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V časopisju, javnih in strokovnih množičnih občilih (medijih) vse bolj prevladujejo tujke, največkrat anglicizmi in celo izvirne angleške besede...

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Time for Abe to drop the talking points on sakura viewing parties

Every reporter on the Aichi prefectural police beat has heard about a scandal that came to light a decade ago. A prefectural assembly member, who...

Daily cases swell to highest level in a month as grades 5-6 return to class

The daily number of new virus cases reached its highest level in just over a month on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of students in grades 5-6...

Japan and Australia put aside wartime baggage to counter China’s rise

In this virtual era, symbols have assumed greater significance. Last week’s visit to Japan by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was very...

Undersea internet cables offer more resilient connection

API Geoeconomic Briefing is a series provided by the Asia Pacific Initiative, an independent think tank based in Tokyo. The series will look into...

Jacob’s Ladder – It’s the Little Things That Count

Jacob’s vision of a ladder rising heavenward with angels ascending and descending it rungs appears to our hero at a moment of existential crisis....

Pittsburgh teacher’s sidewalk math is fun neighborhood equalizer

Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle — When schools shuttered last spring due to the pandemic, math teacher Leslie Frischman brought her classroom...

Percepto to create fleet of robots and drones to monitor industrial sites

Percepto, an Israeli maker of drones, said Wednesday it is launching a new solution that will create a fleet of fully autonomous robots and drones...

Here is How Israel Destroyed Syiria’s Nuclear Reactor

In 2004, there was a train explosion in North Korea. Surprisingly, the explosion was very large, the same as a small earthquake of 3.6 Sr....

Mourning in America

It’s mourning again in America.  Today, more men and women will die from the coronavirus than ever before in our country’s history .  With...

Corona Blues

Am I depressed, or just sad? I am finding it hard to take joy in the everyday things that come my way; things don’t please me the way they once...

The Internationalization of the Chinese Renminbi: Firm Steps, But a Long Road Ahead

The whole world is astonishingly observing the economic ascension of China. Recently, it became the largest manufactory producer in the world, the...

Lost Soul With a Moral Campus

As we approach another Christmas season, it will be difficult for many people to be optimistic about their lives. Virtually everyone has been...

Hasty expectations

N. Korea should first apologize for destruction of liaison office Unification Minister Lee In-young said Monday that inter-Korean relations will be...

Proposed hike in elderly medical fees needs great care in planning

Elderly Japanese aged 75 or older, in principle, pay 10 percent of their health care costs out of pocket. The government is working on a reform to...

Polarizing home ownership

State statistics reveal failure of government's housing policy The number of owners of multiple homes and those who do not own even a single ones...

The PA excels in theatre of the absurd

If there is one thing in which the Palestinian Authority excels, it is theatre of the absurd. Following its announcement that, based on...

Schools need reliable guidance on reopening

One of the most frustrating aspects of the pandemic has been watching school districts try to navigate the complexities of remote learning with so...

Wang Yi's visit and Korea-China summit

By Lee Seong-hyon There is a learning curve for Korean journalists when it comes to Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign minister. In the past, when Wang...

City of London wants to clean up the world

Britain believes it has chosen the ideal moment to throw its weight behind a financial innovation that might help save the world. As part of Prime...

Using less, discarding less

By Kim Sun-ae We see an enormous amount of waste piled up every day in front of each apartment building here in Korea. After looking at the waste...

Ceaseless goal of Korea fire service

By Shin Yeol-woo There is a slogan for firefighting in Korea that says: "Fire alarms are the sound of life." This shows the importance of notifying...

They are Cutting the Legs out from Under the South Korean President

On November 6, 2020 a court of appeals in South Korea delivered a verdict against Kim Kyung-soo, the governor of South Gyeongsang Province who is...

Australia and France in the Pacific Ocean

France is a major player in Oceania, a place where Australia, which has a leading position in this vast region of the South Pacific, has...

How to take the hatred of Israel’s Jewish extreme left

Their frantic warning against Pollard getting a hero’s welcome is disturbing Normally, I would not read anything that former Israeli premier...

Sudan denies knowledge of Israeli delegation’s visit to Khartoum

Sudan’s government on Tuesday denied having information about the visit of an Israeli delegation to Khartoum that an Israeli official had revealed...

