Democratic Only When They Have a Majority

Amid a global pandemic and a looming economic crisis, why was the prize given for advances in auction theory?

“Nobel Prize in Economics” for 2020 has been awarded for advances in auction theory! It is truly a “you must be joking” moment. With COVID-19,...

Israel reportedly operated secret diplomatic mission in Bahrain for past decade

Israel has operated a covert diplomatic mission in Bahrain disguised as a commercial consulting firm for over a decade, according to a Wednesday...

Who hitched a ride on the ark?

In Parshat Noach, God established his covenant with Noach, his sons, his wife and his son’s wives. They would be the only ones who would be on the...

US intelligence says Iran sending emails, trying to intimidate American voters

BOSTON (AP) — Iran is responsible for emails meant to intimidate American voters and sow unrest in multiple states, and Tehran and Moscow have...

Experts pan ‘fundamentally flawed’ state report that says kids are superspeaders

Government research that said children are more likely than adults to contract the coronavirus is “fundamentally flawed,” nine influential...

With low survival rate, doctors see ventilators as gut-wrenching last resort

As virus cases drop in Israel, hospitals say they are still under pressure, and grappling with the grim fact that many of the hundreds of patients...

Strategy for an open Indo-Pacific should not raise regional tensions

The Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) initiative, a key vision for Japan’s foreign policy agenda, should not in any way create a division or...

Virus numbers drop further, 2.7% of tests positive, as lockdown payoff felt

The Health Ministry recorded 1,089 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, with just 2.7 percent of tests returning positive as a monthlong lockdown...

Israel, Bahrain ink agreement for weekly direct flights

Israel and Bahrain signed an aviation agreement on Thursday for weekly direct flights between Tel Aviv and Manama, following the normalization deal...

US urges countries to withdraw from UN nuclear ban treaty

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is urging countries that have ratified a UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons to withdraw their support as...

WHO vaccine drive bedeviled by familiar question: Who pays if things go wrong?

Who foots the bill if people in poor countries fall sick with unexpected side-effects from coronavirus vaccines? It's not clear and that's a big...

Here Is the Truth About the Submarines

Historian Banno stayed open and humble, avoiding practice’s pitfalls

Historian Junji Banno, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo who died on Oct. 14 at age 83, was uncompromising in his belief that there...

The world is endorsing Palestine’s disappearance in the name of ‘peace’

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman has left no doubt about the rationale behind the recent normalisation agreements with Arab states, praised...

Knesset legal adviser backs decision to nix vote to probe submarine affair

The Knesset acting legal adviser said Wednesday that Parliamentary Speaker Yariv Levin acted properly in nixing a plenum vote establishing a...

Zohar: I stopped ‘underhanded’ opposition bid by nixing vote to probe sub affair

Coalition whip Miki Zohar, a close associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Thursday that he and his Likud party acted properly in...

Estonia bans entry to Hezbollah members, sanctions terror group

Estonia on Thursday said it would sanction Hezbollah and prevent officials from the terror organization, or who are affiliated with it, from...

The desire for independence is growing in Scotland

Analysis. A new poll shows that a majority of Scots favor secession, a movement spurred by anger over Brexit and the government’s mismanagement of...

Aide to LA mayor takes leave amid sexual misconduct allegations

JTA — Rick Jacobs, a top aide to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, said he is taking a leave of absence amid sexual misconduct allegations. Jacobs,...

Google’s AI fund leads $9.5 million investment in data-privacy startup Mine

An Israeli startup, Mine, that developed software that allow consumers to control how their data is used has received an investment from Google’s...

Show goes on for annual Oud Festival, held online for free

November always brings Jerusalem’s Oud Festival, hosted by the Confederation House, this year for the 21st time. “We’re trying to salvage our...

(STRAN 210) Pismo samemu sebi (4)

Zdravo. Spet jaz. Kar nekaj časa je preteklo, kar sem ti nazadnje pisal, 5 mesecev in 27 dni, če sem natančen, ampak zdaj sem spet tu. Oziroma sva....

Now as Before, Israelis Can Join Hands

America’s “New Vision” of Central-Asia: Just Like Old One - Only Meaner

“A new vision of Central-Asia”, that’s how the Heritage Foundation think tank frames US policy in many CIS nations. However, the new version of...

Antiprokurátor

Hoci je Kováčik obvinený z viacerých trestných činov, aj z korupcie, platí ako vždy prezumpcia neviny. Často totiž zabúdame, že nie...

Thousands demonstrate against government in Tel Aviv, Haifa

Thousands of people were demonstrating against the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu throughout the country Thursday evening at a...

Greenwashing leaves a stain the world must not tolerate

Disclosure on climate related risks can be conducted on a global basis

COVID-19 shows why Japan can’t wait to act on gender equality

EU's Sakharov Prize for Belarus dissidents sends a strong signal

The EU has awarded this year's Sakharov Prize to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and the Belarusian opposition. The choice sends a strong signal to the...

Israeli, Sudanese officials confirm talks in Khartoum, say normalization near

Sudanese officials confirmed on Thursday that a senior US-Israeli delegation flew to Sudan on a private jet this week to wrap up a deal that would...

Gantz touts ‘major leap’ for Israeli security as US re-ups military edge promise

Defense Minister Benny Gantz hailed an agreement signed with the Pentagon on Thursday to safeguard Israel’s military superiority in the region as...

Two rockets fired from Gaza at Ashkelon, one intercepted; no injuries

Two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip at the city of Ashkelon and nearby communities north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday night, the military...

Epstein helper denied finding sex partners for Prince Andrew, transcripts show

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend denied introducing Britain’s Prince Andrew to underage sex partners in a defensive and...

Mute button overshadows final debate as Trump, Biden set to face off

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are set to square off in their final debate Thursday, one of...

The Arab Joint List’s Short-Sighted Position

The Knesset approved Israel’s normalization agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain by an overwhelming margin of 80 to 13 last week....

From Ingathering Exiles to Escaping Clans

Israel, the land that was meant to host the ingathering of the exiles and reunite the Jewish people, is tearing at the seams. There has never been...

Mock trial of Lord Janner smacks of sinister intent

T he frankly brutal 18-year sentence meted out to the deranged fantasist Carl Beech last year smacked of scapegoating for the police team who...

2020 US Presidential Election – The Real Joe Biden

To me, one of the most perplexing aspects of this election is why people, other than far-left and true-believer Dems, are planning to vote for Joe...

On second thought

Looking at the results of our labour, we sometimes feel immense pride but more often than not we experience mixed emotions. We could have done it...

