young adults to cut ties with their...

Ex-Austrian chancellor Kurz quits politics: ‘I’m neither a saint nor a criminal’

BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s former chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, said Thursday that he is quitting politics, two months after stepping down as leader...

'A shrimp among whales'

By Donald Kirk The notion that South Korea should adopt a "neutral" position between the U.S. and China has been gaining traction as President Moon...

America's pro-Israel diplomacy at the UN hits a new level

Israel seems to have acquired another formidably biased ally in the latest US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Her Trump era...

The Virus Strikes Back

Rav Kook on Chanukah: Kindling The Individual And Universal Light

The people of Israel are lighting the eight lights of Chanukah everywhere. The Talmud recounts the original disagreement between the schools of...

Celebrating New Beginnings

First, let me thank the Blog Editor for approving my application. Scanning the latest blog posts, with the authors’ biographies (several of whom...

Hanukkah Will Never Melt 

Melting Trajan’s column gold down to build St. Peter’s offended John Paul Getty. When a column teeters so that a great Renaissance monument be...

Yuval David’s Meaning of Hanukkah

Chanukah is one of my favorite festivals of the year.  Also called ’the Festival of Lights’, Chanukah is celebrated with the lighting of the...

At home in the Jewish body

“Can you believe she’s Jewish?” The photo featured a young woman with straight blonde hair, blue eyes, and a turned-up little nose. It was...

It is diplomacy, stupid!

By Yun Byung-se Two years ago, Bill Burns, the then-president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and now the CIA director,...

Hamas’ inconsistent media coverage of the deadly Western Wall terrorist attack on November 21st

On Sunday, November 21st, north of Jerusalem, a terror attack was perpetrated near the Western Wall, killing 25-year-old Eliyahu David Kay, of...

Herzog, Hebron and Chesed

This Sunday night the world watched as Israel’s 11th President, Isaac Herzog, lit the first candle of Chanukah at an official ceremony at the Tomb...

Where is Ethiopia headed?

Although there have been significant international and regional efforts to push for an end to the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia between the...

The inflation boom worries finance officials more than the Omicron variant

Report. Inflation hasn’t been this high in Italy since 2008. This amounts to €1,346 of extra spending for a family with two children. The US...

Doctor who attended UK summit confirmed as Israel’s 3rd Omicron case

A doctor who attended a conference in London last week has been confirmed as Israel’s third coronavirus case with the Omicron variant, with another...

(STRAN 210) Moje mnenje

Zadnje čase je strašno popularna starodavna modrost, ki pravi, da je mnenje najnižja oblika vednosti. Evropska tradicija jo pozna od antike in v...

When To Talk, And When To Walk

Last Friday afternoon, way too late for a blog entry, I was looking for something new I hadn’t already written about for VaYeshev. It is patently...

The Crusaders And Why We Sent Our Kids To Day School

It started with the Crusades! Most people hear that word and think of charities. There are quite a few organizations that innocently use the word...

Australia has to realize who's actually undermining it

According to the White House’s Indo-Pacific coordinator, Kurt Campbell, China is conducting “dramatic economic warfare” against Australia. ...