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Teaching Jews that principles are absolute until principles become inconvenient

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Paul Mendlowitz

Trump as Cyrus: The Theology of the Chosen Imperfect Ruler

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

Small businesses despise Trump’s tariffs — for good reason

Small businesses despise Trump’s tariffs — for good reason

Mere hours after the Trump administration’s latest tariff scheme launched on July 24, the government was sued again by the same small businesses...

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The Japan Times

Scott Lincicome

Eleven said killed, including 2 children, in overnight IDF strikes in south Lebanon

Eleven said killed, including 2 children, in overnight IDF strikes in south Lebanon

Casualties are reported in attacks on Kfar Reman, including drone strike said to kill two medics from Hezbollah-linked group; strikes also reported in...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

High Court dismisses petition by Israeli expats who were stripped of voting rights

High Court dismisses petition by Israeli expats who were stripped of voting rights

Case dismissed on procedural grounds after court says it was filed too late, skipped statutory appeals process and lacked a detailed factual record

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The Times of Israel

Deborah Danan

In The Beginning

In The Beginning
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mort Laitner

Mohammad, Avigail most popular baby names in Hebrew year 5786

Mohammad, Avigail most popular baby names in Hebrew year 5786

Population and Immigration Authority list shows Ariel retaining top spot for Jewish boys; 179,398 babies born since last Rosh Hashanah

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Currency Peg: A Compulsive Loyalty Program with No Opt-Out Clause!

The Currency Peg: A Compulsive Loyalty Program with No Opt-Out Clause! Inertia in international finance is a powerful force in its own right. But...

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New Eastern Outlook

Tamer Mansour

The planet is… up to something

The planet is… up to something A vocabulary for the future: touch The World Famous Gopher Hole Museum Where the earth meets the sky Ani Liu: eye...

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Aeon

Aeon Video

Will Latin America embrace guerrilla geopolitics?

Will Latin America embrace guerrilla geopolitics?

MEXICO CITY – The wars in Iran and Ukraine have put the spotlight back on guerrilla warfare. Conflicts in which smaller groups, forces or countries...

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The Japan Times

Jorge G. Castaneda — Carlos Ominami

Always Room For Teshuva

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Review – The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West

Review – The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West

The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the WestBy Amitav AcharyaBasic Books, 2025 Amitav Acharya’s The...

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E-International

Bo Yuan Chang

An awakening question: From Rousseau to Al-Husri

An awakening question: From Rousseau to Al-Husri

On a summer day in 1749, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was walking through the streets of Paris when he stumbled upon a question posted by the Academy of...

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Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

Japan needs artificial intelligence its factories can plug in

Japan needs artificial intelligence its factories can plug in

Japan is competing in the wrong artificial intelligence race. Rather than chasing ever-larger data centers and ever-more-powerful chips, it should put...

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The Japan Times

Bruno S. Sergi

What Democratic Socialists really want

Michigan's mid-term election ballot is littered with socialists. Candidates who in the past would be relegated to the fringes of the ballot under...

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The Korea Times

Nolan Finley

A Small Idaho Deli, a Torn Flag, and a Lesson Too Many American Jews Still Haven’t Learned

A Small Idaho Deli, a Torn Flag, and a Lesson Too Many American Jews Still Haven’t Learned
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Josh Kantrow

Be Nice to Someone This Year

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Dinah Bucholz

What We Carry Into the New Year

Rosh Hashanah has always felt different to me from other holidays. Maybe it is because it comes with a natural pause. Life is still busy, work is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ben Zion Suky

Kevin Warsh’s Best Move Is to Do Nothing

Kevin Warsh’s Best Move Is to Do Nothing

TOWNSHEND, VERMONT—In his remarks to this year’s gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh...

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Project Syndicate

James K. Galbraith

Iranian soccer players who sought asylum in Australia say anthem silence was anti-regime protest

Iranian soccer players who sought asylum in Australia say anthem silence was anti-regime protest

Team provided no explanation, and some took silence as mourning amid war; two players who stayed in Australia say it was solidarity with slain...

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The Times of Israel

Rod McGuirk

How much socialism is America willing to swallow?

How much socialism is America willing to swallow?

“Socialism is a scare word they have hurled at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years,” said President Harry S. Truman in 1948....

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The Japan Times

John Authers

America's hidden national security vulnerability

A JetBlue Airlines plane lands near the Air Traffic Control tower at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,...

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The Korea Times

Sheldon H. Jacobson

The New and Improved David Intercontinental Tel Aviv

The New and Improved David Intercontinental Tel Aviv

With a long line of hotels along the Tel Aviv seashore, what makes the David Intercontinental stand out? As someone who had been lucky enough to stay...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shoshana Tita

Are Grandparents the New "iPad Kids"?

Are Grandparents the New

Managing teens’ tech use is hard enough. What happens when your parents join in?

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Psychology Today

Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

Germany to fight claims at ICJ it is ‘facilitating’ Gaza genocide by arming Israel

Germany to fight claims at ICJ it is ‘facilitating’ Gaza genocide by arming Israel

Berlin – the second-largest supplier of arms to Israel – rejects allegations in case filed by Nicaragua at International Court of Justice, saying...

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The Times of Israel

Ap

VOX POPULI: Earthly dramas of a cosmonaut adrift, reporter’s jaunt into space

A U.S. podcast series bears the title “The Last Soviet.” An eight-part work of nonfiction released some three years ago, it held me rapt from the...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

4 Ways to Use Imagery to Become More Successful

4 Ways to Use Imagery to Become More Successful

We have an innate capacity to convey ideas and feelings through imagery.

