Israel said to urge nuclear talks be conditioned on Iran halting uranium enrichment

With talks aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal restarting Monday, Israel is pressing parties to the discussions to condition them on...

Daily Briefing Nov. 29 – How much will Omicron affect Israel’s economy?

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...

Israeli children born abroad are automatically citizens, yet some are locked out

Thousands of Israeli children living overseas have been barred from entering Israel since March 2020 because they lack passports, and the issue has...

In seventh round of nuclear talks, Iran’s intentions will finally become clear

Negotiators will meet in Vienna on Monday for the first indirect nuclear talks between Iran and the US in nearly six months. The hiatus was much...

In latest campus controversy, Jews debate whether CUNY Hunter is hostile environment

New York Jewish Week via JTA — Is the social work school at Hunter College coddling antisemitism, or is it part of an institution that’s deeply...

Why Iran may become a latent nuclear state

As the negotiations to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement resume in Vienna, it is a déjà vu all over again. The United States warns of...

New Dimensions of AI and the ‘Human’ Perspective

The quest to predict the unpredictable and to control the uncontrollable is a part of an ongoing process. In the field of science and technology,...

This Nov. 29th, it’s time for Palestinians to reject rejectionism

Increasingly over the years, the annual commemoration of the day in 1947 that the United Nations voted to partition Palestine into two states –...

Unwanted in Lebanon, unable to leave, Syrian refugees fight for a future

Reportage. In a country strangled by the economic crisis, it is becoming more difficult for 1.5 million Syrian refugees to live every day. They now...

As talks renew, Bennett urges world powers to resist Iran’s ‘nuclear blackmail’

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold. A former senior official in the Tel Aviv Municipality is arrested over...

Reimagining Care

WASHINGTON, DC – The recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and the ongoing negotiations over US President Joe Biden’s social...

José Antonio Kast y Perú

Un equívoco habitual al juzgar a la derecha radical contemporánea es creer que los partidos de esa orientación ideológica son aliados naturales....

Berland’s son-in-law, follower named as suspects in cold case murders linked to sect

The son-in-law of convicted sex offender Eliezer Berland and another follower of the extremist Shuvu Bonim sect were named on Monday as two of the...

Notre Dame in Paris denies post-fire redesign is too radical

PARIS (AFP) — Plans to replace the gothic ambience of Notre Dame cathedral with a softer vibe of modern art and warm lighting have raised a few...

Fixing Europe’s migrant predicament requires a new approach

Tensions are rising in Europe on several fronts, with violent riots in major cities, angry words and deep public anxiety and discontent. The...

God’s Plan: Hip-Hop Collab Between Jews and Arabs

“God’s Plan” is a powerful song by Canadian rapper, Drake who happens to be Jewish. While listening to this banging song, I developed a new plan...

As Iran talks begin, Bennett urges world powers: Resist regime’s ‘nuclear blackmail’

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged world powers Sunday not to “give in to Iran’s nuclear blackmail,” as negotiators from Iran and world...

A New Global Architecture for Health

EDINBURGH – The damage caused by COVID-19 – exacerbated by the continued appearance of new variants, most recently Omicron – has been...

Yosef’s Hints

In Parshat Miketz, Yosef’s brothers still do not know that Pharaoh’s second in command is in fact their brother, who seats them in age order (...

As talks set to restart, Iran says it is ‘firmly determined’ to salvage nuclear deal

TEHRAN — Iran is “firmly determined” to reach an agreement with major powers on salvaging its 2015 nuclear agreement at talks that resume Monday...

Questions raised over the wisdom of dipping into Japan’s oil reserves

Earlier this week, U.S. President Joe Biden attempted to influence the oil market by announcing the release of 50 million barrels of crude from the...

Keir’s stance against BDS and antisemitism is true Labour values

The recent speech to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch by Keir Starmer offered not simply an intellectually coherent outline of his...

Overweight China and obese America puts tubby Hong Kong in a difficult position

The staff at JPMorgan were burying their heads in their hands all week as CEO Jamie Dimon opened his mouth to backtrack and apologise for his...

Lebanese Muslim who posed as Orthodox Jew to wed: I loved her and they took her away

The stories that emerged this month of a Lebanese Shiite Muslim man who impersonated an ultra-Orthodox Jew for several years and was uncovered only...

