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The world is turning dangerous for Jews again. Israel has to get its house in order

The world is turning dangerous for Jews again. Israel has to get its house in order

This is not Nazi Germany in the 1930s. But it is a global crisis for Jews — and it demands an Israel strong enough, and united enough, to provide a...

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The Times of Israel

David Horovitz

The Return of Sovereign Gold: Why Nations Are Bringing Their Wealth Home

The Return of Sovereign Gold: Why Nations Are Bringing Their Wealth Home

The Return of Sovereign Gold: Why Nations Are Bringing Their Wealth Home India’s decision to repatriate more of its gold reserves is about far more...

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New Eastern Outlook

Phil Butler

Delayed by war, Maccabiah Games set to open as celebration of Jewish resilience

Delayed by war, Maccabiah Games set to open as celebration of Jewish resilience

Shrunk to half the size of the 2022 games due to geopolitical tensions, the ‘Jewish Olympics’ is still bringing 5,000 athletes together in Israel...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Gadi Eisenkot launches a centrist campaign tailored for the commuters of Route 4

Gadi Eisenkot launches a centrist campaign tailored for the commuters of Route 4

Running under the heavy shadow of wartime grief, the former IDF chief aims to capture Israel’s middle class while keeping a fractured opposition...

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The Times of Israel

Tal Schneider

The Mismeasure of Europe’s Economy

The Mismeasure of Europe’s Economy

DUBAI—The debate over European competitiveness has long focused on the widening gap with the United States. But that is the wrong question. What...

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Project Syndicate

Sami Mahroum

The Worst Scorecards Are the Ones We Keep in Our Heads

The Worst Scorecards Are the Ones We Keep in Our Heads

Most of us keep score on a variety of things, and none of it leads to happiness.

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Psychology Today

James M. Kerr

OPINION: FIFA’s World Cup ticket pricing scheme counters its chartered goal

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Wikipedia ban on co-founder highlights disputes over alleged leftist, anti-Israel bias

Wikipedia ban on co-founder highlights disputes over alleged leftist, anti-Israel bias

Larry Sanger barred from editing on procedural grounds after pushing for ideological diversity, saying pro-Israel, Christian, Hindu and conservative...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

VOX POPULI: Palantir’s ‘seeing stone’ casts authoritarian shadow over AI

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Featured Post

Featured Post

A woman in upstate New York is charged with funding the terror group that murdered my daughter in 1995. The organization survives. Will this...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen M. Flatow

Air conditioning is the EU’s freedom test

Air conditioning is the EU’s freedom test

Once the acceptable level of discomfort becomes a public policy question, it isn’t going to stop there

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RT.com

Rachel Marsden

High Court freezes appointment of Michael Rabello as state comptroller over vote concerns

High Court freezes appointment of Michael Rabello as state comptroller over vote concerns

Coalition MKs call for disobeying court order, communications minister says Rabello should take up position immediately; court says it will issue...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Three killed in under an hour, including a well-known rabbi, as violent crime surges

Three killed in under an hour, including a well-known rabbi, as violent crime surges

Ex-student of Amos Guetta arrested in fatal stabbing as Netanya mourns esteemed rabbi; further north, bus driver shot dead, another man gunned down...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

AIPAC’s Somaliland opportunity

The debate over whether the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) should lobby for U.S. recognition of Somaliland has grown since Israel...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

Likud MK Bismuth warns of ‘domestic interference’ in elections, points at High Court

Likud MK Bismuth warns of ‘domestic interference’ in elections, points at High Court

Summoning Shin Bet chief, Knesset defense committee chair says justices’ decision to freeze comptroller appointment due to suspected tainted vote...

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The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

White Flag Judgments: Palestine Action, Protest and the UK Courts

White Flag Judgments: Palestine Action, Protest and the UK Courts

The justice system of the United Kingdom, represented by stout cathedral structures and solemn rituals, tends to resemble a casino rather than a...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

Noguchi’s New York animations

Noguchi’s New York animations Built ecologies: Emilio Ambasz James Wines: nature’s revenge Jean Nouvel: reflections In Noguchi’s unrealised...