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Psychology Today

Ran D. Anbar M.d

Esther Teillard Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #347

Esther Teillard Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #347

Esther Teillard is a French writer and literary journalist from Marseille who studied at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexandre Gilbert

David Morens: Smoking Gun of ‘Lab Origin’ of COVID with Guilty Plea!

David Morens: Smoking Gun of ‘Lab Origin’ of COVID with Guilty Plea! Years of emphatic denials that U.S. taxpayers never funded gain-of-function...

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New Eastern Outlook

Henry Kamens

Tehran’s Biggest Enemy May Be Inside Iran

Tehran’s Biggest Enemy May Be Inside Iran

For decades, Iran sought security by pushing conflict beyond its borders, using missiles, militias, and proxies to impose costs on its adversaries...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Saurav Dutt

Continental divide

A century ago, the Pan-American road promised a new era of fraternity between the two continents. Did it succeed? by Shawn Miller  BIO The Peruvian...

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Aeon

Shawn Miller

AI mala zmeniť svet. Namiesto revolúcie však prináša halucinácie, prepúšťanie a obrovské účty

V novembri 2022 spustila spoločnosť OpenAI konverzačného robota ChatGPT. Tento míľnik znamenal začiatok záujmu širokej verejnosti o...

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Pravda.sk

Peter Takáč

EDITORIAL: Government must not lose sight of original mission of ODA

The government has clearly laid out its stance of strategically utilizing official development assistance to improve national and economic security....

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Bessent pushes BOJ as he signals end of Abenomics

Bessent pushes BOJ as he signals end of Abenomics

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called on Japan to hike interest rates by invoking director Spike Lee’s most famous movie and saying that...

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The Japan Times

Gearoid Reidy And Daniel Moss

IDF reportedly strikes southern Lebanon after warning it would target Hezbollah site

IDF reportedly strikes southern Lebanon after warning it would target Hezbollah site

Palestinian reportedly shot dead in clash after settlers enter West Bank village to retrieve downed drone * Hormuz traffic dips to lowest since May...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Trojan Horse in Washington

How South Africa’s Diplomatic War Against the West and Strategic Narrative Operations Have Penetrated the U.S. Capital In May 2026, the White House...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Mokgatlhe

Industrial zones, built up areas, suffer most heat in Gush Dan — study

Industrial zones, built up areas, suffer most heat in Gush Dan — study

Heat in built-up parts of Tel Aviv metropolis, including Bnei Brak, Ramat Gan, Bat Yam, Holon, and Rehovot, can be 4°C higher than in open areas in...

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The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

5 Reasons to Be Kinder When It's Hard

5 Reasons to Be Kinder When It's Hard

The real power of kindness shows up when people don't treat us that way.

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Psychology Today

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

$60 Israeli blood test can detect stage 2-4 lung cancer with 93% accuracy, study shows

$60 Israeli blood test can detect stage 2-4 lung cancer with 93% accuracy, study shows

Tel Aviv University researchers develop simple chip that skips DNA sequencing; findings can pave the way for earlier cancer diagnostics and real-time...

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The Times of Israel

Diana Bletter

Teen from northern Bedouin town charged with pledging allegiance to Islamic State

Teen from northern Bedouin town charged with pledging allegiance to Islamic State

Yaqoub Shibli, 19, consumed online ISIS content, say police and Shin Bet, in latest in string of arrests of Israeli youth associating with terror...

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The Times of Israel

Noam Lehmann

Kushner: Israel acting ‘a little irrational’ on Gaza due to upcoming election

Kushner: Israel acting ‘a little irrational’ on Gaza due to upcoming election

US envoy says Israel and US agree on ‘end state for Gaza’; father and daughter reportedly killed in strike in Gaza City, IDF spokesperson says it...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

New ‘Yelp guide for synagogues’ in Manhattan showcases Big Apple’s Jewish diversity

New ‘Yelp guide for synagogues’ in Manhattan showcases Big Apple’s Jewish diversity

Andrew Waxman attended a different service weekly for his book ‘My Year in New York Synagogues,’ and found much more to review than just the...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Adidas apologizes for ‘offense’ over promotion featuring ex-IDF soldier who lost leg in 2021

Adidas apologizes for ‘offense’ over promotion featuring ex-IDF soldier who lost leg in 2021

Sports giant says it’s ‘taking feedback seriously’ after boycott calls followed inclusion of Shalev Biton in local Israeli campaign advertising...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Germany’s far-right AfD wins big at state election, but falls just short of majority

Germany’s far-right AfD wins big at state election, but falls just short of majority

Anti-migrant party three seats shy of outright victory in Saxony-Anhalt; even if it doesn’t form government in eastern state, result is massive blow...

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The Times of Israel

Geir Moulson

Interview – Adam Humphreys

Interview – Adam Humphreys

Adam Humphreys is Associate Professor and Head of Department in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading. He...

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E-International

Adam Humphreys Is Associate Professor And Head Of Department In The Department Of Politics And International Relations

Israel demands Belgium apologize after Gaza aid worker’s possible Hamas link emerges

Israel demands Belgium apologize after Gaza aid worker’s possible Hamas link emerges

Brussels had condemned April 2024 strike that killed employee of Belgium agency, who is seen in uniform and described as a ‘mujahid’ in a...

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The Times of Israel

Nava Freiberg

Iran says it will declare ‘prohibited zone’ near Strait of Hormuz in coming days

Iran says it will declare ‘prohibited zone’ near Strait of Hormuz in coming days

Hormuz traffic dips to lowest since May after US, Iran clashes; US energy secretary says there may not be a nuclear deal, but Iran’s ability to...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Forty-Six Thousand in Twenty-Four Hours

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Grant Arthur Gochin

A RABBI’S VIEW OF MUHAMMAD AS AN ABRAHAMIC PROPHET

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller