Bauzá, un santo varon.

UN SANTO VARÓN No suele ser habitual, salvo en los casos más extremos de narcisismo…

(POGLED) Slovenskega loka pa ni

Na treh petinah druge predsedniške petletke, njegove zadnje, ima "ustavni lok" predsednika republike gumidefekt. Statistika je, strogo tehnično,...

Government’s energy blueprint needs to return to drawing board

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has started discussions on the government’s new Basic Energy Plan. The government should radically...

Why Beijing may want to keep Trump in the White House

Donald Trump has frustrated and enraged China during a tumultuous first term, but Beijing may welcome his re-election as it scans the horizon for...

Oxford English Dictionary was born from a bond of friendship

A film, seen without knowing any background information about it, can sometimes captivate you with its unexpected content. For me, one recent...

Man arrested for allegedly planning to attack anti-Netanyahu march in Tel Aviv

Police arrested a suspect who allegedly planned to attack anti-Netanyahu protesters in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening. The suspect, an 18-year-old...

PM to propose increasing fines for schools reopening in violation of virus rules

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday that next week he will propose increasing fines for educational institutions operating in...

Zatohla dežela?

Glede tega (in žal še marsičesa) je Slovenija res zatohla dežela. Saj piha, ja, imeli smo tudi že nekaj vetrolomov, a to je pač tako, če zapiha...

Hyogo, Japan football groups fail to firmly deal with racial slur

The Hyogo Football Association failed to take rigorous action against discriminatory remarks made by a man who was serving as secretary-general...

US officials say Russian hackers targeting state, local government networks

WASHINGTON (AP) — US officials said Thursday that Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the...

J Street polls: Biden winning Jewish vote by 50+ points in Florida, Pennsylvania

JTA — Joe Biden is winning the Jewish vote by over 50 points in the key swing states of Florida and Pennsylvania, two polls commissioned by the...

COVID-19 shows why Japan cannot wait to act on gender equality

As budget appears set for further delays, Likud loses control of the narrative

Likud’s coalition whip dropped a bombshell on Tuesday evening. MK Miki Zohar was being interviewed by the right-wing Channel 20. It wasn’t the...

Philadelphia Jewish museum to honor David Copperfield, Houdini

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia-based National Museum of American Jewish History will honor two men who entertained the world with their magic....

Trump: The End of US Democracy – Rise of US Fascism

I have taught the Holocaust and anti-Semitism for 45 plus years. Today, I am afraid. We seem to be reliving history. We are at a point that both...

Saudi Arabia will soon move to normalize ties with Israel, official predicts

A senior defense official on Thursday predicted Saudi Arabia would soon move to normalize ties with Israel. The comments by the official, who spoke...

‘Yes, yes, yes’: Why peace with Khartoum would be true paradigm shift for Israel

Yes to removal of Sudan from the US list of state sponsors of terror. Yes to a billion-dollar aid package. And yes to normalization with Israel?...

Last-minute Zionist Congress deal prevents marginalization of non-Orthodox Jewry

After voting was delayed for nearly 48 hours as factions on the religious right and progressive left waged a bitter political battle, a coalition...

Diaspora Affairs Ministry proposes bill to connect government, diaspora Jewry

The Diaspora Affairs Ministry announced plans on Thursday to introduce a bill that would require government ministries to connect with diaspora...

Ultra-Orthodox wedding held in Arab town in effort to avoid detection

Police on Wednesday dispersed an ultra-Orthodox wedding held at an unexpected location — the Arab village of Kafr Qasim. The reason for the choice...

Proti nesposobnosti in nespodobnosti

V nedeljo zvečer je predsednik vlade Janez Janša na državljanke in državljane Slovenije naslovil posebno izjavo, v kateri je poudaril, da so v...

No knockouts as Biden and Trump debate 12 days before election

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AFP) — US President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden traded accusations of graft and clashed on the COVID-19 pandemic...

It’s on: Trump, Biden go after each other on coronavirus in final debate

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — In their final debate, US President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden offered sharply different visions of how to...

