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Shalom Brothers: What Men Catch (Emor)

Shlomo Bardin, the visionary founder of Brandeis-Bardin, famously taught that Judaism is “caught, not taught.” He was right, and also only half...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Noam raucher

Re-inventing the Sabbatical for our era (Behar-Behukotai)

דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כִּ֤י תָבֹ֙אוּ֙...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

J.j Gross

Heeding Herzog, AG okays unconditional talks for plea deal in Netanyahu’s graft trial

Heeding Herzog, AG okays unconditional talks for plea deal in Netanyahu’s graft trial

Prime minister’s lawyers have yet to respond to president’s offer last week to host talks; Baharav-Miara previously rejected judge’s offer of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Three Important Steps to Strengthen Russia-DPRK Strategic Partnership

Three Important Steps to Strengthen Russia-DPRK Strategic Partnership

Three Important Steps to Strengthen Russia-DPRK Strategic Partnership The end of April 2026 was marked by several important events aimed at the...

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New Eastern Outlook

Konstantin Asmolov

Is Israel a democracy for Jews only?

Is Israel a democracy for Jews only?

THE STATE OF ISRAEL will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles; it will foster the development of the country for the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ron Kronish

I Thought I’d Seen Everything, Holland is Lost

I Thought I’d Seen Everything, Holland is Lost

The Erosion of Academia: When Education Becomes Indoctrination The hallowed halls of our universities were once designed to be the ultimate...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

VOX POPULI: Robots that can outrun humans draw feelings of wonder and fear

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

The Olive Tree Allergy

The Olive Tree Allergy

On “Fake Hebrew,” “White European Colonizers,” and Similar Absurdities There are many strands of Ziophobic rhetoric. This piece focuses on a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ivan Bassov

Australian Jews recount harrowing stories in 1st public hearing in inquiry into Bondi massacre

Australian Jews recount harrowing stories in 1st public hearing in inquiry into Bondi massacre

Royal commission head laments surge in antisemitic attacks since Hamas onslaught sparked Gaza war; daughter of Sydney victim says shooting...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Oil shock will hit Asia harder than the 1970s

Oil shock will hit Asia harder than the 1970s

The dizzying changes wrought by energy shocks are only ever seen in the rearview mirror. When the 1973 and 1979 oil crises first swept the world,...

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The Japan Times

David Fickling

EDITORIAL: Conditions for constitutional amendment have still not been met

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has shown a strong desire to revise the Constitution. And after her Liberal Democratic Party won more than two-thirds of...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Sesame Street post honoring US Jews draws intense wave of antisemitic hate comments

Sesame Street post honoring US Jews draws intense wave of antisemitic hate comments

Antisemitic influencer Dan Bilzerian calls video marking Jewish American Heritage Month ‘Jewish supremacy,’ another likens it to ‘propaganda’...

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The Times of Israel

Michael Horovitz

Why Jews Should Welcome Converts Who Have Lots of Questions

Marc Clamage who states: Once you go Jew, nothing else will do: believes that Islam has already absorbed Christian theology and made it their own....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

The High Cost of Trump’s Crony Diplomacy

The High Cost of Trump’s Crony Diplomacy

GENEVA—In most democracies, a leader outsourcing high-stakes diplomacy to family members and business associates would provoke outrage. But US...

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Project Syndicate

Brahma Chellaney

The cowardice of the centre

Administrative indecision in times of moral confusion There are moments when administrative caution turns into something else: no longer prudence, but...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabrielle bartelse

From Paris on May Day: Rethinking work and solidarity in Japan

From Paris on May Day: Rethinking work and solidarity in Japan

Paris – May Day came and went last Friday in the City of Lights, prompting me to reflect on its meaning here in France and in my native Japan. On...

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The Japan Times

Kumiharu Shigehara

Putting Africa’s savings to work for its people

Putting Africa’s savings to work for its people

CAMBRIDGE – African economies will not be able to meet their development goals unless they can mobilize their own resources. But to do that,...

