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The Fragile State Paradox: Somalia, Somaliland, and the Limits of Sovereignty

A failed state is one in which the central government has lost effective control and can no longer fulfill the basic functions of sovereignty. Unlike...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

US Jewish day school enrollment rising across denominations for 1st time, report shows

US Jewish day school enrollment rising across denominations for 1st time, report shows

Reform enrollment up by 5%, reversing years of declining trends; growth attributed to falling standards in some public schools, philanthropic...

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

Disgusting Is a Matter of Perspective and More Chulin 55-57

Chulin 65 — “Wing and a Prayer: Rav Pappah’s Harmonizing Legacy” Our Gemara on Amud Aleph has a ruling by Rav Pappah that integrates the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Simcha Feuerman

Overthinking's 3 Darkest Disguises

Overthinking's 3 Darkest Disguises

You've been fighting the symptoms, here's the source.

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Psychology Today

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

Fifty Years Ago – 4 July 1976 – Memories

Fifty years ago, I was working (as a rabbinic student) on the programming staff of the Reform Jewish movement’s summer Camp Swig in Saratoga,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

John L. Rosove

Israel: You Have Not Been Abandoned by President Trump

Israel: You Have Not Been Abandoned by President Trump

Learn to Trust Your Friend Hasn’t Donald J. Trump proven himself to be the greatest friend of Israel in modern times? He recognized Jerusalem as the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joel A. Brodsky

Pioneer sommelier Celestino Rodríguez: ‘Argentine winemaking is world class’

Pioneer sommelier Celestino Rodríguez: ‘Argentine winemaking is world class’

Sommelier Celestino Rodríguez’s philosophy is simple: read the room and guide guests toward what they enjoy, rather than turning the experience...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Luz de Sousa Quintas

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup—Day 15

Day 14 left the Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC) in the dumps as the South Koreans opted not to start the greatest player the country’s...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Doug Klein

At lawsuit hearing, Netanyahu accuses journalist of seeking to expose him to danger

At lawsuit hearing, Netanyahu accuses journalist of seeking to expose him to danger

PM says Uri Misgav is ‘obsessed’ with revealing his location in real-time so that Iran targets him; claims he’s more open with medical reports...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

New York’s primaries signal a new force in US politics

New York’s primaries signal a new force in US politics

The Democratic primaries held in New York on June 23 may ultimately be remembered as a watershed moment in American politics. While the contests were...

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Al Jazeera

Said Arikat

Nearly 700 rabbis denounce Mamdani’s AIPAC ‘monsters’ speech as ‘dangerous’ to Jews

Nearly 700 rabbis denounce Mamdani’s AIPAC ‘monsters’ speech as ‘dangerous’ to Jews

Leaders of prominent NY congregations, variety of denominations say mayor has ‘put a target on the backs of American Jews’

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

When Does a "Personality Hire" Truly Matter?

When Does a

Likability, confidence, and social ease can displace essential job criteria.

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Psychology Today

Tara Well Ph.d

Work started to restore historic Jewish cemetery in Damascus, heritage group says

Work started to restore historic Jewish cemetery in Damascus, heritage group says

Syrian Mosaic Foundation posts clip of graves being cleaned, repainted; resting place of Rabbi Nissim Nadavo, local rabbi who was with Eli Cohen...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Pattern Persists: Anti-Jewish Discrimination Across the Helping Professions

I often wonder at what point writing about continued anti-Jewish discrimination within the allied mental health professions will become unnecessary....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Daniel Balva

What’s Good

When, if ever, did the Children of Israel follow God lovingly, like newlyweds to their homeland? “I lovingly recall the devotion of your youth”...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Hamilton

Seven arrested over March bombing of Belgian synagogue

Seven arrested over March bombing of Belgian synagogue

Counterterror raids lead to arrests of unidentified suspects in attack that harmed Great Synagogue in Liege, amid rash of attacks on diaspora Jews...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Treasure Trove: Pin the Pickle on the Jewish People

Treasure Trove: Pin the Pickle on the Jewish People

Over 100 million plastic pickle pins have been handed out by the H. J. Heinz company since they were first introduced as a marketing promotion at the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Matlow

Entebbe and Shalom-in-Bayit – A Legacy To Preserve

Fifty years ago, the world and especially the Jewish people watched with amazement and pride as our own IDF soldiers flew across continents to rescue...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Susan Barth

Time for a Divorce: Should the Democratic Party Be Broken Up?

