United States of Anxiety: New fears have American Jews questioning the future

JTA — American Jews are anxious. They’re worried about COVID-19, which already has killed a quarter-million Americans and is spreading more...

Israel and US to extend their scientific cooperation to West Bank and Golan

NEW YORK — The US and Israel will expand their scientific cooperation agreements to include the West Bank and the Golan Heights, Prime Minister...

Most Jews back French crackdown on radical Islam, targeting religious activities

JTA — As the French government rolls out a controversial plan that amounts to its most robust crackdown on religious activity in decades, it is...

Lost interviews show Bob Dylan worried about anti-Semitism when he changed name

AP — For nearly half a century, they were blowin’ in the wind: lost interviews that contained surprising new insights about celebrated singer-...

Suga's pledge of being carbon-free puts Japan at the starting line

Japan will fight the climate crisis by achieving net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 to become carbon-free, Prime Minister Yoshihide...

Is the US Headed Towards a Disputed Election?

Georgia parliamentary elections a case study in influence

China stands to gain if voters reject further tilt to the West

Head of NXIVM sex-cult tied to Seagram’s heir gets 120 years in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced self-improvement guru Keith Raniere, whose NXIVM followers included millionaires and Hollywood actors, was sentenced to...

A guide to the 10 Jewish Republicans running for Congress in 2020

JTA — The Republican Jewish delegation to Congress could double in size this year — if a trio of competitive races break for the GOP next week. Of...

New vision for future

Korea Times speeds up digital transformation The Korea Times will mark its 70th anniversary this Sunday. This newspaper is the country's oldest...

Concern over greater tax burden

It is necessary to adopt fair property assessment method The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has presented a long-term plan to raise...

A Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight toppled?

PYEONGTAEK, SOUTH KOREA – Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Shigeru Ishiba last week decided to step down as the head of his faction. While at...

Want to see what election fraud looks like? Look at Belarus

As the United States hurtles toward its most important presidential election in decades, anyone eager to understand the consequences of...

Zero hour is coming for emissions. Believe it.

It’s only natural to be skeptical when a political leader stands up and makes a promise about a target that’s far off, hard to achieve, and lacks...

Essence of customer service organizations

By Kim Jong-nam A few months ago, I went to a different city to conduct interviews as part of a diagnostic for a client organization. Since the...

Tension on the India-China border: Why Asia should care

By Siddharth Varadarajan The atomic age began in 1945 and today there are nine countries which possess nuclear weapons. Eight of these openly...

Man shot dead in Tira

Police were investigating a suspected murder of a man shot dead on Wednesday in the predominantly Arab city of Tira, in central Israel. The victim,...

Knesset rejects ‘illogical’ outdoor studies plan, causing PM to reconsider

A Knesset panel voted Wednesday to shoot down a government plan to allow outdoor studies for grades 5-12 while schools are shut, claiming the...

Falošná hra vlády

Zákaz vychádzania mal pôvodne platiť iba do 1. novembra. Ústredný krízový štáb ho však predĺžil do 15. novembra. Bude potom skutočne...

The “Domino Effect” in Oceania and Competition among World Powers

Even after gaining independence, the countries in Oceania are facing pressure from more powerful regional players that want to keep them in their...

Middle Eastern past is never dead

By Mark Leonard BERLIN ― The images were touching. In early October, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visited the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin...

US election critical for Korea too

By Troy Stangarone Record numbers of Americans have already taken advantage of early voting or cast their ballots by mail, while millions more will...

Does the US Still Interfere in Foreign Elections?

CAMBRIDGE – Four years after Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential election, more countries seem to be joining the game in the run-up...

Kadhimi is dancing with snakes without a flute

At the end of his European tour, during which he visited France, Germany and Britain — he is a British citizen, remember — Iraqi Prime Minister...

Cyprus and the elusive solution

A presidential election was held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus last Sunday. That is the northern part of the island that has been...

O jednom statuse Igora Matoviča. Chlapci, posledná šanca pribrzdiť!

Prišla. Ale odpovede na položené otázky nedala. „Niekto na Slovensku nechce pochopiť a silou-mocou má nutkavú potrebu ľudí od...

