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America is Profiteering on the Coffins of Innocent Iranians

America is Profiteering on the Coffins of Innocent Iranians The ongoing war in the Middle East has seen American defense companies making gargantuan...

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New Eastern Outlook

Pranay Kumar Shome

Guterres Shields Offenders While Targeting Israel

Guterres Shields Offenders While Targeting Israel

António Guterres has spent nine years claiming to combat sexual exploitation while presiding over an institution that shields its own offenders. At...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

1869. Eça de Queiroz in the Holy Land

JEWISH MOMENTS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL 1869. Eça de Queiroz in the Holy Land Eça de Queiroz’s Palestine chronicles occupy a distinctive place at the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Pereira

Miami chef earns first Michelin star for kosher restaurant

Miami chef earns first Michelin star for kosher restaurant

‘Growing up in Jerusalem, I was surrounded by incredible flavors, spices and food that told stories,’ says Raz Shabtai, whose restaurant, Mutra,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Tech-MAGA Breakup Is Coming

The Tech-MAGA Breakup Is Coming

PARIS—Few political marriages are stranger than the one binding Donald Trump’s MAGA movement to the newly ascendant “Tech Right”—the cohort...

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Project Syndicate

Stephen Holmes

Books and Stuff

Books and Stuff

Last week, having missed the bus from Tel Aviv to Mevasseret, I found myself unexpectedly on the train. My natural instinct on being in that situation...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

IDF troops apparently fire at civilian plane, mistaking it for drone; none hurt

IDF troops apparently fire at civilian plane, mistaking it for drone; none hurt

Soldiers deployed to Beit El after locals report several drones overhead; later confirmed to be jetliner whose flight path was shifted eastward; IDF...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Naso-Behalotecha: The Curse of Misguided Peace

The Eternal shall bless you and keep you, the Eternal will make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Eternal will lift up His countenance...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Goyo gakusha: Welcome to Japan’s new cancel culture

Goyo gakusha: Welcome to Japan’s new cancel culture

On May 2, demonstrators opposed to amending Japan’s “peace” Constitution gathered outside the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo....

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The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

Why We Laugh—and Why It Is Good for Us

Why We Laugh—and Why It Is Good for Us

The neuroscience of laughter and smile.

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Psychology Today

Michiko Kimura Bruno M.d

3 Boundaries Every Relationship Needs

3 Boundaries Every Relationship Needs

Three ways that "selfish" boundaries can strengthen your relationships.

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

Daily Briefing May 29 – What are the costs of Orthodox Judaism in the Diaspora?

Daily Briefing May 29 – What are the costs of Orthodox Judaism in the Diaspora?

Reporter Zev Stub details the steep expenses carried by US Jewish communities and describes what immigrants globally seek when buying homes in Israel

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The Times of Israel

Gabriella jacobs

Displacement, hunger push some desperate families in Gaza to marry off their children

Displacement, hunger push some desperate families in Gaza to marry off their children

Around 20.6% of marriages in Gaza last year were with girls under 18; many face abuse, rape, and difficult pregnancies

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The Times of Israel

Toqa ezzidin

What Price Hormuz?

What Price Hormuz?

HONG KONG—A partial reopening of the Strait of Hormuz may be on the horizon. But is a lasting regional settlement any closer?

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Project Syndicate

Simon Johnson

Rabbinical school turf war brews in Ohio over Hebrew Union College’s assets

Rabbinical school turf war brews in Ohio over Hebrew Union College’s assets

College for Contemporary Judaism, which aims to become new home for liberal rabbinical students in the Midwest, files motion in state lawsuit in hopes...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Lapin

A Professor Should Work Hard and Grade Easy

A Professor Should Work Hard and Grade Easy

AUSTIN—“Lies! Nothing but lies!” So complained my niece, if I recall correctly, as she soldiered through Harvard’s introductory economics...

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Project Syndicate

James K. Galbraith

When Rights Are Sold Back as Concessions

When Rights Are Sold Back as Concessions

Wars do not always continue through explosions. Sometimes the more dangerous phase begins when the noise falls, markets steady and governments hurry...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Never Too Late to Shine

All too often those of us who work in elder care confront ageism and ageist attitudes. We hear people talk about “those people” when referring to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Carol Silver Elliott

Ako sa z Drakea stal Netflix hip-hopu

Smerovanie kariéry ustupuje ekonomike streamovania.

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SME.sk

Peter a. berry

Beyond Gaza: The expanding geography of displacement

Beyond Gaza: The expanding geography of displacement

The War on Gaza continues and has not stopped. It is even expanding to wider geography of displacement and has been unfolding across the Eastern...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Oroub El-Abed

What Abraham Refused: The Ishmaels of the Modern World

What Abraham Refused: The Ishmaels of the Modern World

Millions of Muslims around the world are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Adha. Once again, the story of Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael is...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Ayşe Duran Yilmaz

The Security Council Demeans Itself Once Again

The United Nations has added Israel to its list of countries accused of using sexual violence as a weapon in conflict, placing it alongside Hamas and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sherwin Pomerantz

Cynická obluda: Fico sa pýta, prečo vlastne menil Ústavu

Najskôr sa rozčúlil, potom položil otázku a keď si na ňu odpovedal, upokojil sa.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Learn Not to Be a Self-Inflicted Victim of Embarrassment

Learn Not to Be a Self-Inflicted Victim of Embarrassment

A Personal Perspective: Embarrassment stems from unrealistic expectations.

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Psychology Today

Toni Bernhard J.d

How Unnamed Gender Norms Are Harming Collective Well-Being

How Unnamed Gender Norms Are Harming Collective Well-Being

Say patriarchy. The threat Americans ignore.

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Psychology Today

Mark o'connell lcsw-r

Razrešeni predsednik sodišča nad sodni svet, sodba ne bo spremenila ničesar

Razrešeni predsednik sodišča nad sodni svet, sodba ne bo spremenila ničesar

Razrešeni predsednik ljubljanskega okrožnega sodišča Marjan Pogačnik pred senatom vrhovnega sodišča izpodbija svojo razrešitev. Tudi če bo s...

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Dnevnik

Peter Lovšin

The Israelites had miracles. They wanted cucumbers. And garlic

If Beha’alotecha teaches us anything, it is that human beings can survive slavery, witness miracles, receive Divine revelation, eat food delivered...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Talyah Ginsberg

Should You Be More Entitled?

Should You Be More Entitled?

Believing you deserve less than others can lead you to accept unfairness.

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Psychology Today

Pia Owens

Roglič morda vendarle na dirko po Franciji

Roglič morda vendarle na dirko po Franciji

Fotografije, ki so razvnele domišljijo navijačev Primoža Rogliča.

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Dnevnik

Miha andolšek

Azija prehiteva Zahod: Mumbaj novi New York, a največ superbogatih ne bo iz Indije

Azija prehiteva Zahod: Mumbaj novi New York, a največ superbogatih ne bo iz Indije

Medtem ko sta New York in London še vedno sinonim za globalno bogastvo, se prihodnost ustvarjanja premoženja vse bolj seli v države v razvoju. Po...

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Dnevnik

Jk

Scaloni confirms Argentina squad for the World Cup: Who’s made the cut?

Scaloni confirms Argentina squad for the World Cup: Who’s made the cut?

Argentina’s men’s national football team head coach Lionel Scaloni confirmed on Thursday the list of players that will represent the country at...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

What Can Slime Molds Teach Psychologists About Learning?

What Can Slime Molds Teach Psychologists About Learning?

Learning may be defined by behavior, not by brains.

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Psychology Today

The learning and implicit processes lab

What the Smartphone Revolution Is Doing to Us Psychologically

What the Smartphone Revolution Is Doing to Us Psychologically

You haven't called anyone in weeks. That's not laziness; it's psychology.

