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Daily Briefing Sept. 21 – Potential Saudi-US defense pact: Performative politics?

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel said to carry out drone strike just across Syrian border, killing two

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they unfold. An Iranian court has given two death sentences to a Tajik man convicted of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Man indicted for murdering his father, attempting to murder his mother

A man was indicted Thursday for allegedly murdering his father and attempting to murder his mother, in a shocking assault while they were visiting...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Iranian president sees no obstacle to establishing ties with Egypt

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said that he sees no hindrance to renewing ties with Egypt that have been severed for decades, and noted that a...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Campaign to free Israeli killer of Palestinian family raises over NIS 1.2 million

A fundraising campaign aimed at freeing from prison a Jewish extremist convicted of killing three members of a Palestinian family in a 2015 arson...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Gaza pedestrian crossing remains closed for 7th day, may open only after Yom Kippur

Israel has kept shut its sole pedestrian crossing with the Gaza Strip for the past seven days in response to rioting on the border, and it is...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Security guard lightly hurt in suspected ramming at Jerusalem checkpoint

An Israeli security guard was lightly injured in a suspected car-ramming attack at the Qalandiya checkpoint north of Jerusalem on Thursday, police...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Israel accused of assassinating two in Syria drone strike, close to border

Two men were killed in an alleged Israeli drone strike in southern Syria on Thursday, media outlets affiliated with Syria’s opposition reported....

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Final probe into prominent German Reform rabbi affirms abuse of power allegations

JTA — A long-awaited final report has arrived in the investigation of a leading German Reform rabbi and his partner after allegations of abuse of...

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The Times of Israel

Toby Axelrod

Annual Yom Kippur mass prayer tests the limits of Tel Aviv’s vaunted liberalism

Dizengoff Square is an iconic traffic circle in Tel Aviv that’s part of one of the city’s main shopping areas, thanks to the many designer shops...

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The Times of Israel

Canaan Lidor

Lithuania president honors those who saved Jewish artifacts during and post-Holocaust

New York Jewish Week via JTA — The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research welcomed Lithuania’s president to its Manhattan headquarters Monday to honor...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Medical school craze

Concentration of talent darkens Korea Inc.’s future Being a doctor is now the most desired career in the eyes of young Koreans and their parents....

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The Korea Times

Editorial

Nodding in Hebrew

I have a confession to make. After living 50 years in Israel, my Hebrew is still not up to par. I watch the nightly newscast on television and read...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ellis Shuman

The Saudi Powerhouse: Peace, Prosperity, and Caution

In a 2022 report published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Saudi Arabia emerged as the fastest-growing economy among G20 nations. The...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Evyatar (Evy) Duek

Doing the Daf as Israel implodes

Kiddushin, the tractate of the Talmud that is currently being dissected around the world, devotes a great deal of time to explaining why women are...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Pamela Peled

Learning from Gedalia

Tzom Gedaliah is a minor fast day in Judaism and one I didn’t learn about as a child. When I learned about it this year, I was surprised by how...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Raz Chen

Germany AFD far right, the unavoidable rise and antisemitism

Less than a year away from the European elections on June 9, 2024, will 2024 be the year of “even more to the right”, when the famous glass...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Francis Moritz

This Cold War is different

By Mark Leonard BERLIN ? U.S. President Joe Biden recently brought the leaders of allies Japan and South Korea to Camp David to discuss how to...

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The Korea Times

Guest Column

Countering North Korean ballistic missile submarines; choices for the threat

By Chun In-bum In the rapidly evolving landscape of international security, the recent unveiling of a modified Soviet-era submarine by North Korea...

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The Korea Times

Guest Column

Hard to choose: Canada and the Quad

  By Gwynne Dyer   First Prize: Two Fabulous Days in Beautiful Delhi! Second Prize: Four Days in Delhi! Having to wait an extra two days in Delhi...

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The Korea Times

Guest Column

Where do you stand on possible ballot questions?

A spot on the November 2024 state ballot remains in play for the most closely-watched initiative petitions, including the removal of the MCAS test...

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The Korea Times

Tribune Service

A Book Launch

Ever since Yigal (my other half) retired from his high-powered high-tech career he has been involved in numerous non-high-tech activities. These...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Rome is gone; we’re not

It’s a familiar tale: A poor and simple man, driven by faith, encounters a windfall. It could be gold, real estate, inheritance or the lottery....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steve Rodan

A Tale of Two Machzors, Or Three

In an earlier piece, posted during the Autumn Yom Tov season last year, we discussed the 1785 edition of the Machzor, first produced in London in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Latchman

Emergency landing, a T-shirt and Leonard Cohen

December 1992 We were headed back to Tel-Aviv, after completing our 10-day assignment in Somalia, where we covered the raging famine and the bloody...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Hanani Rapoport

