Ukraine official says in call with Zelensky, Biden told him to ‘prepare for impact’

US President Joe Biden pledged support for Ukraine in its confrontation with Russia during a phone call Thursday with his counterpart in Kyiv,...

Instead of Being Shocked by Settler Violence, Separate From the Palestinians Instead of Being Shocked by Settler Violence, Israel Must Separate From the Palestinians

So now we are all shocked by the settlers’ harsh violence against Palestinians and left-wing activists. So now we are all shocked and even the...

UK Jewish groups slam BBC ‘non-apology’ for misreporting antisemitic Hanukkah attack

Jewish groups in the United Kingdom slammed the BBC on Thursday for a “whitewash non-apology” after it said sorry for apparently falsely alleging...

After being freed from jail, Palestinian activist denounces Egypt as ‘a big cell’

PARIS (AFP) — Egyptian-Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath has denounced Egypt as “a big cell” weeks after his release from jail and departure for...

Police to drop sexual assault charges against leading LGBT activist Gal Uchovsky

Police plan to recommend dropping sexual assault charges against screenwriter and producer Gal Uchovsky, one of the most prominent LGBT rights...

Omicron wave appears to slow, but experts warn serious cases could still rise

Health officials reportedly believe the Omicron wave in Israel is on the downswing, but that the number of patients in serious condition could...

Stop the Illegal Trade in Palestinian Work Permits

Some 110,000 Palestinian laborers legally enter Israel to work for their living. They have no other choice. The wages for a plasterer in Israel are...

Lavrov: Russia doesn’t want war with Ukraine, but will defend its interests

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat said Friday that Moscow will not start a war but warned that it wouldn’t allow the West to trample on its...

Jerusalem’s pristine snow day, sullied by ugly politics

For those who missed the news, yesterday, Jerusalem awoke to a snow-covered city coated in white. A road sign on Hebron Road in Jerusalem covered...

Ukraine and the Future of Europe

Keeping school children safe from sexual predators

I helped set up Nahamu, a Jewish human rights lobbying group to raise awareness of harms in the charedi community. One of the harms we lobby on is...

(POGLED) O čajnici, ki jo je odnesel tornado

Na Slovenski 4 stoji čajnica. Ima dolgo zavito stopnišče, sonce na stropu in slone na oknih. Ima knjige, do katerih moraš priplezati čez ljudi,...

FBI files shine light on homegrown Nazi plot to overthrow US government during WWII

During the 1930s, an estimated 30 million Americans regularly tuned into Father Charles Edward Coughlin’s controversial radio broadcasts, which...

Tail end of storm to bring heavy rain, threats of flood to south, more snow in north

Heavy rains were forcest for much of central and southern Israel on Friday, with warnings of possible floods in southern coastal cities as the...

Indonesia-Singapore deals a milestone for Asean neighbours navigating minefields

Indonesia and Singapore’s landmark agreements this week on airspace boundaries, extradition and defence cooperation have been lauded as a mark of...

In tactical shift, US and allies name and shame Russian disinformation on Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a break from the past, the US and its allies are increasingly revealing their intelligence findings as they confront Russian...

A Woman Left Behind

The legal mind is not supposed to get emotional, but sometimes the Torah laws can cause a sudden surge of feelings. In Exodus 21:4, the Torah...

Thrown to the dogs: Can one act so badly that the rules don’t apply to them?

We are just two weeks out from the events of Colleyville, Texas, where four people were taken hostage by a gunman and the gunman was eventually...

‘Happy as a Jew in France!’ – What happened to smash the dream

The Wiesenthal Centre chose to open its office in Paris as France had — and still has — the largest Jewish and Muslim communities in Europe....

EDITORIAL: Realistic debate needed instead of new push for fast nuclear reactors

Japan has agreed to work with a U.S. company in technological cooperation to develop a sodium-cooled fast reactor. People involved in the project...

VOX POPULI: Entrance exam cheater an innovator of the wrong sort

I was stunned by the extraordinary meticulousness with which a test-taker tried to cheat on a unified university entrance exam on Jan. 15. The...