‘How to Plan a Crusade; Religious War in the High Middle Ages’ by Christopher Tyerman

This book, with its sixty pages of notes, twenty pages of bibliography, lavish illustrations and extensive index, is a thoroughly-researched study...

The humanizing power of a vision-directed life

Parashat Noach In a mystical view of the garden of Eden, primordial human, adam kadmon, stretched across the entire world in complete devekut ,...

Noach: Wine and the 13 “Woe”s

The Talmud (Sanhedrin 70a) discusses the thirteen letters vav (“and”) that are connected to wine in the Torah passage about Noach’s fall...

China’s Barbarity Toward Uyghur Families Should Shock Our Consciousness and Spur Action

“You don’t know how he died; you don’t know when he died. And you can’t even kiss him for one last time.” These are the words of Uyghur poet...

Military virus squad, now fully operational, readies for feared winter outbreaks

With the Israel Defense Forces’ coronavirus task force fully operational, the military is working to ensure that it is prepared to handle...

Ruling party's arrogance

DPK must figure out why ex-lawmaker quit The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) needs to figure out why Keum Tae-sup, formerly a DPK lawmaker,...

Fraudulent fund manager

No less problematic is financial regulator's supervisory failure The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) decided Tuesday to revoke the license of...

Five takeaways from the Australia-Japan defense ministers’ joint statement

PYEONGTAEK, SOUTH KOREA – While Yoshihide Suga conducted his first overseas trip as prime minister, another important development in Japanese...

Shifting sands

By Donald Kirk Relationships ― diplomatic, economic or personal ― evolve. The U.S.-Korea relationship is not cast in stone. U.S. diplomats can go...

Huawei’s rivals should be happy they’re not American

The advent of 5G networks has accentuated U.S. concerns about lacking a domestic rival to the mighty Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Yet the Chinese...

How Israel failed COVID-19 test

By Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV ― When the Jewish new year began late last month, Israel was enduring its second nationwide lockdown, after daily per...

Harnessing technology key to winning race against COVID-19

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

Trump's H-1B reforms will make America poorer

Newly announced reforms to the H-1B immigrant visa system have the potential to reduce the number of foreign workers allowed into the U.S., just as...

Give China a cheer for making polluters pay

China’s ambitious pledge to decarbonize by 2060 requires the world’s top polluter to dramatically raise the cost of spewing greenhouse gases into...

Why should US vote green?

By Andrew Hammond Next month's U.S. presidential election will not just be decisive in settling a slew of major domestic issues for the next four...

US not alone in widening global pandemic

By John J. Metzler While recent flare-ups of the coronavirus have been spreading across large parts of the U.S., Americans are hardly alone in...

Do it your own way

By Kim Jeong-kyoo What golf fans rarely expect took place during recent PGA Tour events. Bryson DeChambeau won the 2020 U.S. Open trophy with an...

Do you have unanswered questions about Halloween?

By Danny Tyree I was trying to clear the cobwebs from my mind, and all I could find was random thoughts about Halloween (a.k.a. Hallowe'en, a.k.a....

Jewish son of Nazi officer describes growing up under shadow of Holocaust denial

The son of a decorated Nazi officer who discovered the nature of his father’s military service and went on to convert to Judaism and eventually...

France's difficult struggle against Islamism

In the wake of a teacher's brutal murder, France has cracked down on suspected Islamist radicals for promoting "hatred and violence." President...

Man indicted for pepper-spray attack on anti-Netanyahu protesters

An indictment was filed Thursday against a man accused of pepper-spraying anti-Netanyahu protesters during a rally in coastal city of Jaffa earlier...

WATCH: Star of ‘Tehran’ Liraz Charhi on dangers of collaborating with Iranians

Singe and cinema and television star Liraz Charhi was born and raised in Israel, but she has always felt an unbreakable connection to Iran, her...

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah Visited India and Pakistan

The five-day visit to India that started on October 6th this year made by the physician Abdullah Abdullah, who is the de facto second-in-command...

Groom nearly faints as police enforcing health rules clash with wedding party

Police enforcement of health restrictions at a wedding sparked a row between revelers and officers Wednesday, as guests expressed outrage over cops...

Azerbaijan and the Plans of Israeli Politicians

As the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh mushrooms, the Israeli-Azerbaijani arms trade is flourishing, and in this case Netanyahu’s government is...

The greatest Briton?

Most mainstream portrayals of Winston Churchill, such as the critically acclaimed film The Darkest Hour (2017), focus on his role in the Second...

Dutch Protestant Church to admit failing Jews in Holocaust

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Protestant Church in the Netherlands will admit for the first time that it stayed silent as anti-Semitism rose before...

Ex-PM Hariri asked to form new government in crisis-hit Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s president asked former premier Saad Hariri to form the country’s next government Thursday after he secured...

The Weight of Gold – The Tower of Babel

When I helped guide a young Christian business associate through a spiritual crisis, little did we know that it would result in a life-altering...

“Miracle Within a Miracle” Parashat Noach 5781

Mankind has proven itself unworthy and so G-d has decided to press CTL-ALT-DEL. He informs Noach that He will be destroying the world and He gives...

The greatest thing in the world is to do somebody else a favour

In honour of the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto – Kalonymous Kalman Shapira’s Yartzeit – 4th Mar Cheshvan THE HOLY HUNCHBACK by Rabbi Shlomo...

Righteousness is not leadership (Noach 5781)

This year’s Covenant & Conversation series on “Lessons in Leadership” was originally written and recorded in 5774 (2014) and subsequently...

Recycling hits bottleneck

In Israel, soon, bottles of 1.5 liter will also enter the deposit scheme. Good news for the environment, politics, and drinkers of junk beverages....

‘Cancel culture’ is a danger zone. But there is a key to getting out: Forgiveness

Cancel culture has entered a dangerous new phase. But there is a key to getting out: ”forgiveness,” says cancel culture observer Jennifer Graham....

Tearing down the side post (Daf Yomi Eruvin 74)

Embed from Getty Images “Why would I need two rulings regarding the same issue?” What more can one say about eruvs and courtyards and alleyways...

Rising Waters Result of Nature, Not Man

There is a lot of hype around man causing climate change. Man has so polluted the Earth that we caused the planet to heat up. The heating has led...

Corona, an opportunity for new ideas

A few weeks ago when my son was physically at school, but his day ended at 12pm, I asked him how much he was in fact learning in a much shorter...

Does Orthodox Judaism Endorse Originalism or a Living Constitution?

In connection with the Senate confirmation hearings of Justice Amy Comey Barrett, terms like “originalism” and “ l iving c onstitutionalism”...

