Moderna CEO predicts existing COVID vaccines less effective against Omicron

The head of drugmaker Moderna said that existing COVID-19 vaccines, in all likeliness, will prove to be less effective against the new Omicron...

Appearing in Jerusalem, Black Eyed Peas frontman rejects calls to boycott Israel

AP — The Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am said Monday that politics do not dictate his actions, and that pressure from pro-Palestinian activists did...

Two doctors infected with Omicron COVID variant; confirmed cases in Israel hit 4

Two doctors tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the Sheba Medical Center announced Tuesday, doubling the number of known cases of the...

Top ultra-Orthodox rabbis urge against mixed-gender prayer plaza at Western Wall

Two top ultra-Orthodox rabbis in Israel published a missive Monday evening denouncing the proposed establishment of a permanent mixed-gender plaza...

Gazan Doctor Seeking Justice for His Slain Daughters Won't Find It in Israel

Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, too, tried the good way. For 13 years, since the massacre of his daughters in the Gaza Strip, he has traveled the world...

He led IDF intel gathering on Iran, was ignored and fears Israel is now paying price

WASHINGTON — Several months after the 2013 election of former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, Aviv Kohavi submitted a position paper to...

In echo of excommunication, top Spinoza scholar banned from Amsterdam synagogue

JTA — More than 350 years after Baruch Spinoza was excommunicated from the Spanish-Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam, a leader of the...

After decades of tormenting Jews, South Park’s Cartman converts to Judaism

JTA — One of television’s most notorious cartoon antisemites is now an Orthodox rabbi. Eric Cartman, the egomaniacal, hate speech-spouting...

Boebert in call refuses to apologize to Ilhan Omar for suicide bomber quip

WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after firebrand conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado was harshly criticized for making anti-Muslim comments about...

Israeli agtech companies take on worst-case climate crisis forecasts

As the battle to increase crop output faces off with ever-worsening extreme weather, Israeli agtech (agricultural tech) innovators are finding...

Lapid tells Macron that only a credible military threat can stop Iran nuclear drive

Wrapping up a three-day trip to London and Paris, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid emphasized to French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday Israel’s...

Deputy AG: Shin Bet tracking ‘very problematic,’ but Omicron is an exceptional case

Israel’s deputy attorney general said Tuesday that there were “many problematic things” about the renewed use of phone tracking by the Shin...

Countering Europeans, Iran makes maximalist demands as Vienna nuclear talks open

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran struck a maximalist tone Tuesday after just one day of restarted talks in Vienna over its tattered nuclear deal,...

The world is no longer a safe place

The past week was full of many tragic events, all of which connect in the lack of any value placed on human life and respect for the right to...

Bennett defends ‘drastic steps’ against Omicron in call with Austrian, Czech leaders

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke Tuesday with his Austrian and Czech counterparts about the COVID-19 pandemic, defending the use of phone...

Electoral populism

Delayed taxation of virtual assets aims at young voters' support The ruling and opposition parties have agreed to postpone introducing the taxation...

The New Chief of Israel Aerospace Industries Is in the Right Place The New Chief of Israel Aerospace Industries, Amir Peretz, Is in the Right Place

We are hearing many inaccurate statements in the debate about the appointment of Amir Peretz as chairman of Israel Aerospace Industries. This is...

The 5 hopefuls seeking to lead French right-wing party in upcoming vote

PARIS (AFP) — France’s traditional right-wing party The Republicans (LR) on Wednesday will open a congress aimed at choosing among five hopefuls...

Glasgow talks: results and challenges

By Yoo Youn-cheol The 26th session of the Conference of Parties (COP26), the annual United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks, took place from...

It's time to invest in virtual real estate

By Chyung Eun-ju and Joel Cho Chyung Eun-ju Joel Cho Lee Jae-myung, presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), has...

China's tech regulators strike again

By Angela Huyue Zhang HONG KONG ― ByteDance, the parent company of the popular social-media platform TikTok, has a not-so-secret weapon. Its...

Foreign Ministry workers open labor dispute, putting official visits at risk

The Histadrut union officially began a labor dispute on Monday against the Foreign Ministry’s management in search of better compensation and...

Did vaccine inequality lead to emergence of Omicron variant?

PARIS (AFP) — In October 2020, as scientists around the world raced to develop a vaccine to fight COVID-19, the leader of the World Health...

UNRWA chief warns Palestinian refugee agency facing a funding crisis

AMMAN, Jordan — The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday it was unable to pay its 28,000 employees on time...

Kollárove zdravotnícke tančeky

Vynára sa preto otázka, prečo sa ju Boris Kollár tak všemožne usiluje sabotovať. Jednou z odpovedí, ktoré sa núkajú, je tá, že na tejto...

Disturbing disconnect of FFA

By Emily Rohr I was just a high school freshman when I joined the Future Farmers of America ― better known as FFA. At 15, I had visions of...

The Need to Look Beyond One’s Self

The rabbinic sages were meticulous readers, cognizant of whatever seemed to them to be expressed unusually. And so, when Pharaoh recounts for Yosef...

We want climate leadership

By Kim Sun-ae Fortunately, many of the kimchi cabbages that my family and I grew survived. But the lower parts of a lot of other people's kimchi...

On honesty, a cardinal human virtue

By Kim Jeong-kyoo A couple of years ago, I met a man in his late 40s at our apartment council meeting. He appeared to be your regular type of a guy...

Saudi religious moderation is as much PR as it is theology

Mohammed Ali al-Husseini, one of Saudi Arabia’s newest naturalized citizens, ticks all the boxes needed to earn brownie points in the kingdom’s...

The Eternal Truth of Cyber Monday

Even if you made it past Black Friday, here is Cyber Monday. The truth is, you’re lying to yourself if you think you can resist. I use these...

The King and We

The Parsha in Chesed – Miketz Pirkei D’rebbi Eliezer (16:16) states that חתן דומה למלך” “- a bridegroom is compared to a king. By...

Old vs New, Arab vs Jew, in the UAE

The United Arab Emirates is a country of dichotomies. Old versus new, traditional versus modern, and rich versus poor are the contrasts that stand...

Celebrating famous Jews from Ukraine: Ephraim Katzir

A born in Kyiv talented biophysicist scientist who made a significant contribution to the study and use of enzymes, Ephraim Katchalski was invited...

Why Do Cybersecurity Unicorns Flourish in Israel?

