12 November 2020

These were the 84-year-old ruler's first public remarks since he addressed the United Nations General Assembly in September via videolink, where he also took aim at Iran.

Sudan is the third Arab country to agree to normalize ties with Israel under the rubric of the Trump Administration’s Abraham Accords.

The information is being prepared for submission to the trial's independent data safety monitoring board, which will look at the results and make a recommendation.

President deprived of pre-election Pfizer vaccine boost

Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's Republican Secretary of State said, "We have ongoing investigations but we have not seen something widespread. We believe the ballots were counted accurately."

“We will confront the Zionist criminals who wish to destroy our civilization,” Chapman wrote after using other bigoted language.

Only 15 women make it into parliament thanks to quota system for minorities

US envoy says Gebran Bassil offered to drop partnership with Shi’ite group, though former FM denies it.

The US Constitution allows presidents to serve two four-year terms and they do not have to be consecutive.

The ban, one of Facebook's measures to combat misinformation, was supposed to last about a week but would likely last another month, raising concerns from campaigns in Georgia eager to reach voters.

Klain served as Chief of Staff for two vice presidents: Joe Biden and Al Gore, before being appointed as Ebola Response Coordinator for Obama administrations.

So far, over 20,000 students from 155 countries around the world have enrolled in the course.

Mayorkas' ties with Israel extend beyond his family. In 2016, he spearheaded a deal to automate the sharing of cyber-data between Israel and the US.

The medical team decided to do an endoscopy, knowing full well that if it didn't work, Tommy would need surgery.

Three parents of children who attend the school said the withdrawal came after parents raised concerns that Kushner and Trump were seen at events not complying with coronavirus protocols

Security analysts all stress that while violence hasn’t happened yet, it still very well could, especially if leaders continue to sow doubt about the democratic process.

Response comes as Kabul government says it will ask next administration in Washington to reconsider Doha deal

He made headlines in 2017 for leaking intelligence that bolstered President Trump's claims that Obama had him wiretapped.

His newest collection includes a 'Face It' handbag, shaped like a mask.

Haifa has seen its local wild boar population explode in recent years, since Mayor Einat Kalisch-Rotem halted the practice of allowing hunters to curtail the boar population.

Air strikes and ground combat have killed hundreds, sent refugees flooding into Sudan, stirred Ethiopia's ethnic divisions and raised questions over the credentials Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Watch aficionado and entrepreneur Morris Weiss commissioned the watch to reflect his love for the Jewish state.

America wouldn't support the said organizations in any manner, and would urge other governments to do the same • “Targets are not chosen for their actions, but rather for their identity.”

"The vaccine will help us a lot" but "even after there is a vaccine we will live in the shadow of corona," said Health Minister Yuli Edelstien.

Health experts: Mass vaccination unlikely until mid 2021

The forum said the funds would come from those participating in the ACT-Accelerator initiative, an program designed to ensure global access to COVID-19 tests, therapeutics and vaccines.

"We have to ensure that everyone gets equal access to tests, drugs, and vaccines when they are available - no matter where you live in the world," the foundation's co-chair Melinda Gate said.

Luba Kazezich "acted in a pattern of abuse" and unleashed her anger on "easy prey, helpless children who could not resist her actions," said a prosecutor.

Rabbi Sacks led the ship of Torah right into the hearts of some of the world’s most gifted, influential people.

We were so privileged that one of the world’s finest minds was dedicated to thinking about these issues and writing about them, with immense sophistication, in a style that was accessible to all.

In a microcosm of Israel’s financial nosedive, we take an in-depth look at four Jerusalem-area businesses struggling amid lockdown.

"COVID-19 hit and my business tanked. After the first lockdown, I began toying with the idea of starting my own catering business."

Some timely advice from a career/relationship coach and adviser

The circumcision was organized by hospital staff because the woman had no family or friends to help her with the event.

Prof. Hagai Levine: ‘One should avoid trying to pull rabbits out of hats’

The plane will act as a testbed for the country's planned modifications

When Middle East cuisine meets American tradition.

The importance of book exchange centers has grown amid the coronavirus outbreak in Israel with communal libraries being shuttered.

The combination of the country's largest sample database, established by the medical center, and Sight's advanced capabilities will help identify deterioration processes among COVID-19 patients.

The two high schools bring together students who would never have the opportunity to even meet, let alone make deep, lasting connections.

"Lebanon is corrupt to the core," he said, echoing the chants of thousands of protesters who packed city streets during the last year.

