Rape has becone a political issue: If the rapist is white, he will be condemned by all, if he is Muslim, authorities and feminists will worry about votes and being called racists and try not to mention his ethnicity. How the scales of justice…
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Debating rape: the politics of sexual violence
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Palestinian official: Three hostages to be released on first day of deal
The terms of a hostage release deal that would see three hostages released on the first day of its implementation, with another four being released the following week, have reportedly been finalized, a Palestinian official familiar with the…
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Should Jews support a Milwaukee Rabbi and his son accused of destroying a Nazi sign?
The problem of antisemitism is not going away. Public expressions of that antisemitism are on the rise and we can expect violence from jihadis, in Milwaukee as well. Should we do nothing? Opinion.
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Rocket sirens sound across central Israel after projectile from Yemen
The missile fired from Yemen toward Israeli territory early on Tuesday morning was intercepted by the Israeli air force (IAF), the army revealed on Tuesday.
The shrapnel of the missile did, however, hit and fall inside a civilian house in…
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Jesse Cogan, ad exec who coined the slogan ‘Turn Friday Night into Shabbos,’ dies at 74
In 1980, a Manhattan synagogue with a special outreach to unaffiliated Jews was looking for a catchy slogan to encourage young people to take on the rigors of Shabbat observance. Jesse Cogan, a synagogue member who was also a…
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Scientists are looking to the past to predict the climate of Earth’s future
An international team has successfully extracted the world’s oldest ice sample from Antarctica. Spanning 1.2 million years of climate history, this ancient ice core promises to unveil secrets about Earth’s past climate systems and…
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Franz Kafka’s Hebrew writings are now on view in New York City
Celebrated Jewish writer Franz Kafka may have written his most famous works, including the novella “The Metamorphosis,” in German, his mother tongue.
But Kafka was proficient in other languages, too, including Hebrew — a…
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Jewish groups pushed Meta to crack down on hate speech. Now, the company is reversing course.
Six months ago, Jewish groups celebrated a policy win when Meta banned the use of “Zionist” as a coded slur against Jews and Israel. Now, the same organizations are condemning the company for dramatically loosening…
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Assad ouster is latest Turkish success in regional rivalry with Iran
The ousting of the Assad regime in Syria is Turkey’s latest success in its competition with Iran for regional influence. But analysts say Tehran still has cards to play in its intensifying rivalry with Ankara. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul.
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Palestinians dedicate new West Bank olive grove to Jimmy Carter
TULKAREM, West Bank —Palestinian activists and residents planted a grove of 250 olive trees in a northern West Bank town Monday in memory of the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter, describing him as a staunch supporter of the Palestinian…
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