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Returns, concerns and changes: The latest on Argentina before its World Cup debut

Returns, concerns and changes: The latest on Argentina before its World Cup debut

Argentina’s men’s national football team is gearing up for its 2026 World Cup debut after two encouraging friendly victories. Yet concerns over...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

Steffen Seibert: Gaza won’t sever special Germany-Israel ties

Steffen Seibert: Gaza won’t sever special Germany-Israel ties

Berlin’s outgoing ambassador confident close relationship will continue, while expressing support for Palestinian state and calling for diplomatic...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Does Your Day School Require a Strategic Plan?

Many of our Jewish day schools and yeshivot experience a variety of challenges and crises during the course of their growth and development. These...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Chaim y. Botwinick

Parashah Korach

Parashah Korach

When the Centre Is Not Taken but Revealed The camp still breathes the accumulated tension of the desert. Not a calm silence — something heavier,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yosef B. Moran

A Two-Player Method in a Three-Player World

A Two-Player Method in a Three-Player World

In just a few days, Donald Trump appeared to change direction again. He escalated rhetorically, vowing to hit Iran “very hard” and threatening to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gilles Touboul

Integrity Lost

When did the moral integrity of the candidate you vote for stop meaning anything? Democrats who say they will hold their nose and vote for Graham...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steve Wenick

A Chronic Cough, Anxiety, and an Overlooked Cause

A Chronic Cough, Anxiety, and an Overlooked Cause

This one question revealed the cause of a dry cough mystery.

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Psychology Today

Chris Gilbert

If We Could Talk to the Animals

If We Could Talk to the Animals

What research on whales and birds reveals about inter-species communication

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Psychology Today

Natalie Schilling Ph.d

Europeans Are the G7’s Grownups

Europeans Are the G7’s Grownups

BERKELEY—The 52nd G7 Summit will take place on June 15–17 in France, hosted by President Emmanuel Macron. Established during the 1970s global oil...

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Project Syndicate

Laura Tyson

Religions as Blockchains, Part II

Religions as Blockchains, Part II

Beyond the God Fork: Heresy, Hash Power, and Other Blockchain Lessons About Religion In “Religions as Blockchains, Part I,” we explored how...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ivan Bassov

Bad Influences

The camp of Israel in the desert was set up on a very orderly fashion. The Mishkan was in the center, and was surrounded by the three Levite families...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

The Clock is Ticking Part III

Do you ever drive past a car accident and slow down to take a look? You stretch your neck to get a better view and it feels like everything is moving...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harold l. katz

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Erupts: From Economic Pain to Brutal Political Revolt

Developments in PoJK are no longer attracting attention only within the region. International scrutiny has gradually increased, bringing greater focus...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Zahack Tanvir

How to Think About AI Without Splitting into Doom or Hype

How to Think About AI Without Splitting into Doom or Hype

A psychoanalytic case for becoming a tuner—a third stance toward AI.

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Psychology Today

Grant Hilary Brenner Md

Do HR Practices Fuel Leader Narcissism in Organizations?

Do HR Practices Fuel Leader Narcissism in Organizations?

Are we picking and developing self-serving leaders?

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Psychology Today

Ronald E. Riggio Ph.d

Has the World Gone Completely Crazy?

Has the World Gone Completely Crazy?

Has the World Gone Completely Crazy? The world has gone crazy. It is incomprehensible that the global community has turned its back to the Jewish...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Knowing Your Place

“Who is wise?” ask our sages. “A person who knows their place.” (Avot 6:6) This isn’t the only answer to be found in Pirke Avot. Other...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Hamilton

Trump fumes at ‘dishonorable’ Iranians amid leaks on emerging deal’s purported terms

Trump fumes at ‘dishonorable’ Iranians amid leaks on emerging deal’s purported terms

US president rails at ‘fake news’ after Iranian state media claims agreement will ensure ‘right to enrich uranium,’ give Tehran control over...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

‘A time capsule’: Israeli cave sealed for millennia sheds light on obscure prehistoric clan

