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Iran fires seven missile barrages at Israel on war’s sixth day as IDF bombers pound Tehran

Iran fires seven missile barrages at Israel on war’s sixth day as IDF bombers pound Tehran

UAE, Qatar, Bahrain come under more Iranian attacks, as Iran denies hitting Riyadh, blames Israel for attack on Azerbaijan; strikes said to be...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Gulf of Guinea could become the next energy battleground if Hormuz crisis escalates

The escalating confrontation between Iran and the coalition formed by Israel and the United States is reshaping geopolitical calculations across the...

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Blitz

Damsana Ranadhiran

Thinking about the Meaning and Purpose of Life

A Pew survey included a question on their Religious Landscape Survey: “How often do you think about the meaning and purpose of life?”  Nearly...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

Artificial Agreement: When AI Agrees With Us Too Easily

Artificial Agreement: When AI Agrees With Us Too Easily

Sycophantic AI risks replacing the resistance that makes thinking effective and reliable.

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Psychology Today

John Nosta

Trump: Herzog a ‘disgrace,’ must pardon Netanyahu now so PM can focus on Iran war

Trump: Herzog a ‘disgrace,’ must pardon Netanyahu now so PM can focus on Iran war

Herzog’s office: Israel a ‘sovereign state governed by the rule of law,’ pardon decision will be made sans external input; Trump voices support...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

The Far-Right Invasion

The Far-Right Invasion

A corrupt, maleficent theocratic autocrat is dead, felled by two other schoolyard bullies. And we are at war. Why? Well, it certainly distracts us...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Audrey N. Glickman

How Success Can Become a Leadership Blind Spot

How Success Can Become a Leadership Blind Spot

These four patterns of success can eventually limit effective leadership.

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Psychology Today

Michiko Kimura Bruno M.d

The Deception of Depression

The Deception of Depression

Depression is not just sadness. It can be debilitating.

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Psychology Today

Nicole A. Tetreault Ph.d

Schools remain closed as workplaces reopen, prompting frustration from working parents

Schools remain closed as workplaces reopen, prompting frustration from working parents

Employers can’t fire workers who stay home due to childcare needs amid war, but aren’t obligated to pay them; employees may need to use vacation...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Care packages, brought to Palestinians by colonialism

Care packages, brought to Palestinians by colonialism

Nickolay Mladenov, former UN Special Coordinator for Middle East Affairs and now High Representative for the Board of Peace, is no stranger to...

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Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

Extremist settlers driving Palestinians away from Duma area, locals and activists say

Extremist settlers driving Palestinians away from Duma area, locals and activists say

Two compounds in Bedouin dwellings in northern West Bank area abandoned due to settler violence and harassment, according to Israeli human rights...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

The Iran War: Tactical Success, Strategic Uncertainty

The Iran War: Tactical Success, Strategic Uncertainty

There is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that the United States and Israel, led by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alan P. Gross

Iran’s barrage of attacks across Persian Gulf shows regional chaos key to its strategy

Iran’s barrage of attacks across Persian Gulf shows regional chaos key to its strategy

Tehran is unleashing drones and missiles on countries throughout the region in a bid to raise the costs of the war — but the campaign could very...

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The Times of Israel

Jon Gambrell

What Is 'Mogging'?

What Is 'Mogging'?

How do you 'mog' and 'get mogged'?

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Psychology Today

Bruce y. Lee M.d

Ki Tisa: The Process of Processing

Ki Tisa: The Process of Processing

Have you ever found yourself playing a game on your phone, like Candy Crush or Sudoku, for countless hours over a few days? If so, you would notice...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Lemmer

The Black Dahlia Murder and the Power of Storytelling

The Black Dahlia Murder and the Power of Storytelling

An unsolved murder has long been enshrouded by mythic storytelling.

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Psychology Today

Troy Rondinone Ph.d

Why Some Women Lift Others Up and Some Don't

Why Some Women Lift Others Up and Some Don't

Support among women often reflects the opportunities and pressures around them.