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The Japan Times

Gomez agou

Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in ‘critical but stable condition’, his spokesman says

Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in ‘critical but stable condition’, his spokesman says

81-year-old former New York City mayor told his talk show audience on Friday that his voice was ‘a little under the weather’

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The Times of Israel

Michael R. Sisak

Iran threatens American ships if they enter Hormuz, as US kicks off ‘Project Freedom’

Iran threatens American ships if they enter Hormuz, as US kicks off ‘Project Freedom’

Officials cited in US media say initiative won’t necessarily involve US Navy escorting merchant ships; Macron: France won’t take part in...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

When Commencement Becomes Division: A Serious Test of Responsibility

I returned to the University of Michigan, my alma mater, to attend a family member’s graduation and to spend several meaningful days in Ann Arbor....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Beth Kuhel

Hormuz Crisis – Reality or Alternative Route?

Hormuz Crisis – Reality or Alternative Route?

Hormuz Crisis – Reality or Alternative Route? The armed conflict in the Persian Gulf has caused an international oil crisis. Is there, perhaps, an...

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New Eastern Outlook

Alexandr Svaranc

The Laundry Cycle- The Important Role of Detergent and Sanitizers

Sometimes the whole world is wrong. In his April 16th  2026 Blog, Dr. Philip Berger contrasted the illusion of genocide with the reality of Canadian...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ted Rosenberg

Cynická obluda: Šimečkovci vs. Gašparovci

Smerácky principiálny postoj je dosť nezlučiteľný priamo so Smerom.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

After October 7, Jewish Education Is No Longer a Choice—It’s Survival

When our children are asked who they are and who they will be there must be no hesitation, no shrinking, no apology. Only pride. We thought we were...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mihran Kalaydjian

From despair to action: Tragedy is reborn as hope.

From despair to action: Tragedy is reborn as hope.

PARIS – We live in a world of senseless suffering and impending catastrophe, where it would seem the idea of moral progress has become...

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The Japan Times

Chiara Cordelli

ما وراء البنادق.. الوجه المالي الخفي لحرب السودان

حرب السودان التي طوت عامها الثالث ودخلت في الرابع، ليست مجرد مواجهة عسكرية...

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العين الإخبارية

عبد المنعم سليمان

Silicon Valley made AI powerful. Tokyo wants to make it work

Silicon Valley made AI powerful. Tokyo wants to make it work

There was a time when Tokyo felt light years ahead of the world. The flip phone I used in the 2000s was a marvel to every American I showed it to,...

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The Japan Times

Catherine Thorbecke

A Thread That Has Never Broken

From exile to return, faith—not fear—has carried us forward I recently heard a British writer and broadcaster, often described as an ally of the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Chava kadoche

Shabbat-First of the Festivals

The laws related to the holidays begin with the laws of Shabbat. The difference between Shabbat and the festivals, is that the latter are determined...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Europe seeks to ‘take charge’ of its own defense as US to cut presence of troops

Europe seeks to ‘take charge’ of its own defense as US to cut presence of troops

EU foreign policy chief says timing of Washington’s pullout announcement was surprise, while NATO chief acknowledges US disappointment with European...

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The Times of Israel

Mark carlson

Ficov lásky čas nepríde

A just pôjdem do Moskvy.

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SME.sk

Beata Balogová

Fico ako ambasádor dedičného hriechu

Robert Fico a spol. zneužívajú prastaré morálne schémy.

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SME.sk

Ľubomír Jaško

Rýchlokurz menejcennosti tvojej práce

Dehonestácia práce jej obhajcami je perfídny a antisociálny jav.

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SME.sk

Ismael p. májovský

Pekárenská turistika, gulášový dym a predavači ilúzií (píše Veronika Šikulová)

Navlečú si montérky, a tvária sa, že rozumejú pachu potu.

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SME.sk

Veronika Šikulová

Birkat HaGomel In Times of War

For months, I’ve been thinking about writing a piece about the traditional blessing of gratitude that we say in Judaism after surviving a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Romi Sussman

Heeding Herzog’s invitation, AG says she’s willing to discuss plea deal in Netanyahu trial

Heeding Herzog’s invitation, AG says she’s willing to discuss plea deal in Netanyahu trial

But Baharav-Miara says talks must have no preconditions and have no impact on court proceedings * IDF says it downed drone over Lebanon, result of 2...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

What If Trump Wants to Lose the Iran War?