Turkish leaders denounce Charlie Hebdo for lecherous Erdogan cartoon

ANKARA, Turkey  — Turkish officials on Wednesday railed against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo over its cover-page cartoon mocking...

Israel researchers wield machine learning to streamline clinical trials

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed a machine learning platform that they hope will increase the efficiency and...

Israel workplace management startup monday.com reportedly seeks Nasdaq IPO

Israeli startup monday.com, which has created a workplace collaboration and management platform, is planning an initial public offering of shares...

Why do Jews get more Nobel Prizes?

Jews get more than 100 times more Nobel Prizes than their demographics would predict. That’s very disproportional. But why? Is it favoritism?...

Canada’s Lantic joins forces with Israel’s DouxMatok for low-sugar sweeteners

A Canadian-based sugar manufacturer will collaborate with Israeli startup DouxMatok to create sugar-cane based sweeteners that are 30 to 50 percent...

PM fetes ‘important victory’ as US extends bilateral agreements to settlements

Israel and the US on Wednesday signed an agreement that removed all previous geographic restrictions from their scientific cooperation, a move...

Will Biden ever tell the truth about Charlottesville?

In the video that launched his campaign for the presidency, Joe Biden said it.  When he announced that he had selected Sen. Kamala Harris as his...

Tales of our Homeland #9: The New Ghetto

Notes for further study from Michael Unterberg: Herzl was a prolific author , best known for his pamphlet “Der Judenstaat” and novel...

Key Insights on Iran from Lt. General H.R. McMaster

Embed from Getty Images In the new book Battlegrounds written by Lt. General H.R. McMaster, we gain several important insights on the current state...

Noah’s Ark—Three Layers of a Human Being

A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with...

The Politics of Being a Mensch

I realize that many Rabbis out there may disagree with me -but being a mensch is overrated.  Particularly if you’re President of the United States....

More minority commissioners

Some catch phrases stand the test of time. One such is in Laurel and Hardy films. At some point Hardy will say “Another fine mess you’ve got me...

Tales of our Homeland #9: The New Ghetto

Notes for further study from Michael Unterberg: Herzl was a prolific author, best known for his pamphlet “Der Judenstaat” and...

Army, prison, and male behavior towards women

I begin my opinion piece with the statement that there is never an excuse or rationale for physical, emotional, financial, or any other abuse of...

Shalom and welcome to Bahrain

As the excitement following the signing of the Abraham Accords continues to reverberate around the world, we are already seeing the underpinning of...

[VIDEO] A Journey from Despair to Engagement (Parshat Lech Lecha)

TRANSCRIPT A quick look at the news can make even Pollyanna cynical. Behaviors in the face of looming US elections, political mayhem in Israel, ...

Tel Aviv aims to be the world’s first city to introduce smart electric roads

Technology brings miracles into people’s lives. As famed British science fiction writer, Arthur C. Clarke, once said, “Any sufficiently...

The Crisis of Faith, A Chance for a Positive Step

The real crisis that is currently ripping Israeli society apart, and that is significantly exacerbating the health crisis, and the accompanying...

Grounded by the pandemic, air travelers are growing antsy

In his collection of essays titled “Tabi no Tsubakuro” (Traveling swallow), author Kotaro Sawaki cites musician Yosui Inoue’s comment to the...

Banning glitter won’t save the oceans

This year, retailers have declared war on an unlikely enemy: Christmas glitter. Those sparkly bits of plastic that make ornaments twinkle, wrapping...

Biden vows to restore ‘soul’ of the country as Trump talks jobs in Midwest

WARM SPRINGS, Georgia (AP) — Joe Biden traveled Tuesday to the hot springs town where Franklin Delano Roosevelt coped with polio to declare the US...

The False Dichotomy of Autocracy and Democracy

ANN ARBOR – Unlike the old superpower contest between the United States and the Soviet Union, the incipient cold war between China and the US does...

Knesset votes down proposal to make state documents more LGBT-friendly

Opposition proposal, which calls for using ‘parent 1’ and ‘parent 2’ on official forms instead of ‘mother’ and father,’ fails 48-25 in...