The results of Tuesday’s NYC primary results are terribly upsetting. What to do about it? James Carville is 100% right when he says that there...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stuart Weinblatt

World Cup 2026: Ecuador advances as Paraguay awaits results

World Cup 2026: Ecuador advances as Paraguay awaits results

Ecuador booked its place in the 2026 World Cup knockout stages on Thursday with a stunning 2-1 victory over Germany, while Paraguay’s 0-0 draw...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

What Cannot Be Mourned Cannot Be Forgiven

What Cannot Be Mourned Cannot Be Forgiven

How grief becomes grievance—and what communities can do about it. The title of this essay is not a metaphor. It is a description of something that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Seth Eisenberg

The Democratic Party Risks Being Consumed

The Democratic Party Risks Being Consumed

History rarely repeats itself exactly. More often, it rhymes. Many commentators searching for historical parallels to today’s Democratic Party...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aaron T. Walter

Albanian protests against Jared Kushner resort development see emerging antisemitism

Albanian protests against Jared Kushner resort development see emerging antisemitism

Messages demonizing Israel and playing into anti-Jewish tropes grow on fringes of mass anti-government uprising, but in country historically kind to...

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The Times of Israel

Larry Luxner

Dozens of protesters block road in Bnei Brak in demand for ultra-Orthodox military draft

Dozens of protesters block road in Bnei Brak in demand for ultra-Orthodox military draft

Demonstration led by mothers of soldiers; group says police stood by and watched as they were attacked by ultra-Orthodox men: ‘I cried out to one of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

AI in Jewish Nonprofits: Capacity Is a Mission Issue

Most Jewish nonprofits are not struggling because they lack commitment. If anything, the opposite is true. Their leaders, staff, volunteers, and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Bresler

USA 94: Five key moments to revisit the US’s debut as World Cup hosts

USA 94: Five key moments to revisit the US’s debut as World Cup hosts

The 2026 World Cup has put the footballing world’s eyes on North America, with games happening every day across Canada, Mexico and the United...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

Featured Post

The bad news: America is no longer our soulmate. The good news: America is not the world. US Vice President JD Vance did Israel and the Jews a favor...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ariel Beery

The End of the New York Era

I believe we are witnessing the beginning of the end of the New York era. My fear is not simply about politics or elections. It is about the future of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Elkana Bar Eitan

Straining at the Chain: Cuba, Iran, Brazil, and Vietnam. Part 3

Straining at the Chain: Cuba, Iran, Brazil, and Vietnam. Part 3 None of these is a complete model. None has achieved the combination of technological...

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New Eastern Outlook

Tamer Mansour

Cynická obluda: V Rusku naďalej všetko podľa plánu

Putin nafotil inštrukcie k dnešku už pred rokmi.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Inside Boston’s Gillette Stadium, a high-tech command center is fighting antisemitism

Inside Boston’s Gillette Stadium, a high-tech command center is fighting antisemitism

Wall-sized screens that once ran plays during Patriots practice now display real-time data on hate-speech for Blue Square Alliance, the nonprofit...

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The Times of Israel

Jackie Hajdenberg

From London to Tehran: The Crisis of Legitimacy

From London to Tehran: The Crisis of Legitimacy

An analysis of the experience of the Islamic Republic in Iran is incomplete without reference to comparable historical cases in other societies. One...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Raghu Kondori

Family Happiness Through Mindful Awareness

Family Happiness Through Mindful Awareness

Building intention, awareness, and compassion for greater connection.

