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Veteran election czar Orly Adas resigns, throwing committee into turmoil

Veteran election czar Orly Adas resigns, throwing committee into turmoil

Supreme Court deputy says he attempted to persuade Central Elections Committee director to remain, as report suggests she resigned following dispute...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Memo to Xi: There is no downside to freeing Jimmy Lai

Memo to Xi: There is no downside to freeing Jimmy Lai

Pressure to free imprisoned Hong Kong newspaperman Jimmy Lai continues to mount ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned mid-May summit in...

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The Japan Times

Mark L. Clifford

Sheryl Sandberg announces scholarship fund for Camp Ramah in honor of late husband

Sheryl Sandberg announces scholarship fund for Camp Ramah in honor of late husband

Former Meta COO says during Dave Goldberg’s time at camp, ‘his Jewish identity took root and grew into something he held onto always’

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

Instead of indirectly insulting Yemen, Prabowo should be building relations with it

Instead of indirectly insulting Yemen, Prabowo should be building relations with it

At a high-profile industrial groundbreaking event in Central Java, President Prabowo Subianto responded sharply to critics who describe Indonesia as...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Why Beijing can’t quit ‘open’ AI

Why Beijing can’t quit ‘open’ AI

China’s AI ecosystem has one defining difference from Silicon Valley: it’s embrace of open source. While America’s biggest companies race to...

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The Japan Times

Catherine Thorbecke

Soulmateland. Bashertland

Soulmateland. Bashertland

Homeland Is Not Where You Were Born, and Not Where You Chose to Live — But Where You Belong We are taught a simple formula: homeland is where you...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ivan Bassov

(FENOMENI) Budnica: Drž' državo!

(FENOMENI) Budnica: Drž' državo!

Pa si zamislimo neko situacijo v možni prihodnosti: na vprašanje predsedniku države Logarju, če je Slovenija v vojni ali ne, ta odgovarja: "Veste,...

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Večer

Svetlana Slapšak

Once plagued by civil war, Syria now sells itself as a safe corridor amid Iran conflict

Once plagued by civil war, Syria now sells itself as a safe corridor amid Iran conflict

Damascus offers Baniyas port as an alternative to Hormuz oil route, as official says there’s no interest in allying with either one of its...

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The Times of Israel

Abby Sewell

‘Sakura diplomacy’: One tree, two men, three wars

‘Sakura diplomacy’: One tree, two men, three wars

A hundred years ago this week, on April 27, 1926, an Edwardian Englishman gave a speech in Tokyo to an elite group of business and government leaders...

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The Japan Times

Naoko abe

Lebanon’s Peace Without Paris: US and Israeli Strategies Reshape Diplomatic Dynamics and Raise Questions of Balance and Legitimacy

Lebanon’s Peace Without Paris: US and Israeli Strategies Reshape Diplomatic Dynamics and Raise Questions of Balance and Legitimacy

Lebanon’s Peace Without Paris: US and Israeli Strategies Reshape Diplomatic Dynamics and Raise Questions of Balance and Legitimacy While...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ricardo Martins

Tech billionaires openly declare their ambitions for world domination

Tech billionaires openly declare their ambitions for world domination In mid-April 2026, the American tech giant Palantir published on its social...

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New Eastern Outlook

Mohammed Amer

The Little Boy and Girl Cried – Tzedeck Zeltzer

The Little Boy and Girl Cried – Tzedeck Zeltzer

May Yossef ben Avraham Have an Aaliyah in Heaven! We miss and love you Daddy! A Poem for all of Hashem’s Children  The little girl and boy stood...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Hadassah Chavivah Zeltzer

London assailant charged with attempted murder over terror stabbing of two Jews

London assailant charged with attempted murder over terror stabbing of two Jews

Essa Suleiman also charged with attempted murder in an unrelated incident on the same day; report reveals he was imprisoned in 2008 for stabbing a...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Japan’s space systems face growing cybersecurity threats

Japan’s space systems face growing cybersecurity threats

In November, less than a month after taking office, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi established the Japan Growth Strategy Headquarters to...

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The Japan Times

Kota Umeda

The Universal Uprising

The Universal Uprising

LONDON—In the early 17th century, deep within the palm forests of northeastern Brazil, a group of people escaped slavery and founded an independent...

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Project Syndicate

Jake subryan richards

The Documents Lithuania Demanded Twice

In Samuel Gochin Existed, I set down the documentary spine of my paternal grandfather’s life in Lithuania. Birth in Papilė on 15 February 1902....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Grant Arthur Gochin

China's reflation story is seductive, but wrong

China's reflation story is seductive, but wrong

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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Nikkei Asian Review

Alicia garcía herrero

Women & state rabbinic exams: Joy & trepidation

First of all, I would like to wish a big mazal tov to the first three women in Israel to sit for State Rabbinate exams, despite all the obstacles that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shayna Abramson

(PREJELI SMO) Po teh volitvah je napočil trenutek, da pozicija reši še zadnji državotvorni problem

(PREJELI SMO) Po teh volitvah je napočil trenutek, da pozicija reši še zadnji državotvorni problem

Po teh volitvah je napočil trenutek, da s koalicijsko pogodbo pozicija uresniči soglasje za zgodovinski trenutek in reši še zadnji državotvorni...

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Večer

Rudolf moge

Palestinian soccer chief refuses to shake hands with Israel federation VP at FIFA event

Palestinian soccer chief refuses to shake hands with Israel federation VP at FIFA event

Jibril Rajoub accuses FIFA president of failing to understand the ‘deep suffering’ of the Palestinian people after Infantino urged the two men to...

