Kulturnikov se ni treba bati

Z zadnjim dejanjem (primer Metelkova) je slovenska oblast dokazala svojo averzijo do kulture, ki ni po njenih "standardih in normativih". Treba jo...

American Apocalypse?

Yitzhak Rabin's Legacy of Endless Negotiations

The fact that he was assassinated doesn't prove the late prime minister sought true peace. Quite the contrary

Donald Trump Has Split the Jewish People, Perhaps Forever

Even if the U.S. president loses on November 3rd, Trump Jews are here to stay, and they're not just in America. We could be witnessing the defining...

Power outages reported across Israel

Power outages were reported across Israel during the early hours of Friday morning. The Israel Electric Corporation said the blackouts were caused...

Suga gives Southeast Asia credible options besides China

Japan support crucial for a region struggling to counterbalance Beijing

Corbyn condemned himself with the mural

I f we think of Al Capone, we don’t think, first and foremost, of a vagrant or a tax evader. Yet those were the charges – vagrancy and tax evasion...

‘The good cop’: Joe Biden and Israel during the Obama years

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Talk to the folks who handled the Israel file and who were close to Joe Biden between 2009 and 2017, and his boss, Barack...

When Israel’s Arabs began to demand their own ‘normalization’ deal

For a brief spell last Wednesday, Israel’s Knesset sounded like the stands at a soccer stadium. “For shame!” opposition lawmakers shouted at...

Pandemic of loneliness, anxiety: Crisis hotline says suicide calls have doubled

An Israeli crisis hotline says it is receiving an unprecedented level of suicidal calls — and many of them are from people who did not have...

Strong earthquake topples buildings in Turkey, damages structures in Greece

A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea has shaken Turkey and Greece. Turkey’s interior minister reports that six buildings in western Izmir...

Daring to hope in Nagorno-Karabakh

On October 18th, I found myself in Azerbaijan’s Ganja, a day after the fourth missile attack had struck civilian targets in the city. I witnessed...

Author Tatsuhiro Oshiro showed Okinawa’s woes continue today

Every time a crime is committed by a U.S. soldier in Okinawa Prefecture, I am reminded of “The Cocktail Party,” a 1967 novel by Okinawan-born...

The Real Drama These Days: The Zionist Movement Almost Split

Mobilizing the world behind the nuclear weapons ban treaty

Setsuko Thurlow is an atomic bombing survivor who lives in Canada. She has been a highly visible public face of the hibakusha around the world,...

Terror attacks in France demand statesmanship, not demagoguery

World leaders behave in a settled pattern after a terrorist attack, so we know what to expect after the gruesome events in Nice on Thursday. French...

Can America avoid an election crisis?

BRUSSELS – The 2020 U.S. presidential election is unlike any other in living memory. Previous contests have been rancorous and some were described...

Man stabbed to death in Jerusalem’s Talpiot industrial zone

A man aged around 40 was stabbed to death in Jerusalem’s Talpiot industrial zone on Thursday, police said in a statement. Paramedics were called...

Israeli study finds paying off debt, not spending, is main use of stimulus cash

An Israeli study that researched people’s financial responses to the direct one-time coronavirus stimulus payments distributed by the government...

Trump and Biden hold dueling rallies in key battleground state of Florida

TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Pressing against stiff headwinds from the pandemic, US President Donald Trump steered toward what he hoped was safer...

Is France the New Satan?

For decades, many extremists among the Arab World and radical Islamists have designated their sworn enemies with a very striking vocabulary,...

Alyn riders keep wheels close to home as rehab hospital renovates for COVID-19

The Alyn Hospital Wheels of Love Ride usually takes place in November, bringing hundreds of riders from around the globe to bike Israeli routes...

Chosen nation

That’s what everyone calls us, right? And you would expect it to be front-and-center in the first book of the Torah. But choice — bechira in...

10 reasons Jews should vote for Joe Biden

1.  Joe Biden is a mensch Joe Biden will make your bubbie kvell. He’s caring and engaging. Most of all, he loves helping others and treats everyone...

