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Crime figure killed in Haifa car blast, Arab community’s 7th fatality in 3 days

Crime figure killed in Haifa car blast, Arab community’s 7th fatality in 3 days

Rabee Abu Haikal, a suspect in a 2023 double murder, targeted in city’s Kiryat Haim neighborhood as violence crisis persists

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel rolls out NIS 1.6 billion aid plan for tech sector hit by rapid shekel surge

Israel rolls out NIS 1.6 billion aid plan for tech sector hit by rapid shekel surge

Government vows program will help extend eroded financial runway of startups and export companies and enable them to maintain and expand their R&D...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

US Jewish, LGBTQ groups denounce Pride harassment of Jewish politician Scott Wiener

US Jewish, LGBTQ groups denounce Pride harassment of Jewish politician Scott Wiener

Reactions come after gay congressional candidate was targeted by anti-Zionists at trans event, further inflaming tensions on the left surrounding...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Lapin

‘Have fun in hell’: IDF kills Islamic Jihad man who held Rom Braslavski hostage, abused him

‘Have fun in hell’: IDF kills Islamic Jihad man who held Rom Braslavski hostage, abused him

Talel Abd al-Aal was one of three senior terror operatives confirmed killed by the IDF in the past week, along with another top PIJ commander and a...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Life Lessons From a Roman Philosopher

Life Lessons From a Roman Philosopher

Is skepticism a good guide for living well?

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Psychology Today

Glenn C. Altschuler Ph.d

KKL-JNF allots NIS 13 million for firefighting gear in 94 forest-adjacent communities

KKL-JNF allots NIS 13 million for firefighting gear in 94 forest-adjacent communities

‘In a forest fire, the first few minutes are critical,’ says organization’s chairman Eyal Ostrinsky, highlighting need for local first responders

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The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

World Cup 2026: Paraguay shocks Germany as South America dominates

World Cup 2026: Paraguay shocks Germany as South America dominates

Paraguay produced one of the biggest upsets of the 2026 World Cup on Monday, knocking out one of the tournament favorites, Germany, in a penalty...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

Caregiving During Retirement: A Likelihood for Many of Us

Caregiving During Retirement: A Likelihood for Many of Us

We frequently become caregivers during retirement, and it isn't easy.

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Psychology Today

Michael Shelton Ms

What Makes a Good Society?

What Makes a Good Society?

I hesitated before writing this. With so much suffering in the world this week, speaking about Israel may seem almost inappropriate. France mourns the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jeffrey Levine

Before You Hit Record, the Consequences of Filming Others

Before You Hit Record, the Consequences of Filming Others

A recorded image may be replayed, shared, and stripped of context indefinitely.

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Psychology Today

Leigh W. Jerome Ph.d

Four Freedoms: What Rockwell Knew About Human Flourishing

Four Freedoms: What Rockwell Knew About Human Flourishing

As America turns 250, these four paintings remind us that freedom takes courage.

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Psychology Today

David Berez Mapp

Daily Briefing June 30: Why Netanyahu won’t publicly take on Trump over Iran

Daily Briefing June 30: Why Netanyahu won’t publicly take on Trump over Iran

News editor Ben Sales reviews PM’s status during 2015 Iran deal and now, Israel-opposition as a unifying factor in NYC primaries, and new details...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

The Contagion of Worry: A Tale of Collective Anxiety

The Contagion of Worry: A Tale of Collective Anxiety

How much fear do you have in your life? How are you dealing with it?

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Psychology Today

Dale M. Kushner

The Screen’s Quiet Toll, Israel’s Quiet Cure

The web already regulates flashing light to protect one set of brains. It is time we thought about the rest — and Israel is quietly showing how. A...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

US envoys in Qatar to meet mediators, but no direct talks with Iran set for coming days

US envoys in Qatar to meet mediators, but no direct talks with Iran set for coming days

Contradicting Trump, Doha says Witkoff and Kushner to discuss negotiations with Iran and other issues, but without meeting Iranian officials; separate...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

RFK Jr. Launches Dangerous Mental Health Plan

RFK Jr. Launches Dangerous Mental Health Plan

HHS promotes stigma in effort to combat the “overuse” of psychiatric medicine.