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Psychology Today

Mark Bertin M.d

Neurodiversity: Beyond "Differently Wired"

Neurodiversity: Beyond

How the neurodiversity movement reproduces the problems of the medical model.

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Psychology Today

James Barnes

The War on Iran: Through the Lenses of Pragmatism and Realpolitik

The War on Iran: Through the Lenses of Pragmatism and Realpolitik

Two Doctrines, One Conflict When the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran in June 2025, the world’s strategic analysts...

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Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

Cynická obluda: Erik Kaliňák láka zahraničného investora

Slovensko má svetu čo ponúknuť a ambiciózni smeráci to nielen vedia, ale našli aj odoberateľa.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

A comic strip that takes a serious look at the Orthodox community

An unmarried woman – an “older single” by the standards of the Orthodox Jewish community, where most women are married by their early twenties...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steve Lipman

The violence specialists

The violence specialists Every society depends on violence workers, but what makes young men take a job that risks their lives and harms others? by...

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Aeon

Raúl Zepeda Gil

Why, As Jews, We Respond to an Earthquake in Venezuela

Why, As Jews, We Respond to an Earthquake in Venezuela

It would be a logical conclusion to come to. On Wednesday night, there were two devastating back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela. There remains a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Weisberg

Couples: The Cost of Growing Stronger Individually

Couples: The Cost of Growing Stronger Individually

When individuals outgrow their roles, it shakes up their relationship.

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Psychology Today

Robert Taibbi L.c.s.w

Holding the Keys

We’re all familiar with the Jewish music scene – the famous names, the popular songs, the trajectory of music trends and what counts as Jewish...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rosally Saltsman

Amid the heatwave, Europe needs a new urbanism

Amid the heatwave, Europe needs a new urbanism

This week was London Climate Action Week, an international event that brought researchers, leaders and activists to the British capital to discuss...

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Al Jazeera

Giulio Boccaletti

China’s Failed Rebalancing

China’s Failed Rebalancing

NEW HAVEN—China’s efforts to rebalance its economy have been an abject failure. Nearly two decades after former Premier Wen Jiabao bemoaned the...

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Project Syndicate

Stephen S. Roach

Is a European Single Market for Energy Such a Good Idea?

Is a European Single Market for Energy Such a Good Idea?

LONDON—Whatever happens with the US-Iran peace process and global energy prices, the strategic implications of this year’s supply disruptions are...

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Project Syndicate

Brigitte Granville

Opinion – How a War Meant to Break the Islamic Republic Revived It

Opinion – How a War Meant to Break the Islamic Republic Revived It

If the Islamic Republic emerges from the conflict intact, the war will become a long-term source of symbolic legitimacy and internal cohesion for the...

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E-International

Naser Ghobadzadeh

Opinion – “Poetic Imageries” and the Politics of Witnessing in Iran

Opinion – “Poetic Imageries” and the Politics of Witnessing in Iran

In today’s hyper-visible wars, poetic imageries continue to create spaces where suffering can be imagined, felt, and remembered beyond the spectacle...

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E-International

Marcelle Trote Martins

Odsudzujeme útok premiéra Fica na novinárku STVR

Vyhlásenie Organizácie nezávislej žurnalistiky.

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SME.sk

Sme.sk

The Two Most Insidious Forms of Jew Hatred

The Two Most Insidious Forms of Jew Hatred

As antisemitism surges, one of the aspects of this disturbing phenomenon is how antisemitism manifests itself. One way to look at all this is to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Jacobson

4 IDF soldiers injured in Lebanon clash with Hezbollah gunman, ahead of another day of talks

4 IDF soldiers injured in Lebanon clash with Hezbollah gunman, ahead of another day of talks

Officer moderately hurt, 3 others lightly injured as gunman lobs grenade at forces; terror group chief says US-Iran deal a defeat for Israel; cabinet...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Did We Prepare Men for Modern Millennial Marriages?

Did We Prepare Men for Modern Millennial Marriages?

We told women they could have it all, but did we miss something fundamental?

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Psychology Today

Huma Sikandar Fatakia