1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (536+ words) On the Pahalgam anniversary, Israelis stand shoulder'to'shoulder with India; two nations bound by grief, courage, and the unbroken will to live. A Voice of Solidarity From Jerusalem to New Delhi Azar's message set the tone for this anniversary. It was…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago  (773+ words) True independence must include the air we breathe'The Times of Israel - Follow You will receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page You will no longer receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences…...

3+ hour, 16+ min ago  (275+ words) Table 1. Welfare State Intensity: Israel in OECD Comparison Set Israel against three reference points and the picture sharpens. Against the United Kingdom, the two systems converge more than either admits. Both run tax-funded universal health systems, means-tested child support, and…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago  (518+ words) I have been reading Susanne Heim's Die Abschottung der Welt. Als Juden vor verschlossenen Grenzen standen 19331945, and what stays with me is not merely the horror of the past. It is the structure that repeats. Today the pattern feels bitterly…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago  (517+ words) I am so immensely proud of you, as is your mom who articulated so many beautiful truths in her own letter to you. I agree with all of it, and all of it of course resonates with who you are…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago  (443+ words) Driven by a global diaspora reshaping economies and alliances, India's rise is redrawing the map of influence; and offering Israel fresh avenues for strategic partnership. A New Global Center of Gravity A World Quietly Tilting Toward India Some shifts in…...

6+ hour, 7+ min ago  (726+ words) I made Baltic Truth because I could see what Lithuania was selling the West and I knew the product did not exist. Five years later, Lithuania is still selling it. The buyers have changed. The product has not. Of all…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago  (322+ words) In 2019, Theophilos III visited Moscow, where he met in person with the dictator of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and with Moscow Patriarch Kirill (Gundyayev). The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew opposed this meeting, noting in his letter to Theophilos that it…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago  (613+ words) Gary Fouse worked from 1998-2016 as adjunct teacher at University of California at Irvine Ext. teaching English as a second language. Served three years in US Army Military Police at Erlangen, Germany 1966-68. 1970-1973- Criminal Investigator with US Customs 1973-1995 Criminal investigator with Drug…...

8+ hour, 49+ min ago  (923+ words) As we approach Yom Ha Zikaron and Yom Ha Atzmaut'Israel's Independence Day, the country's 78th birthday'I find myself reflecting. This piece was prompted by a Whats App exchange, and by stories of people leaving Israel, alongside a growing narrative of inevitable…...