PM, Gantz light Hanukkah candles as Western Wall events honor terror victim Eli Kay

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Defense Minister Benny Gantz lit menorahs at the Western Wall for the first night of Hanukkah on Sunday evening....

As Vienna talks resume, Israel, UK say they’re working jointly to block nuclear Iran

Israel and the United Kingdom will work together ceaselessly to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, the foreign ministers of both...

Ex-Netanyahu aide cries in court recalling arrest, says testimony is ‘entire truth’

An ex-aide to former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu broke down in court on Monday as he described making the decision to turn state witness in...

The Doctor From Gaza: A ‘Legal Orphan’

First off, the indisputable facts: Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish’s three daughters and niece were innocent young girls who were killed by accident due to...

New US ambassador lands in Israel, heads straight to quarantine at home in Jerusalem

New US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides landed at Ben Gurion Airport Monday morning, then headed to his new home in Jerusalem for three days of...

In first, Sanhedrin-era building found in Yavne, where assembly fled Temple’s ruin

Remains of a building from the time of the Sanhedrin have been uncovered in Yavne for the first time, the Israel Antiques Authority said Monday....

Lapid: Iran wants more funds for terror, will keep advancing nuclear program

As the seventh round of Vienna talks on Iran’s nuclear program begins Monday, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid argued that Tehran had no intention of...

The World is Built on Hesed

Last August, my husband and I found ourselves in the middle of a field of wheat at the end of a small unpaved road, looking for the Jewish cemetery...

The Expulsion Synagogue

“Every day one should work so that Judaism should thrive. And it will.” “Every day one should work so that Judaism should thrive – and it...

Remembering Resolution 181 calling for the partition of Palestine

What? UN partition plan for Palestine issued by the General Assembly in Resolution 181 When? 29 November 1947 What happened? The British, who had...

Narendra Modi should stop using COVID to protect Indian airlines

Current approach is a throwback to the old command and control mentality

Dan republike

Ne vem, kako je z vami, a sam se v določenih obdobjih leta vedno znova vračam k določenim knjigam. In piscem. Pozno jeseni in vse do novega leta...

Are men animals?

Diagnosing men as violent and oversexed beasts is tempting but it’s a regressive idea built on dubious analogies - by Matthew Gutmann Read at Aeon

Man shot dead in Nazareth; 2 suspects arrested

A man was fatally shot Monday in the northern city of Nazareth, the latest apparent homicide victim in the Arab community amid efforts to curb a...

Court hears Yair Netanyahu’s and ex-MK’s mutual lawsuits over Twitter spat

Yair Netanyahu, the son of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was at Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court on Monday for a preliminary hearing on...

Lebanon’s president in Qatar hoping to end crisis with Gulf states, drum up funding

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s president arrived in Qatar Monday for the opening ceremony of an Arab soccer tournament and for talks on an unprecedented...

Tel Aviv University’s VC arm raises $50m to invest in startups

Tel Aviv University’s investment arm, TAU ventures, raised $50 million in a second fund to invest in Israeli startups in their early stages, the...

Lady Macbetta

“Fie, my Lord, fie! A soldier and afeard” (MacBeth, Art  5, Scene 1). The fall of the MacBeths from courtiers to regicides is mirrored in...

Business Talk with Michal Strahilevitz

Pricing products and services is a challenge for companies ranging from new startups to multinational corporations.  To better understand how...

A More Daring Germany

BERLIN – After eight weeks of negotiations, Germany has a new government. For the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, who succeeds Angela Merkel as...

What Horn gets wrong in her ‘Dead Jews’ critique of Jewish heritage tourism

There is a concept of a tourism industry, popular in places largely devoid of Jews, called ‘Jewish Heritage Sites’. The term is a really...

Ralf Rangnick is Manchester United’s best move in years

After sacking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, English giants Manchester United have appointed German coach Ralf Rangnick on an interim basis. It could prove...

How to Bring Adult Siblings Into an Autistic Brother's Life

It's Time to Get Vaccinated

After the delta variant, which was at the center of Israel’s fourth COVID-19 wave, this weekend we learned a new, sinister name – omicron. This...

COVID-19 has changed socialized medicine in Britain forever

Socialized medicine did not, as some predicted, collapse during COVID-19. Britain’s National Health Service was stretched to the limit but never...

Blows continue to rain down on the Arab world, from its own people and from its enemies

"Two blows to the head hurt," says an Egyptian proverb. But what if there are three? The UAE has announced, for example, that Israel is going to...