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The political crisis in the United States has raised serious questions about the future of the country’s democratic system, which is on the brink...
While the second state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic has expanded in Japan, the incumbent U.S. president faced a second impeachment in...
Since the onset of winter, the rampaging coronavirus has seemed unstoppable. Yet, compared to the Spanish flu of 100 years ago, the number of...
U.S. President Donald Trump deserved to be impeached, again — this time for his sustained and unprecedented attempt to invalidate the results of...
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s impending inauguration has raised hopes that his administration will “make America lead again.” If the United...
It is ten years since the people of Tunisia took to the streets and started what became known as the Jasmine Revolution which led to the ouster of...
JTA — Kristen Clarke, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the civil rights division at the Justice Department, said it was a mistake to...
With a chainsaw in his car, Ahmed Abdelal tours the Gaza Strip, asking around for people wanting to cut down trees, regrow orchards or make way for...
Culture. A podcast in six episodes by Samuele Sciarrillo recalls with voices and sounds the young activist and manifesto contributor, ten years...
Nevihtni pojavi ali vsaj plohe (to so »nevihte brez grmenja«) povzročijo tudi precej bolj neenakomerno krajevno razporeditev količine padavin,...
Ko je oktobra lani potekalo redno letno srečanje dveh glavnih globalnih institucij, IMF in Svetovne banke, je Financial Times glavna sporočila s...
Moshe complains to God that since speaking to the Israelites things have only gotten worse. God tells Moshe to return to the people and tell them...
“The downside of higher education is that it gives you the confidence to maintain baseless fantasies in defiance of common sense.” Derek...
The Shulchan Aruch, Code of Jewish Law, states that if three identical pieces of meat, one which is unkosher and two which are kosher, become mixed...
I am grateful to be among the fortunate, country-wise and age-wise, who have received the vaccine against the Corona virus — both doses. The...
Israel adopted an official humanitarian aid agenda in 1958, 10 years after its founding. In 54 years, Israel has provided aid to 140 countries,...
La pandemia global no fue un evento predecible en 2019, pero ha acelerado muchos de los cambios previsibles que esperábamos en el futuro. Es muy...
“Love him or hate him” began a recent New York Times farewell article about US ambassador to Israel, David M. Friedman. And we are left in no...
2020 was not a good year for journalism in Southeast Asia – nor for the entire Asian region for that matter. But even before COVID-19 entered the...
Former President Park should first make public apology Seoul's top court Thursday confirmed a 20-year prison term for former President Park...
The word triage, which derives from the French verb "trier" meaning to sort or select, initially applied to wool and coffee beans. Medical triage,...
Jewish-American billionaire Sheldon Adelson was buried Friday in a small funeral on the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City, with...
Arab normalisation with Israel is expected to have serious consequences that go well beyond the limited and self-serving agendas of a few regional...
“Republic Day” is one of the three national holidays celebrated annually in India on January 26, marking the enactment of the country’s...
In the wake of the recent Capitol riot in the US, coupled with new information from the FBI that suggests all 50 state capitals could soon be under...
1. Holding steady on the cusp of disaster: The good news in Israel is that the number of new coronavirus cases no longer appears to be rising. The...
“Iran can easily enrich uranium to 40, 60 or even 90 percent,” claimed Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran...
The schadenfreude in Beijing and among other authoritarian governments about Donald Trump's Twitter ban misses the point, argues DW's Rodion...
For Canadian investor, entrepreneur, songwriter, equality, and human rights activist, Jay Rosenzweig , the sight and thought of airports and flying...
Our collective efforts have mitigated the negative financial impact of 2020, and we have embarked on a path toward recovery in 2021. I am...
Human beings can possess extraordinary resilience and no less extraordinary hopelessness. In our current Torah portion, Moses returns to the...
Yesterday was Rosh Chodesh Shevat, the first day of what we consider to be the month in which we celebrate the new year of the trees in two weeks,...
In the shift from Bereshit to Shemot, we see the Jewish people go from a thriving nation to a persecuted people. As quickly as we said “Chazzak...
Shortly after the 2016 election, I found myself in Berlin at the Jewish Museum. Upon exiting the museum, I stumbled upon a temporary exhibit titled...
Parashat VaEira 5781 Parashat Vaeira describes the first part of the confrontation between God and Paraoh. God states the divine motivation...
On January 6, 2021, riots broke out in Washington DC, as an angry mob stormed the US Capitol. Though the rioters bore a striking resemblance to the...
Chains and cages constrain so many people, in the literal and metaphorical sense; freedom is limited, dreams are destroyed, and life is muted. We...
It is astonishing and dismaying watching the no-longer United States tearing itself apart. Cries for impeachment rend the air without any real...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani lawyer for the family of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl faces an uphill battle to overturn the acquittal of...
This week an Israeli district court delivered a verdict, barring the film Jenin Jenin from being screened in Israel, and ordering the film’s...
JTA — Longtime CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said Thursday that he was happy that his late parents, survivors of the Holocaust, did not live to witness...
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces on Friday held a military exercise involving ballistic missiles and drones in the country’s...
All Israelis over the age of 45 will be eligible to receive the first COVID-19 shot through their health providers starting Sunday as Israel’s...