Experts say serology tests unreliable, as immunity doesn’t require antibodies

A professional opinion submitted to the Health Ministry has recommended against using COVID-19 antibody tests to determine whether a person is...

Palestinian elections: Democracy for no one

On January 15, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas announced that legislative and presidential elections will take place in the West...

Four Italian Holocaust survivors tell how they escaped death on ‘Black Saturday’

MANTUA, Italy — Four Italian Holocaust survivors who cheated death during an infamous Gestapo raid on the Rome ghetto have dedicated their final...

US investigators have charged at least 150 people over Capitol riot

US federal prosecutors have charged at least 150 people in connection to the storming of the US Capitol on January 6. The charges range from...

Finding new home in New Hope, ex-Netanyahu top aide seeks to show Likud the door

Knesset member Zvi Hauser has been a lawmaker for just 21 months, the strangest 21 months in the history of Israel’s parliament. He’s now running...

In first call, Biden and Putin both cautious on big concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held their first conversation as counterparts Tuesday in a phone call...

Foundation boosts its aid to isolated Holocaust survivors in shadow of pandemic

AFP — When the face of 86-year-old Holocaust survivor Naomie Lichthaus appeared on their screen, staff at the call center of Israel’s Yad Ezer...

Haredi mob attacks cops in Modiin Illit; graffiti likens police chief to Hitler

Clashes continued Wednesday between ultra-Orthodox rioters and police forces enforcing lockdown restrictions, and graffiti equating the new police...

No, Sweden’s Coronavirus Model Hasn't Failed. Here's Why

Hashtagging the Holocaust: How COVID Gave Death Camps New Life Online

Pandemic lockdowns pushed Holocaust memorials to produce innovative, immersive and interactive ways to engage with a distanced audience, from Zoom...

Facebook gets a ‘D’ from ADL on curbing Holocaust denial

JTA — How well are the world’s most prominent social media companies rooting out Holocaust denial on their platforms? Not at all, the...

How New Zealand can respond to US’ charge of genocide against China

New Zealand has a strong history of protecting and promoting human rights at home and internationally, and prides itself on being an outspoken...

Teachers’ Union spars with health minister over vaccine rate, school reopening

A spat broke out Tuesday between the Health Ministry and the Teachers’ Union over the vaccination rate among education workers, with each side...

Biden Has to Clean Up Trump's Mideast Mess. There's Plenty of It

Coronavirus drove accelerated digitalization of Israeli society, report finds

The coronavirus outbreak caused an acceleration in the digitalization of Israeli life last year as the virus prompted lockdowns that led to an...

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, pope warns mass extermination could happen again

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday by warning that warped ideologies can pave the way to another mass...

Netanyahu Keeps Trying to Evade Prosecution, Like Some Criminal on the Lam

With Tokyo Olympics up in the air, realistic appraisal needed

More people in and outside Japan are voicing doubts about holding the Tokyo Olympics this summer. In a poll taken by The Asahi Shimbun on Jan. 23...

(POGLED) Reševanje ameriške demokracije

Napad na ameriški Kapitol, ki se je zgodil 6. januarja, in to v trenutku, ko je kongres ZDA potrjeval rezultate zadnjih predsedniških volitev, bi...

(BRANJE) Je mogoče ZDA znova zaupati?

Evropo je preplavilo olajšanje, potem ko je postalo jasno, da bo Donalda Trumpa v Beli hiši zamenjal Joe Biden. Prihod novega ameriškega vodstva...

Biden’s Grand Opening

AUSTIN – In the space of less than three months, events have conspired to transform the American political scene. First, the COVID-19 pandemic...

Iraq's prime minister should be dismissed and prosecuted for his failures

Thirty-two dead and over 110 wounded people have been added to the list of bombing victims in Iraq. Two suicide bombers were responsible; strapped...

Behind closed doors, Israel Museum stocks up on art

The Israel Museum was only open for short periods over the last year, but it’s still purchasing new art. The Jerusalem institution recently spent...

US professor who gave Nazi salute during video conference retires

An archaeology professor has retired from University of Pennsylvania after facing calls that he be fired for using a Nazi salute and greeting during...

The tragical destiny of a country that saved Jews during the Holocaust

It was a dark night, after a difficult journey in an unforgiving weather. They had crossed the ocean from Hamburg escaping Hitler and they had...