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Psychology Today

Carolyn Reinach Wolf

Decolonizing the Jew: An Old Erasure in New Language

The Enlightenment radically changed the way Jewish identity was understood. Previously, Jews often lived as a separate, self-governing people, with...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Menachem Creditor

Selektor BiH razkril, kaj bo ključno za morebitno zmago proti ZDA

Selektor BiH razkril, kaj bo ključno za morebitno zmago proti ZDA

Sergej Barbarez želi, da se njegovi igralci v šestnajstini finala svetovnega prvenstva proti ZDA zabavajo in da se na tekmo podajo s čustvenim...

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Dnevnik

Gregor Terzič

Haredi rabbi’s rant against ‘accursed’ IDF chief sparks political firestorm

Haredi rabbi’s rant against ‘accursed’ IDF chief sparks political firestorm

Netanyahu, Shas issue condemnations of Rabbi Aryeh Yazdi’s invective during Bnei Brak rally, Bennett vows to end state funding for ‘anyone who...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Day I Stopped Resenting My Name

The Day I Stopped Resenting My Name

The day before my Kabbalah class, I found myself frustrated by my own name. It sounded so thoroughly American, so thoroughly non-Jewish, that I almost...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Matthew Robin

You do not need to carry the emotional weight of the entire world

Sometimes, you may feel emotionally drained. At these times, your mind cannot rest. You constantly absorb: news, stress, pressure, conflict and the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aryeh Lazar

What Dog-Parent Guilt Can Teach Us About Human-Animal Bonds

What Dog-Parent Guilt Can Teach Us About Human-Animal Bonds

Understanding a changing family bond and its relevance for mental health.

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Psychology Today

Renata Roma Ph.d

Mamdani unmasked – an analysis of political authenticity

“In Jewish History, there are no coincidences”. — Elie Wiesel In the modern political landscape, shifts in policy and strategic realignments...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven Teplitsky

The Great Inversion: AI, Ozempic and Human Nature

The Great Inversion: AI, Ozempic and Human Nature

When the goal of innovation shifts from changing the world to changing us.

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Psychology Today

John Nosta

Automating Away Entry-Level Learning

Automating Away Entry-Level Learning

When AI suppresses entry-level work, active learning turns into passive viewing.

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Psychology Today

Janelle E. Wells

Standing Together Is Stronger as a Movement Than a Party

Standing Together Is Stronger as a Movement Than a Party

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

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Haaretz

Eran Rolnik

Eisenkot accuses Bennett and Lapid of weakening Zionist opposition with merger

Eisenkot accuses Bennett and Lapid of weakening Zionist opposition with merger

Yashar party chief says ‘Together’ heads turned down his earlier offer of three-way ‘super-party,’ reportedly rejects Smotrich as coalition...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Keiko Fujimori wins Peru’s presidential election

Keiko Fujimori wins Peru’s presidential election

Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has won Peru’s presidential election, according to the final vote count released on Monday, bringing to an end a...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Martina Jaureguy

Healing from Complicated Grief in Fiction

Healing from Complicated Grief in Fiction

Author Ethan Joella explores the complexities of grief in “The Top of the World"

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Psychology Today

Heather Rose Artushin Msw

Understanding and Navigating Prolonged Grief Disorder

Understanding and Navigating Prolonged Grief Disorder

4 practical steps for moving beyond prolonged grief.

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Psychology Today

Monica Vermani C. Psych

We Are All Changing Judaism. The Question Is Whether We Admit It.

We Are All Changing Judaism. The Question Is Whether We Admit It.

The Problem Isn’t Changing the Tradition. It’s Pretending You Didn’t. Every morning I put on tefillin. Four compartments. Four passages from the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Feivel Strauss

2 IRGC members shot dead at home in Iran, in what state media calls ‘terrorism’

2 IRGC members shot dead at home in Iran, in what state media calls ‘terrorism’

IRGC outlet says ‘anti-government and separatist’ agents were killed in an operation after attack; separately, state TV accuses...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

A superb book that shows how to confront evil

Kabbalah and the Holocaust Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel is an American rabbi, educator, author, and lecturer whose many superb books span Jewish...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Israel Drazin

Watching the World Cup? It Might Be Good for Your Mental Health

Watching the World Cup? It Might Be Good for Your Mental Health

If you are getting into the World Cup action, you are not alone.

