Israelis Should Learn From the ultra-Orthodox How a Minority Behaves

Janet Yellen’s nomination as treasury secretary advances in Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US Senate Finance Committee approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation’s 78th treasury...

Rabbi starts praying for president again after Trump departs

When Donald Trump became president of the United States in 2017, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz felt he could no longer say the standard prayer for the...

Pfizer to supply 40 million COVID-19 shots for poor countries

Pfizer on Friday committed to supply up to 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this year to a World Health Organization-backed effort to get...

Šimfanje in štenkanje

Bilo je kakšnih petnajst let nazaj, ko so prišli prvič. Ljudje, ki so tedaj v klasičnih medijih začenjali iskati načine, kako s pomočjo...

Molčanje kot drža in strategija

Najbolje je molčati. Pogledati stran. In si misliti svoje. To je osnovna drža tega časa. Dokler ne bodo v vse nas montirali čipov, ki bodo brali...

Trump’s impeachment trial to begin the week of February 8

WASHINGTON (AP) — Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump on the charge of incitement of insurrection for the Capitol...

Republican lawmaker with gun sets off House chamber metal detector

WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Police are investigating an incident in which a Republican lawmaker was blocked from entering the House chamber after...

With theater actors’ legs intact, TV’s ‘Rehearsals’ breaks a heart instead

It’s been 10 months since anyone in Israel has been able to sit in a theater and laugh — or cry — at a tale acted out on stage. You still...

Party and country: the unexplored reserves of the Gramsci genome

Commentary. This party was not a separate vanguard, but a body mixed with the same blood, the same emotions, behaviors, memories of the Italian...

Bill to amend COVID-19 laws riddled with too many questions

The Cabinet approved a bill to amend legislation on measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The government is hoping the proposed changes will...

Blast in northern Gaza said to injure at least 15 people; cause unclear

An explosion was reported Saturday morning in a building in the northern Gaza Strip, with multiple people said injured. The blast occurred in Beit...

Hard to believe no 'Plan B' exists for dicey Tokyo Olympics 

“We have, at this moment, no reason whatsoever to believe that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will not open on the 23rd of July in the Olympic Stadium...

Why is the Labour Party so enthusiastic about Covid-19 lockdowns when they are so destructive to our poorest communities?

Whenever Home Secretary Priti Patel is wheeled out to lead the daily government briefing we know we have done something wrong and something rotten...

The Vaccine Race: Yet Another US Weapon for World Domination

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine race has been turned by Washington into one of the most costly and...

Volivci

Preteklo leto se je začelo s škandalozno prodajo stranke Desus desnici - in to je izvedla nova predsednica, "novo upanje" stranke, ki je nato...

Israel expected to raise COVID fines, place fresh limits on air travel

Israel is set to take fresh steps to attempt to curb COVID-19 infections, including raising fines on rule-breakers and increasing limitations on...

From 'America first' to 'Earth first'

By Song Young-gil Rep. Song Young-gil of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is the chairman of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and...

Jewish Democrats see Ossoff and Warnock as a heroic new Black-Jewish duo

JTA — Two days after his election to the Senate helped tip the balance of power in Washington, Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff found another...

Site of mass Haredi wedding in London: A school whose principal died of COVID

An illegal Jewish wedding broken up by police in London on Thursday took place at a school whose principal died of COVID-19 last year. Rabbi...

Netflix gets to say ‘I told you so,’ for now

Netflix Inc. would like to thank you for attending its cash bonfires over the years, but says it’s time to go home now — and watch more Netflix....

Small steps by Xi and Biden could lead to big changes in US-China ties

Watching the live telecast of Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony on Thursday morning, sparsely attended due to the coronavirus pandemic and under...

Last Jew in Tajikistani city dies after community thrived there for centuries

JTA — For many centuries, the city of Khujand in Tajikistan, a mountainous Muslim-majority country, had been a center of Jewish presence in...

Blueberries from Down Under thrive in Israel’s north, indoors

Blueberries, a super fruit that’s high in fiber and vitamin C, are usually picked from bushes that grow in the ground. Now, a group of growers in...

Biden says COVID expected to kill ‘well over 600,000’ in US

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President Joe Biden warned on Friday that the number of coronavirus deaths in the United States was expected to surpass...

UAE confirms it signed deal to buy F-35 jets from US on last day of Trump’s term

The United Arab Emirates confirmed on Thursday that it had inked agreements to buy up to 50 F-35 jets and other weapons from the US on former...

Democracy Dies in Darkness: Washington Post backtracks after it's caught burying Kamala Harris’ cringeworthy joke from old article

“We should have kept both versions of the story on the Post’s site…rather than redirecting to the updated one,” communications VP Kris...

‘Erratic’ or ‘Strategic Clarity’: What to make of Trump’s Middle East legacy?

Donald Trump broke with bipartisan convention in his Middle East policy. Some say he overturned stagnant conventional wisdom that rewarded foes...

Pizza Hut Israel to trial drone deliveries this summer

Pizza Hut Israel will try delivering pizzas by drone this summer, kind of. The restaurant chain will have drones deliver several orders together to...

Bernie Sanders has his most viral week ever

JTA — Bernie Sanders was everywhere on James Corden’s late-night show set on Thursday. Life-sized cardboard cutouts of the Jewish senator in his...

Trump shuns ‘ex-presidents club’ — and the feeling is mutual

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a club Donald Trump was never really interested in joining and certainly not so soon: the cadre of former commanders in...

Hawaiian-Jewish surfer may have ridden largest wave of all time

JTA — Hawaiian-Jewish surfing star Makua Rothman may have successfully ridden the largest recorded wave in the history of the sport, estimated to...

Inexcusable deaths of children in Korea

Photos of Jung-in, a 16-month-old girl who died after being abused by her adoptive parents, sit in front of her grave at a cemetery in Yangpyeong,...