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Aeon

Aeon Video

EDITORIAL: The dangers of passing a law to ban desecration of the Hinomaru

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Daily Briefing July 1: Netanyahu answers Oct. 7 question with joke in TV interview

Daily Briefing July 1: Netanyahu answers Oct. 7 question with joke in TV interview

US bureau chief Jacob Magid reviews the prime minister’s Channel 14 appearance, plus US envoys in Qatar and updates on Lebanon and the Board of...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Syria’s Sharaa appoints lawmakers, paving way for new parliament to convene

Syria’s Sharaa appoints lawmakers, paving way for new parliament to convene

210-member People’s Assembly to hold first session Monday; selection of representatives for Sweida province postponed; 15 women among president’s...

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The Times of Israel

Feras Dalatey

2 Habits of Loyal Partners

2 Habits of Loyal Partners

These two habits take love and turn it into long-term loyalty.

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

Baby photos section of New Jersey middle school yearbook features picture of baby Hitler

Baby photos section of New Jersey middle school yearbook features picture of baby Hitler

Incident at Paramus school prompts condemnation from school officials and local Jewish leaders, who decry atmosphere of antisemitism that leads to...

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

World Cup 2026: Mexico beats Ecuador 2-0, breaks ‘fifth game’ curse

World Cup 2026: Mexico beats Ecuador 2-0, breaks ‘fifth game’ curse

The Mexican men’s national football team secured a solid 2-0 victory over Ecuador at Azteca Stadium on Tuesday and advanced to the 2026 World Cup...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

Is Your Identity Keeping You From Making Positive Changes?

Is Your Identity Keeping You From Making Positive Changes?

We think of personal change as something difficult, but it can happen quickly.

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Psychology Today

Donald Altman

Ooh, you are awful — and we need you back

There is a resurrection the machines could now perform, and almost nobody has asked them to attempt it. Artificial intelligence has reached the point...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

Iranian FM: If Trump’s Tel Aviv ‘pets’ aren’t controlled, ‘Iran will school them’

Iranian FM: If Trump’s Tel Aviv ‘pets’ aren’t controlled, ‘Iran will school them’

As US and Iranian officials set to hold indirect talks in Doha, senior Iranian sources say Tehran determined to keep control over Strait of Hormuz,...

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The Times of Israel

Nava Freiberg

Chromosome 14: The Myth of a Single Gene for Hoarding

Chromosome 14: The Myth of a Single Gene for Hoarding

From chromosome 14 to polygenics, scientists rethink the genetics of hoarding.

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Psychology Today

Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Cynická obluda: Všetko v najlepšom poriadku

Obete vyhrážajúcich sa násilníkov sú asi feature, nie bug.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Edna Arbel, former state attorney and Supreme Court justice, dies at 82

Edna Arbel, former state attorney and Supreme Court justice, dies at 82

Arbel took part in Justice Ministry probe into Bus 300 affair, was on staff of state inquiry into Sabra and Shatila massacre, before becoming Tel Aviv...

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The Times of Israel

Michael Horovitz

Why Leaving Home Doesn't Always Mean Moving On

Why Leaving Home Doesn't Always Mean Moving On

How we get cognitively stuck in places we have left behind.

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Psychology Today

Ezenwa E. Olumba Ph.d

We the People: A Covenant at 250

As America approaches its 250th birthday, we Americans seem to have no shortage of reasons to argue with one another. Our politics are louder and more...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steve Freedman

Teshuvah Is Changing What We Love

Every so often, I come across a Torah commentary that stops me in my tracks. This week, it was the Ohr HaChaim on Parshas Pinchas. At first, his words...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gedalya Sloshay

Why We Should Protect Childlike Imagination

Why We Should Protect Childlike Imagination

We train creativity out of kids, then pay to get it back. Here's how to keep it.

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Psychology Today

Lisa Rothstein

Disputing Smotrich, ex-hostage pointman says more captives could have come home alive

Disputing Smotrich, ex-hostage pointman says more captives could have come home alive

Nitzan Alon says the war could have ended at least a year earlier, but ‘cabinet refused earlier comprehensive deals in the name of total victory,...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Beyond a Ceasefire: The Lebanon-Israel Framework Seeks to Reorder Power in the South

Beyond a Ceasefire: The Lebanon-Israel Framework Seeks to Reorder Power in the South

The 14-point U.S.-brokered framework signed in Washington on June 26 is being presented as a way to end the immediate fighting between Lebanon and...

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Middle East Monitor

Greg Pence

Do You Feel Dignity in Your Relationship?

Do You Feel Dignity in Your Relationship?

How protecting psychological needs makes relationship communication respectful.

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Psychology Today

Sefik Tagay Ph.d

Polarizing Israeli-born Harvard astronomer picked to lead White House UFO council

Polarizing Israeli-born Harvard astronomer picked to lead White House UFO council

Avi Loeb vows to brief public and create website to share findings of team tasked with investigating origins of mysterious orbs and other objects...

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The Times of Israel

Collin Binkley

The Moon Apartment Problem

The Moon Apartment Problem

Permanent lunar living is not mainly a construction problem. It is a maintenance problem. Imagine being offered an apartment on the Moon. The view is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Oleg Mityuryaev

Strategická hra Petra Macinku. Ako si minister vychutnal piskot a bučanie folkloristov v Strážnici.

Motoristi potrebujú provokovať, aby prežili, a Babiš preto, aby v pozadí presadil svoje záujmy.

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SME.sk

Hospodářské Noviny

The Other Front: Iran’s War on Israel’s Allies

By Jeff Parsons and Asher Stern For decades, Iran has sought to isolate Israel politically and weaken its relationships abroad. The most recent...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Asher Stern

Cynická obluda: Jeho veličenstvo donieslo poddaným dary

Robotníkom stavajúcim diaľnicu doniesol Fico vodu a marhule.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

NYC passes law to protect schools, but not colleges, after anti-Israel protests

NYC passes law to protect schools, but not colleges, after anti-Israel protests

City Council speaker says measure, which mandates police report on protecting educational facilities, fulfills 5-point plan to combat antisemitism

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Neúctivý prístup ku knihám nezostane bez následkov

Čas dovoleniek je pre niekoho aj časom čítania. Predovšetkým nenáročnej, oddychovej literatúry. A práve ona, tá zábavná spisba, ktorú...

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Pravda.sk

Peter Macsovszky

Ceasefire, the Memorandum of Understanding, and intermittent exchanges of fire: Can Iran and the US negotiate a permanent peace treaty?

Ceasefire, the Memorandum of Understanding, and intermittent exchanges of fire: Can Iran and the US negotiate a permanent peace treaty?

The post-February 2026 war period marks a new phase in US–Iran relationship, a relationship of strange diplomatic impasse characterized by no war,...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr. Mohammed Nuruzzaman

Dončić se je poslovil od Jamesa

Dončić se je poslovil od Jamesa

Eden najboljših košarkarjev vseh časov LeBron James je znova poskrbel za pretres v ligi NBA. Pri 41 letih je napovedal, da bo nadaljeval kariero, a...

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Dnevnik

Gregor Terzič

UN panel warns unchecked AI development may lead to ‘catastrophic’ harm

UN panel warns unchecked AI development may lead to ‘catastrophic’ harm

Experts say progress on AI ‘outpacing’ scientists’ understanding and government regulation, has potential to cause harm on its own or by...

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The Times of Israel

Olivia le Poidevin

Zuzana Kovačič Hanzelová, prepáč (komentár šéfredaktora)

Súdom nevadia klamstvá ani urážky.

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SME.sk

Roman Krpelan

Featured Post

Featured Post

In the Israel of 2026, there are two parallel rehabilitation systems for people who paid a heavy price for their country. One person was injured...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomit Kaplan

What Makes Some Spaces Awe-Inspiring

What Makes Some Spaces Awe-Inspiring

Architecture and interior design can enhance well-being and connection.

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Psychology Today

Andy Tix Ph.d

US Jewish alumni of Wexner fellowship demand reckoning over philanthropist’s Epstein ties

US Jewish alumni of Wexner fellowship demand reckoning over philanthropist’s Epstein ties

Graduates of an elite leadership program sponsored by the billionaire businessman are donating the equivalent of its value to charity and urging...

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The Times of Israel

Emma Goss