‘A time capsule’: Israeli cave sealed for millennia sheds light on obscure prehistoric clan

A site near Fureidis, south of Haifa, was occupied by early humans around 300,000 years ago, right before Home Sapiens and Neanderthals emerged in the...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

Korach, Populism, and Leadership in a Time of Crisis

It’s always amazing how the weekly Torah portion lines up perfectly with the evening news. Think about it: massive protests against injustice,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Naomi Graetz

An Argument for the Subversion of Justice, and Other Things That I Despise

Justice is the cornerstone of any free society, and it is in fact the cornerstone of humanity itself. Action and consequence govern our lives and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gideon Levy

The Kharg Gamble Could Backfire on America

The Kharg Gamble Could Backfire on America

Military tensions in the Persian Gulf have once again reached a dangerously critical point. The fragile ceasefire efforts pursued since April have...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Jannus Th Siahaan

A Palindrome Every Society Needs

A Palindrome Every Society Needs

Have you ever heard of aibohphobia? You cannot afford to “suffer” from this phobia in this week’s parsha, Shelach (outside of Israel). In the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shamai Leibowitz

Emotional Flooding: When Feelings Take Center Stage

Emotional Flooding: When Feelings Take Center Stage

Why strong emotions can overwhelm us and how to regain clarity

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Psychology Today

Friedemann Schaub M.d

On the Path to Recognition of Two Koreas?

On the Path to Recognition of Two Koreas? While North Korea appears to have enshrined the concept of two (albeit hostile) states in its constitution,...

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New Eastern Outlook

Konstantin Asmolov

Grasshopper Men (Parashat Sh’lach)

Our ancestors are standing at the edge of possibility. They have been freed from Egypt. They have received Torah at Sinai. They have been shaped,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Noam raucher

Do They Know How Much We Love Them?

To every miluim couple in Israel, To every miluim couple in Israel, I have a question I’ve been carrying in my heart for a long time. Do you know...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Chava kadoche

The Perma-War Trap: How BiBi Exchanged Israel’s Security for Political Longevity

For nearly two decades, Benjamin Netanyahu has cultivated the image of “Mr. Security,” a leader uniquely qualified to navigate the volatile...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Fabio andre

Organizatorji olimpijskih iger v Los Angelesu z izjemnim vabilom za Tadeja Pogačarja

Organizatorji olimpijskih iger v Los Angelesu z izjemnim vabilom za Tadeja Pogačarja

Zlato olimpijsko odličje je ena izmed redkih trofej, ki Tadeju Pogačarju manjkajo v njegovi vitrini. Zdi se, da so organizatorji naslednjih iger pod...

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Dnevnik

Urban Sušnik

UN alleges record levels of settler violence in the West Bank this year

UN alleges record levels of settler violence in the West Bank this year

Meanwhile, Palestinian farmers claim IDF project to prevent smuggling and terror attacks has damaged their water infrastructure

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The Times of Israel

Afp

2 'Stubborn' Habits That Actually Predict Success

2 'Stubborn' Habits That Actually Predict Success

Success accumulates in the moments when most other people would give up.

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

Iran-linked group claims hack of FBI drones, threatens World Cup

Iran-linked group claims hack of FBI drones, threatens World Cup

Handala publishes footage it claims came from the the UAVs, which it warns ‘might end up right in your team’s bus,’ though monitoring group says...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Tel Aviv holds first Pride parade since Oct. 7; cops impede some anti-government marchers

Tel Aviv holds first Pride parade since Oct. 7; cops impede some anti-government marchers

Trans model assaulted in Tel Aviv last month dances on float as estimated 100,000 people march along beach, following the city’s call to ‘vote...

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The Times of Israel

Noam Lehmann

How the Canadian Government Should Have Responded to Combat Antisemitism

Antisemitism has been rampant in Canada since October 7, 2023. In 2025, B’nai Brith Canada documented 6,800 incidents of antisemitism, which is by...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Russell bader

Cynická obluda: Najväčší benefit Michala Fica

Vhodnejšieho človeka by žiadnym konkurzom nenašli.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Modi Is Rigging Indian Democracy

Modi Is Rigging Indian Democracy

NEW DELHI—India’s citizens are witnessing a remarkable inversion of democracy: a government choosing its voters rather than the other way around....

