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Two days into July, the Mets have already done something they hadn’t done in all of June: They’ve won on consecutive days.

To see his mother surrounded by loved ones during her last days after a long battle with liver cancer was most heartening for Samuel Mak Ka Yan. "My sister moved in with my parents and I would bring my children home for dinner regularly. Their place would always be full of joy and lively chatter," he said. After her final...

From the blog of Chaim Y. Botwinick at The Times of Israel

Hong Kong is running short of traditional coffins for COVID-19 victims, so it's turning to alternatives.

Hong Kongs deadliest coronavirus outbreak has cost about 6,000 lives this year -- and the city is now running out of coffins.

As the city runs out of coffins, one company is offering a cardboard alternative.

We discuss: 1) The decision not to give Oded Goldreich the Israel Prize 2) Whether all gov't offices should be moved to Jerusalem 3) Whether the models used to forecast Israel’s demography in 2050 produce self-fulfilling prophecies

The “F*cked Up Chickens, Coming Home to Roost” Edition Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, Sally Abed and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. “F*cked Up, Horrible Chickens” Rockets and missiles from the south and mob violence most everywhere else: Why did Israel just dissolve into bloodshed? “If I Forget Thee, O’ Jerusalem Day” How do you cel...