The power of unity

  These days it’s hard to remember the idea of a ‘get together’. We’re becoming accustomed to ‘social distancing’, which isn’t exactly...

Noah: Of rainbows, gay pride, and Corona health professionals

In London, where I live, there are rainbows everywhere. Children’s drawings in shop and house windows, tied to trees, stuck to bus stops. During...

Today’s extraordinary diplomatic achievements were years in the making

In the past two months, words like “historic,” “dramatic,” and “first-of-its-kind” have been repeatedly used in Israeli and international...

Economics for the people

A basic truth is once again trying to break through the agony of worldwide pandemic and the enduring inhumanity of racist oppression. Healthcare...

Matovičove zmätky

Ešte cez víkend nás premiér presviedčal, že jediným riešením v súčasnej situácii je plošné testovanie. Stačilo päť dní, aby...

Latest Balkan stand-off shows how difficult it will be for EU to achieve its expansionist masterplan

The ongoing struggle by North Macedonia to formally enter into accession talks with the European Union could all be down to one man, but,...

They banned Friday prayer!

The Authorities in Arab countries, particularly Jordan, the UAE, the Sultanate of Oman and Algeria, have decided to ban the Friday prayer under the...

British PM has “Other Things On His Mind!”

In English law there is a strange and very expensive device known as the super-injunction. This goes beyond an ordinary injunction in one important...

Bank of Israel leaves interest rate unchanged at 0.1% to increase bond purchases

The Bank of Israel held its short-term interest rate unchanged on Thursday, forecasting that the economy could contract by as much as 6.5% this...

Senate panel advances Barrett Supreme Court nomination as Democrats boycott vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans powered past a Democratic boycott Thursday to advance Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme...

Time For Your Jab

It is not easy to be a Jew. Thanks to the anti-vaxxers, everyone now knows that we rule the world. While we were able to keep this a secret, we...

The Heartbeat: INVASION

Between November 3, 2020 and January 20, 2021, Americans might prepare for an invasion. It won’t be the Russians or Chinese storming ashore, and...

Cindy’s Corners: Behind Fashion’s Hottest Podcast — Fashion Reverie Talks

My Exclusive Sitdown Interview With William Gooch Photos: Grosz and Gooch What happens when a couple of fashion obsessed editors, a noted actress,...

Questioning the Halachot of Social Distancing

Covid-19, which has infected and killed hundreds of thousands worldwide is not a hoax. It is a horrible disease that has had a particularly...

Between the river and the sea, Netanyahu is only one problem

Meron Benvenisti died last month. He was 86 years old and one of those select Israelis deemed worthy of obituaries in the international press....

Will Morocco recognize Israel in the near future?

In recent months, there has been much media speculation about whether Morocco will recognize the State of Israel following the Abraham Accords.  ...

The Tower of Babel’s Masks, a modern interpretation

A story of “unity and conformity” in the times of Noah and beyond till today. A story of solidarity as seen for the unification for the...

Religion is nobody’s business, Len

Is someone’s religion relevant? Should I report that the Catholic Len McCluskey, General Secretary of the Unite Union, said on BBC Newsnight that...

The election’s tick-tick-ticking – be sure to vote!

This is a tense time, as we ratchet up to the election. The pandemic isn’t going anywhere, even as we start to fight each other over it. The levels...

Divided We Stand

WASHINGTON, DC – The words nationalism and patriotism are commonly bandied about to describe people’s entrenched political commitments, and...

Andrew Cuomo continues his self-aggrandizing Covid-19 victory lap while simultaneously reimposing ruinous lockdowns on New York

In one version of Cuomo’s New York, the state – and especially New York City – has come out the other side of its dire stint at the center of...

Lockdown till a Covid vaccine comes? It’s too long to wait, and there’s no guarantee it will be effective anyway

Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are all heading into lockdown in one form or another, and restrictions are being cranked up in...

A new documentary, America’s Forgotten, reveals the story of illegal immigration to the US the MSM doesn’t want you to know about

America’s Forgotten, directed by Namrata Singh Gujral, exposes the fetid swamp that is illegal immigration into the US. It’s been shunned by...

Allowing the use of the ‘panic defence’ in court enables impunity for murderers of LGBTQ people.

Last month, a Philippines criminal court granted US Marine Lance Corporal Robert Joseph Pemberton an early release from his ten-year prison...

Albania becomes first Muslim country to adopt anti-Semitism definition

Albania formally adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism Thursday, making it the first...

Why do Libyan politicians refrain from criticising NATO’s war on their country, despite civilian deaths?

Between 2011 and today, many Western leaders who supported the military intervention in Libya nine years earlier have expressed some kind of regret...

Israel’s only female F-35 pilot named deputy commander of squadron

The Israeli Air Force’s only female F-35 fighter pilot was named the new deputy commander of the 116th Squadron, which flies the fifth generation...

Cathay Pacific’s staff cut won’t be the deepest for Hong Kong

One of the many reasons that Hong Kong is attractive to big international businesses – and Tokyo isn’t – is that you can easily fire people...

Citing his will to survive pandemic, Mel Brooks, 94, backs Biden

Mel Brooks knows that life stinks. For now, anyway. He wants Americans to know it can change. In a rare moment of (semi)-seriousness, the Jewish...

South Korea’s Asean strategy needs sturdy pillars of understanding to succeed

South Korea’s New Southern Policy (NSP) has been a welcome addition in Southeast Asia and has significantly expanded Seoul’s economic, cultural...

Why calling Trump another Hitler is wrong and why saying so is not political

For the purposes of this post, I will begin by saying that I legitimately do not care who you are supporting in the upcoming American presidential...

Whistle-blower film shows Trump coronavirus response not ‘Totally Under Control’

As of October 22, nearly 228,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, surpassing all other countries. A new documentary film released just weeks...

We’re not the WZC – You should get to know us

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have chosen Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) as their voice in Israel because of our transparency, lay...

With false identities, author exposes extremists hiding in web’s dark underbelly

Alma via JTA — After over a year of immersing herself in the darkest depths of white supremacy on the internet, Talia Lavin remains hopeful. Lavin,...

The AIIB’s Transparency Deficit

LISBON/AARHUS – The Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) opened for business in 2016 and rapidly established itself as a...

The Arab Opinion Index and Sudan’s rejection of normalisation

The results of the seventh annual Arab Opinion Index (AOI) survey have been released. The AOI deserves the attention of every researcher, given the...

IDF probing whether soldiers stole, leaked file on minister who broke lockdown

The Israel Defense Forces is investigating suspicions that military personnel hacked the database of epidemiological investigations and leaked the...

After rent hike, Holocaust museum in Latvia could close

JTA — The Riga Ghetto Museum, one of the Latvian capital’s three Holocaust museums, is facing possible closure after the city’s government...