Bias in journalism has become a disease and a microcosm of the vicious tribalism that is ripping our society apart

Imagine having to resign from something that you co-founded. It can’t be a good feeling. You spend all of your time trying to build it up into...

Deň D pre Slovensko

Hoci jej slová nepochybne mnohých prekvapili, náznaky, že hlava štátu nie je úplne stotožnená s myšlienkou celoplošného testovania, sa...

Jewish schools and synagogues in Nice closed Friday, fearing terror attacks

JTA — The Jewish community of Nice, France, is keeping its 15 synagogues and three schools closed and increasing security around kosher shops...

Study testing COVID antibody drug used to treat Trump halted for some patients

AP — For the second time, a study testing an experimental antibody drug for COVID-19 has been paused to investigate a possible safety issue in...

Hundreds protest at Temple Mount against Macron, Muhammad cartoons; 3 arrested

Hundreds of people protested at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on Friday against French President Emmanuel Macron’s vow to protect the right to...

The more you use a particular social media platform, the more addictive that platform becomes – for you, specifically.

The sale of products that are addictive, such as tobacco and alcohol, is obviously not new. And businesses that trade in addiction have long raised...

Why Trump’s Jewish supporters say he’s been a ‘dream come true’ on Israel

JTA — Most Jews disapprove of US President Donald Trump and plan to vote against him. But for a segment of American Jewry, Trump has granted a...

Israel's Illegitimate 'Demographic Balance'

It’s time to give foreign residents the right to vote in local elections

A weekend referendum on a proposal to reorganize Osaka’s administrative structure has highlighted a key question relevant to other local...

No more disgraced President

Former President Lee should apologize to people The country's top court upheld Thursday a lower court ruling that convicted ex-President Lee...

Haaretz Cartoon

Antitrust Alone Won’t Fix the Innovation Problem

CAMBRIDGE – The US Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Google may be the first salvo in a forthcoming barrage of antitrust actions directed at...

Tunisian suspect in Nice attack turned to religion after teenage troubles

The Tunisian migrant suspected of stabbing three people to death at a church in the French city of Nice had turned to religion recently after...

Neprijetne dileme za javne finance

V Evropi smo priča že tretji gospodarski krizi v zadnjih desetih letih. Vsaka od njih je imela različne vzroke, a vse so povzročile gospodarski...

How Enduring is the American-style Asian Version of NATO?

The United States, committed to fanning the flames of wars in various regions around the world, and to entangling the whole world in military blocs...

Use nuclear power to decarbonize Japan PREMIUM

Tanzania faces huge challenges to peace and unity

Opposition candidates have been suspended, harassed and arrested. There's been violence and intimidation, nevertheless Tanzanians must stay strong...

US gives first passport with ‘Israel’ birthplace to Jerusalem-born teen

The United States on Friday issued its first passport reflecting new policy that allows citizens born in Jerusalem to list Israel as their country...

The Specter of Islamic Radicalism In France

The specter of radical Islam looms large in France and presents the French government with a complex challenge of monumental proportions. Less than...

The freedom of women to say no (Daf Yomi Eruvin 82)

Embed from Getty Images “ Even a six-year-old prefers the company of his mother to that of his father.” It is imperative to comment when the...

Parshat Lech Lecha: Our Shield of Love

Love is sought after by everyone in the world, albeit in different forms, as we see marketed in movies and stories across the world. This make...

It was a dark and stormy night

The Torah does not provide us with the exact weather report for the night of the Covenant. We only know that Avram, exhausted by the visions of God...

The excellence of ADHD and ADD

View the above clip. Between the giggles, you get a ton of inside info. ADHD is the healthy reaction to attempts to make babies and young children...

Riga Holocaust museum to remain open after city waives rent

JTA — The city government of Riga, Latvia, waived its demand for rent from a Holocaust museum whose director said it couldn’t afford to pay. The...

Abraham and Lot—A Story of Decoherence

So Abram went, as the Eternal had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him… And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son… (Genesis...