It takes in a motley array of exhibits spread around downtown Tel Aviv feeding off more than 30 projects created by local and non-Israeli artists.

A secret romance brewing for almost two decades behind closed doors was emerging into the spotlight.

The award will be given to eight intellectuals and scientists who have demonstrated academic or professional excellence that has changed the face of Israeli society

"The attempt to cancel the Likud primaries is undemocratic and would harm the party."

I dedicate my column this week to the traditional foods eaten by the Ethiopian Jewish community to celebrate Sigd, as well other dishes that are eaten on a daily basis.

“Get rid of the clutter,” we’re told. Not me. I’ll go on collecting mementos and memories until I die.

It will be up to us to decide how we’d like to live each day.

A significant challenge? Repairing the relationship between Jews in Israel and the Diaspora, Hagoel says.

“By any rational analysis,” write the authors, “Israel should not exist at all, let alone be a thriving powerhouse of a country.

This book has many valuable lessons for children, particularly during this time of political unrest and increasing intolerance and antisemitism.

At a time when gay sex was still illegal in Britain, their decision to break ranks with then prime minister Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasing Hitler in the 1930s was all the more courageous.

‘And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said: “Send me away unto my master”’(Chayei Sarah 24:54)

Jewish law prohibits building structures on Shabbat.

YISRAEL DAVIES, 73 FROM MANCHESTER TO GUSH KATIF TO MA’ALEH ADUMIM, 1979

Islamic State upended the lives of millions of Iraqis when they took swathes of the country in 2014 and imposed a brutal rule that in some places like Mosul would last three years.

Long-awaited change in policy: Coronavirus isolation period drops from 14 to 12 days • Hauser lauds move, asks it to be lowered to 10 days

Anglos seeking English-language content can now enjoy a rich variety.

Twenty years after it took its first tentative steps into the world of cultural enterprise, the festival has come of age, and is clearly rising to the occasion this time round.

The Magazine spoke to the Ohalecha management husband-and-wife team of Meir-Simchah and Devora Panzer, as well as the center’s musical director, David Frankel, about the upcoming event.

What has been going on in Israel's capital this week?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

After receiving government approval, the bills will be rewritten into a new law under the supervision of Blue and White MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh.

The fourth season, in all its shameless glory, may be its most successful yet even as it puts that prestigious perception to bed.

This is an unusual year for the Israeli film industry, to put it mildly, because the coronavirus has forced theaters to stay shut since March.

Like the changing phases of the moon, Chang’e has many sides, mirrored by the tempos and themes of her songs.

The 86-year-old silver-screen legend is generating serious awards buzz for her performance in The Life Ahead, her first major film role in 11 years.

A trailer for the fifth season included a scene of Randall and his family watching the protests on TV.

"I had a life, and I lost it completely. But I made my decision to be the person I wanted to be," said Aly, 50.

If you feel like a night off from the constant cooking and a light supper that is slightly different, contact Traiteur Gourmet.

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Rabbi Kanievsky's daughter wrote a letter of personal encouragement to a bride in which she mentioned that a very small wedding which took place in the Bible finally ended up in history.

He said that annexation is what made the country come to the decision to make peace with Israel at the time that it did.

More than 350,000 masks will be given to students in Rome's less affluent outskirts.

The coronavirus pandemic has significantly changed the way people are looking at real estate

From 1981 to 1993, Rawlings ruled as chairman of a joint military-civilian government.

Israel Air Force's search-and-rescue unit reportedly evacuated one person in critical condition to Soroka hospital in Beersheba.

Concerns were raised that Emanuel doesn't value saving those over the age of 75, with some equating his views to eugenics.

It is up to the Justice Department to renew Pollard's strict parole conditions by the time his five year parole is up.

The percentage of Jews with non-Jewish spouses was 24% in the UK, 31% in France, 46% in Germany, 62% in Sweden and 76% in Poland.

Patients with no prior history of mental illnesses were found to have an increased likelihood of receiving psychiatric diagnosis.

About 7,000 of those crossing have arrived at Hamdayat in Sudan's Kassala state, with another 4,000 arriving at Luqdi in al-Qadarif state.

Israel hosts first virtual European Federation of Food Science and Technology conference

Oded Salomy boasts a wealth of experience in the fields of electronic payments, fintech initiatives and innovations.

IDF Chief of Staff has some worries about the new administration, namely how it will deal with Iran

The campaign, conducted in conjunction with the Institute of Jewish History in Poland and the Polish Museum, will cover over 1,000 years of Jewish history.

The method is called “Pay2Key.” The IT security company Check Point Software Technologies reported on the attacks on Thursday.