Daughter of Springsteen drummer pens book on beating breast cancer ‘like a boss’

NEW YORK — Deciding to undergo a prophylactic double mastectomy when she was a senior at New York University was a no brainer for journalist Ali...

Changing attitudes towards religiosity: double-edged sword for Arab rulers

By James M. Dorsey Public opinion polling in the Arab world suggests that autocratic leaders like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his...

Remembering the Taif Accord

The Taif Accord was signed 31 years ago today and led to the official ending of the Lebanese Civil War a year later. The accord set out a new...

Get out the votes: What the press is saying on October 22

1. Vote early and vote often: A chaotic Knesset session gives the press fresh fodder for outrage, punditry and confusion after the opposition...

Leaders of Greek neo-Nazi party to be imprisoned until appeal is ruled on

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they unfold. Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun names former premier Saad Hariri to form a...

The two ambitious mayors who may save Netanyahu and doom the left

A Channel 12 television poll on Sunday offered some worrying news for the Israeli left: Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai would win six Knesset seats in an...

Germany hit by record surge in virus cases

AFP — Germany reported a huge jump in coronavirus cases on Thursday, with health experts warning of a “very serious” situation and regional...

The Unmasked

One of the strengths of the Jewish community is that in times of crisis, “we are one.” We drew on this strength when, for instance, we mobilized...

Noah’s Ark in COVID

In most years, the story of Noah and the flood feels overly distant and unrelatable. Living in the comforts of the modern world, it’s hard to...

Judge Amy Coney Barrett has met Jews before

JTA — US President Trump seeks to replace Jewish Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a devout Catholic from Indiana. Some might worry...

Australia and the Holocaust

Australia has the largest per-capita Holocaust Survivor population outside Israel. Paradoxically, Australia also became a refuge for a significant...

Al-Sisi’s Egypt is a land without justice

As often happens with military coups, the leader of the 2013 coup in Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, sent the heads of the elected regime and its...

After talk of the Palestinian elections

Since the Istanbul meeting between Fatah and Hamas on 24 September, the Palestinian arena has been abuzz with talks about elections and...

Israel's Right Is in a Morally Critical Condition

Intubated and on life support, Palestinian adviser Erekat undergoes bronchostomy

A doctor treating Palestinian official Saeb Erekat for COVID-19 in a Jerusalem hospital performed a bronchostomy on Wednesday to examine the...

Japan is not ready for an influx of foreign visitors

COVID-19 undermining Japan's sense of solidarity, mutual trust and responsibility

Illegal fees from Palestinian pockets: deeds and Powers of Attorney are the geese that lay golden eggs for lawyers

In August, a friend of mine with kidney failure delegated me to take his car and represent him before the official authorities at the Palestinian...

pijem na vaše zdravje!

Pred leti, ko so bralci pod Dnevnikove kolumne še lahko neposredno zlivali svoj žolč in druge izcedke slabo prebavljenih travm, je neki spletni...

Coalition scrap intensifies as Blue and White launches anti-Likud campaign

Lawmakers in the Blue and White party launched a coordinated campaign against their coalition partners from Likud, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin...

Israel expected to receive Moderna’s COVID vaccine by mid-2021

The Israeli chief medical officer of US biotech firm Moderna predicted the Jewish state would receive its COVID-19 vaccine before June 2021. “We...

‘Piggy Morty’: US campus divided over chants against Jewish president

JTA — Was a left-wing activist group being anti-Semitic when it called Northwestern University’s Jewish president “piggy Morty”? The...

Some NYC Orthodox areas of see COVID rules relaxed

JTA — Some Orthodox neighborhoods classified as “red zones” by the state of New York due to their high COVID-19 test positivity rates in recent...

Obama makes first campaign foray, urging US voters to cast Trump out

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former US President Barack Obama blasted President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus, his culpability in national...

Jerusalem’s Botanical Gardens bring sculpture to green spaces

Renowned Israeli artist Menashe Kadishman has arrived at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens. Actually, it’s Kadishman’s 1982 sculpture, “Segments...

Up to 60,000 Israeli businesses may close in 2021 amid COVID-19 fallout: report

Israeli business will be contending with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic through next year, which will see as many as 60,000 businesses...

France probes contact between Syria jihadist and suspect in teacher beheading

PARIS, France (AFP) — The investigation into the murder of a French teacher for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in class turned to Syria...

Now, terrorist Leila Khaled is slated to speak in Hawaii

Once again, I have a feeling of revulsion and disgust. Perhaps worse than before. The University of Hawaii is hosting a virtual event on October...

When was Jew-hate normalised?

Amid all the Covid-related talk of “the new normal” I have been pondering the meaning of “normal” in the context of Jews and antisemitism....

Far more of a gift than a burden

I can’t imagine what it’s like to live with mental illness.  I am well acquainted with mental illness through my daughter’s eating disorder and...

The myth of Brazil being a ‘racial democracy’ seems to be crumbling, but real racial justice is still not within reach.

These days, the myth of Brazil being a “racial democracy”, where everyone is colour blind and no one is discriminated against because of the...

Israel, Sudan said to reach final agreement to normalize ties

Israel and Sudan will announce the establishment of diplomatic ties over the weekend or early next week in a US-brokered deal, the Israel Hayom...

Pompeo said planning to declare major human rights groups as ‘anti-Semitic’

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is working to get the US State Department to declare several major international human rights groups, including...

Europe’s Jewish population is as low as it was 1,000 years ago — and declining

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Jews’ share of the population of Europe is as low now as it was 1,000 years ago and is declining even further, according to a...

(POGLED) Kršenje ukrepov kot znak protijanšizma

Zdaj smo pa tam. Namreč tam, kjer sem se že od začetka korone bala, da bomo pristali. Torej v situaciji, ko zaradi zdravstvenih razlogov v...

By backing censorship of Hunter Biden story, mainstream media only hurt their own cause

To say that the New York Post story on Hunter Biden's emails was big news would be an understatement. The same can be said about social media...

What a Surprise – Even a Proud Liberal Zionist Scion Can Be a Racist

Settler Violence Against Palestinians Only Grows During Harvest Time

France has paid an appalling price for its lax attitude to radical Islam and a clampdown on extremists is long overdue

The headline on national broadcaster France 24 said it all: “French police raid dozens of targets suspected of extremism after teacher...

Fear of right-wing PragerU classroom infiltration overlooks double standard: BOTH left and right should stop brainwashing kids

After the mother of a 10th-grade student alerted Maumee City Schools administrators and the media to her daughter’s history teacher’s...