Introducing the Sufganyeta, the jelly doughnut popsicle

As Hanukkah approaches, there are valiant efforts made to single out the country’s best sufganiya, jam or cream-filled fried doughnuts that are...

Want To Be Winners? These Are The Losses You Face

“Success is whatever humiliation everyone has agreed to compete for.” -James Richardson Do you want to be a winner? We all do, unoriginally. We...

The Dangers of Over Protection and Permissiveness With Our Kids

Recently I have been working with quite a few families who are living with the fallout of parental overprotection or over permissiveness. The...

Jacob and Esau—Thermodynamics of Order and Chaos

And these are the chronicles of Isaac… (Genesis 25:19) So Esau went unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives that he had Mahalath the daughter of...

Israel and a values-driven President Biden

After his January 20 th inauguration, President-Elect Joe Biden is likely to maintain some of President Trump’s flagship policies, including...

Expansion and mass eviction: Israel 'takes advantage' of Trump's remaining days in office

In a few words, a close associate of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, summed up the logic behind the ongoing frenzy to expand illegal...

Saudi Arabia put on list of ‘green’ countries, sparing Netanyahu quarantine

The Health Ministry designated Saudi Arabia as a “green” country on Monday, meaning returnees don’t need to quarantine, a day after Prime...

Residents try to jump from windows as fire engulfs Jerusalem residential complex

Dozens of people were rescued by firefighting teams on Tuesday morning after a massive blaze engulfed a residential building complex in the...

Anti-Netanyahu demonstrators indicted for 1st time, including protest leader

For the first time, charges were filed on Tuesday against two individuals for their alleged actions at demonstrations against Prime Minister...

Reckoning with American Democracy’s Enemies Within

WASHINGTON, DC – With Donald Trump and the Republican establishment refusing to accept defeat in the face of a clear election result, democracy in...

Far-right German activists plan protest against ‘Zionism’ outside synagogue

JTA — Right-wing extremists in Germany are planning to demonstrate for “freedom for Palestine” and against “Zionism” in front of a...

‘This is going nowhere’: Gantz, Netanyahu shout at each other at cabinet meeting

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly got into a shouting match with Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi during...

Bucking widespread fear, experts say Israel not on the cusp of a 3rd COVID wave

With Israel abuzz with speculation that a third wave is upon us, the coronavirus cabinet has approved a plan to send most kids back to school....

Why it is wrong to draw parallels between Trump and Mugabe

On November 6, after a speech by Donald Trump in which he baselessly claimed the 2020 US presidential election was fraudulent, ABC journalist Leigh...

Why Democrats lost and will keep losing elections

Why, Democrats have been asking, do so many poor white people vote for a Republican Party that doesn’t care about or do anything for them? The...

Coronavirus cabinet approves plan to reopen schools in most areas

Following a marathon debate, the coronavirus cabinet approved early Tuesday Education Minister Yoav Gallant’s plan to reopen most schools across...

High Court upholds light plea deal for soldier who killed Palestinian

The High Court of Justice rejected a petition on Monday night to re-examine a military court plea bargain that would give an Israeli soldier three...

Where Blinken stands on Jewish issues, from immigration to Israel

JTA — Tony Blinken, US President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for secretary of state, is the stepson of a Holocaust survivor whose stories shaped...

Tufts University’s Antisemitic Judicial Committee

http://https://twitter.com/robsmithonline/status/1330993876295950336?s=20 As it stands, Tufts University must not go forward with the proposed...

Two Holocaust survivors return to Poland to Never Forget, with a side of Klezmer

NEW YORK — “We can’t go as schnorrers!” So says Saul to Ruby and Ruby’s daughter Chana as they strategize just how the heck they are going...

Why You Should Stop Saying 'Antisemitism' and Call It Judeophobia Instead

There is no such thing as a Semitic race. There are only Semitic languages. I am a Semite because I speak and write Hebrew. My parents were not...

A Tale of Two Economies

NEW HAVEN – Suddenly, there is a credible case for a vaccine-led economic recovery. Modern science has delivered what must certainly be one of...

Abbas's humiliating climb down was made on Palestinian 'Independence Day'

It was no surprise to see the Palestinian Authority return to its security coordination with the Israeli occupation forces. What was surprising,...