Republican Jewish group: Biden must apologize for comparing Trump to top Nazi

The Republican Jewish Coalition on Saturday demanded an apology from Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden after he likened US President...

Confessions for Yom Kippur 5781 – Covid-19 version

For the sin of acting as if #Covid_19 is not a danger to us because we are young, healthy, and entitled to enjoy our lives, as we become carriers...

Fight over the Mediterranean: France’s Proxy War and the Budding Turkish-Russian Alliance

Overwhelmed by uncontrollable circumstances, the Greek government is bracing for another financial crisis that promises to be as terrible as the...

In a democracy, the debate is more important than the decision

Commentary. The most damaging effect of the referendum is to have reinforced the (false) opposition between rulers and ruled, offering the latter...

In leaders’ UN videos, the backgrounds tell stories, too

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the world to “reject attempts to build blocks to keep others out” as an image of his...

Cindy’s Corners NYFW S/S21 With Frederick Anderson

There was Fashion in New York in September. It was different. One designer took advantage of NYFW to debut a collection I call “ Sophisticated...

North's apology falls short

Pyongyang should put action before words North Korean leader Kim Jong-un offered an apology to South Korea, Friday, for the killing of a...

Will COVID-19 be a game changer in our relationship with meat?

In a vast, illuminated greenhouse set among Iceland's otherworldly lava fields, the genetically modified shoots of an ancient cereal crop may hold...

Europe's digital emergency

By Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM ― EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered an upbeat assessment in her first annual policy report ("state of...

Maine needs to learn from avoidable failures in state's largest outbreak

The more than 170 cases in Maine's largest COVID-19 outbreak, spread out across several counties and multiple locations, have been connected by...

God lost all hope and left Korea

By Chang Se-moon Korea is going through an uneasy, trying time. To the surprise of many, those in power, after glorious promises of justice, equal...

For barrier-free society

By Kim Sun-ae My friends and I didn't go into the restaurant. Because it had only stairs, one of my friends who uses a wheelchair couldn't enter...

Iran and the USA: What Happens Next?

It is now just two months until the presidential elections in the USA. Currently the verdict of the public opinion polls – which is always changing...

Why 2020 is the Year of Grief, Anger, and Reassessment

Open, close, open again, close—every time there is an opening, hope emerges, the desire to move on takes hold, when a closing means a quarantine...

IDF cancels leave for combat troops, soldiers in training amid coronavirus surge

The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday canceled all leave for combat troops and soldiers in training for at least the next month amid a spike in...

Again!

We were flying north on one of our periodic trips from Florida to New York City to visit family. My four year old daughter was in the seat next to...

A Programmer’s Approach To The Lockdown

tl;dr – In order to minimize economic, social, and psychological damage, I believe that ONLY the largest vectors of coronavirus spread should be...

Jerusalem and the embassy issue

Embed from Getty Images When politicians say of any problem that their position is “clear,” you can be pretty certain that it is anything...

A Sanctuary in Our Homes

I have a dance studio in my house. No, there are no mirrors, or bars, but there is an open space with a yoga block in the middle, to delineate the...

Memories of Slichot Tradition’s Past

Our family is a family of traditions. We have traditions for just about everything and our friends and family are aware of this and even tell us...

Books and blessings. . .

I am not sure why I reached for the book on the shelf. Maybe because I was searching for a high holiday machzor. Maybe because during this season...

Moon-Suga phone talks

Seoul, Tokyo should move toward future-oriented ties The phone talks Thursday between President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Yashihide...

In Fighting Netanyahu, All Israelis Should Learn From the ultra-Orthodox

Congratulations on COVID-19 handling

By Mark Peterson Korea has done a marvelous job in handling the coronavirus. There has been a recent spike, but like previous spikes, they have...

Establishing resistance to overseas influence

API Geoeconomic Briefing is a series provided by the Asia Pacific Initiative, an independent think tank based in Tokyo. The series will look into...

How We “Earned” Being Covid’s Prime Target

What timing! In the first wave of Covid-19, we spent Passover in lockdown and didn’t get to celebrate it with our extended families, the way...

Thanks for Foreign Readers

Since August and the publication of a dozen of my articles, where at the end there is space for readers’ comments, not one comment has been...

POEM for Human Unity & Courage: The Pilgrimage of Abraham!

Very grateful to Times of Israel for their simply wonderful hospitality and chesed, for giving me a chance to not only express my views on world...

Forgive Me

Forgive me for seeing you as a threat For disappearing into my isolation and not worrying enough about you For being so happy to get out of my...

The Questions I Wish I Had Asked

A man phones his mother. She answers in a very faint voice, “Hello.” He asks, “Mom, how are you?” She replies, “Very weak.” “Why are you...

An Analysis: Protests and the Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted every corner of the world, including Israel. As a pandemic took root in nearly every developed country, most...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death: Religion and Peoplehood

The death of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has resonated far beyond the borders of the United States of America. Sadly...

Last year in Jerusalem

Embed from Getty Images Last year I spent Yom Kippur in Israel. It was my first time in Israel, and I had neglected to check the calendar. When I...

Submarine Affair? Netanyahu Actually Showed Great Foresight

Health minister: Law limiting protests, prayers will be advanced Tuesday

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein on Saturday said the government would finalize legislation banning large demonstrations on Tuesday, as thousands...

How Trump and Biden are preparing for the first presidential debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ahead of the first debate-stage matchup between US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, each campaign...

Angels and dust: A Yom Kippur conversation with Leonard Cohen 5781

There is a long running debate throughout the writings of  the sages as to the who is greater — the angels or humankind? In the end, in their...

At UN, Syrian FM calls Turkey the main terrorism sponsor in region

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister accused Turkey on Saturday of being “one of the main sponsors of terror” in his country and the...

In the Absence of Leadership

RBG’s signature collar and book join Museum of Jewish People

Visitors to Tel Aviv University’s Museum of the Jewish People will behold a small piece of the renowned and beloved late US Supreme Court justice...

Enough with the ‘Palestine first’ lie

We have been told that the road to peace passed through Ramallah. That, first and foremost, Israel had to make peace with the Palestinians. Only...

Israel’s Yom Kippur 2020 – as Bad as 1973

Israelis mark Yom Kippur under ‘painful’ virus lockdown

AP — The solemn Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which annually sees Israeli life grind to a halt, begins on Sunday in a nation already under a...

WATCH: Israel at prayer, in masks and capsules, September 2020

The fall High Holidays is usually a time when Jews worldwide flock to synagogues for communal prayer. In Israel, thousands of citizens and tourists...

Europe’s green state control

MUNICH – In her first annual “state of the union” address this month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed that the...

You have sinned, you have betrayed: What the press is saying on September 27

1.  Waiting with dread: In Israel, it’s nothing new for the country to stop almost completely for Yom Kippur, and that holds true for the press...

Could the Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg be what saves America?

Trump Loses. The Republicans lose control of the Senate.  The House remains in Democrat control. Democracy has spoken! Elation, insane emotion,...

Leonard Cohen and the Yom Kippur War

I often ask my Birthright participants what would they do if they were safely ensconced on their university campus in North America and they heard...

Not Christian, Muslim Or Jew : Druze Are Another Middle Eastern Religion

Most people know that three of the world’s major religions were born in the Middle East : Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. However, there are...

Louisville, Kentucky

It’s just a fairly obscure town in the USA where a woman of colour was recently shot and killed, and the subsequent decision by the court not to...