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Pence denounces antisemitism after arson allegedly targets Israeli flag in hometown

Pence denounces antisemitism after arson allegedly targets Israeli flag in hometown

Fire in Zionsville, Indiana, causes $150,000 in damage to historic home; neighboring Indiana Jews join town’s small community in rally condemning...

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

Rahm Emanuel’s Proposal Deserves a Serious Hearing

When I first watched Rahm Emanuel’s speech in Israel, I was struck by the boldness of his proposal. My immediate reaction was that I liked the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mitch Mallett

Sara Netanyahu said pushing to guarantee security detail for family for next 5 years

Sara Netanyahu said pushing to guarantee security detail for family for next 5 years

PM and wife reportedly fear election loss could lead to loss of protection, but agencies see no reason to commit to specific time period; PM’s...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

VOX POPULI: Marine Rescue Japan says to make like a squid in choppy waters

In October 1886, a British merchantman sank off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture. There were 25 Japanese nationals on board, none of whom survived....

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Burqa bans are for losers

Europe is banning cloth again, and this season it is a continental fashion. France went first in 2010 and remains the champion: no niqab on the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tzvi Arieli

The State That Consumes Its Society

The State That Consumes Its Society “If one question must be asked without end, not because we do not know the answer, but because the answer has...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

So who actually controls the Strait of Hormuz?

So who actually controls the Strait of Hormuz?

Both US and Iran claim to be ‘guardian’ of the key waterway, with Trump declaring US will reimpose blockade and charge fees on shipping while...

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The Times of Israel

Mae Anderson

F-35 to Turkey? Why Israel Should Tone Down Its Alarmist Rhetoric

F-35 to Turkey? Why Israel Should Tone Down Its Alarmist Rhetoric

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

Louis Fishman

Bnei Brak set to implement gender segregation on two main streets — report

Bnei Brak set to implement gender segregation on two main streets — report

Following ruling by rabbis, city will put up signs and barriers segregating sidewalks, despite Supreme Court ban on practice in 2017

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The Times of Israel

Michael Horovitz

Long-held strategic assumptions no longer hold

Long-held strategic assumptions no longer hold

It’s been more than 35 years since I started working on Asian affairs. When I began that journey, the United States was a reflexively transatlantic...

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The Japan Times

Brad Glosserman

Leo admonishes Europe at Lampedusa: ‘Victims of decisions made and not made’

Leo admonishes Europe at Lampedusa: ‘Victims of decisions made and not made’

Leo admonishes Europe at Lampedusa: ‘Victims of decisions made and not made’ After a tour of the island in the same popemobile used by Jorge...

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Il Manifesto Global

Luca Kocci

Canada Must Reject Any Attempt to Normalize Relations With Regime in Iran

Recent developments point to a renewed and calculated effort by the Islamic Republic—the occupying regime in Iran—to restore diplomatic and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shabnam Assadollahi

The Price of Dismantling Our Democracy and the Ongoing Occupation

The Price of Dismantling Our Democracy and the Ongoing Occupation

Last week, the Israeli government crossed another dangerous rubicon by announcing that it does not intend to comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nadav Tamir

Never Again Requires a Plan

Never Again Requires a Plan

There is a sound every Jewish parent knows. It is not the shofar. It is not the clink of kiddush cups. It is not the sound of a child asking why this...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jeff Schindler

The Church of England sanctifies anti-Zionism

The Church of England sanctifies anti-Zionism

The Church of England’s General Synod has managed to turn “hearing all sides” into an ecclesiastical form of putting Israel on trial. Its July...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bepi Pezzulli

Candidate vying to replace Platner claims Israel ‘committing genocide in Gaza right now’

Candidate vying to replace Platner claims Israel ‘committing genocide in Gaza right now’

Maine’s Shenna Bellows adopts anti-Israel stance while seeking Democratic nomination for US Senate, as belief in genocide claim becomes increasingly...

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The Times of Israel

Philissa Cramer

السلاح الكيميائي مأزق حكومة بورتسودان

تمثل الاتهامات المتعلقة باستخدام أسلحة كيميائية ضد المدنيين واحدة من أخطر...

