Critics pan ‘painful’ portrayal of Jews in race relations rom-com ‘You People’

The hit Netflix’s comedy “You People,” which explores race relations between the Jewish, Muslim and Black communities in America, has come under...

4 women indicted for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs worth millions

Prosecutors on Thursday filed charges against a group of four young women accused of attempting to smuggle millions of shekels worth of drugs into...

Several IDF officers censured, dismissed over brawl at West Bank base

The chief of the military’s Central Command, Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs, has meted out disciplinary actions against several officers over a...

Better On A Camel

Birthright Israel is considering cancelling all camel rides during visits to Israel. Many of the programme’s participants feel that that riding on...

Rabbi Dovid Hofstedter and Secretary Pompeo Meet

There has not been a time in American history where the level of anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic violence against members of the Jewish community...

Blinken's Beijing challenge will be to reinforce 'guardrails'

Ground rules for U.S.-China strategic competition high on trip agenda

2 Nazareth brothers shot dead in suspected gangland hit

A pair of men were shot dead early Friday in Nazareth, in what police suspected was part of ongoing hostilities between rival criminal groups. The...

Israel's Governing Mafia Took Out One of Its Fiercest Critics

The mafia took down Avi Himi. There was an urgent need to take care of him after he came out with all his might against the regime coup the mafia...

Slovenija tehnološka gazela? Ne, hvala

Zadnji mesec sem preučeval statistike o tehnološkem razvoju, kvaliteti inovacijskega in poslovnega ekosistema ter strategije držav, ki jim je...

US charity halts fundraising for Israeli group aiding Jewish extremists

LAKEWOOD, New Jersey (AP) — An Israeli group that assists Jewish prisoners convicted in some of the country’s most notorious hate crimes has...

Israel's Fraudulent Notion of 'Jewish Democracy' Has Been Exposed. What's Next?

The word “lessons” is ominous. It implies that something went wrong, yet at the same time harbors the hope that we may be able to correct the...

In now annual tradition, US urges Israel to keep friction in check ahead of Ramadan

For the second straight year, the Biden administration has circled the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as a potential accelerant for another eruption...

What Matters Now… to philosopher Micah Goodman? Preventing civil war

Welcome to our inaugural episode of What Matters Now, a new weekly podcast exploration into one key issue shaping Israel and the Jewish World —...

Macron raises alarm over ‘headlong’ Iran nuclear rush in meeting with Netanyahu

PARIS, France — French President Emmanuel Macron blasted Iran’s “headlong rush” to develop its nuclear program Thursday following a meeting...

YU fans prepare for Ryan Turell’s first G League game in NYC — right after Shabbat

JTA — Ryan Turell may be from Los Angeles, but when he returns to New York as a member of an NBA G League team on February 4, the game will...

Shin Bet announces foiling election day bomb plot by 2 Arab men enlisted by Hamas

The Shin Bet security agency on Friday said it foiled an attempt by the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group to carry out a bombing attack on the day of...

Poll: Israeli left-right rift at record high; 31% think violent civil strife likely

A new poll published Friday showed that the perceived gap between the political left and right in Israel was the largest recorded since the monthly...

Biden hosts Jordan’s Abdullah for third time, in nod to king’s role in region

US President Joe Biden hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah at the Oval Office Thursday, underlining Washington’s view of Amman as playing a critical...

Far-right minister probes legality of US returning looted artifact to Palestinians

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — An ivory spoon dating back 2,700 years that was recently repatriated to the Palestinian Authority from the United States...

(PISMO BRALCA) Bo vlada odpravila v nebo vpijoče krivice slovenske pokojninske zakonodaje?

Sašo Bizjak Zdaj ko so mediji polni leporečja, kako so se moški s 1. 1. 2023 izenačili z ženskami po odmernem odstotku 63,50, se moški, ki smo...

JPMorgan warns of growing risk to investing in Israel due to judicial shakeup plans

Leading US financial institute JPMorgan has warned of a growing risk of investing in Israel due to the new government’s far-reaching plans for...

US tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon spotted high over Montana

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the...

19-year-old American seminary student among victims of deadly Jerusalem car crash

JTA — A 19-year-old from Long Island was killed in a car accident in Jerusalem on Wednesday night. Adira Koffsky was hit by a car whose driver...

Macron warns Netanyahu over planned overhaul of Israeli judicial system

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday night that if there are not changes to his government’s...

American Jewish Donors: Use Your Influence Now. Confront Israel's Radical Government

Israel's radical new government threatens so much of the core values and institutions in which Diaspora Jewish philanthropy has invested for...

We need a way out of the judicial clash, not more angry rhetoric

I have a great deal of respect for Daniel Gordis, Matti Friedman and Yossi Klein-Halevi. Their contributions as articulate and passionate Zionist...

SF Bay Area Jews battle on billboards over branding of anti-Zionism

JTA — Within two weeks, a series of Bay Area billboards equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism were targeted by activists. In the first incident,...

How to deal with annoying people: A biblical guide

“Rabbi, what do I do with annoying people? They are not harming me in any way, just really annoying. Thanks, James” Hey James! First, I am not...

The Problem with Israel’s Present Binance Ministry

No, that’s not a typo in the headline. Israel’s Treasury (Finance) Ministry has become disastrously bifurcated. In fact, that’s the case from...

Grim Report from a News Junkie

Diary of a news junkie: Being homebound with the flu for almost two weeks gave me plenty of opportunity to read, digest, analyze, and be ashamed of...

The Battle with Amalek: Faith in the Deserts of our Life  

Often people tend to confuse confidence and arrogance.  Many understand arrogance as a state of being overly confident in oneself and their...

Slow Dowwwwwn!

Now more than ever, the world is operating in a fast-paced manner due to a phenomenon called “Accelerating Change”. This concept refers to the...

On the New Gang on the Hill

I’ve attempted writing several blog posts since the Israeli elections with Bibi and his new gang  mounting the hill.  But each attempt has been...

VOX POPULI: Sad world we live in when children must say, ‘I’m home,’ for safety

About 20 years ago, a local edition of The Asahi Shimbun printed a poem by Yuki Mizumoto, who was an elementary school first-grader at the time. ...

Why February is the giving month – D’Var Hadassah

There’s an awful lot of dysfunction around us – it’s akin to global warming: political, factual, very man-made and so far, seemingly impossible...

Celebrating Tu B’Shevat with Four Species Barley Pudding

I have no childhood memories of Tu B’Shevat . The holiday, celebrated on the 15th of Shevat (February 6, 2023) and known by many names, including...

A Truly Complex Jew

Book Review: Kreisky, Israel, and Jewish Identity.  By Daniel Aschheim, Ph.D. A true story: A Jew fled his homeland one step ahead of the Nazis,...

Israel’s Diplomatic Own Goal

Israel’s Diplomatic Own Goal – Serbia and ‘Kosovo’ Banner in Belgrade saying ‘Serbia without Kosovo would be like a Human without a...

EDITORIAL: Redevelopment of Meiji Jingu Gaien calls for a serious rethink

The Japanese arm of an advisory body to UNESCO has called on the Tokyo metropolitan government to review a redevelopment project for the...

When to pivot

Every parent has had a toddler fling themselves to the ground and refuse to move. Our kids expertly choose places with maximum exposure to have...

Now is the time to deepen your charitable support

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently formed a new government with several parties that are either Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) or on...

What are the possible endgames in Ukraine war?

As we approach the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion later this month, the Ukraine war remains the world’s dominant geopolitical conflict....

Utopia or Bust

‘Blood batteries’ drive America’s frantic EV ambitions

In its rush to secure and build America’s electric vehicle and battery-supply chains, the U.S. government is reaching far and wide, splashing out...

The Side of Russian News No American Hears Of

At a time when the United States, the EU, and aligned NATO countries are attempting to eradicate Russia, something extraordinary is happening....

Lunar New Year greetings to China by countries shows its growing influence

This relatively new diplomatic custom of world leaders extending Lunar New Year greetings only came into existence in the last 15 years, as Chinese...

And Iran will neither capitulate nor give in…

Kamikaze drones struck Iran from the air again on the night of January 28-29, 2023. A number of cities, including Rasht, Khoy, Hamadan, Ban, Karaj,...

We’ve always been distracted

Worried that technology is ‘breaking your brain’? Fears about attention spans and focus are as old as writing itself - by Joe Stadolnik Read at...

Hitozukuri

Japan’s Cold War education policy used religion to ‘make’ the ideal humans needed by its nascent economy. Did it work? - by Jolyon Baraka Thomas...

Israeli musicians head to Grammys with Indian ensemble

When the Grammy Awards are presented Sunday night ten Israeli musicians may walk the red carpet as part of the Berklee School of Music Indian...