Jewish people can be gay, so why are Orthodox schools refusing to teach kids about LGBT issues?

Homophobia is not a lifestyle choice. It’s a form of hatred and discrimination. So that’s the charge that must be levelled at the Orthodox...

Knesset speaker overturns vote after MKs approve inquiry into submarine scandal

The Knesset plenum on Wednesday voted to form a parliamentary inquiry into a major corruption scandal that has previously ensnared several close...

Army chief: Uncovered Gaza attack tunnel was ‘major asset’ to the enemy

Military chief Aviv Kohavi described the cross-border attack tunnel uncovered by the Israel Defense Forces this week on the Gaza border as a...

A Jewish state is not racist or ‘apartheid’. It’s essential

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has hosted a series of webinars during October accusing Israel of being an apartheid state. So far not much...

The Truth About the Submarine Affair

Is the Long-Awaited Constitutional Crisis at Hand?

CHICAGO – Since Donald Trump’s election in 2016, legal academics like me have been bombarded with emails from journalists asking whether the...

Cause that they didn't live up to

By Kang Hyun-kyung Back in the late 1980s, one of my high school classmates made me think about the cause she was then fighting for. She was a...

Khashoggi fiancee sues Saudi prince in US over journalist’s murder

WASHINGTON — The fiancee of journalist Jamal Khashoggi sued Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and other officials Tuesday in a US court, seeking damages...

Netanyahu ally admits political considerations behind failure to pass budget

Coalition whip Miki Zohar, a close associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, openly admitted Tuesday that there were political considerations...

Algeria-Morocco competition exposes the closed shop nature of influence within the AU 

According to specialist news reports, Algeria has failed to nominate any candidates for key positions in the African Union. Seven positions are...

The Whispering Prussian: Clausewitz and Modern Wars

The relevance of past wisdom to our modern affairs has always been debatable. Carl von Clausewitz and his theory of war are not an exception. Since...

Finance Minister Katz has a budget. Netanyahu should be worried

On Saturday night, Finance Minister Israel Katz called a surprise press conference to announce he intends to present the long-delayed 2020 budget,...

Florida, Israel call on firms to bid for joint aerospace R&D funding

Space Florida and the Israel Innovation Authority are calling on Israeli and Florida-based for-profit companies to bid for funding for a total of...

Israeli startup Aleph Farms eyes making test-tube steaks on Mars, Moon

Aleph Farms, Ltd., a startup that grows meat directly from cattle cells, said it is launching a program to set up long-term collaborations with...

Japan’s old ‘kao’ signatures a fun anachronism worth preserving

"Kao" is a kind of personalized hieroglyphic signature on official documents in Japan in lieu of a handwritten full-name signature. Those used by...

The pointless fight. Is Suga’s honeymoon over?

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga started off surprisingly well, despite his noncharismatic personality and selection by the Liberal Democratic...

Africa’s WTO Moment

BOSTON – The selection of the World Trade Organization’s next director-general has entered its final phase, with two candidates left in the...

The Nagorno-Karabakh crisis is helping to shape US foreign policy

As the war gets fiercer between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, the mountainous region of just 150,000 people in the South Caucasus,...

Arctic comes in from the cold

By Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM ― Whether we are heading for a future of cooperation or of increasing confrontation in the Arctic remains to be seen. But...

Virus outbreak continues to abate, but experts warn of potential new surge

The coronavirus outbreak is continuing to abate, according to figures published Wednesday morning by the Health Ministry, with new daily cases...

Gantz shouted down by protesters against domestic violence outside Knesset

Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Wednesday expressed support for a protest held outside the Knesset decrying violence against women, but when he...

In Thailand, the king has no clothes

Commentary. Regardless of what the short-term consequences of these protests will be, these slogans, which from one day to the next have become the...

Pediatric hotspots in Northern Italy are pushing health care to the brink

Reportage. In Turin, the situation is chaotic and inefficient. Lines of responsibility are unclear, and parents are frantic. The rising contagion...

With cakes, lonely Shabbat sweetened for older Israelis

YAVNE (AP) — For thousands of older Israelis like Sara Weinsten, being housebound alone during the country’s second nationwide lockdown is...

The Noah’s Ark—A Model of a Living Cell

Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch” (Genesis 6:14) A light...

Trump, Israel, and Dr. Waxman

Dr. Dov Waxman has published a featured post headlined with a question, “So, you think Trump has been good for Israel?”  As the provocative...

Israeli Morality: A Light to the World

Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman wrote a very interesting article in today’s issue of the JERUSALEM POST. In it, she affirms that Israel’s top priority at...

Seger Sameach: Home for the High Holidays

When synagogues are forced to close, it typically comes at the hands of a governmental or religious majority’s desire to suppress and alienate...

The Orange Man Is My Man

He’s orange, he’s brash, sometimes crass, sometimes mean, sometimes is more pro wrestler than presidential, but he’s my pick. Now, there are...

Butler Students Must Vote on IHRA

Butler Students Deserve a Vote on IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism Radical activists want you to believe that reasonable people disagree on what...

The Truth Behind Israel and Egypt's Submarine Affair

America’s Multilateralism Election

MADRID – When Donald Trump became the US Republican Party’s presidential nominee in 2016, many predicted that he would tone down his...

Why it took a black British MP to expose the madness of teaching critical race theory and the ‘pet n***er’ abuse of police by BLM

When an elected MP stands up in the British Parliament and denounces the Black Lives Matter movement, citing an incident where a black protester...

Ministers warned against hasty virus reopening as cabinet debates schools, shops

As ministers met to discuss the second stage of the exit from the lockdown, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein cautioned on Wednesday against reopening...

What is the fate of the Lebanese revolution?

On 17 October, many people wondered what has happened to the Lebanese revolution on its first anniversary. Did it fail? Why didn’t it achieve its...

Bolivia returns to the Movement for Socialism, defying predictions

Analysis. Accused of having taken an excessively conciliatory attitude towards the coup-installed government since Añez's self-proclaimed ascent...

Trump traverses US as Obama steps up support for Biden

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former US President Barack Obama was set to hold his first rally Wednesday in support of election front runner...

US files landmark antitrust case against Google

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for abusing its dominance in online search and advertising — the...

Lebanon complains it is still waiting for satellite photos of port blast

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s outgoing premier complained Tuesday that his country has yet to receive satellite images from France and Italy, as requested...

Reproductive Rights and Religious Liberty

This letter was mailed and hand-delivered to Senator Sasse’s office in July 2019. As we discuss a new Supreme Court Justice and religious views...

