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While basketball has gone small, the investing world has gone the opposite direction.
Battery anxiety when your phone is about to run out has become a thing. Don’t pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about.
What does Yellen stand for? How will it affect US olim and international business?
If we examine Trump’s policies through an Israeli filter, we will see that his actions have helped to stabilize the Middle East and correct past mistakes.
The old Iran nuclear deal had other serious defects that needed to be fixed, but it did not appear that these changes were going to happen.
What would we have done if we had not had responsible leaders like Gantz and Ashkenazi in our government?
Assuming a KKL-JNF vote will lead to the changes feared by Jacobs, including the endangerment of a two-state solution, then my response would be a resounding “Hallelujah!”
The contrast between this Purim and last couldn’t be more pronounced.
A guide to superb Israeli wines for Purim and Passover, each of which I have been privileged to taste recently.
While this is true every Purim, it is more necessitated this year due to the coronavirus crisis.
This spill should serve as a wake-up call also about the potential hazards to the delicate environment of the Red Sea and the coral reefs.
For the Jewish people, Purim is the day of the salvation of the Jews of Persia.
In the past two decades, Gerstenfeld became a leading expert on antisemitism – particularly the European resurgence, and warning of the “new” manifestations such as the BDS movement.
Although the decision to compensate the families is a commendable one, it does not go far enough in acknowledging the government’s culpability.
Women need a safe and clear exit strategy from a broken marriage; whether abusive or not.
The “squeeze Hamas policy” of the past 13 and half years has not worked at all. Perhaps it is time to try something new.
The social and emotional well-being of our children is in great danger, and as a country, we need to do something about it.
It’s crucial that the government provides adequate access to research data
In choosing to prosecute Israel, the United States no longer has any guarantee that it can escape the grasp of the ICC’s grip.
How best to enjoy the traditions as well as fulfill the commandments associated with Purim in this plague-filled year.
Allowing this kind of intrusion into our personal lives without our permission is a clear manifestation of George Orwell’s predictions in his novel '1984.'
Trump wants revenge, but McConnell may get the last laugh and Judge Garland may be the one to deliver it.
Before COVID, people were choosing to “detox” from social media to help their mental and physical health, but in the last year, 346 million new users came online.
The executive committee of KKL-JNF has the right to approve the purchase of private Palestinian land in Area C, which comprises parts of the West Bank controlled by Israel.
It should not be so difficult to abhor Trump’s anti-democratic demagoguery yet applaud his toughness toward Iran.
This story could have ended in tragedy but because of the unity over self-defense, it did not.
Defending against terrorism and fighting the calls for the destruction of the West from outside elements loudly contrast with the acceptance of caustic elements from within.
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How to cope with the financial crisis and emerge from it even stronger.
The 'Cyrus Mercy Mission' would mean putting hostilities aside to cooperate during this mutual health crisis.
For God’s sake, Israelis deserve a government, let alone a better one.
If everything is antisemitic, then nothing is, so the appellation must be used sparingly.
For Hezbollah, mainland Europe has proven to be a serene staging ground for future bloodshed.
We may not imbibe as much wine this year, but we may finally imbibe the true meaning of Purim.
How can we have failed to inform mainstream African-American personalities like Michael Che of these truths about Israel?
Only a superpower like the United States can initiate change within the body.
Iran is more patient than the West, willing to wait years for the right opportunity to pounce, and American policy-makers underestimate this desire to export its revolutionary message.
It is respectable that the IOC does what they can to keep politics out of sport. Yet there are limits, and the situations in China and Iran are most certainly beyond politics.
Benny Gantz was personally involved in all of our lives.
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
New Kibbutzim College Art Gallery exhibition in TA opens on Tuesday
Persian scholar explains how Purim was shaped by Near Eastern myths
Government agencies have not geared up to effectively address the phenomenon of marginalized ultra-Orthodox youth, which carries with it the risk of more serious problems.
President Reuven Rivlin, who also thanked the volunteers, said: “Now is the time for an urgent national plan before we face an unprecedented ecological disaster.”
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Can the 43 Republican senators who voted for acquittal be accused of hypocrisy, and do they pose a threat to democracy in the US?
In a democracy, the people are the sovereign power and they have the right to know what decisions their government is making.
For those of us in Bahrain, this marks an important milestone as we will now have access to a rabbi who can come to Bahrain to officiate at Jewish life cycle events.