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The Final Stretch

As November 3, the date of the United States elections approaches, the anxiety level of the country has increased to the point that the name of the...

‘Going Out of Business. Closing Up’

I was literally stunned to see the many photos of famous shops across America now posting signs that sadly read “Going out of Business. Closing...

Will the latest approach finally rid us of Bibi?

For years, the loony left has tried to get rid of Netanyahu. It didn’t work at the polls. Disputed court cases against him are going nowhere. But...

Our ‘Permission’ to Eat Meat

It seems, at first glance, to be a cruel joke, like I’ve been set up to fail. Fail miserably. What I’m referring to is the fact that every year,...

The day we will leave these arks

One day, we will reach the end of this time. This odd, upended, other time. This mournful time. This time of trials. We will reach it, and the...

The Dove and the Olive Leaf

Texts and Contexts: Noach In this week’s Bible reading, Noach [1], we read about the dove that Noach sent to see if the waters of the flood had...

The IDF is great — but not perfect

Israelis and Zionists in the Diaspora have reason to be proud of the Israel Defense Forces. Its victory in the War of Independence — despite...

A Seed

I was a freshman at Pitt on October 27, 2018, the day of the Tree of Life shooting. I was on the second floor of the Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s...

Education Torah: A Proposal for Learning Kashrut

All too often, kashrut is viewed as a set of rules that are meant to be followed and not understood, technicalities with little or no underlying...

Parshat Noach: Fighting for the World

One of the classic questions in Parshat Noach is the Torah’s profile on Noach at the onset of the parsha. “This is the line of Noach,” it...

The Journey Continues

This week’s Parasha may be Noach but I’m looking forward to Lech Lecha, next week’s Torah reading about the call to Abraham.  I’m focusing...

When You’re Falling in a Forest…

“Have you ever felt like nobody was there? Have you ever felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere? Have you ever felt like you could disappear?...

Progressives of America, Unite!

The website of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA greets you thus: “Welcome to the REVOLUTION.” It also says: “Making revolution against...

Rainbows are Pretty Useless. Who Needs Them?

The episode of Noah and his ark is one of the stories in the Torah that has the greatest recognition in the culture at large.  Forget monotheists...

Let’s dismantle Ashkenormativity with allyship

This week, an article in my school newspaper accused my university’s Jewish population of excluding non-Ashkenazi students and leaving “JOC [Jews...

IDF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire

Israel carried out airstrikes against the Hamas terror group in Gaza in the early hours of Friday morning, in response to two rockets fired into...

Palestinian lawyers file lawsuit against Britain for 1917 Balfour Declaration

Palestinian lawyers on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the British government for the 1917 declaration setting out London’s support for a...

I write about Hong Kong’s dead domestic workers, and wait for the change that hasn’t come

Joan Guting, Jenevieve Asuncion, and Merle Bonagua. These are the names of some of the women I have written about over the years. I never met them...

Condoning the Economic Abuse of Women

Iranian hackers targeting US voters identified by ‘dumb mistake,’ report says

Iranian hackers were quickly identified as responsible for an email campaign threatening US voters due to a “dumb mistake,” according to a...

Facebook, Twitter CEOs ordered by Republican senators to testify on censorship

WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP push against Facebook and Twitter accelerated Thursday after Republican senators threatened the CEOs of the social...

Bombing kills mufti of Damscus, who pushed reconciliation with rebels

A prominent Syrian Muslim cleric in charge of the Damascus region was killed Thursday when a bomb planted in his car exploded outside the capital,...

FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir

AP — US regulators on Thursday approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given to hospitalized patients through...

Why isn’t China Intervening in the Events Occurring in Kyrgyzstan?

Over the past few years, the lion’s share of the countries in Central Asia (CA) have been undergoing a period involving social, economic, and...

The world is changing: China launches campaign for superpower status 

The outdated notion that China ‘just wants to do business’ should be completely erased from our understanding of the rising global power’s...

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