Turkey’s NATO membership and S-400s

Last Friday, Turkey tested S-400 missile defense systems it purchased from Russia. On the same day, it signed a defense cooperation agreement with...

Controversial reactor audit

Government needs to reconsider nuclear phase-out The Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) has concluded that the economic feasibility of the aged...

(PISMO IZ BRUSLJA) Spodbujanje in povezovanje Zahodnega Balkana na poti v EU

Beograd, Podgorica, Priština, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tirana – to je šest glavnih mest Zahodnega Balkana, ki so v središču Evrope, vendar potovanje...

(POGLED) Janis Varufakis: Ko so grški nacisti v zaporu, se njihov strup še širi

Sedmi oktober je bil dober dan za demokrate. Grško pritožbeno sodišče je potrdilo obsodbe voditeljev Zlate zore - edine nacistične stranke, ki...

Concerns about flu vaccines

It's urgent to investigate possible links between deaths and vaccines Public anxiety over flu vaccines is running high as more people have died...

Government continues its unfathomable casino obsession

The government is extending by nine months its July 2021 deadline for local governments to submit bids to host “integrated resorts” (IR) that...

Herd immunity, reinfection and the Great Barrington Declaration

After eight full months of the global pandemic, the pressure to keep economies open and let the chips (or rather, the elderly) fall where they may...

Politics beat public health in Florida

Mark down Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, as the date when Ron DeSantis officially stopped pretending that public health was more important than politics....

Educational paradigm

By Gudmundur Hegner Jonsson As an educator, I have the privilege of working with young people on a daily basis. Being part of a team that...

Financial supervision & devastation

By Kwack Eun-kyoung A series of fund redemption suspensions by private equity funds are disrupting the market. One notorious example is Lime Asset...

Jailed Iran rights lawyer, seeking medical help, moved to second prison instead

Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been moved to a women’s detention center outside the capital Tehran instead of receiving...

Senior health official reverses car into man, lightly injuring him

The deputy director-general of the Health Ministry was involved in a car accident that lightly injured a pedestrian on Wednesday morning. According...

Opposition fumes, plans court challenge after submarine probe vote voided

Opposition lawmakers on Wednesday assailed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin overturned a plenum vote to...

Gantz heads to US for ‘security meeting’ with Pentagon chief

Defense Minister Benny Gantz will fly to the United States on Wednesday night for a “security meeting” with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, as...

Opinion — Less Money, More Sustainability? Foreign Aid, Civil Society, and COVID-19

Local civil society organizations (CSOs), which include both formally organized nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and less formally organized...

¿Sam Walton aprobaría Walmart Plus?

Recientemente Walmart Estados Unidos lanzó su servicio de membresía llamado Walmart Plus. Por pago anual de US$ 98 o mensual de US$ 12,95, el...

Be bitter: What the press is saying on October 21

1. Billion shekel babies: A fight over school openings as virus case numbers cascade downwards has stepped up a notch, with bruising barb-swapping...

When Noah was a hero

When I was young, Noah was a hero. I have wonderful memories of a toy Noah’s ark model, with a ramp upon which I could, like Noah, march those...

Israel & America: Democratic Systems Poles Apart

As a political scientist, I can vouch for one very common denominator underlying the American and Israeli electoral/political systems: they are...

BatEl gets Busted in Bulgaria

BatEl Peretz, a young Israeli woman from my city of Petach Tikva, is now imprisoned in Bulgaria on what apparently are illegal substance charges...

G-d’s Master Plan: Al Jolson, Jazz Singer, Honor Thy Mother And Father, COVID

בסייד On October 6, I published a Blog explaining the significance of that date in history, but I neglected to mention what took place on October...

Each woman is significant (Daf Yomi Eruvin 73)

Embed from Getty Images “ Each woman is significant in her own right, and is not totally dependent on her husband.” There is a very small victory...

You may say that I’m a dreamer / But I’m not the only one

Keep on dreaming! Reb Shlomo Carlebach says, there are two kinds of sleep. There is the sleep of Adam, during which Eve was created, the sleep of [...

It’s Not Fair

It may come as a surprise to many, but life is not fair. When I was born, my mouth was inspected but, alas, there was no silver spoon. Other people...

Review of ‘The Last Interview’ by Eshkol Nevo

The protagonist of The Last Interview by Eshkol Nevo , translated by Sondra Silverston (Other Press, October 2020) was supposed to be writing a...

Why do Embassies have Presidential Portraits? (Eruvin 73)

Following the destruction of the Holy Temple, the Jewish people were exiled to Babylonia.  Nebuchadnezzar ordered his officers to seize young...

What To Know Before Working With Freelancers in Israel

These days, the world is a global and interconnected village. And increasingly, companies are turning to unconventional labor pools to make sure...

On being 30 years in Israel

Sequestered in our apartment because of the coronavirus lockdown, which will be relaxed somewhat soon, one has time to ponder. It’s been nearly...

Anger Doesn't Have to Be Destructive

If you are "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore," welcome to the club. The membership is very large. It contains people from both sides of...

Israeli Entertainment Sheds Light on Patriotism

With the international success of Israeli shows, Fauda, The Spy, and now Tehran, one wonders what is the appeal specifically in Israeli thrillers....

Yes, we do need a law about financial abuse

A financial abuse law was introduced to the Knesset this week for first reading. The government-backed law, drafted by MK Meirav Cohen and Minister...

Italy to put distance between peace and rethoric

Piero Fassino, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Italian Lower House, along with its Vice President Paolo Formentini and Marta...

What Fuels ultra-Orthodox Jews' Unsettling Fervor for Donald Trump

The violent conflict in Brooklyn’s ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods over compliance with COVID-19 regulations reveals far more about the...

Inequality and Its Discontents

STANFORD – Inequality has been seizing ever more of the public’s attention in recent years, reflected everywhere from papal encyclicals and...

Cop to be charged over fatal shooting of autistic Palestinian man

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday’s developments as they unfold. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein is going head to head with Finance...

What China can teach the world about getting old and staying rich

Japan and Italy stand out as examples of how not to manage an aging population

Iran’s Khamenei: Muslim nations reject ‘humiliation’ of compromise with Israel 

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out at the idea of Muslim nations compromising with Israel, calling it a “humiliation,” and...

Arrested protester says police officer told him, ‘You won’t topple’ Netanyahu

A man detained by police at a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night said an arresting officer from a serious...

Surprise in October, or What We Saw at the Military Parade in Pyongyang

On October 10, 2020, the DPRK held a massive celebration for the 75th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea. It is one of the most important...

Israeli company announces identification of COVID-19 indicators in breath test  

Israeli pharmaceutical company NextGen Biomed announced it has successfully identified a number of initial indicators of biological markers that...

Treating Saeb Erekat

An early Palestinian advocate of talks with Israel on a two-state solution, Saeb Erekat over the years has also proved himself a formidable and...

In first, Pope Francis publicly endorses same-sex civil unions

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary “...

US spacecraft touches down on asteroid in rare attempt to grab samples

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched...

Cop who shot autistic Palestinian man to be charged with reckless homicide

A Border Police officer who shot and killed an autistic Palestinian man in Jerusalem’s Old City in late May after apparently mistaking him for a...

LISTEN: Everything is kosher and nothing is unorthodox in sex, says therapist

A timid ultra-Orthodox bride experiences terrible pain while attempting to fulfill her “wifely duties.” Despite repeated attempts, the situation...

Bernard-Henri Levy in unity plea amid right-wing Zionist Congress takeover bid

Speaking at an unusually tense 38th World Zionist Congress on Tuesday, French celebrity philosopher, filmmaker, activist, and author Bernard-Henri...

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio: I regret how I handled that Orthodox funeral in April

JTA — With tensions high between Orthodox Jews and New York officials, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio expressed regret Tuesday for how he...

Americans for Peace Now memorial highlights Rabin the peacemaker

A dovish pro-Israel group marked the 25th anniversary of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, celebrating the legacy of the...

‘Borat 2’: Original’s insanity and anti-Semitism multiplied by a factor of 2020

NEW YORK — We’ve been waiting 14 long years for a “Borat” sequel, so let’s get directly to it: No, I am sorry to say, it isn’t as good as...

Thanks Facebook, but what took you so long?

T here are two potential responses when organisations, after a long period of apparent reluctance, finally decide to do the right thing. You can...

Pompeo, Carr & Cohanim Host Virtual Event

In my opinion, there are two places that Jew Hatred aka anti-Semitism has been growing over the last decade.  The first place is on college...

Time for a Positive EU Policy on Taiwan

The outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, has amplified geopolitical uncertainty. It has made us all recognize how interdependent and...

For the first time in decades, people are openly defying the authority of the monarchy.

For days now, tens of thousands have taken to the streets of Bangkok to demand the resignation of General Prayuth Chan-ocha’s government, a new...

Democracy isn’t working for young people because cancel culture has made them scared of freedom of speech

A report published by the Centre for the Future of Democracy at Cambridge University on global satisfaction with democracy makes for worrying...

A President Biden would likely take less combative approach on Israel than Obama

NEW YORK — A recent survey of American Jewish voters found that they place foreign policy at the bottom of their priorities when deciding which...

‘Things happen’: Defense minister seems to hint Israel behind Syria strike

Defense Minister Benny Gantz seemed to hint that Israeli was behind a strike on a Syrian position near the Golan Heights border in the predawn...

A miserable 21st century: Poor America

Poor America! This great and rich nation, the savior of the free world in the 20th century, the author of Pax Americana, is having a miserable time...

Trump’s Crony Capitalism

WASHINGTON, DC – It has taken four years, but US President Donald Trump’s tax avoidance and deep indebtedness are finally being exposed, as are...

In India, rape is only a symptom

New York – It is difficult to reconcile India’s rapid economic and technological development with brutal practices that, in many cases, lead to...

In Thai demonstrations, both sides need restraint

I blew the whistle on the planned 10,000 person Satmar wedding

JTA — On Saturday night, shortly after observant Jews went back online after Shabbat, Orthodox media outlets, Twitter accounts, and WhatsApp...

Israeli firm signs deal to pipe UAE oil to Europe

An oil pipeline running from the Red Sea resort of Eilat to the Mediterranean port city of Ashkelon will be extended to the United Arab Emirates,...

Israel said to strike Iran-backed militia base in southern Syria

Syrian state media said Israel had fired a missile early Wednesday at a site in the Quneitra province in southern Syria, near the Golan Heights...

(BRANJE) Koronavirus, imamo težavo

Težave zaradi koronavirusa imamo vsi. In to različne. Od zelo konkretnih eksistenčnih do namišljenih. Pesti nas naveličanost. Vse. Ne moremo več...

Schizophrenia isn't what you think it is

CW: Suicide. It is a walk to the beach, with headphones on loud.  Sometimes I get dizzy, and what I see looks skewed. Fuzzy and wrong, even though...

Capitalism caused climate change; it must also be the solution

Can the world shrink its emissions footprint without immiserating its population? We’re seeing a brutal real-world experiment on that front right...

Jacinda Ardern landslide is a vote for COVID-19 competence

For governments facing a growing wave of coronavirus cases as fall turns to winter, there’s a stark lesson in Saturday’s stunning election victory...

US election: what does Michigan’s coronavirus experience say about Trump’s hopes at the polls?

As the US presidential election campaign nears its conclusion, and Covid-19 infections surge across the nation, interest has intensified in the...

Testy, lockdown či niečo iné?

Minulú nedeľu premiér Igor Matovič oznámil prvé sprísňujúce opatrenia na zvládnutie šírenia koronavírusu. Zo dňa na deň sa zamkli...

Paris police nab seven in attempted ramming of officer near Israeli embassy

Police in Paris on Tuesday arrested seven British nationals suspected of involvement in the attempted car-ramming of an officer stationed outside...

Krajniakove manévre

Namiesto bývalou vládou sľúbených 656 eur dostanú ľudia s najnižšími platmi len 623 eur. Také číslo vykúzlil minister práce. Veľa?...

Homeless man gets 8 months in prison for hurling rocks at anti-Netanyahu protest

A homeless man in Haifa was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in prison for attacking anti-Netanyahu protestors, marking the first time someone...

Pompeo: The Man of US Foreign Policy Catastrophe

If a significant part of Mike Pompeo’s job as a Secretary of State was to persuade nations to align their foreign policies with that of the US on...

Strengthening Ties Between Turkey and Qatar Cause Unrest in the Region

In addition to the United States and Qatar’s active development of relations and cooperation, observers’ attention is drawn to the growing...

France dissolves Hamas-inspired group linked to teacher’s beheading

PARIS, France — The French government issued an order Wednesday to dissolve a domestic Islamist extremist group after the beheading last week...

Noah’s Silence: Service or Violence?

This week, I conducted a Zoom workshop on parshat Noah using the “spontaneous midrash” technique of Bibliodrama. I sat down to write a piece of...

Netanyahu Will Soon Be History – Then What?

My previous missive was one of concern, doubt, and pessimism, sprinkled with a touch of hope: that one major change can occur consequent to a...

Yes, They’re Talking to You – Dealing with Reverse Culture Shock

When I popped out for lunch in Seoul earlier this week, I ventured into my favorite local Japanese restaurant and tucked into some delicious udon...