Here is a question that nobody in Washington dares to ask: what if the apparent American stumble in the Iran war is not a stumble at all? What if the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

Health Ministry panel seeks to halt use of medical cannabis in smokable form

Health Ministry panel seeks to halt use of medical cannabis in smokable form

Committee notes potentially harmful effects, spiking number of users as it recommends stricter guidelines and a more limited use of the drug

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The Times of Israel

Diana Bletter

Tragedija na Fužinah: sum kaznivega dejanja se zaenkrat ni potrdil

Tragedija na Fužinah: sum kaznivega dejanja se zaenkrat ni potrdil

Policijska komisija in specializirano državno tožilstvo še nista sprejela končne odločitve glede strokovnosti in zakonitosti policijske...

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Dnevnik

Peter Lovšin

Noa Koler’s ‘Happy Place’ wins big in Israeli TV awards, rescheduled after Iran war

Noa Koler’s ‘Happy Place’ wins big in Israeli TV awards, rescheduled after Iran war

Kan snags 27 prizes in belated 2025 awards; winning Best Investigative Program, Uvda’s Ilana Dayan says government ‘machine’ working to erase...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Police brace for unrest at Meron after drastic cutbacks to Lag B’Omer revelry

Police brace for unrest at Meron after drastic cutbacks to Lag B’Omer revelry

Cops block roads, decline to vacate thousands already at site as Haredim called on to arm themselves with pepper spray, tasers; alternate bonfire...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

New drama ‘The Eichmann Trial’ at Jerusalem’s Beit Ha’am takes same stage as actual trial

New drama ‘The Eichmann Trial’ at Jerusalem’s Beit Ha’am takes same stage as actual trial

Through May 4, the portrayal of the 1961 hearing offers a captivating glimpse at the human psyche, along with a history of budding relations between...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

After Maryland teacher’s death, 200-piece Judaica collection finds new life in Jewish museum

After Maryland teacher’s death, 200-piece Judaica collection finds new life in Jewish museum

Amassed by Deborah Brodie over 35 years as hands-on tool for students with special needs, collection goes to Capital Jewish Museum with help of...

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

“Multipolarity and the Survival Strategy of Small States”

“Multipolarity and the Survival Strategy of Small States”

In today’s rapidly shifting global order, power is no longer concentrated in a single dominant center. The post–Cold War moment once defined by...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed abdi idiris

What We Actually Mean When We Talk About Good Taste

What We Actually Mean When We Talk About Good Taste

Understanding human instinct and what we find beautiful.

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Psychology Today

Sterlin L. Mosley Ph.d

Blagoslovljeni umor

Blagoslovljeni umor

Ena izmed fotografij, ki so mi v zadnjem času še posebej vzbudile tesnobo in nelagodje, je bila objavljena v Delu pred dvema tednoma. Ob domnevnem...

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Dnevnik

Dragan Petrovec

Start Worrying. Details to Follow.

Start Worrying. Details to Follow.

What the Rebbe Taught About Fear, Faith, and the Art of Living Without Dread There’s an old joke. A man receives a telegram, tears it open, and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Anchelle Perl

Sabastian Sawe, svetovni rekorder v maratonu: Na novo je premaknil človeške zmogljivosti

Sabastian Sawe, svetovni rekorder v maratonu: Na novo je premaknil človeške zmogljivosti

V zgodovini maratona je dolgo veljalo, da je meja dveh ur bolj teorija kot realnost. V Londonu je ta mit razpadel v realnem času. Kenijec Sabastian...

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Dnevnik

Miha A. Štamcar

Laž kot razpad družbenega lepila

Laž kot razpad družbenega lepila

Človek laže. To ni moralna sodba, ampak dejstvo.

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Dnevnik

Pisma Bralcev

Trump Re-Arms for Iran Rematch

Trump Re-Arms for Iran Rematch

The Trump administration has moved at remarkable speed to reinforce its Middle Eastern partners. On May 1, Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez