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VOX POPULI: War drains the color from daily life, be it clothes or a bag of chips

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

NATO’s Holocaust Problem

A NATO member state has criminalized a Jewish citizen for Facebook speech and invokes the Alliance as cover. The Alliance text remains operative....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eugene J. Levin

The Waqf and the Fund: Islamic Endowments, the English Trust and the PE Parallel

When Blackstone or KKR locks up capital for a decade, structures illiquid holdings around a perpetuity thesis, and appoints stewards answerable to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

‘Indiana Trump’ Barks Again; No Bite Yet

‘Indiana Trump’ Barks Again; No Bite Yet

In the brutal chessboard of Middle Eastern geopolitics, the Spanish proverb perro que ladra no muerde—a dog that barks does not bite—now defines...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

AI won’t replace humans, it will expose weak systems

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The Korea Times

Charles Chang

Marine survey spots rare bird and thriving dolphins

Marine survey spots rare bird and thriving dolphins

Carried out by Israel Nature and Parks Authority, two-day survey along Mediterranean coast is first of its kind since 2022

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The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

Sodni spis ostal brez ključnega dokaza, domnevni bombaš opran krivde

Sodni spis ostal brez ključnega dokaza, domnevni bombaš opran krivde

Na celjskem sodišču so nam potrdili neuradno informacijo, da je bila za Bojana Poplaza, ki mu je obtožnica očitala, da naj bi pred 16 leti na...

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Dnevnik

Mojca Marot

Belgium refuses to renew passport of Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem area beyond Green Line

Belgium refuses to renew passport of Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem area beyond Green Line

Annabelle Herciger-Tenzer, a Pisgat Zeev resident who immigrated to Israel in 1980, says Belgian consulate’s rejection of her request ‘was simply...

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The Times of Israel

Nava Freiberg

At new party’s first rally, Bennett vows to ‘unite the nation’ and enact constitution

At new party’s first rally, Bennett vows to ‘unite the nation’ and enact constitution

Former premier says Likud founders ‘rolling in their graves’ at what party has become under Netanyahu; Lapid: Merger with Bennett is about...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

School Club’s Bus Accident: Lack of Crisis Awareness Enabled Tragedy

School Club’s Bus Accident: Lack of Crisis Awareness Enabled Tragedy

13:30 JST, May 12, 2026 Why did a high school student on a trip to games for his team have to lose his life? Junior high and high schools across the...

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The Japan News

Editorial

Great Promises

Twice a year, the Torah gives us the תוכחה, or rebuke. The first comes before Shavuot, and the second one before Rosh Hashanah. It is a very...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Real Zionists Recognize the Nakba

Why an honest reckoning with the circumstances of Israel’s birth is critical for Israel’s future Israel was not born by immaculate conception....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ariel Beery

Shio III: Georgia, Memory Beyond Empire

 The election of Shio III as Patriarch of Georgia has already triggered predictable reactions across parts of the Western press and among...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel

Armageddon Is Bad, Mahdi Is Good and Messiah’s Word’s Are Wonderful

The three monotheistic Abrahamic religions, all have important information about the evil end of the ‘end of the old world; and the great wonders of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

The accusations that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza are unfounded.

Anti-Israel protesters gather for a pro-Palestinian demonstration, in Rome, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo credit Alessandra Tarantino) Just in the last...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David K. Rees

Facing Amalek: The Unveiled Horrors of October 7

There are moments in history so horrifying that language itself begins to fail. After reading the newly released report documenting the atrocities...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ariana Mizrahi

Luna v vodnjaku

Luna v vodnjaku

Svet postaja vse bolj discipliniran. Od Washingtona do Ljubljane, prek Rima in Budimpešte, je govorica vedno bolj podobna. Domoljubna internacionala...

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Dnevnik

Stefano Lusa

Why Israel Should Fear a Hantavirus Outbreak Amid War With Iran

Why Israel Should Fear a Hantavirus Outbreak Amid War With Iran

The watch window has just opened The outbreak of Andes hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius, the Dutch-flagged cruise ship that left Ushuaia on April 1...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Celeo Ramirez

Taiwan: setbacks in “autonomous” international positioning

Taiwan: setbacks in “autonomous” international positioning

Taiwan: setbacks in “autonomous” international positioning Serious setbacks have marked the latest attempts by Taiwan’s current leadership to...

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New Eastern Outlook

Vladimir Terehov

Zaščita živali: Ali 203 občine, ki so ignorirale poziv, čaka globa?

Zaščita živali: Ali 203 občine, ki so ignorirale poziv, čaka globa?

Občine bi morale upravi za varno hrano do konca marca sporočiti, s katerim zavetiščem so imele lani sklenjeno pogodbo o oskrbi zapuščenih...

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Dnevnik

Tatjana Pihlar

Applied Perek Shirah: Spiritual Therapy Through the Song of Creation

Applied Perek Shirah: Spiritual Therapy Through the Song of Creation

There are books that a person studies, and there are books that slowly begin studying the person. For me, Perek Shirah became the second kind. At...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mikhail Salita

Does frequent worship lead to better mental health? Often, but not always, experts say

Does frequent worship lead to better mental health? Often, but not always, experts say

Worldwide, the landscape of religion is not serene. Many denominations have been racked by divisions. In some regions, believers are targeted with...

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Japan Today

David Crary

In the Łódź Ghetto, Jews defied Nazis through art. Now it is exhibited in Jerusalem

In the Łódź Ghetto, Jews defied Nazis through art. Now it is exhibited in Jerusalem

The second-largest city in Poland had a thriving Jewish cultural scene before The Third Reich incarcerated 164,000 Jews for slave labor. A Yad Vashem...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Today’s cybersecurity systems are not ready for AI

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The Korea Times

Sheldon H. Jacobson

Israel & Trinidad and Tobago: Mirrors & Parallels – Part 2

PART 2 of 3: Israel-Trinidad and Tobago Mirrors and Parallels. America and Israel; America and Trinidad and Tobago; America-Israel-Trinidad and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nicholas Jagdeo

Počasne mišice opozarjajo na počasne možgane

Počasne mišice opozarjajo na počasne možgane

Podrobna analiza najnovejših rezultatov meritev otrok in mladostnikov za športnovzgojni karton bo sicer znana ob koncu maja, prvi podatki pa za zdaj...

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Dnevnik

Tina Jereb

The Return of Jewish Power

The Return of Jewish Power

Nearly a decade ago, a Christian friend told me something that has stayed with me ever since. After converting to Christianity, he apologized to me...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Matthew Robin

The Devil Wears Football Cleats

My boys and I love going to the movies together. It is one of the great blessings of fatherhood: sitting in the dark next to your children, eating...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Noam raucher

The Standard Depends on the Target

The Standard Depends on the Target

How extraordinary allegations against Israel are amplified with minimal scrutiny while documented atrocities against Israelis faced hesitation,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Juda Engelmayer

When Children Witness Domestic Violence

When Children Witness Domestic Violence

Children experience violence with their whole selves.

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Psychology Today

Wendy B Smith Ph.d. Lcsw

United By Music (Except When It’s Israel)

United By Music (Except When It’s Israel)

This week, a 28-year-old from Ra’anana named Noam Bettan walks onto a stage in Vienna to sing a three-minute French-language pop ballad about a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jaclyn s. clark

Toronto Real Estate 2026: Operations Over Capital for Jewish Investors

A diaspora investor in Tel Aviv learns about the leak from a building manager’s email three days after a supply line behind the dishwasher gave way....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Pierre raymond

When Words Stop Meaning What They Mean

When Words Stop Meaning What They Mean

When Words Stop Meaning What They Mean By Michael Gencher, Executive Director StandWithUs Australia In Sydney, Australia, we witnessed something that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Gencher

Iran And The U.S. Are Enmeshed In An Impasse

The United States and Israel appear to have reached diametrically opposed conclusions regarding the outcome of the still unsettled war in Iran. The...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sheldon Kirshner