The Sheikh has 25 children by his six wives, so he obviously loves children, but unaccountably his daughters keep trying to escape.
UAE’s work environment is defined as multicultural since only a small percentage of the workforce is local.
We need new categories that faithfully reflect the way American Jewish life is actually lived.
Mostly that’s a good thing. We didn’t always enjoy freedom of speech as a people and perhaps now we’re making up for lost time.
A-liberal leaders and political parties have tightened their hold on power over the past two decades in many countries, Israel included.
On the surface, the phone call was not really that important.
The exchange of diplomats is an important step in the right direction.
It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, knowing you are loved and wanted. –Jayne Mansfield
Web accessibility is both a legal requirement and a moral obligation for companies with online presence.
This updates earlier OECD comments in April 2020, when we all thought the pandemic would soon disappear
We need to break this cycle, for the sake of Israel and our relationships with our friends and partners around the world.
In the new administration’s view, building kindergartens for Jewish children in Judea is just as big of a peace deterrent as the Palestinian Authority’s “Pay for Slay” program.
I’m much more optimistic than others who only foresee a bleak future.
The three took part in the work of settling and building the country, laying the foundations and pillars upon which Israeli society was built.
I think we will defeat COVID-19. But I think it is premature to believe that we have already beaten the beast.
Moshe ‘Moshko’ Moskowitz lived to see many of his far-reaching plans fulfilled
The world is a very different place today than it was when Biden started his bid for the US presidency and when Netanyahu failed to create a viable government coalition in April 2019.
“If someone had said two months ago that in [such a] situation we would open the economy, I would have called [him] crazy.”
The reality is that the mullahs are not able to read the signals of the new US administration. They continue to deal with President Biden as an extension of former president Barack Obama.
When it’s safe to return, why would we go back?
Biden has a full load of issues, problems and leftover Trump detritus to deal with.
It is heartening to see some countries taking a principled stand and making it clear that the ICC has overstepped its bounds.
For the last 20 years I lived in Capitol Hill, a bucolic neighborhood in Washington, DC – surely a place with no open antisemitism, right? Wrong.
He presents himself regularly as being a follower of Kahane and speaks passionately about Kahane at annual memorial ceremonies for his rabbi and teacher.
My son has been in jail for nearly five years and has suffered through a record 155 court appearances without any credible proof being presented.
Will Biden rethink a deal that many in Kabul see as giving too much away to the Taliban?
I cannot imagine what level of indifference toward its citizens a government must reach when they put playing basketball above reuniting families.
Deal opens door for Israeli tourists to visit Greece very soon but hurts Israel’s tourism industry, trade deficit and public health
The relatively rare meteorological annoyance or delight – depending on how you look at it – of a snowstorm could be arriving at a perfect time for us.
To medieval Jesus-loving Christians, we were Christ-killers. And now, Jews cause natural disasters, too – from outer space no less.
in a world order where the liberal-democratic ethos is regnant once again, the Israeli government may find itself faced with increasing difficulties on a whole range of issues.
The plight of the aguna cannot be ignored and we are failing our women – all of society, indeed we are failing God – if we simply throw up our hands and let this situation be allowed to continue.
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Halabi, who has been jailed ever since his arrest almost five years ago, was charged with using World Vision as a front for funneling money for Hamas terrorist operations.
Little is known of the riot even today.
It doesn’t take a lawyer to see that Trump urged his supporters to try and overturn the election results through public disruption.
Now, when elections are underway, we must ensure a social budget, a budget mainly focused on education and narrowing gaps
I am proud of Israel and, therefore, assume that it values right above might, freedom above tyranny, morality above material interests.
The true artist expresses, narrates, conveys, while purging and cleansing from an inner core to achieve stasis until the torrent washes over once again.
Saltan’s article was transparently political and self-promotional for him as a candidate for Naftali Bennett’s Yamina Party.
The attempts by these political groups to advance their agenda by twisting the purpose of the IHRA framework is in fact an attempt to legitimize antisemitism.
You want Bibi as prime minister, you’ll get the ultra-Orthodox continuing to live as a separate state-within-a-state, and you’ll have the Jewish equivalent of the Ku Klux Klan in government.
Black-Jewish relations is not something new to me. It’s something I’ve been passionate about my whole life.
The American decision sent the wrong signals to the Houthi militia and its Iranian patrons.