Rabbi Yossi Rodal and his family are putting everything they have to restore life to this once-thriving community.

The Shmita or sabbatical year is a religious commandment mandated by the Torah which requires arable land in the Land of Israel to be left fallow every seventh year.

Donald Trump's decision to crush the dominant conservative news outlet seems linked to its early call that Arizona went to Joe Biden.

Early studies of the mutated virus strain, known as Cluster 5, showed the virus to have a reduced sensitivity towards antibodies, possibly compromising the efficacy of future vaccines.

The rise in these symptoms are unsurprising, as they are typically caused by stress and anxiety, both of which were on the rise during the first lockdown as the population struggled to cope.

Blue-and-white already in Oslo when hosts cancel match • Focus now turns to National League duels with Czechs, Scots.

The PA Olympic Committee chairman called for a an Arab sports boycott of Israel.

Projected as a top pick in next week’s NBA draft, the sky’s the limit for 19-year-old swingman

The release of data came following Pharmacists' Day in Israel, celebrating the thousands of pharmacists currently at the forefront in the fight against coronavirus.

Panel expanded from 3 to 9 justices

Chief among these recommendations was to deal with the social media companies, as they have become “breeding grounds for violence and extremism.”

Seven countries that supported the motion last year, abstained this year: Sweden, Norway, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Iceland and Uruguay, UN Watch said.

Biden practically brags about not being on the same page as Netanyahu about anything.

Netanyahu genuinely wanted to see Trump win the election, and Biden’s victory came as a blow to Netanyahu’s plans.

Knighted in 2005 and made a life peer four years later, Rabbi Sacks will forever be known as Britain’s former chief rabbi.

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

The study will be conducted at multiple leading sites in the United States under a clinical collaboration with Roche, and is expected to attract 115 patients.

The major shift in relations with the Arab world took place in the wake of the Oslo Accords.

Once approved, Effi Eitam’s candidacy will be brought to a vote in the cabinet by government ministers.

Rabbi Sacks was erudite and eloquent with a piercing vision of morality for the modern age.

Remarks by the World Jewish Congress president at the WJC Theodor Herzl Award Virtual Gala

We cannot admire the 74 million votes President-elect Joe Biden received without also being impressed with the staunch support President Donald Trump received from his supporters.

On the heels of the US election, it has never been clearer that the world needs to hear and internalize the message that Rabbi Sacks both taught and modeled.

Future state attorney, police chief, judges in the balance

Juganu is an Israeli start-up that transforms public spaces into safe environments through innovative light technology, and enables “healthier, safer brighter lives.”

The suspension of the largest IPO in history contains a lesson about China

The sun will rise even with a less business-friendly president.

ALIYAH AFFAIRS: Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 2,000 people have made aliyah.

H.R. McMaster said to Fox host Bret Baier that then-Secretary of State John Kerry did not consider the "hostile ideology" of the Iranian regime.

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: With the coronavirus pandemic now entering its eighth month and strict Los Angeles County rules that have been in place since March, congregations are forbidden to meet indoors.

SETTLEMENT AFFAIRS: Biden has long considered West Bank settlements to be a stumbling block to peace, consistent with his Republican and Democratic predecessors – save for US President Donald Trump.

MIDDLE ISRAEL: This column, after four years of lambasting him for all the bad things he did, said, tweeted and embodied, now happily waves him goodbye with one hand, and salutes him with the other.

The whole country does not need to be under a nighttime curfew, as most Israelis adhere to the restrictions and regulations about holding large gatherings, wearing masks and personal responsibility.

LEGAL AFFAIRS: How will the attorney-general decide whether Netanyahu can remain PM as trial starts?

Francis has clashed with Trump on a number of issues, including China, climate change, Cuba and immigration.

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: What can Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do to get into President-elect Joe Biden’s good graces?

Of particular concern, however, is the Givat Hamatos project, which Netanyahu promised to advance in February while on the election campaign trail.

American-Jewish star talks about playing Marcel Marceau in Jerusalem film fest’s ‘Resistance’

The Israeli start-up, Aura Air, finished a month long pilot in Sheba Medical Center of it filtration system, as well as installing such a system in the reception hall of the Kings of Spain.

Guest of honor Martin Parr's work goes beyond Parr for the visual course

The trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged public corruptions continues.

The poll could be seen as a sign that Israelis have become more conservative due to concerns about President-elect Joe Biden.

Pompeo’s visit would mark the first time a US Secretary of State has visited a West Bank settlement or the Golan.