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How Robert Frost writes a poem

How did Robert Frost so perfectly capture a moment of timelessness? Discover the hidden craft in this classic’s simplicity- by Aeon VideoWatch on...

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Aeon

Aeon Video

Milei wants to pass key reforms in just 20 days. Here’s why

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Buenos Aires Herald

Martina Jaureguy

The empty ideology

Liberalism hasn’t delivered on its promises in Africa. The alternative will be found in ideas rooted in Africa’s own soil- by Gabriel AsuquoRead on...

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Aeon

Gabriel Asuquo

Maternal paradox

‘Scientific motherhood’ promised to create high standards for child-rearing. But it’s really a system designed to police women- by Sherry...

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Aeon

Sherry Chan

الجنوبيون يفرضون على اليمن والإقليم.. التعريفات الكبرى

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العين الإخبارية

هاني سالم مسهور

Following Texas, Florida governor designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood as terror groups

Order says Brotherhood’s ‘ideology is irreconcilable’ with US values, accuses CAIR, a leading US Muslim group, of having ties to terrorism; CAIR...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

ADL’s James Pasch: Taking on the Axis of Evil through lawfare

VP of litigation helping 200 American-Israeli victims of Oct. 7 sue four terror-supporting nations in US courts: ‘This is the most impactful thing...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Guterres condemns Houthis’ referral of some detained UN staff to tribunal

UN says dozens of its personnel have been ‘held incommunicado, some for years, without any due process, in violation of international law’ by Iran-...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Resilience in rebuilding: Gaza border kibbutz Kissufim seeks to double population

As demolition of damaged buildings continues, new construction is set to begin, with aim of resettling evacuees and absorbing dozens of new...

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The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

Herzog denies, denounces report intimating a years-old pardon deal with Netanyahu

Israeli TV publishes 2019 legal opinion drafted for former associate of president on whether pardons can be granted for PM without conviction;...

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The Times of Israel

Stav Levaton

US envoy says ‘fruitful’ talks held with Turkey on F-35s, Russian air defense system

Tom Barrack notes Ankara is barred from buying the stealth fighter jets due to its possession of the S-400 * Knesset speaker, US counterpart launch...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

‘Blind hate’: California high school students spark outrage with viral ‘human swastika’

Students in San Jose face disciplinary action over social media post with Hitler quote calling for annihilation of Jews; local lawmaker decries...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

5 Stages of Creativity

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Psychology Today

Nicole A. Tetreault Ph.d

A Hidden Reason You’re Not Happy—Even When Life’s Great

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Psychology Today

Leslie Becker-Phelps Ph.d

A Trust Apocalypse: How AI Exploits Our Cognitive Decline

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Psychology Today

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.d

What if People Came With Instructions?

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Psychology Today

Margaret C. Andrews

“I Restrict Because I Deserve It”

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Psychology Today

Giulia Suro Ph.d

Why Belonging Is Key to Well-Being and How to Build It

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Psychology Today

Mark C. Crowley

How Do You Catch a Trophy Idea? Deep Mind Fishing

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Psychology Today

Bill Birchard

8 Reasons to Call Rather than Text

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Psychology Today

Gina Barreca Ph.d

Home for the Holidays: Coming Home to Yourself

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Psychology Today

Helen Marlo

Why Is Social Media Harmful to Children and Teens?

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Psychology Today

Jeffrey N Pickens Ph.d

Here and Now Versus Long Term Strategies

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Psychology Today

Susi Ferrarello Ph.d

Bibism Will Continue to Destroy Israel Long After Bibi Retires

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Haaretz

Nehemia Shtrasler

Storm Byron bears down on Israel as torrent expected to hit in force Wednesday

Storm Byron bears down on Israel as torrent expected to hit in force Wednesday

Storm Byron approached coastal Israel Monday night, bringing with it heavy rain, lightning and warnings from the Israel Meteorological Service,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Former hostage point man says Hamas faces ‘objective’ hurdles in search for last body

Former hostage point man says Hamas faces ‘objective’ hurdles in search for last body

Maj. Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon, who served as the military’s point man on hostage negotiations since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, onslaught, said...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Netanyahu refused to ink deal with Syria on sidelines of UN confab in September – report

Netanyahu refused to ink deal with Syria on sidelines of UN confab in September – report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to sign a security agreement reached between Israel and Syria in September on the sidelines of the UN...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Kibbutz Be’eri votes to demolish all buildings damaged on October 7, bar one

Kibbutz Be’eri votes to demolish all buildings damaged on October 7, bar one

All homes damaged in the two worst-hit neighborhoods of Kibbutz Be’eri near the Gaza border will be demolished, save for a single house that will...