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Psychology Today

Ankita Guchait Mbpss

The War Being Rewritten… and the Lesson No One Wants to Learn

The War Being Rewritten… and the Lesson No One Wants to Learn

Opposing a war on Iran is not an emotional stance, nor is it an alignment with Tehran’s theocratic regime—a regime that has been cruel enough to...

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Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

World Security Awaits Our Moral Choice

World Security Awaits Our Moral Choice’ (Reflection on the Haftorah for Ki Tissa) (Book of Kings 1, 18:1 -39) Who and what we choose to believe...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michel M.j. Shore

Liberating Iran from the Islamists

In the wake of the recent assassination of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a question uppermost in the mind across the world strategic...

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Blitz

Jagdish N Singh

Nepal holds first general election since ‘Gen Z protests’ toppled government

Nepal has begun voting in its first general election since the violent “Gen Z protests” last September that led to the collapse of the government...

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Blitz

Renuka Patnaik

Are We Hard-Wired to Be Xenophobic?

Are We Hard-Wired to Be Xenophobic?

The deep evolutionary roots of bias and prejudice.

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Psychology Today

Eric Haseltine Ph.d

The Limits of Assimilation: The Case for Being Unapologetically Jewish

The American Jewish community has lived by an unspoken bargain through our nation’s history. If we work hard and give back through civic leadership,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven Goldstein

V Dobrunjah že sprejeli prve kaznjence

V Dobrunjah že sprejeli prve kaznjence

Ministrica za pravosodje Andreja Kokalj je v okviru današnjega vladnega obiska Ljubljane obiskala novi moški zapor v Dobrunjah. V njem so že...

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Dnevnik

Sta

Starting a war in Iran was a mistake. But once begun — the job must be finished

1. Launching a war against Iran was a mistake, at this moment and under these circumstances. Even the assassination of Khamenei, an arch-terrorist who...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tzvi Gottlieb

How Perfectionism Can Undermine College Mental Health

How Perfectionism Can Undermine College Mental Health

‘The perfect is the enemy of the good’ still holds true in college and beyond.

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Psychology Today

Mia Nosanow Ma

The identity crisis of Japan's 'centrist' opposition

The identity crisis of Japan's 'centrist' opposition

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Nikkei Asian Review

Linda Sieg

What Parents Should Know About Oppositional Defiant Disorder

What Parents Should Know About Oppositional Defiant Disorder

When kids are labeled “defiant,” the problem may lie in the systems around them.

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Psychology Today

Rupinder K. Legha M.d

The Kurds: The Ground Force That Could Change the Game in Iran

While the campaign against the Iranian regime has so far been fought primarily from the air—through precision strikes, intelligence warfare, and the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yair Marton

So where were you on Purim?

So where were you on Purim?

We were in and out of our communal shelter! Our apartment block is a diverse mix of the faces of Israel: Haredi, Traditional, Secular and Muslim. Over...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Solly Kaplinski

Journey Through the Wilderness to Freedom

Journey Through the Wilderness to Freedom

What are the four captors?

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Psychology Today

Paul J Dunion Ed.d

UK lifts sanctions on British financier linked to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’

The United Kingdom has removed a British financier from its sanctions list after months of restrictions tied to Russia’s controversial “shadow...

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Blitz

Tajul Islam

When Wanting Becomes Lonely

When Wanting Becomes Lonely

Honesty, integrity, and the cost of silent longing.

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Psychology Today

Claudia Six Ph.d

Candlelit vigil for Khamenei in UK overshadowed by larger, jubilant counter-protest

Candlelit vigil for Khamenei in UK overshadowed by larger, jubilant counter-protest

Across from a vigil attended by 100, some 300-400 revelers waving Israeli, UK, and pre-regime Iranian flags celebrate killing of Islamic Republic’s...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Iran cannot beat Israel so it is punishing the Middle East for existing nearby

Iran cannot beat Israel so it is punishing the Middle East for existing nearby

Although we may disagree – and disagree profoundly – with Erdogan’s Turkey, a state that has elevated geopolitical opportunism to an art form,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Adil Faouzi

Silicon Teammates: How Human-AI Teams Make Hard Decisions

Silicon Teammates: How Human-AI Teams Make Hard Decisions

Designing human-machine teams that perform under pressure.

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Psychology Today

Dan Dworkis M.d

Under the Sirens We Still Sing

I said Tehilim the entire day on October 7, and yesterday on Purim I sang and danced. Why? I asked myself. Families in Israel must constantly escape...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rebecca Liebermann Nissel

Only Civil Society Can Save the Rules-Based Order

Only Civil Society Can Save the Rules-Based Order

A few weeks prior to the outbreak of the current war with Iran, I was in Vienna for the first face-to-face meeting of the Iranian-Israeli Peace Forum,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Susie Becher

MK Celebrates Nazi Legacy and the ‘Worst of the Worst’ of the Death Penalty

MK Celebrates Nazi Legacy and the ‘Worst of the Worst’ of the Death Penalty

We, the thousands of members of “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty” from Israel and across the world, must respond to how one member of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Zoosman

Usodna opeka v samoobrambi: zgodba o delavni materi, ki ji je prekipelo

Usodna opeka v samoobrambi: zgodba o delavni materi, ki ji je prekipelo

Prelistali smo časnik Jutro in odkrili pretresljivo zgodbo o družinskem nasilju, ki se je pred desetletji končalo s smrtjo in nenavadno sodbo.

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Dnevnik

Boštjan Istenič

Imate pisateljsko žilico? Nedeljski dnevnik išče najboljšo zgodbo leta!

Imate pisateljsko žilico? Nedeljski dnevnik išče najboljšo zgodbo leta!

Tudi letos bomo organizirali nagradni natečaj Zgodba Nedeljskega. Vabimo vas, da preizkusite svoj literarni talent.

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Dnevnik

Boštjan Istenič

The Mullah Regime Strikes Azerbaijan a Day After Aliyev’s Visit to Iranian Embassy

Tensions in the South Caucasus have reached a volatile breaking point following a provocative Iranian drone strike on Azerbaijani territory. The...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mikheil Khachidze

The Relevance of Nixon’s Madman Theory to Today’s Northeast Asia

The Relevance of Nixon’s Madman Theory to Today’s Northeast Asia

Today’s Northeast Asia presents a more complex and nuclearized environment compared to that of the Vietnam War.

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E-International

Ju Hyung Kim

Why Jews ought to stop fighting antisemitism

The Jewish political instinct since emancipation has been a defensive one. The issue here, however, is that this instinct no longer serves Jews. Last...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Simon Kupfer

Moški sredi Fužin napadel policiste, ti so ga ustrelili

Moški sredi Fužin napadel policiste, ti so ga ustrelili

Na Preglovem trgu na ljubljanskih Fužinah so policisti med intervencijo ustrelili in ubili moškega, ki naj bi pred tem grozil z nožema.

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Dnevnik

Peter Lovšin

Karikatúra dňa: Mier?

Kreslí Hej, ty! – Györe

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SME.sk

Hej

Antisemitism without Naming Anti-Zionism in California’s Governor’s Race

Antisemitism without Naming Anti-Zionism in California’s Governor’s Race

Last week I attended a California gubernatorial forum organized by a coalition of major Jewish organizations from across the state. Five candidates...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Karen Klein

The Female Body the Iranian Regime Has Failed to Regiment

The Female Body the Iranian Regime Has Failed to Regiment

On Monday, Iran’s women’s national football team took the field in Australia. They lost 3-0 to South Korea. That was the least important thing...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Featured Post

Featured Post

Israel has created the rarest condition in Middle Eastern politics: a moment when adversaries recalculate. That moment has a half-life. And someone...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aviram bellaishe

From Tokyo 1946 to Tehran Today

From Tokyo 1946 to Tehran Today

Back in the day, my parents and my in-laws saved newspapers that they recognized as having future historical significance — leaving behind an...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harold Witkov