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Psychology Today

Rosanna e. guadagno ph.d

Artist of sympathy and cruelty

Artist of sympathy and cruelty Mozart’s genius lay in writing music of such power that he could draw his audience into morally wrenching...

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Aeon

Dorian bandy

Editor's Choice: When sanctions drive innovation, Huawei's 'Her's Law' challenge

Editor's Choice: When sanctions drive innovation, Huawei's 'Her's Law' challenge

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

Akito Tanaka

You Are What You Eat: Kashrus, Humanity, and Rambams Blunt Truth Chulin 37-39

You Are What You Eat: Kashrus, Humanity, and the Rambam’s Blunt Truth Our Gemara on Amud Beis relates the prophet Yechezkel’s reaction to a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Simcha Feuerman

Greek man charged in UK over suspected Iranian plot to target dissident journalist

Greek man charged in UK over suspected Iranian plot to target dissident journalist

Unnamed reporter works for London-based Persian news outlet Iran International, whose premises were also targeted in April in an attempted arson...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

Stop blaming Netanyahu, stupid . . .

Stop blaming Netanyahu, stupid . . .

Benjamin Netanyahu and his partners in the Israeli government, Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich among others, did not descend from Mars. They are...

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Middle East Monitor

Jamal Kanj

Central Banking in an Age of Global Supply Shocks

Central Banking in an Age of Global Supply Shocks

TOKYO—As G7 finance ministers were meeting in Paris this month, the bond market was telling us what their official communiqués would not. The...

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Project Syndicate

Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan

Why Does Everyone Else Seem to Know Who They Are?

Why Does Everyone Else Seem to Know Who They Are?

The philosophy of the unstoried life

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Psychology Today

Imi Lo Ma

Stephan Bodian on Our Innate Drive to Awaken

Stephan Bodian on Our Innate Drive to Awaken

Our drive to awaken emerges as an inner crisis and leads to a shift in identity.

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Psychology Today

Mark Matousek

Cynická obluda: Keď Matovič nemôže, Hlina pomôže

Čoho všeličoho mohlo byť tento týždeň všade plno, keby nebolo plno Alojzovho divadielka.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

When the Mayor Refuses to March With the Jews

When the Mayor Refuses to March With the Jews

New York’s mayor does not have to agree with every Israeli government policy to march in the Israel Day Parade. But when he refuses to stand with...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen M. Flatow

The Meeting Agenda Is a Values Document

An agenda may look like a list of topics, but it quietly teaches an organization what leadership values. What gets time, what gets delayed, and what...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Bresler

Park Slope NY voted against Palestinians

I was eight years old when my family was relocated from the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem to the Shuafat Refugee Camp outside the city....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bassem Eid

How the end of the nuclear file could reshape Iran, and the region

How the end of the nuclear file could reshape Iran, and the region

Iran’s decision to act on its long-promised threat to close the Strait of Hormuz has brought United States countermeasures in the form of a US naval...

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Al Jazeera

Hossein Derakhshan

Thus Shall You Bless

A tender father-son moment with Hersh appears at the end of Rachel Polin-Goldberg’s new book. Twice every Shabbat morning, Jon would cover Hersh in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Hamilton

The gift of Shabbat to one’s spiritual life assumes a wider, political profile

Would I observe Shabbat? That was the first major test of my faith, some four decades ago, soon after I had joined the ranks of the baalei teshuvah,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steve Lipman

The ceasefire illusion: Managing genocide under the “Board of Peace”

The ceasefire illusion: Managing genocide under the “Board of Peace”

For two years, images of dead Palestinian children, flattened neighbourhoods and starving civilians flooded television screens and social media feeds...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Mustafa Fetouri

(REKLI SO) Miha Šalehar: Dan mladosti

(REKLI SO) Miha Šalehar: Dan mladosti

"Nekoč je bil današnji dan dan mladosti in nekoč sem bil tudi sam mlad. Danes nisem več mlad, čeprav se mi zdi, da tudi star nisem, je pa to...

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Večer

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