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العين الإخبارية

د. أسامة أحمد المصطفى

Halakha’s Kármán Line: Imagined and Real Jews in Space

Halakha’s Kármán Line: Imagined and Real Jews in Space

In the late 1960s or early 1970s, when Rabbi Solomon B. Freehof – the most prolific author of responsa in the American Reform movement – was asked...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Levi Cooper

The Knesset’s Superfluous New Basic Law

I wonder whether the angels in heaven above recited Hallel (the collection of joyous Psalms 113–118, generally said on holidays) this morning in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sherwin Pomerantz

Everything Has Consequences

It is no mere liturgical coincidence that Parshat Devarim always falls on the Shabbat preceding Tisha b’Av, the day that marks the destruction of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mordechai Silverstein

His Excellency the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sudan in the Russian Federation, Mr. Mohammed ELGHAZALI Eltigani Sirrag: “The principles of Russian foreign policy align with current regional and international transformations.”

His Excellency the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sudan in the Russian Federation, Mr. Mohammed ELGHAZALI Eltigani Sirrag: “The principles of Russian foreign policy align with current regional and international transformations.”

His Excellency the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sudan in the Russian Federation, Mr. Mohammed ELGHAZALI Eltigani...

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New Eastern Outlook

Yuliya Novitskaya

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future? Part 2

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future? Part 2

The battlefield has changed. Tanks, fighter jets, intelligence operations, and missile defense systems remain essential, but they are no longer...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Sanaenomics' optimistic ambition to bring back a stronger and richer Japan

Sanaenomics' optimistic ambition to bring back a stronger and richer Japan

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

Kang-Kook Lee

Building a Land, Shaping a People

Building a Land, Shaping a People

The opening verses of Sefer Devarim contain a detail that seems almost incidental: אחד עשר יום מחורב דרך הר שעיר עד קדש...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Cohen

What Budapest’s Pride march taught me about Japan

What Budapest’s Pride march taught me about Japan

BUDAPEST – Pride in Japan has never needed permission. Each summer, hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ rights supporters and allies gather in Tokyo for...

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The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

Church of England urges study of Palestinian Christian document accusing Israel of genocide

Church of England urges study of Palestinian Christian document accusing Israel of genocide

Text ‘risks undermining decades of careful relationship-building’ between Christians and Jews, warns UK’s chief rabbi

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The Times of Israel

Kelly Hartog

Bill extending mandatory military service to 32 months finalized before last plenum votes

Bill extending mandatory military service to 32 months finalized before last plenum votes

Coalition advances legislation despite IDF’s calls to have men serve 36 months instead of current 30 * Trump says he wants Gulf states to reimburse...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Japan looks to Ukraine’s battlefield for defense blueprint

Japan looks to Ukraine’s battlefield for defense blueprint

For the past four and a half years, Japan has watched the war in Ukraine with keen interest — not out of charity alone, but because the conflict...

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The Japan Times

Cory Alpert

Trump weighs taking out Pickaxe nuclear site as US strikes Iran for 3rd night in a row

Trump weighs taking out Pickaxe nuclear site as US strikes Iran for 3rd night in a row

US president says the mountain facility ‘is a possible target for a nice big fat shot’; Islamic Republic launches missile attacks, with UAE...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Poll shows Eisenkot with significant lead over Netanyahu as preferred PM; Knesset blocs static

Poll shows Eisenkot with significant lead over Netanyahu as preferred PM; Knesset blocs static

TV survey says former IDF chief’s Yashar party would get the most votes if election held now, though together with rest of the anti-Netanyahu bloc...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Blagostanje zanje, zategovanje pasu za nas

Blagostanje zanje, zategovanje pasu za nas

Tu in tam nas tuji opazovalci razveselijo s kakšno lepo, celo presenetljivo novico. Ena takih zadeva kakovost življenja v Sloveniji, izmerjeno z...

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Dnevnik

Ranka Ivelja

‘100% woke’ US grad student charged with hoax over ‘kill Jews,’ pro-Trump graffiti

‘100% woke’ US grad student charged with hoax over ‘kill Jews,’ pro-Trump graffiti

Ziheng Fang, who identified as a ‘social justice activist,’ allegedly posted fake threats, hate speech and swastikas around San Jose State...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

I Need Help! Should I Use an AI Chatbot or a Therapist?

I Need Help! Should I Use an AI Chatbot or a Therapist?