Mile Markers and Milestones in Silver and Glass

Two anniversaries passed quietly in the last couple of days.  The first was a triumph of science and diplomacy that resolved a century-old...

Mad As Hell

If you are "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore" welcome to the club. The membership is very large. It contains people from both sides of...

[VIDEO] How Will the World Remember COVID? (Parshat Noach)

TRANSCRIPT How many lines will COVID-19 take up in human history? Will it be a line or two? A paragraph? A chapter? Or a full book? I think it...

Universities must stop inviting Leila Khaled

Leila Khaled is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terrorist organization by the United States Department...

Tel Aviv’s Housing Industry Struggles amid COVID-19 Crisis

The Covid-19 pandemic, apart from its disastrous public health consequences, has led to an unimaginable economic fallout, enveloping the entire...

Words from my heart – Part 1

My family is about to mark the first yahrzeit for our dear son, Naftoli Meir Z’’L. Unlike the death of a parent which every child should...

Zooming in on video music lessons – what the students and teachers think

In a short viral video that has racked up millions of views, a nice young lady who teaches music explains how she’s coping with having to give...

Israel pays high price for Christian Zionist support

As a rule, I’m not keen on hating, although I will always make an exception for Corbynistas and other latter-day antisemites. But the people I...

Saudis Balk At Normalizing Relations With Israel

Much to Israel’s disappointment, Saudi Arabia in the short term is unlikely to follow the lead of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain and sign a...

The Reality About Trump, the Democrats and Israel

I am going to be blunt. Trump and the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) are not telling you the truth about Joe Biden’s and the Democrats’ support...

If the State Grants the Haredim a License to Kill, Why Denounce Them?

Health Ministry report finds kids more likely to catch virus than adults

Children are more likely to contract the coronavirus than adults and can pass it on to others, a Health Ministry report published Wednesday found,...

Screen test: Coronavirus causing ‘academic Darwinism’ as campuses stay closed

With Israeli university and college students heading back to school this week — virtually, for the second semester in a row — the weight of what...

Jewish prisoner in Russian penal colony goes on hunger strike to get Shabbat off

JTA — A Russian-Jewish man imprisoned near Moscow said he’s going on a hunger strike to protest the violation of his religious rights. Danil...

A Modest Hope for the Post-Trump World Order

MADRID – With the US presidential election nearing its apotheosis, predictions about what will come after are dominating discussions well beyond...

Shock in Iraq as mother seen throwing her two small children into Tigris River

Iraqis reacted with shock and horror on Tuesday after authorities released CCTV footage showing a mother throw two small children into the Tigris...

Slabi borci (komedija absurda)

V neki državi, na daljnem vzhodu, ne spomnim se več, kateri, če me spomin ne vara, leži nekje med Kongom in Združenimi državami Amerike, se je...

Hadassah, other groups delay right-wing takeover of World Zionist Congress

JTA — A coalition of Jewish groups including the likes of Hadassah and B’nai B’rith International has temporarily blocked a plan by Orthodox and...

IDF seals off room of Palestinian man suspected of killing soldier with a brick

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday sealed off the room where resided a Palestinian man suspected of killing soldier Amit Ben-Ygal earlier this...

Prosecutors ask court to deny Netanyahu’s request for more case materials

Prosecutors trying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on criminal graft charges asked a court Wednesday to reject a request to turn over more...

Germany investigates deadly stabbing as terrorist attack

BERLIN — A knife attack that killed one tourist and seriously injured another in the German city of Dresden two weeks ago is being treated as a...

Coronavirus cabinet pushes off decision on reopening schools, shops

Ministers on Wednesday pushed off a decision on any further easing of the partial national lockdown until next week, amid reported disagreements...

French chief rabbi lauds government’s crackdown on radical Islam

JTA — French Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia praised his government’s crackdown on radical Islamists, writing in an op-ed that it makes clear that...

Noach: Planetary Casualty

 We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its...

To Climb or to Move the Mountain

As these lines are written the scientific community worldwide is hard at work striving to develop an immunization for Covid 19. As any rookie...

Monitor claims 3 pro-Iran fighters killed in alleged Israeli strike in Syria

BEIRUT — Three Iran-backed paramilitary fighters were killed in an overnight Israeli strike that hit Syria’s southern province of Quneitra, a...

EU fails to introduce real agricultural reform

The EU's new agricultural policy will take take further steps to protect the environment in the future, but we're far off from a green revolution,...

Number of active virus cases drops below 20,000 for first time since July

Active coronavirus cases dropped to 19,559 on Wednesday evening, as sky-high infection rates continued to recede following a month-long national...

Broader, More Representative: This Is How the Protests Can Oust Netanyahu

‘Sweets for the Soul’

Today, Isaac Scharf has sweetened my day more than all the sugar in my cupboards. In his recent article, he wrote a touching and heart-warming...

Nissim Black gets back to his roots with new music

Three years ago, if you asked Nissim Black, the biggest Hasidic rapper in the world, about his experience as a Black Jew, he would’ve been hesitant...

Haaretz Cartoon

Snapshot: Love in the Negev

In times of too much hate among some parts of the Israeli society, it’s a special joy to capture a moment of love in its nature. A couple of...

Bottle of Wine, Fruit of the Vine

Arguably, one of the stars of the TV show M*A*S*H was the glass-and-copper still that sat in the middle of “The Swamp,” the tent that housed the...

Your Politics and Mine — and His and Hers

Of course your political views are correct, but may I take a moment to remind you of something? Moses’ leadership was repeatedly challenged and...

IDF determines Gaza attack tunnel was dug by Hamas terror group

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday said it determined that an attack tunnel discovered earlier this week from the Gaza Strip into Israeli...

Construction workers injured after scaffolding collapses at Beit Shemesh site

Five construction workers were injured Wednesday after scaffolding collapsed at a building site in Beit Shemesh. Fire and Rescue workers arrived at...

Why China's GDP rebound is not all that great

Latest growth spurt risks complacency

Nunca más necesaria: predictibilidad tributaria

Es sabido que la actual contingencia sanitaria internacional golpeó duramente al mayor generador de ingresos, el sector privado, minando su...

Erekat on life support but ‘stable’ as daughter holds out hope for recovery

Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat was hooked up to a machine to artificially oxygenate his blood Tuesday after falling severely ill with...

Israel-Qatar ties warming amid joint efforts to ensure Gaza calm — Israeli TV

Israeli officials believe relations with Qatar are warming, a report said Tuesday, after a deal was reportedly made to increase aid to the Gaza...