Government scraps Shin Bet phone tracking of Omicron carriers after outcry

The government will not move to extend a controversial surveillance program tracking the phones of people who contracted the Omicron coronavirus...

Toi Staff

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(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...

Boštjan Narat

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Flagrantly forging ahead at Fordo, Iran ups nuclear ante as Vienna talks resume

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After a months-long hiatus, Iran has returned to negotiations in Vienna aimed at reviving its cratered nuclear...

Jon Gambrell

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Kompromis podľa Matoviča

Kto však sledoval jeho vystúpenie v parlamente, musel nadobudnúť pocit, že Matovičovi nejde o to, aby sa zvýšila zaočkovanosť tejto...

Marián Repa

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Israel Doesn’t Follow – We Lead!

These days, you almost never know what our newspaper headlines will say, but in a recent Jerusalem Post edition, two stories ran side by side on...

Cookie Schwaeber-Issan

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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...

Itzchak Evan-Shayish

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Rethinking Religion

If you are like many people, when it comes to the role of religion in their lives, you are becoming less and less interested in it. You may be...

Roger D. Isaacs

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Dream the Impossible Dream

Dreams are a significant part of the lives of both Jacob and Joseph. Jacob dreams of a ladder that is anchored in the ground and goes up to heaven...

Dov Linzer

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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...

Rosanne Skopp

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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...

Arik Ascherman

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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. ...

Bradley Blankenship

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Želajme si teplú zimu

Kto pozorne sleduje situáciu na trhu s energiami, tento krok ho neprekvapil. Už v lete bolo zrejmé, že nás všetkých čaká na prelome rokov...

Tomáš Bakoš

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Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda: Now What?

Carrie J Knowles

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Is it Loneliness or "Only-ness"?

Saul Levine M.d

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Take stricter measures

It's time to shift to emergency mode The Moon Jae-in administration is facing growing calls for stricter quarantine measures to better respond to...

Editorial

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Best export year

Still, Korea Inc. cannot afford to remain complacent in 2022 South Korea's annual exports are likely to hit an all-time high this year. The...

Editorial

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Haaretz Cartoon

Eran Wolkowski

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Noise pollution - overpopulation-related health crisis

By Joe Guzzardi Overpopulation's negative consequences are well-known to the nation's environmentalists. Too many people lead to overdevelopment...

Guest Column

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All hope is not lost for US-China relations, despite tensions and tepid virtual summit

By Tom Plate Can it be that fresh air is being permitted to enter U.S. foreign affairs thinking? The other day, a critique of U.S. policy toward...

Guest Column

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Just say no to unaffordable spending

By Tom Purcell I wish I had a change of heart, but I still can't support it. Back in 2009, long before I got my beloved 11-month-old puppy, Thurber,...

Guest Column

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Partnering with persons with disabilities for an inclusive, accessible and sustainable world

By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana As the world observes the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, we honor the leadership of persons...

Guest Column

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'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...

Donald Kirk

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Crime and punishment

By William R. Jones In January 2020, The Korea Times graciously published "Siamese twins" in which I presented binominal pairs (expressions having...

Thoughts Of The Times

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We need a miracle of our own making

One of the tragedies of Hanukkah is what a short-lived victory it was. After a two decade rebellion that pushed the Seleucids out of the Land of...

Ariel Beery

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Making the Old New Again

Recently I was asked what the halakha is if a person forgot to make the brakhah of Shechiyanu when he or she lit candles on the first night. Should...

Dov Linzer

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Transforming the melting pot into a beautiful mosaic

People in countries across the world dream of becoming jewels in the crown of the American Melting Pot. In fact, America’s 28 th President,...

Craig Lebrau

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Rabbi Sacks’ legacy on leadership is in safe hands

‘Today the two most powerful movements in Jewish life are assimilation and segregation. Jews are either engaging with the world at the cost of...

Andrew Shaw

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Out of Texas, a cowboy solution to an Afghan crisis

The idea began with urgent phone calls between United Nations agencies and an anonymous business executive in Texas. It’s resulted in a steady...

Ruth Pollard

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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...

Yuval David

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D’var Torah Parsha Miketz and Hanukah Great Lessons for People and Businesses

The lessons from this week’s Torah Portion, Miketz, are an important economics lesson. The story is well known, Joseph’s imprisonment ...

Thomas Sudow

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Tech Leaders: Moshe Fishman, Reliance Global Group

Welcome to my Tech Leaders Interview Series, where I interview impactful leaders and ask them to share tips and techniques that have benefited...

Omri Hurwitz

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Roe vs. Wade in jeopardy if current arguments before top court are anything to go by

Chief Justice John Roberts is searching for a compromise to preserve some basic right to abortion while moving it earlier in pregnancy, perhaps as...

Noah Feldman

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Why the Bennett vacation story matters

The Bennett family’s overseas vacation has led Israeli newscasts for close to 24 hours. “A betrayal,” the PM’s detractors scream on their...

Joshua Koonin

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Thankful for the 5th night of Hanukkah

A year ago tonight, on the 5th night of Hanukkah, my life changed for the better. I have written and rewritten this article to express my...

Gila Bublick

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Appearance and Reality (Mikketz, Covenant & Conversation)

After twenty-two years and many twists and turns, Joseph and his brothers finally meet. We sense the drama of the moment. The last time they had...

Jonathan Sacks

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The Mysterious Holiday

It lasts eight days, longer than just about any other Jewish holiday. There are arguments over its sole commandment. So little is known about...

Steve Rodan

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America’s Word War

I was struggling to come up with a headline that adequately captures all I’ve been thinking about lately. I spend a lot of time–too much, I...

Nina B. Mogilnik

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Endangered Wildlife Should Pay for Its Own Protection

PRAGUE/NAIROBI – It will soon be possible to give a digital identity to individual wild animals whose species are at risk of...

Jonathan Ledgard

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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...

Ibrahim Mukhtar

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Sudan in Dire Straits

Free from house arrest, the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Khamdok and Lieutenant General Abdel Fatakh Al Burkhan have signed an agreement at a...

Viktor Mikhin

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Biden is Trying to Make an Anti-Chinese Stand on the Olympics

China will host the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Beijing became the first city in history to host both the Summer and...

Vladimir Odintsov

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Syria is Actively Emerging from International Isolation

The complete fiasco of Washington, which for 20 years participated in the complex Afghan conflict, ineptly squandered $ 2.3 trillion taken from the...