Gov't Oversight in PM's Pocket: Netanyahu Set to Appoint Lawyer as Comptroller

Gov't Oversight in PM's Pocket: Netanyahu Set to Appoint Lawyer as Comptroller

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

Haaretz

Farewell Letter to our Neighbors

Several years before October 7, we became friends with a young married couple living next door to us.  They were a Black woman and a White woman who...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kim friedman landau

Milei applies chainsaw to public transport amid questions to austerity plan

Milei applies chainsaw to public transport amid questions to austerity plan

As part of its goal of maintaining the fiscal surplus at any cost, Javier Milei’s government will implement a significant increase in fares for...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Juan marcos pollio

Cannes-winning writer claims actors ‘blacklisted’ for opposing Israel amid Gaza war

Cannes-winning writer claims actors ‘blacklisted’ for opposing Israel amid Gaza war

‘Shame on Hollywood:’ Paul Laverty lashes out at studios as he defends Susan Sarandon, Javier Bardem and Mark Ruffalo

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Flotilla activists Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek released from Israeli prison

Flotilla activists Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek released from Israeli prison

Flotilla activists Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek released from Israeli prison The arrest of the Brazilian Ávila and the Spanish-Palestinian Abu...

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Il Manifesto Global

Mario di Vito

Korea’s risk-free schools

Children participate in a sports day event at Seogyo Elementary School in Mapo District, Seoul, in this May 3, 2024 photo. Korea Times photo by Park...

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The Korea Times

Yoon ja-young

Holding Complexity on Yom Yerushalayim

This Friday is Jerusalem Day, and for me and my family, it’s one of the most meaningful days of the year. It marks the reunification of Jerusalem...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David begoun

الإمارات بعد الحرب.. دبلوماسية ما بعد الصراع

في بيئة إقليمية تتسم بتزايد الأزمات وتراجع فاعلية آليات إدارتها التقليدية، تتجه...

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العين الإخبارية

د. خلفان سلطان الكندي

90 Years of the World Jewish Congress: the world that promised “never again”

Ninety years ago, in 1936, the World Jewish Congress was founded in Geneva. Europe was already beginning to exhale the smell of moral collapse. Nazism...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silas Anastacio

Iran said to retain access to 30 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz

Iran said to retain access to 30 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz

Australia says it will join ‘strictly defensive’ Hormuz naval mission led by France and UK * Lebanon reports 13 killed in south on Tuesday by...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

298 Pages of Evidence. The New York Times Ran the Other Story.

On the night before the most comprehensive evidentiary reckoning with Hamas’s documented, command-directed sexual terrorism, the New York Times ran...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gerard Filitti

Trump says US will ‘finish the job’ against Iran, ‘peacefully or otherwise’

Trump says US will ‘finish the job’ against Iran, ‘peacefully or otherwise’

‘I don’t think we need any help with Iran,’ US president insists as he heads to China; Islamic Republic remains defiant, claims US must accept...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Sojenje za poskus uboja šest let "čakalo v predalu"

Sojenje za poskus uboja šest let

Sojenje Logatčanu Davidu Rovanu zaradi poskusa uboja strica, lažje poškodbe mame in groženj policistom leta 2017 še zdaleč ni končano. Zdaj se...

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Dnevnik

Mojca Furlan - Rus

Is Lithuania Safe for Jews?

Lithuania is physically safe for Jews. It is not safe for Jewish speech. Every Jew on Lithuanian soil should consider emigrating. Lithuania is not...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Grant Arthur Gochin

The Slow Crumble of Netanyahu's Eternal Rule Was on Full Display

The Slow Crumble of Netanyahu's Eternal Rule Was on Full Display

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

Yoana Gonen

Pope Leo, Robert Jeffress, Protestant Realism, & Iran

Pope Leo, Robert Jeffress, Protestant Realism, & Iran

The growing divide between Pope Leo and many conservative Protestants over Iran, Israel, and war is about much more than politics. Underneath the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tim Orr