Trudeau prioritises politics over policy

India and Canada are natural allies sharing democratic values, diversity and multiculturalism, burgeoning economic ties, educational and research...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vivek Shukla

God’s Introspection on Yom Kippur

While we are all called upon to engage in introspection and to correct our ways during this time of the year, there is someone else who engages in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Harbater

The Problem with our Jewish Bookshelf

I have a dream. It is one we all share – to transform and truly unify the Jewish people. And, I have an idea, which can lead to true unity. I am...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonnie Schnytzer

Can a toddler really apologize? (And other thoughts on Yom Kippur)

“Don’t you dare,” I said, just milliseconds before a red Matchbox car came catapulting toward my head. I scowled at my 2-year-old and gave him a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rachel Seelig

A pact for people and planet

  Anne-Marie Slaughter By Anne-Marie Slaughter, Ilona Szabó, Jayati Ghosh and Poonam Ghimire WASHINGTON, DC/RIO DE JANEIRO/NEW DELHI — Our...

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The Korea Times

Guest Column

Big agriculture doesn’t want a fair Farm Bill

By Rebecca Wolf The United States’ food system is facing a crisis eerily similar to what we experienced almost 100 years ago: A...

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The Korea Times

Tribune Service

What Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand About U.S. Jews

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Haaretz

Halie Soifer

The Sentencing Disparities Effect of Plea Bargaining

* Summary of presentation given on the 6th of September 2023, at the EUROCRIM2023 conference held in Florence, Italy. “Bargaining in the shadow of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yosef Zohar

Needed urgently: An Abraham Accords dividend

September marks the anniversaries of both the Oslo Accords, at 30 years, and the Abraham Accords signed three years ago. The convergence of these...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Glenn Yago

The 2023-2024 Gaza Terror Campaign

Four different factors are about to cause an explosion of the Gaza Strip powder keg. While none of these factors have anything to do with Israel,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Maurice Hirsch

There is No Place Like Home

Like many of my readers, and unlike my wife and children, I am an Israeli by choice. I immigrated to Israel nearly 46 years ago. My wife and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gershon Baskin

Western media is one-eyed when it comes to the Derna tragedy

Before reaching Libya on Sunday, 10 September, Storm Daniel passed through Bulgaria, Greece and Turkiye, leaving behind a trail of destruction and...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Hussein Munther has died, but the ‘Voice of the Palestinian Revolution’ lives on

Whenever Israeli soldiers stormed our neighbourhood in a Gaza refugee camp, we would rush to hide the few VHS tapes of the band Al-Asheqeen that we...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Ramzy Baroud

Kim's dubious deal with Putin

  By Donald Kirk Kim Jong-un’s magical mystery tour through the Russian Far East may have added a frightening dimension to the standoff between...

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The Korea Times

Donald Kirk

Whither the G20?

TOKYO – Following the latest G20 summit, held in New Delhi earlier this month, there is no longer any doubt about India’s central position in...

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Project Syndicate

Takatoshi Ito

The physics of music

By turning a hose, concrete and jelly into trumpets, this video melds science, history and art to explain the physics of music - by Aeon Video...

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Aeon

Aeon Video

It's time for Canada to implement a foreign policy reset

This week, Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, accused India of involvement in the assassination of a Canadian Sikh activist on Canadian soil,...

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The Japan Times

Stephen R. Nagy

Measuring Corruption in China

MADISON/NEW YORK – Bribery of public officials remains a major problem across the developing world and in some developed countries, too. Studies...

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Project Syndicate

Yongheng Deng

America Must Join Europe’s Climate Club

MIDDLETOWN/MYSTIC – In 2005, the European Union established the Emissions Trading System, the world’s first, and largest, market for carbon...

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Project Syndicate

Gary Yohe

Making the Most of Africa’s Strategic Green Minerals

ADDIS ABABA – With the global transition to cleaner technologies underway, Africa has the natural resources to race ahead. The continent is a...

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Project Syndicate

Marit Kitaw

Male Friendships: Developing and Enriching a Network

Many men would like better friendships but feel awkward about reaching out.

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Psychology Today

Linda S Austin M.d

Hormones Help Predict Who’s Likely to Suffer During Stress

Insights from a study on stress hormones in pregnant and non-pregnant women.

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Psychology Today

Jutta Joormann Ph.d

Why Russell Brand is unlikely to face actual justice

Last week, the controversial comedian and movie star Russell Brand became the latest high-profile target of the #MeToo movement. This should not...

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RT.com

Graham Hryce

Corporate 'inclusion' must apply to business partners too

Multinationals need to ensure that suppliers treat their workers with respect

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Nikkei Asian Review

Yuka Fujimoto

الصين والتعاون في العصر الجديد

تقام الدورة السادسة لمعرض الصين والدول العربية في الفترة من 21 إلى 24 سبتمبر/أيلول...

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العين الإخبارية

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