Numbers don’t lie. Israel has become the global hotbed for spawning private cybersecurity companies worth more than $1 billion each. We can point...

Peace, Innovation and the Synergy Between Them

Twenty-five years ago, the Peres Center for Peace was established and since then it has completed amazing work, which is unfortunately not known to...

The Other F Words

In some ways, growing up in the 50s feels like a century ago.  As I look back, I can remember three things, in particular, that were rare and...

Discovering the Present Amid the Whirlwind 

Picture this scenario: Mom is in the kitchen washing dishes as she simultaneously keeps an eye on her kids as they play on the porch. Her...

The Internet Is Not the Enemy

RESTON, VIRGINIA – We live in an age of wonder in which half the world now has access to a technology – the internet – that supports people’s...

Meeting North Koreans outside the country in freedom

By Casey Lartigue Jr. With North Korea's border closed due to COVID-19 concerns, could the world be missing an opportunity to engage and even...

RT to fight against censorship & intellectual conformism by backing alternative voices

From social media to politics to academia, the clampdown on independent voices shows no signs of abating in the West, with no organized backlash...

India to Repeal Three Anti-farm Laws

On November 19, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a very remarkable statement referring to the government’s decision to repeal three laws...

Who Can Make an Atom Bomb Faster? Iran or Japan?

Tensions over the proliferation of nuclear weapons have recently increased significantly amid problems with the nuclear deal with Iran, of which...

VOX POPULI: ‘Oya-gacha’ is far more than just a new buzzword

Children don't get to choose their parents. Life is like a lottery, in that winning or losing depends entirely on who your parents are. In fact,...

EDITORIAL: Japan must respond quickly to threat posed by Omicron

A new variant of the novel coronavirus has been discovered and cases of infection with this variant have been reported across the world. The new...

The metaverse is neither utopian nor dystopian

Virtual world is an opportunity to build a new paradigm together

The Collapse of the US Submarine Fleet

The submarine fleet has traditionally enjoyed the special favors of the top leaders in the United States. It is even known that in 1993 former US...

Growing downside risks

Economic recovery feared to slow down A key economic indicator is raising concern that South Korea's economic recovery may slow down amid mounting...

New info shows Omicron spread broader, earlier than previously thought

BRUSSELS (AP) — New findings about the coronavirus’s Omicron variant made it clear Tuesday that the emerging threat slipped into countries...

This Hanukkah, learn about the holiday’s forgotten female heroes

THE CONVERSATION via AP — The eight-day Jewish festival of Hanukkah commemorates the ancient Jews’ victory over the powerful Seleucid empire,...

Between Kafr Qasem and Hebron

The criticism of President Isaac Herzog’s plans to visit the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron doesn’t stem, as his critics maintain, from a desire...

What killed macroeconomics?

By Robert Skidelsky LONDON ― The problem with quantitative easing (QE), quipped then-U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke in 2014 about the...

The Miracle We Celebrate on Hanukkah

Every Jewish holiday has deep spiritual meaning. Hanukkah is no exception. On Hanukkah, we celebrate the miracle that happened to the Maccabees,...

Korea's bumpy road to green energy

By John Burton Korea faces a difficult challenge in meeting its ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which it promised in relation...

Cultivating friendship

By Bernard Rowan One of the things I miss these days about Korea is the opportunity to make friends. I've made a few friends in Korea over the...

The 'Hellbound' question

By Jason Lim What happens when a true-to-God (pun intended), undeniable miracle occurs on live social media, witnessed by both those onsite and...

The Cain v. Abel Trial

Rabbi Dr. Dan Ornstein has just written an easy to read Jewish courtroom drama “Cain v. Abel” that is interesting, thoughtful, eye-opening, and...

I moved to Erbil. Step by step, antisemites made a plan to murder me.

Note: This post is the second in a series about how I found myself targeted for my Jewishness by a cell of antisemites, and the collective...

Can Korea and Japan survive issues of history?

By Ahn Ho-young Korea's Supreme Court rendered its final ruling on the case brought by victims of forced labor during the Japanese occupation of...

[VIEW] A letter to friends in China fighting against coronavirus

By Hwang Jae-ho Hwang Jae-ho. Difficulty knocks on the door out of nowhere. Adversity comes in many forms. We all bound to face hardships from...

The Continuing Allure of Spinoza

Detail of a letter from Rabbi Joseph Serfaty, a leader of Amsterdam’s Sephardic community, to philosophy professor Yitzhak Melamed, sent 28...

Solidarity in the Jewish Holiday of Hanukkah

We are about to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, also known as the festival of lights. On this holiday we Jews light a different candle...

What COP26 left for us

By Jang Daul The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was...

Agónia pokračuje. Droba nevie, čo má robiť

Nestalo sa. Droba už vopred ohlásil, že cez víkend ponúkne riešenia. Neukázal sa, ani v pondelok. Pritom stav sa nemení. Mnohí ľudia majú...

Martin Indyk says Kissinger’s Machiavellian tactics helped stabilize Israel, Mideast

Martin Indyk has spent a significant part of his working life as a diplomatic mediator between Israel and the United States. Under the Clinton...

An Open Letter to Rabbi Serfaty of Amsterdam

To:  Rabbi M. Serfaty Rabbi, The Portuguese-Spanish Synagogue, Amsterdam 30.11.2021 Rabbi Serfaty, Shalom. Yesterday I was overwhelmed by the emails...

Rich countries must stop blocking the COVID vaccine patent waiver

The COVID-19 crisis and measures taken by states to mitigate, prevent and contain the spread of the virus have had an immeasurable impact on lives...

Five ways France’s Jewish far-right presidential candidate sparks controversy

PARIS, France (AFP) — French far-right TV pundit Eric Zemmour, who declared Tuesday he was running for president next year, has forged his...

Jewish far-right pundit Zemmour launches French presidential bid

PARIS, France (AFP) — French far-right media pundit Eric Zemmour announced on Tuesday that he will run for president in next year’s election,...

Deputy foreign minister aims to woo US progressives despite Israeli policy

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Idan Roll’s mission as Israel’s deputy foreign minister is to repair Israel’s relationship with progressives, especially in...

Environment Ministry, green organizations object to plans for up to 6 new marinas

The Environmental Protection Ministry, Israel Nature and Parks Authority and green organizations told a conference Tuesday that they would oppose...