Japan's Middle East policy needs fresh thinking

New Asian defense pacts can help set a new tone from the Indo-Pacific to the Gulf

Predvidljivo ponavljanje

Mogoče res nisem po naključju meteorolog, saj prav uživam pri tem, kako se sedaj zima spreminja in pridobiva nekoliko prijaznejšo podobo z vsak...

Vse, kar potrebujete, je modrost

V tretjem letniku gimnazije smo z velikim zanimanjem spremljali novice o morebitnem razpadu skupine The Beatles. Takrat ni bilo facebooka,...

Teachers union head undeterred by backlash for strike call over nixing of isolation

Awaiting a final court decision after an injunction was issued Thursday blocking a planned teacher’s strike in protest of new rules that nix...

42 bipartisan US lawmakers urge Blinken to work to end UN commission on Israel

A bipartisan group of 42 US lawmakers has sent a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging him to lead an effort to end an ongoing...

Icon of progressive camp

Sim should strenuously pursue values for minorities It is fortunate that Justice Party presidential candidate Sim Sang-jung has restarted her...

Haaretz Cartoon

Awaiting Washington's new man in Seoul

By Donald Kirk One odd question hangs over U.S. relations with Korea, both South and North, in this pivotal election year in which South Koreans...

Russian envoy: Our talks with Israelis don’t focus on Ukraine tensions

With tensions in Europe continuing to rise, Russia’s ambassador to Israel told the Times of Israel on Wednesday that conversations with Israeli...

When it snows, it pours: What the press is saying about Bennett, Omicron and Litzman

1. Bennett blitz: Israeli prime ministers don’t often give one-on-one interviews to the press, but when they do, they do it all at once. Thus it...

Six rockets hit Baghdad airport, damaging disused civilian plane

BAGHDAD — Six rockets were fired Friday at the Iraqi capital’s airport, causing damage but no casualties, security sources said, the latest in...

The Virtu(re)ality of Fake News

The world is awash in fake news, misinformation, disinformation – you choose the term that fits best. The question is not why people disseminate...

Healing the Heart of Darkness (Mishpatim, Covenant & Conversation)

Jobbik, otherwise known as the Movement for a Better Hungary, is an ultra-nationalist Hungarian political party that has been described as fascist,...

UpStart announces national Change Accelerator cohorts

As the Jewish nonprofit sector continues to navigate a world of uncertainty and change, UpStart is proud to announce that it will be investing in...

Parshat Mishpatim: The Violence of Money

“Woe to them, who cause through their actions, impoverishment, war, violence, murder and destruction throughout the world,” the Baal HaSulam...

Why was the serpent punished for simply doing its job? Midrash on Bereishis

Once again, the fact that we already “know” the story of the Garden of Eden from childhood presents the biggest impediment for understanding it. ...

As tensions over the Ukraine worsen, is the West on the wrong track?

Fighting the last war is always said to be the weakness of generals. But is fighting the last confrontation emerging as the weakness of Western...

The second drone age is here and it’s a free-for-all

The pandemic has already given the future a distinctly dystopian look. And then there’s this: the burgeoning of the “second drone age.” That’s...

Debating whether nuclear power is green energy or not

MUNICH, Germany – With its 2020 “taxonomy for sustainable activities,” the European Union found a way to use the European Central Bank to...

Can you afford to join the great resignation?

Many of us fantasize about quitting our jobs. In 2021, more people than ever turned that dream into reality. The latest U.S. Bureau of Labor...

Reuters has finally dropped the misleading 'Houthi rebels' narrative

After several years in being at the forefront of Western mainstream media's coverage of the war on Yemen, describing it as being between the...

In Spite of the US Attempting to Discredit the Beijing Olympics, It Will Succeed

Washington’s policy of confrontation with China, including in the form of discrediting the Beijing Winter Olympics, only results in the US...

New York lights Niagara Falls, other sites yellow for Holocaust memorial

NEW YORK — New York lit up major landmarks across the state yellow on Thursday to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. New York State...

Pivotal mental states

Spiritual highs and mental breakdowns are both products of the same evolved brain system granting us the power to transform - by Ari Brouwer Read...

Tireless triage: How Israeli community medicine prevents Omicron swamping system

There has never been illness in Israel on such a scale. With 1 in 20 citizens currently confirmed infected with the coronavirus, and 10 percent of...