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The Times of Israel

Julien Pretot

Israel sent laser system to UAE to help intercept Iranian missiles and drones — report

Israel sent laser system to UAE to help intercept Iranian missiles and drones — report

Sources say Jerusalem also sent a surveillance system and other weapons to the Gulf state, marking a major development in security cooperation with...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Ak Rusi zvažovali atentát, prečo by Orbán nepomohol Ficovi migrantmi?

Orbánovi migranti a Blanárova voda v prútenom koši.

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SME.sk

Beata Balogová

To be is to participate

To be is to participate For Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, a person is not self-contained, but the outcome of a lifelong process of living with others: we before...

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Aeon

João de pina-cabral

What China Will Learn from Orbán’s Defeat

What China Will Learn from Orbán’s Defeat

NEW YORK—Ever since the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the country has served as a cautionary tale about the dangers of political reform in one-party...

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Project Syndicate

Sam chetwin george

Provokácie, výsmech, útoky. V pozadí kultúrnej vojny sa odohrávajú zmeny, ktoré môžu Česku spôsobiť veľké škody

Je to správanie dobyvateľov, ktorí usúdili, že štát a jeho peniaze majú slúžiť predovšetkým im.

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SME.sk

Hospodářské Noviny

Malignant non-disclosure: PM’s belated cancer revelation subverts public’s right to know

Malignant non-disclosure: PM’s belated cancer revelation subverts public’s right to know

Vague details released by Netanyahu and doctors regarding prostate tumor raise more questions than answers, including possibility he was being treated...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

How Many Divisions Has Pope Leo?

How Many Divisions Has Pope Leo?

PRINCETON—An apocryphal anecdote from the 1945 Potsdam Conference has it that Josef Stalin asked Winston Churchill, “How many divisions has the...

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Project Syndicate

Harold James

Housing snapshot April 2026: Home prices continue slide, bringing yearly drop to 1.7%

Housing snapshot April 2026: Home prices continue slide, bringing yearly drop to 1.7%

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in the local property market right now

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Parshat Emor and the Counting of Holy Days

In Parshat Emor, God issues the commandment of the counting of the Omer. We are commanded to count 49 days or 7 complete weeks starting from the day...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lila Shoshana Chertman

Českí fašisti si v Babišovej vláde môžu vyberať, s kým budú „deratizovať“

Vládni Motoristi používajú osvedčenú metódu dehumanizácie – odporca je parazit, nie ľudská bytosť.

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SME.sk

Hospodářské Noviny

Javier Milein in a tour through Israel

A salute. A salute to freedom, a salute to honesty. That’s what Javier Milei did last week. Who knows better than the Jewish people about getting...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Arie Simcha Halpern

Daily Briefing May 1 – Mediterranean meltdown: Energy policy in hot water

Daily Briefing May 1 – Mediterranean meltdown: Energy policy in hot water

Reporter Sue Surkes discusses an unusual Syrian bride, how Israel’s lack of sustainable energy is a security risk and her recent visit to a new baby...

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The Times of Israel

Gabriella jacobs

JTS ‘breaks mold,’ names campus innovator Rabbi Mike Uram as next chancellor

JTS ‘breaks mold,’ names campus innovator Rabbi Mike Uram as next chancellor

Unusually for the Conservative Judaism flagship, new head does not hold a doctorate, but after serving at JFNA and Penn Hillel, he believes his novel...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Israel deployed laser system in UAE to help intercept Iranian missiles and drones — report

Israel deployed laser system in UAE to help intercept Iranian missiles and drones — report

Ahead of war powers deadline, US official says hostilities with Iran ‘terminated’ amid ceasefire * State Department hits out at American allies...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

LA police investigating attack on Jewish teacher outside synagogue as hate crime

LA police investigating attack on Jewish teacher outside synagogue as hate crime

No arrests made yet in assault outside Adas Israel, where violence erupted during an anti-Israel protest in 2024; ‘I thought it was the end of my...

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

Anti-Israel oysterman in Maine poised to become Democratic nominee for US Senate

Anti-Israel oysterman in Maine poised to become Democratic nominee for US Senate

State’s governor ends campaign after negative ads failed to derail Graham Platner despite his Nazi tattoo, history of derogatory comments online

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Lapin

Separate cities or shared space? Ministries divided over Negev housing plan for Haredim

As the ultra-Orthodox population surges, plans for three new cities in the south highlight a growing divide over integration, economics and the future...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Scared and angry UK Jews demand government do more to address antisemitic violence

Scared and angry UK Jews demand government do more to address antisemitic violence

After Golders Green terror stabbing, the latest antisemitic attack in Britain, members of Jewish community say they ‘don’t feel safe anymore,’...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

My Autistic Son's Secret Life

My Autistic Son's Secret Life

Personal Perspective: Mastering communication challenges among the neurodiverse.

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Psychology Today

Susan Senator

Top general in West Bank warned ‘Jewish terrorism’ could spark Palestinian uprising — report

Top general in West Bank warned ‘Jewish terrorism’ could spark Palestinian uprising — report

Central Command chief Avi Bluth reportedly cautioned that Palestinians ‘won’t remain indifferent forever’ to settler violence, which he lamented...

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The Times of Israel

Stav Levaton

The Hidden Psychology of Anti-Intellectualism

The Hidden Psychology of Anti-Intellectualism

Why some people reject experts, evidence, and intellectual authority.

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Psychology Today

Jasmine mohsen ph.d

214 robots take the field at US national competition for Jewish schools

214 robots take the field at US national competition for Jewish schools

Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education hosts annual tournament in New York, highlighting the growing importance and challenges for STEM programs...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Sanctify Him

Among the laws related to the Kohanim, there is one law that is learned from the word, וקדשתו, “And you must sanctify him.” Generally, this...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen