Balad party appeals its election disqualification to the High Court

Arab nationalist party Balad appealed to the High Court on Tuesday to overturn an election vetting panel’s decision to disqualify it from the...

The virtual world is a new arena for Palestine-Israel confrontations

While Israeli aggression against Palestinians is escalating, and the Palestinian response is to attack the occupation army, Israel is complaining...

New Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen and Eisai is just the beginning

A drug developed by Biogen Inc. and Eisai Co. has achieved a first in Alzheimer’s research: In a large, late-stage trial, lecanemab slowed down...

Israel prepares to shut down for Yom Kippur as security forces remain on high alert

Israel is preparing to shut down on Tuesday evening for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, as...

Trump files $475m defamation suit against CNN over coverage since 2020 election

WASHINGTON — Former US president Donald Trump sued CNN on Monday, accusing the cable television news network of defamation and seeking $475 million...

What stopped globalization?

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut – After decades of unprecedented openness, international economic relations have entered a new era, characterized by...

Xi Jinping’s Radioactive Friend

Not just a bowl of fruit

‘I’m noticed for that hour’: for an ageing art model, the careful attention of others prompts a frank evaluation of her body - by Aeon Video...

Meloni addresses the nation in a first speech focused on energy bills

Analysis. The FdI leader delivered her first address at the helm of the government to the National Confederation of Growers (Coldiretti) in Milan....

Police arrest 4 suspects from rival crime family after murder of Israeli mob boss

Following an hourslong manhunt, four members of a powerful crime family were arrested Monday night in connection with the killing of a rival gang...

Electricity cuts, costly bills push Gazans to seek out solar power

GAZA CITY (AFP) — Palestinians living in Gaza have long endured an unstable and costly electricity supply, so Yasser al-Hajj found a different...

A deep dive into risks for undersea cables, pipes

Deep under water, the pipes and cables that carry the modern world's lifeblood — energy and information — are out of sight and largely out of...

Temple Mount activists, police feud over shofar-blowing near flashpoint site

Temple Mount activists have become embroiled in an ongoing legal battle with the police over their efforts to blow the shofar at what is known as...

In new push, government hopes to get Israelis to sort food waste from other trash

The Environmental Protection Ministry plans to begin pushing for organic waste to be separated from other trash and recycled, but is stopping short...

Journey to Reconnect with Roots from Jerusalem to Diyarbakir

In May 2022, Rimon travelled for the first time to Diyarbakir, the historical city of her grandparents and the unofficial Kurdish capital. She...

Raisi tries to calm raging Iran protests as death toll continues to climb

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday appealed for national unity and tried to allay anger against the country’s rulers, even as the anti-...

‘Shalom’ from Tehran: Israeli TV airs footage taken covertly from street protests

Israel’s Channel 12 aired footage shot on its behalf from Tehran with a concealed camera, giving Israeli viewers a rare glimpse on Monday night...

Jewish gun owners sue NY leadership over law barring firearms in places of worship

NEW YORK — Jewish gun owners in New York are suing the state’s leadership over a new law barring firearms in places of worship. The lawsuit...

Israeli gives birth after menopause reversed with transplant of 20-year frozen ovary

A remarkable 20 years after freezing her ovary, an Israeli woman defrosted part of it, reversed her menopause, got pregnant without IVF, and has...

Where will Europe have to move its industrial production?

The vulnerability of the world, especially Europe, to importing fossil fuels from abroad was already shown by the oil crisis of the 1970s. Europe...

Physical Cues, Spiritual Truths

The body doesn’t lie. When it speaks, it tells a truth – often an uncomfortable or difficult-to-decipher one, but an unvarnished reflection of...

Tragédia, o ktorú sme si koledovali

Hneď po tragickej autonehode sa dopúšťame osudového omylu. Za všetko viníme iba alkohol. I keď jeho nadužívanie je na Slovensku dobre...

2 Israeli women, kids enter Palestinian city of Nablus, escorted out by local forces

Two Israeli women and two children who had entered the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank were detained by Palestinian security forces and...

Swelling corporate reserves

It is necessary to encourage capital spending Internal reserves accumulated by the 100 largest Korean companies exceeded 1,000 trillion won ($695...

No one is above law

Former President Moon should cooperate with BAI probe Former President Moon Jae-in has refused to answer written inquiries sent to him by the state...

At least 3 banks held up across Lebanon in one day, as rage mounts over cash limits

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese depositors, including a retired police officer, stormed at least three banks in the cash-strapped country Tuesday after...

How concierge IV therapy went from Instagram trend to pre-Yom Kippur hydration hack

JTA — When Sarah Jemal was pregnant with her first child, she couldn’t keep any food or liquids down. Given her risk of dehydration and preterm...

(POGLED) Prihaja zima, Putin pa izgublja

Po mojem mnenju se bo Putin čez zimo umaknil v svojo kremeljsko utrdbo (in informacijski mehurček) in čakal na to, da njegova politična...

Forgive me!

A few days after we embrace the Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur ensues, the Jewish Day of Atonement, and our holiest day of the year. It...

Putin's threat of a nuclear strike on Ukraine may not be a bluff. What do we do now?

By Doyle McManus After weeks of reverses, Russia's army is still losing ground in the battlefields of Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin's response,...

The EU prioritises the Abraham Accords

At the UN General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, defined Israel's security concerns as the motivating factor behind supporting the...

G^d punishes sins of parents upon children to the third and fourth generation

I’m retranslating the Torah. Work that progresses slowly. Here is a preview. The headline of this post is a sloppy translation of a portion of...

A Tribute to John Coltrane and His Jazz Composition, Love Supreme

A Tribute to John Coltrane and His Jazz Composition, Love Supreme It reverberates an impression from the Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) prayers of...

What’s the point of the apologies if we are just going to get mad again?

Two years ago – few hours before Erev Yom Kippur 5781 –  there  was a war in my living room. A three front war: we were all angry at each other,...

The Secret of Complete Forgiveness and Purification on Yom Kippur

On Yom Kippur, we are forgiven and purified from all of our sins, as the verse states, “Ki ba’yom hazeh yechaper aleichem l’taher eschem m’...

3 lessons on life as an entrepreneur I didn’t learn in school

I have a pretty big bone to pick with the entire educational infrastructure. The problem with schools and the traditional education system is that...

West Hollywood Just Got Even More Inclusive

As a Queer Jew, I consider it part of my mission in life to fight not only for my own acceptance and visibility but for that of others. West...

A need to know

By William R. Jones The Scholastic, Inc. booklet, "101 Things You Need To Know," was authored by a staff team. The cultural booklet is geared...

Cold War is back

By Joschka Fischer BERLIN ― Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine is an attempt to turn back the clock to a time when Russia was a superpower that...

Setting the Record Straight

The goal of Yom Kippur is that we successfully clean our slate both in connection with laws between man and G-d, as well as those laws that are...

Risk, Repentance, and Reward

One morning in my naval medics’ class, I walked into the classroom to find that my friend Tzion Bublil had written the following on the...

Why Businesses Misbehave

Iran rocked by protests; world watches politely

By John J. Metzler Massive and spreading protests have rocked Iran in the wake of widening social discontent following the death of a young woman...

The Kremlin’s Suicidal Imperialism

What Caused the Ukraine War?

Why is Israel allowed to annex occupied land, but Russia isn't?

Russian President Vladimir Putin formally announced last Friday that his country is to annex four regions in Ukraine. He referred to them as "new...

J. Bradford DeLong on US inflation, redistribution, economic dogma, and more

EDITORIAL: Kishida’s Diet speech hardly a rallying cry to restore trust

The Diet convened for an autumn extraordinary session on Oct. 3 to give lawmakers their first opportunity to engage in full-scale policy debate...

VOX POPULI: Kishida fails to win over the public with his lack of eloquence

Harvard University in the United States is well-known for inviting world-class celebrities to deliver commencement addresses. The star-studded...

Kabul blast a setback for Afghan women seeking education against the odds

Raihana, 19, wanted to be a doctor, studying until midnight in recent weeks for Afghanistan's university entrance exam, a chance for women to...