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Project Syndicate

Jayati Ghosh

Richard Pryor wrestled with the N-word. His Jewish daughter explores how it shaped her life

Richard Pryor wrestled with the N-word. His Jewish daughter explores how it shaped her life

In her new memoir ‘Something We Said,’ Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor delves into her childhood, Black and Jewish identities, and the racism and...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Lapin

Izjemna novica: V Piranskem zalivu odkrili nove mlade velike leščurje

Izjemna novica: V Piranskem zalivu odkrili nove mlade velike leščurje

Potapljači piranskega akvarija so v Piranskem zalivu potrdili najdbo živih mladih velikih leščurjev in odkrili še en nov primerek te skrajno...

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Dnevnik

Vesna Levičnik

Energy diplomacy without energy resources: How some states gain influence without oil and gas

Energy diplomacy without energy resources: How some states gain influence without oil and gas

For more than a century, energy diplomacy has been closely associated with countries endowed with vast oil and gas reserves. The ability to produce...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Naše zdravotné údaje môže vidieť viac ľudí, než si myslíme

Systém pracuje s najintímnejšími informáciami.

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SME.sk

Jana ježíková

Po neurju v Komendi: ob zavidljivi delovni vnemi še ogromno dela

Po neurju v Komendi: ob zavidljivi delovni vnemi še ogromno dela

Tako kot četrtkovo se je tudi petkovo jutro za prebivalce Komende začelo vse prej kot ležerno. Posledice sredinega neurja še niso odpravljene in...

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Dnevnik

Tina Jereb

The Board of Peace extends Israel’s security narrative

The Board of Peace extends Israel’s security narrative

While the debate on Hamas refusing to disarm continues, Israel is still killing Palestinians in the background, or in plain sight, depending on which...

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Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

When Europe’s Political Language Shapes Jewish Life

When Europe’s Political Language Shapes Jewish Life

A recent report published by Euractiv has raised troubling questions not only about European Union (EU) foreign policy but also about the future of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sharon Pardo

Featured Post

Featured Post

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun gave a remarkable interview to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on June 5th. He accused Iran of using Lebanon as a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rawan Osman

V koalícii sa bude opäť obchodovať. Čo by si huliakovci mali zapísať za uši

IGOR DANIŠ: Pokojne sa môže opakovať príbeh, aký sme videli počas druhej Dzurindovej vlády či nedávno pri páde Hegerovej vlády na prelome...

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Pravda.sk

Igor Daniš

Head of Palestinian soccer says US hasn’t granted him visa to attend World Cup

Head of Palestinian soccer says US hasn’t granted him visa to attend World Cup

Senior Palestinian Authority official Jibril Rajoub decries move as unfair, after attending soccer championship’s opening match in Mexico

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The Times of Israel

Sam Metz

»Strast je tista, ki šteje!« Poglejte, kako je SP že prvi dan združilo svet

»Strast je tista, ki šteje!« Poglejte, kako je SP že prvi dan združilo svet

Vizualna zgodba, ki nas popelje na igrišča in med navijače.

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Dnevnik

Daf

We Are Not Grasshoppers

We Are Not Grasshoppers

Last Sunday, sixty thousand people filled Bathurst Street in Toronto — parents and students, Holocaust survivors in wheelchairs, clergy from...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven C. Wernick

The Person You’re Talking to Might Not Exist

The Person You’re Talking to Might Not Exist

What a quiet 1979 film taught me about how we invent the people around us.

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Psychology Today

Andy Chaleff

Mr. Security, or Mr. Self-Confidence?

Mr. Security, or Mr. Self-Confidence?

Nearly three years after October 7, it is still too early to summarize, but not too early to see patterns. Wars have no winners, only those who lose...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Guy Hochman