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The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

Chanukah’s Forgotten War

Every year, Jews around the world light candles for eight nights and tell the same familiar story: When the Holy Temple was regained from the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Lieberman

The Future of Jewish Peoplehood: Without Its Future

An event about the future of Jewish peoplehood should be full of its future. This one wasn’t. A concern that has been sitting quietly in the back...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Karen Klein

The duty to disobey unlawful orders was America’s idea

"Stauffenberg pointed the way: if your obedience requires you to do criminal, unhuman things, you are no longer bound by your oath. A soldier’s...

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The Japan Times

Andreas Kluth

When soft power hardens

When soft power hardens

For decades, Gaza has been viewed primarily through the language of hard power: siege, bombardment, occupation, and overwhelming military...

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Middle East Monitor

Eko Ernada

AI thinks it’s smart. Chimps may beg to differ.

For something so admired, so synonymous with merit, the concept of intelligence is remarkably poorly understood. Our society operates on the...

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The Japan Times

F.d. Flam

Why are divorce rates rising in Egypt?

Why are divorce rates rising in Egypt?

Around 274,000 divorce cases were recorded in Egypt in 2024, marking a 3.1 per cent rise compared to 2023, according to government data. The...

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Middle East Monitor

Mahmoud Hassan

Transactional diplomacy cannot bring peace to Ukraine

The world is holding its breath as diplomacy to end Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine intensifies. But while necessary and welcome,...

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The Japan Times

Oleksandra Matviichuk And Michael O’Flaherty

Trump's New Strategy: A Destructive Course in the Middle East and the Collapse of Traditional Alliances

Trump's New Strategy: A Destructive Course in the Middle East and the Collapse of Traditional Alliances

The Trump administration has released a White House document outlining the principles of U.S. foreign policy and national security strategy. The new...

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New Eastern Outlook

Muhammad Hamid Ad-Din

US senators openly question the Pentagon for possible war crimes

US senators openly question the Pentagon for possible war crimes

Trump’s private war has come under belated scrutiny by Congress, with a parliamentary inquiry by the Armed Services Committee summoning the leaders...

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Il Manifesto Global

Luca Celada

Family of Tanzanian slain on Oct. 7 said to sue Israel for posting video of murder

The family of Joshua Loitu Mollel, an agricultural intern from Tanzania, has reportedly sued the State of Israel for publishing without their...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF says it hit Hezbollah targets, including training site for elite Radwan Force

IDF says it hit Hezbollah targets, including training site for elite Radwan Force

The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday that it carried out a wave of overnight airstrikes in southern Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah sites, including...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Daily Briefing Dec. 9: Day 795 – 22,000 IDF soldiers were wounded since Oct. 7 – in body and soul

Daily Briefing Dec. 9: Day 795 – 22,000 IDF soldiers were wounded since Oct. 7 – in body and soul

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world....

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Left-wing Argentine lawmakers pledge allegiance to ‘free Palestine’ in oaths of office

Left-wing Argentine lawmakers pledge allegiance to ‘free Palestine’ in oaths of office

BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — As 127 newly elected Argentine lawmakers took the oath of office in Buenos Aires last week, several departed from the standard...

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The Times of Israel

Juan Melamed

Trump’s Gaza peace plan faces pitfalls in attempt to shift to its second phase

Trump’s Gaza peace plan faces pitfalls in attempt to shift to its second phase

With the remains of one hostage still in Gaza, the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas is nearly complete,...

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The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

Likud MK threatens deputy attorney general in heated Knesset panel meeting

Likud MK threatens deputy attorney general in heated Knesset panel meeting

Likud MK Moshe Saada threatened Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s deputy during a heated Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee...

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The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

‘Because they have money’: French nanny on trial for poisoning Jewish family

‘Because they have money’: French nanny on trial for poisoning Jewish family

In a case seen as unprecedented in France, a nanny from Algeria is being tried for poisoning the Jewish family she worked for in a suburb of Paris,...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

The Silence on Arab Colonialism

In schools, documentaries, activism, and social movements, most discussions of colonialism focus on European empires—their expansion, forced...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Monique Dietvorst

WTF is a Keffiyeh

It must have been twenty years ago now when I first saw a young person in the West wearing a keffiyeh, the traditional headdress associated with...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bassem Eid

The MOOPs take the Shomron

  Embed from Getty Images On December 7, a date which Frank Roosevelt said would live in infamy, 50 MOOP members set out for an excursion to the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gary Epstein

Compromise as Inevitably Patronizing?

Compromise as Inevitably Patronizing?

Inspired by another visit to Dubai. Another Saturday morning at synagogue in Abu Dhabi and early evening at the Sheikh Zayed Mosque – this time...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harriet Gimpel

Freedom, Mastery, and Joseph: Whom Do You Serve?

Thomas Mann’s magnificent retelling of the Joseph saga captures something the Torah hints at but never states explicitly. In one unforgettable...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Todd Berman