Prison officer slams allegation he ‘pimped’ female guards to Palestinian inmates

A Prison Service intelligence officer came out strongly Monday against allegations that he had “pimped” out female soldiers to Palestinian...

Barbados ditches the Queen – and it’s China’s fault?

This week is a significant one for Barbados as it removes Britain’s monarch as its head of state, having made the decision to become a republic. ...

Political parties fined over campaign finance violations during 2019 elections

Fake social media accounts published election propaganda for various parties, many factions violated financing laws, and former prime minister...

Europe's Two Peace Missions

WASHINGTON, DC – As we approach the end of 2021, the European Union is debating its choices and priorities in an increasingly dangerous world....

Center-left Kishida endorses bold moves in security realm

When Fumio Kishida became prime minister, some questioned how this traditionally center-left politician would approach security issues. Would he...

Without Hanukkah, there’s no Christmas to celebrate

If it weren’t for the victory over an evil regime bent on destroying the Jewish people and their heritage, the course of history would have been...

Assange and the assurances of ‘civilised’ torturers

In persisting with its campaign to have Wikileaks founder Julian Assange extradited from the United Kingdom, the US continues to expose its own...

The legend of Annapurna

A golden bowl of porridge after a long famine – how the Hindu legend of Annapurna connects nourishment with spirituality - by Aeon Video Watch at...

Judges reject Netanyahu trial witness’s request for closed-door cross-examination

A key state witness ended his main testimony on Tuesday in the corruption trial against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and started his...

(POGLED) Glasni vojaški bobni na Tajvanu in v Ukrajini

V obeh primerih je strateški cilj agresorjev jasen. Vlada kitajskega predsednika Xi Jinpinga si želi "ponovne združitve", torej bi da Tajvan...

(POROČILA S TERENA) Kako blizu je Srbija? In kako daleč je Nemčija?

Najprej so bila velika gradbeno-inženirska podjetja, ki so z lastnim kadrom lahko izvedla tudi največje infrastrukturne projekte. Doma in v...

What's a Person's Worth? In Israel, Depends Who That Person Is

I watched the film “Worth” this week. It’s a very interesting movie, following the process of setting the amount of compensation for the victims...

Thank You Shlomo Sand, We’ll Take It From Here

“The social-democratic left is dead,” says historian Shlomo Sand in an interview published Friday in Haaretz. Sand’s eulogy is in such sharp...

Jewish celebrities light up Hanukkah

JTA Celebrities are just like the rest of us — flooding their social media feeds with candlelight and sizzling latkes on the first night of...

Far-right French pundit announces his candidacy for president

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold. China, Russia and Iran pose three of the biggest threats to the UK in a...

French far-right pundit Zemmour expected to announce presidential run

PARIS (AFP) — French far-right media pundit Eric Zemmour will announce on Tuesday that he will run for president in next year’s election, his...

My Aliyah Has Its Tzav Rishon Today

My Aliyah, and my Aliyah baby, have our tzav rishon today. I’m not sure we’re ready, but we’re going to have to be. 17 years ago, my Aliyah...

Building a One-Earth Balance Sheet

HONG KONG – The 2008 global financial crisis changed the way the world looks at balance sheets. Now, an even more profound transformation is needed...

Delegation of Jewish leaders in the UAE

As a member of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) program, WJC Jewish Diplomatic Corps, I had the opportunity to be part of the delegation made up of...

The High Stakes of Rising Inflation

FRANKFURT – Many countries are reporting their highest rates of inflation in decades: 6.2% in the United States, 4.2% in the United Kingdom, 5.2%...

Killing hareidism with patronizing paternalistic kindness

Or, Why the Ultra-Orthodox aren’t rushing to embrace Israel’s new minister of religious services and how it fits into the Hanukkah story. It...

The Sustainability Standards Battle

EDINBURGH – The recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow was, it seems, a historic success. We have this on no lesser...

For the love of Israel, we need to say: The Reform Movement is Zionist

The New York Times Magazine recently published a long article entitled “ Inside The Unraveling of American Zionism .” The piece focused on 93...

Who Gains From Ethiopia Tigray War?

If you want to know who is likely to be at war, just look at who is given the Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian (NATO) Parliament. Obama got it...

Even successful nuclear talks will see US and Israel fighting Iran and proxies

After a break of nearly five months, the five signatories to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPA) nuclear agreement with Iran are...

Biden’s Democracy Summit: America’s Push for World Domination

On December 9 and 10 the American President will host a virtual meeting titled a “Democracy Summit” with participation from many countries with...

In the United States, injustice is built into the system

Commentary. From Ahmaud Arbery to Malcolm X, judicial apartheid towards Blacks is an unavoidable constant in American history. written by Luca...

How we became weekly

The week is the most artificial and recent of our time counts yet it’s impossible to imagine our shared lives without it - by David Henkin Read...

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Daily Briefing Nov. 30 – Morocco and Israel tighten their ties with Gantz visit

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish...

Ayelet Shaked, Don't Deport This Israeli Child

“You started the naturalization process because of marriage, not widowhood.” That’s what the Interior Ministry told Kultida Lev, a Thai national...

Jewish hip-hop royalty take ‘Chanukah song’ to NY streets

JTA — Two leading Jewish hip-hop artists have adapted Adam Sandler’s 1995 breakout hit, “The Chanukah Song,” for the present moment. Nissim...

Israel's Leftists Seek the Last Refuge of Liberal Scoundrels

As they say in French politics, plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose – the more things change, the more they stay the same. Nothing beats...

Black Eyed Peas rock Jerusalem arena with lots of love for the ‘mishpocha’

The Black Eyed Peas — will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and new member J. Rey Soul — performed at Jerusalem’s Pais Arena Monday night, the first...

Barbados declared a republic, leaving behind history of British colonialism, slavery

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP) — Fireworks filled the sky over Barbados on Tuesday as the Caribbean island nation declared itself the world’s...

Israeli natural bodybuilder pumped to receive silver medal at world championships

All of Israeli bodybuilder Lavie Kafra‘s years of hard work at the gym and strict dietary discipline paid off when he earned the silver medal at...

Orthodox Union, youth group sued over past handling of sex abuse

New York Jewish Week via JTA — More than two decades after publication of allegations that Rabbi Baruch Lanner abused teens in his charge for...

Rocks hurled at bus heading to Eilat, smashing window

Rocks were thrown at a bus traveling to Eilat in the southern Negev region early Tuesday morning, smashing a window on the vehicle, in what the bus...

The UN's International Day of Solidarity with the 1947 Partition Plan and the two-state compromise

UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres's simplistic tweet does not suffice for a remembrance day created by the UN, let alone to acknowledge...

The cancel mob will ensure Kyle Rittenhouse never leads a normal life

After surviving a high-profile show trial that diverted wildly from the ‘white supremacist’ script carefully crafted by the media industrial...

Can the Center Hold Any Meaning?

PRINCETON – US President Joe Biden’s ambitious “Build Back Better” plan has been stalled and pared by two Democratic senators, Kyrsten Sinema...

Omicron is the price we pay for vaccine inequality

Enlightened self-interest — ensuring that the developing world is getting COVID-19 vaccines — isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. That...

Christmas survives culture war for another year

It appears that officials working in the Cabinet Office believe that statements issued by the British government should not refer to Christmas on...

The new affair: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia appear to be mending fences, with the Kingdom agreeing to revive its financial support to Pakistan. The financial...

Israel's Government of Hypocrisy

The cabinet’s decision this week to approve Amir Peretz’s appointment as chairman of Israel Aerospace Industries even though he was disqualified...

We need to have the difficult conversations… later

In Lithuania, later never comes. It is never intended to come. This is a slick ploy only for the gullible. After regaining independence, Chairman...

Who's a hero? Some U.S. states, cities still debating hazard pay

When the U.S. government allowed so-called hero pay for frontline workers as a possible use of pandemic relief money, it suggested occupations that...

Fear and loathing on the US-Mexico border

On November 8, 2021, the United States reopened its borders to eligible international travellers who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus,...

Disney are scared of taking the Mickey out of China

The number 4 is considered an unlucky number for Chinese people because it sounds very much like the word ‘death’. The number 12, however, has no...

Jeffrey Epstein pilot testifies to court he never saw sex acts on flights

NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime pilot for Jeffrey Epstein told a jury Tuesday at Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial that he never saw evidence...

Israel wants to isolate Jerusalem from the West Bank

The Israeli coalition government headed by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid has set its sights on accelerating the implementation of the "Greater...

Stephen Colbert thinks there aren’t enough Hanukkah movies, so he made some up

JTA — Stephen Colbert gave Jewish viewers of the “Late Show” a special Hanukkah gift on Monday night: a bit about the lack of Hanukkah movies in...

IDF chief marks Hanukkah with female soldier allegedly filmed secretly by officer

Military chief Aviv Kohavi on Tuesday voiced the IDF’s backing for female soldiers who were allegedly secretly filmed in intimate situations by...

RFK’s ‘Real Fauci’ Awarded $1Million Israeli Prize

The prestigious Dan David million dollar Prize, affiliated with Tel Aviv University, was awarded this year to Dr. Anthony Fauci in honor of his...

US envoy to Security Council: Settlement building has ‘reached a critical juncture’

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the Security Council Tuesday that Israel’s settlement building in the...

Beyond Grief

Although I love Thanksgiving and having our family gathered again this year was a true joy, from about the middle of November I begin to feel my...

Coinbase to buy Israeli company, launch local R&D center

Coinbase, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is acquiring an Israeli cryptography company for an undisclosed amount and setting up an...

The War Against Ourselves

In the Jewish community we are fighting a war against ourselves. Interdenominational politics and disagreements are as old as Judaism itself. We...

Hamas announces deal for Qatar to subsidize Gaza public employees

Gaza’s Hamas rulers have reached an agreement by which Qatar will resume subsidizing the salaries of public employees by sending fuel to the...

Too Many Blessings?

Sometimes I find it enjoyable to read advice columns and try to predict the answer. I’d like to share a portion of a question that was published...

Fox host Lara Logan compares Fauci to Nazi death camp doctor Mengele

JTA — Fox Nation host Lara Logan compared Anthony Fauci, the top official handling the United States coronavirus response, to Josef Mengele, the...

Eight – Oil – Soul – Wisdom & Chanukah.

The Torah informs us that God created the world in six days and ceased working on the seventh, the Sabbath. The number six can thus represent the...

Israel-founded ride-sharing firm Via raises $130M at $3.3B valuation

Israel-founded ridesharing firm Via Transportation said Tuesday that it raised $130 million in new funding at a valuation of $3.3 billion. The...

NYC Jewish day school’s Thanksgiving parade goes viral on TikTok

New York Jewish Week via JTA — More snack time? Longer recess? What could preschoolers possibly be protesting about, wondered a TikTok video that...

Memory: Can We Trust the Stories That Shape Us?

Helping a Miracle Happen on the Border

NOTE: PLEASE CLICK ON SETTING FOR ENGLISH SUBTITLES ON THE CLIP Kids who grow up in Israel on the border with the Gaza Strip, learn to live with ...

Killing of top scientist didn’t slow Iran’s nuke work, official tells Israeli TV

Israel’s alleged assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh did not have the desired effect of slowing down Iran’s nuclear...

What’s in a name? A Rosen by any other name would smell as sweet

Why do I, a Behr, have so many relatives in South Africa named Benn and even a cousin in the United States named Mehr? My father once explained...

Eternal Questions

What seems like an eternal question, which I am frequently asked, is why are Jewish Americans are so supportive of the Democratic Party and vote...

My Love/Hate Relationship With Fiddler On The Roof

One of the most successful musicals of all time is Fiddler On The Roof (Book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick)....

Afghanistan a Lesson for Israel

American withdrawal from Afghanistan has been a complete disaster for the Native Afghans now suffering under Taliban rule and American confidence....

Domestic politics, not conflict, will settle U.S.-China competition

Dangers at home the more pressing threat to each side's worldview

With menorah lighting at White House, Biden brings back 20th century tradition

THE CONVERSATION via AP — US President Joe Biden’s staff has dispatched invitations to a “Menorah Lighting to be held at the White House” on...

Belgium is on the right track, but Europe has failed Palestine

The Belgian government's decision on 25 November to label products made in illegal Israeli Jewish settlements is welcome, although it will...

New AOC book is another level of cringe worship

If Ocasio-Cortez’s millions of social media followers (12.8 on Twitter, 8.6 on Instagram) have not gotten enough of the young Democrat from her...

Welcome Ambassador Nides!

Welcome to Israel Ambassador Nides. We watched with excitement as you arrived in Israel this week to begin your time as the American Ambassador to...

The Myth of Battlefield Camaraderie That Hides the Ugly Truth

Without overgeneralizing, it’s fair to say that the top priority of voters in the Western world is their own welfare. They wish to know what...

Words of solidarity with the Palestinians and acts of alliance with Israel

The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which falls at the end of November of each year, differs in its current...

Washington is Caught Up in the Middle East

Even though the US has been seeking to withdraw from the Middle East to relocate its sources to the Indo-Pacific region to tackle China’s growing...

Entertainers, politicians rally against antisemitism at Times Square Hanukkah event

New York Jewish Week via JTA — Hundreds gathered in Times Square Monday to celebrate the second night of Hanukkah, with live music, speeches and,...

Austin Chabad lights menorah at overpass where neo-Nazis hung antisemitic banners

JTA — A Chabad house in Austin organized a Hanukkah menorah lighting in an unusual place on Monday night: on a highway overpass looking out over...

Firm behind disputed UAE-Eilat oil pipeline: Ministries don’t have right to see deal

The head of state company that inked a contentious deal with the United Arab Emirates to transport its oil from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean...

Israel protests as UN marks partition plan with Palestinian solidarity event

Israel on Monday protested that the United Nations chose to mark the 74th anniversary of the historic vote on the partition plan, which called for...

Israel vaccinating kids 5-11 faster than it did 12- to 15-year-olds

A week after Israel began administering coronavirus vaccines to children ages 5-11, health providers have been inoculating them at a faster clip...

The NRA could be winning its long game even as it appears to be in dire straits

No observer of contemporary gun politics could fail to notice a jarring disconnect between the two very different trajectories of the gun rights...

As Iran talks begin, Bennett urges world powers: Resist regime’s ‘nuclear blackmail’

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged world powers Sunday not to “give in to Iran’s nuclear blackmail,” as negotiators from Iran and world...

A Strategic Consensus In The Middle East

Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 20, 1981, U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig said the Reagan administration...

Ex-Netanyahu aide cries in court recalling arrest, says testimony is ‘entire truth’

An ex-aide to former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu broke down in court on Monday as he described making the decision to turn state witness in...

Suspect in murder of 17-year-old Lital Yael Melnik released to house arrest

The 49-year-old male nurse suspected of killing 17-year-old Lital Yael Melnik last month was ordered released to house arrest on Monday after...

Berland’s son-in-law, follower named as suspects in cold case murders linked to sect

The son-in-law of convicted sex offender Eliezer Berland and another follower of the extremist Shuvu Bonim sect were named on Monday as two of the...

The Doctor From Gaza: A ‘Legal Orphan’

First off, the indisputable facts: Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish’s three daughters and niece were innocent young girls who were killed by accident due to...

VP Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff light Hanukkah menorah at home

US Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, lit candles for the first night of Hanukkah at the vice president’s residence in...

New US ambassador lands in Israel, heads straight to quarantine at home in Jerusalem

New US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides landed at Ben Gurion Airport Monday morning, then headed to his new home in Jerusalem for three days of...

Book review: When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People

Basing its title from the 1981 book  When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi Harold Kushner, in When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People:...

In first, Sanhedrin-era building found in Yavne, where assembly fled Temple’s ruin

Remains of a building from the time of the Sanhedrin have been uncovered in Yavne for the first time, the Israel Antiques Authority said Monday....

As talks renew, Bennett urges world powers to resist Iran’s ‘nuclear blackmail’

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold. A former senior official in the Tel Aviv Municipality is arrested over...

The World is Built on Hesed

Last August, my husband and I found ourselves in the middle of a field of wheat at the end of a small unpaved road, looking for the Jewish cemetery...

The Expulsion Synagogue

“Every day one should work so that Judaism should thrive. And it will.” “Every day one should work so that Judaism should thrive – and it...

Month 8

Yesterday, I did something for only the second time in my life. I went to a regular season football game at MetLife Stadium. To raise the stakes, as...

This Nov. 29th, it’s time for Palestinians to reject rejectionism

Increasingly over the years, the annual commemoration of the day in 1947 that the United Nations voted to partition Palestine into two states –...

A Hanukkah Miracle Might Happen Here

Such a nice-looking man. Might be in his late 40s. Soft brown pillows for eyes that all but weep compassion. He enters my white sterile space and...

Keir’s stance against BDS and antisemitism is true Labour values

The recent speech to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch by Keir Starmer offered not simply an intellectually coherent outline of his...

Blows continue to rain down on the Arab world, from its own people and from its enemies

"Two blows to the head hurt," says an Egyptian proverb. But what if there are three? The UAE has announced, for example, that Israel is going to...

Vertigo AI

To make this version of ‘Vertigo’, an artificial intelligence computer watched Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film 20 times - by Aeon Video Watch at...

Unwanted in Lebanon, unable to leave, Syrian refugees fight for a future

Reportage. In a country strangled by the economic crisis, it is becoming more difficult for 1.5 million Syrian refugees to live every day. They now...

Dan republike

Ne vem, kako je z vami, a sam se v določenih obdobjih leta vedno znova vračam k določenim knjigam. In piscem. Pozno jeseni in vse do novega leta...

West Bank man triggers suicide bomb alert at Haifa hospital

A Palestinian resident of the West Bank was detained Monday after security guards at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center raised an alert that he might be...

Israeli Supreme Court upholds ruling sending Eitan Biran back to Italy

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Eitan Biran, a 6-year-old boy who was orphaned in a cable car crash in Italy, must be returned to his...

It's Time to Get Vaccinated

After the delta variant, which was at the center of Israel’s fourth COVID-19 wave, this weekend we learned a new, sinister name – omicron. This...

Overdue anti-discrimination law

Time to effectively protect everyone from discrimination The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) last Thursday hosted a debate to discuss the...

Stop negative campaigning

Rival candidates should present visions for future With 100 days left before the March 9 presidential election, the race has already been heating...

Epidemiologist: Omicron will drive daily cases to 10,000 this week in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — The newly discovered Omicron variant is likely to fuel a surge in South Africa’s coronavirus cases that could...

Lebanon’s president in Qatar hoping to end crisis with Gulf states, drum up funding

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s president arrived in Qatar Monday for the opening ceremony of an Arab soccer tournament and for talks on an unprecedented...

Notre Dame in Paris denies post-fire redesign is too radical

PARIS (AFP) — Plans to replace the gothic ambience of Notre Dame cathedral with a softer vibe of modern art and warm lighting have raised a few...

Lapid: Iran wants more funds for terror, will keep advancing nuclear program

As the seventh round of Vienna talks on Iran’s nuclear program begins Monday, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid argued that Tehran had no intention of...

In shadow of Omicron, WHO chief pushes for global pandemic accord

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is pushing for an international accord to help prevent and fight future pandemics amid the emergence of...

A More Daring Germany

BERLIN – After eight weeks of negotiations, Germany has a new government. For the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, who succeeds Angela Merkel as...

Yosef’s Hints

In Parshat Miketz, Yosef’s brothers still do not know that Pharaoh’s second in command is in fact their brother, who seats them in age order (...

My wondrous, last-minute trip to Israel now feels a little bit miraculous to me

When all the signs indicated that Israel would reopen her doors to tourists on November 1, 2021, I bought a plane ticket for mid-November. Nearly...

Tel Aviv University’s VC arm raises $50m to invest in startups

Tel Aviv University’s investment arm, TAU ventures, raised $50 million in a second fund to invest in Israeli startups in their early stages, the...

Reimagining Care

WASHINGTON, DC – The recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and the ongoing negotiations over US President Joe Biden’s social...

Overweight China and obese America puts tubby Hong Kong in a difficult position

The staff at JPMorgan were burying their heads in their hands all week as CEO Jamie Dimon opened his mouth to backtrack and apologise for his...

Can world powers curb Iran in new nuclear talks?

AP — Can the landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers be restored? As Iran and six global powers gather in Vienna Monday to...

Former coach of Israel’s national gymnastics team switches to Russian squad

The former coach of Israel’s national rhythmic gymnastics team, Ira Vigdorchik, has signed up to work with the Russian squad instead. Vigdorchik...

Fixing Europe’s migrant predicament requires a new approach

Tensions are rising in Europe on several fronts, with violent riots in major cities, angry words and deep public anxiety and discontent. The...

God’s Plan: Hip-Hop Collab Between Jews and Arabs

“God’s Plan” is a powerful song by Canadian rapper, Drake who happens to be Jewish. While listening to this banging song, I developed a new plan...

Narendra Modi should stop using COVID to protect Indian airlines

Current approach is a throwback to the old command and control mentality

José Antonio Kast y Perú

Un equívoco habitual al juzgar a la derecha radical contemporánea es creer que los partidos de esa orientación ideológica son aliados naturales....

More Twitter censorship is coming

One of the founders of Twitter, Dorsey resigned as CEO on Monday, and said he’d leave the company’s board of directors in May. His replacement...

The End of Free Money

MUNICH – Although the US Federal Reserve is now thinking about tapering its monthly asset purchases in light of increasing inflation figures,...

Vacationing in Eilat – Fun and Sun Corona Style

Last week, my husband and I had the good fortune of vacationing in Eilat, before Hanukkah. It was our first  vacation since before the...

We Welcome You to Our Band of Brothers

Dr. Levi. Mrs. Levi. The Levi Family. Honored Quests. There are certain moments in a parent’s life when the parent cries joyous tears which cannot...

Here's why talks with Iran are no guarantee against war

Joe Biden had pledged during his presidential campaign in 2020 to re-enter the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Yet, since he...

About the 'Energy for water' agreement: Implications and risks

Isn't it weird that all the normalisation deals, or the alliance news with the Zionist entity, only come out from the former party, while the Arab...

Why South Korea should join the CPTPP

With the window closing on Seoul's leverage, time is of the essence

Vzemite ali pa pustite in se utopite!

Kostanjevica je najlepši slovenski kraj, ker je po zaslugi svoje otoškosti in razumnosti prebivalcev ostala skoraj nedotaknjena v svoji obliki....

Meeting Our Brussels Neighbors

The International Jewish Centre synagogue in Brussels resembles a fortress. Its facade is a windowless concrete wall. The front door is so...

Israeli children born abroad are automatically citizens, yet some are locked out

Thousands of Israeli children living overseas have been barred from entering Israel since March 2020 because they lack passports, and the issue has...

Why Iran may become a latent nuclear state

As the negotiations to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement resume in Vienna, it is a déjà vu all over again. The United States warns of...

COVID-19 has changed socialized medicine in Britain forever

Socialized medicine did not, as some predicted, collapse during COVID-19. Britain’s National Health Service was stretched to the limit but never...

A New Global Architecture for Health

EDINBURGH – The damage caused by COVID-19 – exacerbated by the continued appearance of new variants, most recently Omicron – has been...

Israel said to urge nuclear talks be conditioned on Iran halting uranium enrichment

With talks aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal restarting Monday, Israel is pressing parties to the discussions to condition them on...

Man found dead in Beersheba apartment; nephew arrested

A man was found dead in an apartment in Beersheba on Monday, with police investigating the incident as a potential homicide. According to Hebrew...

PM, Gantz light Hanukkah candles as Western Wall events honor terror victim Eli Kay

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Defense Minister Benny Gantz lit menorahs at the Western Wall for the first night of Hanukkah on Sunday evening....

As Vienna talks resume, Israel, UK say they’re working jointly to block nuclear Iran

Israel and the United Kingdom will work together ceaselessly to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, the foreign ministers of both...

Lebanese Muslim who posed as Orthodox Jew to wed: I loved her and they took her away

The stories that emerged this month of a Lebanese Shiite Muslim man who impersonated an ultra-Orthodox Jew for several years and was uncovered only...

Daily Briefing Nov. 29 – How much will Omicron affect Israel’s economy?

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish...

In seventh round of nuclear talks, Iran’s intentions will finally become clear

Negotiators will meet in Vienna on Monday for the first indirect nuclear talks between Iran and the US in nearly six months. The hiatus was much...

In latest campus controversy, Jews debate whether CUNY Hunter is hostile environment

New York Jewish Week via JTA — Is the social work school at Hunter College coddling antisemitism, or is it part of an institution that’s deeply...

Questions raised over the wisdom of dipping into Japan’s oil reserves

Earlier this week, U.S. President Joe Biden attempted to influence the oil market by announcing the release of 50 million barrels of crude from the...

Remembering Resolution 181 calling for the partition of Palestine

What? UN partition plan for Palestine issued by the General Assembly in Resolution 181 When? 29 November 1947 What happened? The British, who had...

New Dimensions of AI and the ‘Human’ Perspective

The quest to predict the unpredictable and to control the uncontrollable is a part of an ongoing process. In the field of science and technology,...

Are men animals?

Diagnosing men as violent and oversexed beasts is tempting but it’s a regressive idea built on dubious analogies - by Matthew Gutmann Read at Aeon

After hiking IDF salaries by 50%, Israel takes same step with national service

After raising conscript soldiers’ salaries, the government on Monday announced that those in the civilian alternative to military service will...

Man shot dead in Nazareth; 2 suspects arrested

A man was fatally shot Monday in the northern city of Nazareth, the latest apparent homicide victim in the Arab community amid efforts to curb a...

Court hears Yair Netanyahu’s and ex-MK’s mutual lawsuits over Twitter spat

Yair Netanyahu, the son of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was at Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court on Monday for a preliminary hearing on...

Israel’s first ambassador to Bahrain arrives in Manama

Eitan Na’eh, Israel’s first-ever ambassador to Bahrain, arrived in Manama on Monday to begin heading the diplomatic mission established following...

Man seriously injured in Jerusalem terror attack released from intensive care

A man seriously injured in a deadly terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City last week has been released from intensive care, the hospital where he...

Miss Universe contestant tests positive for COVID after landing in Israel

Organizers of the Miss Universe pageant said Monday that a contestant tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Israel, which is pressing...

Pfizer CEO: We’re working on COVID vaccine against Omicron

NEW YORK — Pfizer has already started working on a version of its COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant in case the current...

(POGLED) Svetovni prvaki na nepravem mestu

Svoj čas sem bil predsednik kluba, ki je pred mesecem dni v kikboksu dobil svetovnega prvaka. Tilnu Zajcu je to uspelo že drugič, pred njim so...

(POGLED) Solidarnost so postelje za vse. Za vse ostalo je tu lekadol

Recimo, da ste med tistimi, ki se ne želijo cepiti. Ker ste pripravljeni tvegati. Zavestno in na lastno odgovornost. Ker menite, da vas dovolj...

Haaretz Cartoon

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepping down as CEO of social media giant

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will step down as CEO of the social media platform, the company announced. He will be succeeded by Twitter’s...

Fico s Pellegrinim za jedným stolom? Nemožné.

Hlas je stále prvý a Smer obhájil druhú priečku. Ten, kto počítal s tým, že odpočúvanie politikov Smeru na poľovníckej chate zatrasie...

What Would You Do if Your Were Attacked in Your Own Home?

The essays in Haaretz responding to the sentence given to Aryeh Schiff, who fatally shot a man who was trying to steal his car, are detached from...

The Israeli Government's Politics Are Forgivable, but Not Its Abuse of Trust

This text is, more than anything, a call of warning to the present government, which every day that passes uses up a bit more of the fumes of trust...

Squash championship in Malaysia canceled over refusal to allow in Israeli athletes

The World Squash Federation announced on Monday that the men’s world championship scheduled for next week in Kuala Lumpur was canceled after...

Biden says new COVID variant a cause for concern, not panic

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Joe Biden called the new COVID-19 variant Omicron a cause for concern, but “not a cause for panic” on Monday, and...

Lapid in the UK: Fight against Iran, Hezbollah is good against evil

Speaking to the Conservative Friends of Israel Monday afternoon alongside UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid delivered an...

IDF officer dismissed over suspicions he secretly filmed female soldiers

An officer suspected of secretly filming female soldiers in intimate situations was removed from his position on Monday amid an ongoing inquiry...

This Thanksgiving, be thankful for where and what you are not

By Trudy Rubin This Thanksgiving, I'm giving thanks for all the things I'm not. Of course, like so many Americans, I'm grateful to be able to...

Send Out the Clowns

MOSCOW – Like many people, I am unnerved by clowns. But a far more terrifying sight than a painted jester – the stuff of horror films – is a...

From Sofia To Jaffa: Bulgarian Jews In Israel

My first sustained exposure to Jaffa, a generally rundown neighborhood of Tel Aviv, occurred toward the end of 1971, shortly after I met my...

Only One Condition Justifies a Jewish State

Today, 74 years ago, the United Nations decided to adopt the proposal suggested by the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) and...

Hanukkah and Early Zionism. The Light Burns On

Hanukkah was the first post-biblical festival in Judaism. It is the only Jewish holiday that is not mentioned in the Mishna. In fact, even its...

The Power of Voluntary Simplicity

Voluntary simplicity is more than an economic concept and a social need. The idea is especially useful if we want to make progress toward...

The Influence of Angels

There are angels all around us. But first, let’s define our terms. In our tradition, the concept of “angel” is a slippery one. In Biblical...

Intolerant Pluralism, American Style

The American liberal movements are pushing for greater recognition in Israel, including in Israeli media. Arguing his case, Conservative Rabbi...

The End of the Economic Consensus

PARIS – Crises pose demanding tests for governments. In 2008, most were found wanting when financial mayhem engulfed the developed world. And within...

WHO warns of ‘very high’ risk from new COVID variant

GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) — The World Health Organization warned Monday that the global risk from the Omicron variant is “very high,” based on...

Lady Macbetta

“Fie, my Lord, fie! A soldier and afeard” (MacBeth, Art  5, Scene 1). The fall of the MacBeths from courtiers to regicides is mirrored in...

Between Vayeshev and Miketz

At the end of Parashat Vayeshev, Yosef asks the Sar Hamashkim to help with his release, because he was unjustly imprisoned (Bereshit 40:14-15). In...

The Child Sexual Abuse Scandal

I have worked with victims of sexual abuse for close to 30 years. The Catholic church was in large part an introduction to my understanding of just...

Biden Should Not Try to Resolve Lebanon-Israel Border Dispute

If Lebanon’s economy deteriorates further, one silver lining might be the collapse of Hezbollah (Arabic for Party of God). That collapse would...

Closing Israel’s Gates to Jews

With the discovery of the latest COVID variant Israel has closed its gates to visitors from all over the world. Some see this move as an...

Business Talk with Michal Strahilevitz

Pricing products and services is a challenge for companies ranging from new startups to multinational corporations.  To better understand how...

The World after Coronavirus

By its amplitude and its multiform effect, the COVID-19 health crisis heralds, more than ever, systemic upheavals. Most countries around the world...

Choose Your Camp: Save Ethiopian Jews

The Israeli government’s decision today to allow only 3,000 Ethiopian Jews to make Alyah as part of a limited family reunification program, while...

What Horn gets wrong in her ‘Dead Jews’ critique of Jewish heritage tourism

There is a concept of a tourism industry, popular in places largely devoid of Jews, called ‘Jewish Heritage Sites’. The term is a really...

Kosher Movies: NoTime To Die

For the past several years, Daniel Craig has played James Bond. No Time to Die is his last outing as the great super spy, and the film has been...

Protest of Leftists Against Left-Wing President in Kiryat Arba

Today as President Issaac Herzog was coming to light the first candle of Hanukkah in the Cave of the Patriarchs, many left-wing activists ascended...

Fight Never Stops For Light

Wishing everyone a Meaningful Chanukah . It is not a customary way of greeting, because we are not living in “customary times”. Meaningful, I...

Making antisemitism awareness more accessible to Catholic schools

“Jews cannot fight antisemitism alone. The victim cannot cure the crime. The hated cannot cure the hate.” As the child of an Austrian refugee,...

A Reform Rabbi and a Kabbalist on Why Judaism Has No Missionaries

Buddhists, Christians and Muslims each grew from a few thousand people into the many tens of millions who live in the world today, while Jews and...

Learning about the quest for peace from firsthand sources

As a researcher at the Center for Israel Education (CIE), part of my work is reviewing and cleaning up interview transcripts. CIE founder and Chief...

The ‘Ugly Israeli’ abroad and at home

Israelis traveling outside the country have developed a reputation for unruliness and rudeness. A chance encounter at the check-in counter at...

How communal businesses are adapting to environmental concerns

Whether it is protestors making their voices heard, world leaders meeting in Scotland at COP26 or the changes in our own homes and synagogues,...

The Twelve Steps to Goal Setting, Yosef’s Way

In recent times, many books have been written on the subject of ‘Goal Setting’. These books explain how you can become a high achiever and succeed...

Kuwait: domestic politics to test crown prince in push for fiscal reform

The biggest task facing Kuwait's octogenarian crown prince after unexpectedly stepping in for the emir this month will be to tackle the perennial...

Why Germany’s new leader is a major threat to the EU

Scholz will become the new chancellor of Germany within the next 10 days, heading a ‘traffic light’ coalition made up of his own party, the SPD,...

The Ainu and the Pandemic of Japanese Territorial Claims

Not only has the coronavirus pandemic become worse in Japan lately, but so have the new government’s territorial claims. As soon as Fumio...

Omikron sa šíri ako blesk. Povedie k povinnému očkovaniu?

K nám omikron zatiaľ nedorazil, do Česka a Rakúska už áno. Je otázka času, kedy bude hlásený prvý prípad zo Slovenska. My sa však...

EDITORIAL: Mizuho needs a management makeover to restore trust

The president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and the head of subsidiary Mizuho Bank are stepping down to take responsibility after the holding...

VOX POPULI: Being kind to a dog today could well save your life tomorrow

Taiyo-kun, who sports impressive burnished black hair, is 4 years old. He lives in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture. He was named Taiyo (sun) by people in...

Erdogan’s Expansion into Africa intensifies

After the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in Turkey in 2002,  became one of the main priorities of Erdogan’s foreign policy....

Peter Weiss o Dubčekovi: Politik svetový, národný, ale najmä ľudský

Dubček bol hlavným predstaviteľom reformnej československej jari. Jeho popularitu a dôveryhodnosť skvele vystihla česká spisovateľka Eva...

Ralf Rangnick is Manchester United’s best move in years

After sacking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, English giants Manchester United have appointed German coach Ralf Rangnick on an interim basis. It could prove...

Agilidad en el c-level, la deuda de las transformaciones en América Latina

“En el c-level, no logramos funcionar con la agilidad que vemos en las células de nuestra organización. Aún no logramos vibrar en la misma...

How to Bring Adult Siblings Into an Autistic Brother's Life

Am I Headed for Another Cycle of Self-Sabotage?

(GLOBALNA ARENA) Zapravljena kriza Zahoda

Prejšnji teden je Evropska centralna banka (ECB) v pregledu finančne stabilnosti izdala opozorilo: Evropa se sooča z nepremičninskim balonom, ki...

Denmark at the focus for Arctic region superiority

A few weeks ago, Danish authorities detained a Russian research vessel and confiscated the ship’s documents, according to a statement from the...

As talks set to restart, Iran says it is ‘firmly determined’ to salvage nuclear deal

TEHRAN — Iran is “firmly determined” to reach an agreement with major powers on salvaging its 2015 nuclear agreement at talks that resume Monday...

Accepting apologies for antisemitism must be judged on actions as well as words

The growing number of stories about people and institutions in public life making antisemitic comments, or having to account for anti-Jewish social...

Iran preparing to enrich uranium to weapons-grade soon, Israel said to warn US

Israel has been sharing intelligence with the United States showing that Iran is preparing to enrich uranium to weapons-grade 90 percent purity,...

Hanukkah: A time to celebrate renewable energy

If there was ever a holiday to elevate renewable energy one need look no further than Hanukah. The winter holiday of Hanukkah is a minor holiday on...

Kushner seeking Mideast investments for newly founded firm — NYT

Jared Kushner, son-in-law of former US president Donald Trump, who served as his senior adviser, is attempting to raise money from Gulf states for...

South Africa, WHO urge reversal of travel bans as world scrambles to contain Omicron

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday called on countries to “urgently” reverse “scientifically unjustified” travel bans linked to...

Can Biden find the right balance on immigration?

Democrats wielded demands to fix the nation’s broken immigration system as a cudgel against Republicans in the 2020 campaign. Elect us, went the...

Who is the real Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein sex abuse enabler or pawn?

NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell spent the first half of her life with her father, a rags-to-riches billionaire who looted his companies’...

Sling stone from Hasmonean period found in southern Hebron Hills

A lead sling stone bearing the name of a Seleucid leader who fought against the Hasmoneans was recently found in the southern Hebron Hills in the...

Israel's Indifference Toward Africa

The worldwide struggle against the coronavirus pandemic over the last two years has provided endless opportunities to see how public health...

Slamming the door on Omicron, Israel closes its borders to tourists

Israel closed its borders to non-citizens at midnight Sunday in an effort to block the Omicron coronavirus variant from spreading to the country,...