30,000 lies: From Holocaust denial to ‘Camp Auschwitz’

The 30,573 lies began with Holocaust denial. Just a week after taking office in January of 2017, on International Holocaust Day, the Trump...

Back to a two-state reality: Israel and Jordan

From hutz l’Aretz, it seems Israel should consider returning with today’s borders to the 2 States of 1948 to 1967; Israel and Jordan. First, a...

Fatal liberations – 1945 and 2021

My father-in-law ate his meals quickly, except once. It was 1945 and the American army liberators had just arrived in Gunskirchen, the extension of...

Ghosts and other tales: The year of women filmmakers

Turkey is no different than the West when it comes to diversity and representation in the awards circuit. Antalya Film Festival, the oldest film...

Jonathan Sacks’ final book takes top place at 2020 National Jewish Book Awards

The final book published by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks before he died in November is the Jewish Book Council’s top book for 2020. “Morality: Restoring...

Blue and White threatens to oppose extending lockdown amid enforcement dispute

Coalition infighting continued on Wednesday over a bill that would step up enforcement of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown by hiking fines for...

By axing the Keystone XL pipeline in a bid to reverse everything Trump did, Joe Biden has flipped the bird to blue collar America

Whenever a new president comes into office, it always seems to be a priority to undo whatever  the previous occupant of the Oval Office did. Given...

Ghost citizens: Polish Jews in radom after the war

Tens of thousands of Polish Holocaust survivors returned or reappeared in Poland after World War II, hoping to resume their lives and reclaim their...

Haredi issues should be at the center of the election

The popular political discourse is generally dominated by so-called horse-races, with the focus squarely on personalities and their chances....

Thoughts on the unimaginable: International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is the day the Red Army liberated Auschwitz in 1945. Despite having led many groups to Poland,...

Science bombshell: ‘Dark matter’s’ reality doubted

The great Jewish-American astronomer, Vera Rubin, passed away on Christmas Day, 2016. The world’s press, oblivious to her real accomplishments and...

Citizen Trump: Alone and silent at Mar-a-Lago

On January 20, 2021, all the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court attended Joe Biden’s inauguration as President of the United States at...

A few lessons from George Orwell

George Orwell, the author of “1984”. [Picture from an accreditation for the British Union of Journalists. Public domain.] The individual impulse...

Water parks are more fun

In my most recent blog, I looked forward to returning to our old routines post-vaccination. This Tuesday marked two weeks subsequent to the second...

Past and future inextricably linked in Luxembourg Holocaust agreement

The Cinqfontaines Monastery: Soon after Nazi Germany occupied Luxembourg, the Cinqfontaines Monastery was converted into an internment and...

The power struggle of anti-Semitism

As the United Nations this week marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, anti-Semitism remains just as pervasive. True, there are no...

Tu’ B’Shvat: Sap Rising, Changing From Within

This week in Israel and in other places where Jewish holidays are celebrated, we will celebrate a beautiful holiday called Tu B’Shevat, also known...

My grandfather survived Auschwitz — and spends his life spreading kindness

JTA — On Jan. 6, a sea of heads bobbed and flags flew outside the US Capitol. A closer look revealed a dark hoodie, skull, crossbones and large...

Time to cast away the shadows of chained women

Amongst several sombre milestones this week, Monday brought the second reading of the Domestic Abuse Bill in the House of Lords.  This Bill is a...

Trump’s impeachment trial

I guess all the Trump haters in Congress just can’t get enough of him. This is kind of ironic, since they couldn’t wait to get rid of him when he...

What Holocaust survivors teach us

Today on International Holocaust Remembrance Day I offer this personal lesson that I learned from one survivor in particular, my dad, z”l. It is...

Is India Being Swiped Left by Britain? Could Others Follow?

Even as the post-Brexit United Kingdom – in its quest to rebrand itself as “Global Britain” and reorient the country’s economy toward the...

Unqualified to uphold law

Justice minister nominee, vice minister hit for misbehavior Monday's confirmation hearing for Justice Minister nominee Park Beom-kye failed to...

With or Without the Haredim

Pandemic health 101

Gin, cheap and potent, was in great demand in 18th-century London. For laborers during the Industrial Revolution, getting inebriated on this...