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Psychology Today

Kurt W Ela Psy.d

The Daughters and the Dreamer

The Daughters and the Dreamer

Parashat Pinchas opens with five women standing before Moshe. The Torah, however, seems interested in a story that began long before they arrived—a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Cohen

The Geometry of Modi’s Absence at Khamenei’s Funeral

State funerals, like all theatre, are exercises in geometry. The question is never simply who attends, but where they stand, how close to the centre,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yashwant Singh

The Race to a Million Qubits

The Race to a Million Qubits

The Israeli companies tackling the engineering challenge of building quantum computers are doing so using different technological approaches. Rarely...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alon Stopel

How to Handle High-Conflict, Rude Professionals

How to Handle High-Conflict, Rude Professionals

Poor professionalism demonstrates a fundamental failure of emotional regulation.

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Psychology Today

Ashley Willcott

What Survival Is For: Continuity, Belonging, Wholeness

What Survival Is For: Continuity, Belonging, Wholeness

At the bris for yet another grandson this week I was gifted not only a new member of our family, but something else: a rare and fleeting glimpse of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Peter Himmelman

Cynická obluda: Šalamúnsky kolaborantík

Ako medzi riadkami priznať, že záujmy Smeru a Slovenska nie sú to isté.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Not All Stress Is Trauma

Not All Stress Is Trauma

When we label all stress as "trauma" we can undermine our inherent resilience.

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Psychology Today

Wendy Troxel Ph.d

Washington’s New Middle East Playbook

Iraq, Lebanon, and the Politics of Conditional Sovereignty A quiet shift is underway in how power is exercised in the Middle East. It is no longer...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Raghu Kondori

BMW je humanoidne robote že vključil v proizvodnjo avtomobilov

BMW je humanoidne robote že vključil v proizvodnjo avtomobilov

Robotizacija je že dolgo nepogrešljiv del avtomobilske industrije, BMW v svoji tovarni v Spartanburgu medtem preizkuša novo fazo avtomatizacije...

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Dnevnik

Alp

Vivat Amerika! Nezabúdajme na staré priateľstvo, ako nabádal Masaryk

Trump nie je Amerika. Keď sa jej otáčame chrbtom, vrháme sa do náručia Ruska

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SME.sk

Hospodářské Noviny

On the Eve of 1,000 Days, a Cornerstone

On the Eve of 1,000 Days, a Cornerstone

This week I am in Tel Aviv for the Jewish Agency Board of Governors meeting. This afternoon, our delegation visited the Gaza Envelope. I want to tell...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven C. Wernick

Impoverished Venezuelan Jews open synagogues to help shelter hundreds of earthquake victims

Impoverished Venezuelan Jews open synagogues to help shelter hundreds of earthquake victims

5,000-strong Jewish community, already diminished by decades of political turmoil, provides aid while straining depleted resources as rescue efforts...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Fighting Antisemitism at CUNY: The CAFI Initiative

America has been a place of almost unlimited opportunity for its Jewish citizens. The percentage of American Jews, less than 0.1% at the time of the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Fred Naider

Kaj je Cristiano Ronaldo? Če te povabi na kosilo, reci ne

Kaj je Cristiano Ronaldo? Če te povabi na kosilo, reci ne

Cristiano Ronaldo je slaven po tem, da je do svojih uspehov prišel po zaslugi izjemno trdega dela in tudi zelo strogih vsakodnevnih navad. Med...

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Dnevnik

Alp

Knesset advances Basic Law on Torah study, pushes to freeze arrests of draft dodgers

Knesset advances Basic Law on Torah study, pushes to freeze arrests of draft dodgers

Bill heads to first Knesset vote as government pushes parallel measure halting enforcement despite IDF warning that enforcement boosts enlistment

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The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

Lithium, Bipolar Disorder, and Heat Sensitivity

Lithium, Bipolar Disorder, and Heat Sensitivity

Personal Perspective: An Italy trip reminded me lithium can increase vulnerability to heat and dehydration.

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Psychology Today

Ed Ergenzinger J.d