Understanding the risks, benefits, and limits of AI mental health support.

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Psychology Today

Judith S. Beck Ph.d

Lindsey Graham’s sister chosen to fulfill remainder of his US Senate term

Lindsey Graham’s sister chosen to fulfill remainder of his US Senate term

‘Lindsey has always been there for me. And now, I will be there for him,’ says Darline Graham Nordone, as special vote to be held to pick new GOP...

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The Times of Israel

Meg Kinnard

5 Signs You're in a One-Sided Friendship (And How to Fix It)

5 Signs You're in a One-Sided Friendship (And How to Fix It)

Not all friendships are fully mutual, and sometimes, that's not OK.

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Psychology Today

Loren Soeiro

Haredim Expect Secular Tel Avivians to Die for the Flag While They're in Yeshiva

Haredim Expect Secular Tel Avivians to Die for the Flag While They're in Yeshiva

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

Nehemia Shtrasler

VOX POPULI: Gen AI always has answers, but it’s no match for critical thinking

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: All sides to blame for reckless imperial house bill passage

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

The Universe Is Not Thinking About You

A viral claim says consciousness flows from the quantum vacuum. Here is what the physics actually permits, and what it forbids. A post circulated on...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

From Morocco to the Amazon: The Extraordinary Journey of Moroccan Jews in Brazil

From Morocco to the Amazon: The Extraordinary Journey of Moroccan Jews in Brazil

I invited journalist Celia Bensadon to share with us a remarkable chapter of Jewish culture in Northern Brazil. Through her words, we are guided into...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silas Anastacio

Limited Liability

There was a time when the list of the world’s largest companies read like an inventory of things, oil, steel, automobiles, commodities that weighed,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gil Mildar

To Risk, or Not to Risk?

To Risk, or Not to Risk?

If you want to flourish, you have to embrace both excitement and fear.

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Psychology Today

Rick Miller Licsw

In major escalation, Yemen’s Houthis target Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport

In major escalation, Yemen’s Houthis target Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport

Iran-backed rebels warn airlines against using Saudi air space as they fire missiles and drones in response to attack on Sanaa International Airport...

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The Times of Israel

Fatma Khaled

Evropa gre v napačno smer

Evropa gre v napačno smer

Ob gledanju vrha Nata vidiš dobesedno burlesko: Donalda Trumpa v sredini, okoli pa sami pomembni predsedniki evropskih držav z lepo naličenimi...

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Dnevnik

Pisma Bralcev

Umaknili obtožbo zoper moškega, ki naj bi župnika ogoljufal za 400 tisoč evrov

Umaknili obtožbo zoper moškega, ki naj bi župnika ogoljufal za 400 tisoč evrov

Tožilstvo je umaknilo obtožbo zoper Sebastjana Macuha, ker naj bi nekdanjega župnika v Motniku in Špitaliču v sedmih letih ogoljufal za najmanj...

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Dnevnik

Mojca Furlan - Rus

Converts, Qiyamah Signs And Iran Bombing Arabs

Rabbi Allen Maller, who served as a Rabbi at Temple Akiba in Culver City, CA for 39 years, has always encouraged non-Jews who are interested in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

Study vs. Sacrifice: An Angry Reflection

It is now 11:15 p.m. here in Israel. Five minutes ago, I was getting ready to go to sleep, trying to wind down from the day. And then I saw the latest...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Naomi Graetz

Brussels Wants to Sanction Israel. Its Own Companies May Pay the Price.

The danger is not in the vote in Brussels. It is in how compliance departments will implement it. As the European Commission prepares to lay out trade...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gerard Filitti

Jezikolumna: Hrvaški zakon o slovenskem jeziku

Jezikolumna: Hrvaški zakon o slovenskem jeziku

Ko je nova ministrica za kulturo, Ignacija Fridl Jarc, na zaslišanju pred odborom državnega zbora izjavila, da si želi »po zgledu Hrvaške...

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Dnevnik

Simon Krek

Milei is banking on credit to drive economic recovery. The market is skeptical

Milei is banking on credit to drive economic recovery. The market is skeptical

While Javier Milei’s government expects energy, mining, and agriculture to remain the main engines of the economy, it is also betting that a new...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Juan Marcos Pollio