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The Unholy Legacy Of Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme ruler of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East until his...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sheldon Kirshner

Purim and Finding the Happy Medium between Noise and Silence

Silence is the world’s natural resting state, yet to us, it can feel deeply unsettling. The very concept of “awkward silence” is built on the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eytan Saenger

Dueling Times Square rallies on Iran distill differing visions for America

Dueling Times Square rallies on Iran distill differing visions for America

Leftists decry ‘imperialist’ war, before Iranians and allies celebrate strikes on regime in the same place, underlining opposing views toward the...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead

Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead

And Sadly, So Is the Women’s Movement! The “Supreme Leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is dead. It’s heartbreaking to watch the exuberant,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Abe Gurko

Watch what happens

Israel is saving the world. Trump is joining Israel in this effort. Watch what happens. With Khamenei out of the picture, with Hezbollah severely...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yoseph Janowski

Argentina’s CGT will file legal complaints against Milei’s labor reform

Argentina’s CGT will file legal complaints against Milei’s labor reform

The General Confederation of Labor (CGT), Argentina’s largest trade union organization, will file two legal complaints against the labor reform...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Facundo Iglesia

This Too Will Pass — And That Is Precisely the Point

The phrase “This too shall pass” is among the most enduring expressions in human thought. Its power lies in a simple but demanding truth:...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

Suspect in New York Chabad headquarters ramming hit with federal charges

Suspect in New York Chabad headquarters ramming hit with federal charges

Dan Sohail charged with intentionally damaging religious property, after hate crimes accusations in local US court; NYPD data shows 21 bias incidents...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

The Psychology of Fair Labor

The Psychology of Fair Labor

How decent work shapes health and human dignity.

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Psychology Today

Mindbridge Center

Learning Depends on Regulation, Not Just Motivation

Learning Depends on Regulation, Not Just Motivation

Why environment and stress shape whether learning is possible.

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Psychology Today

Erin Peavey

The World is Awakening this Purim!

The World is Awakening this Purim!

At the open of the sixth chapter of the Megillah, king Ahashverosh is unable to sleep: “בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא נָדְדָה...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Pinny Arnon

Is Romance on TV Ruining My Chances for a Relationship?

Is Romance on TV Ruining My Chances for a Relationship?

Why we love the romance genre and how to keep realistic expectations about love.

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Psychology Today

Jeannette K Correa Ph.d

For or Against: Scrolling

For or Against: Scrolling

Not masquerading for Purim, it’s my true face – inability to take a stand. Guilty as accused: you changed your mind? Didn’t you just say the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harriet Gimpel

El Al: Israel’s Air Bridge Under Fire

El Al: Israel’s Air Bridge Under Fire

When Israel comes under fire, international airlines suspend flights to Tel Aviv within hours—driven by rising risk, insurance costs, and airspace...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Ask, Tell, Teach

Ask, Tell, Teach

Educate by encouragement and instruction, not by demand.

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Psychology Today

Janet L. Jones Ph.d

The Hodge Twins and the Cost of Mob Appeal

The Hodge Twins and the Cost of Mob Appeal

When Commentary Loses Its Compass: My Disappointment with the Hodge Twins I started watching the Hodge Twins years ago, long before they were...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Monique Dietvorst

Trump’s Domestic Headwinds

Trump’s Domestic Headwinds

Immediately following President Trump’s wise and courageous Operation Epic Fury attack on terrorist state Iran, objections from his usual critics...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alan Newman

The New Term: Zionaphobia

Zionaphobia is a term that people should get used to using.  It deserves to be amplified far and wide. According to Wikitionary “Zionaphobia means...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Daniel Rosen

Our Core Beliefs Impact How We Interpret and React to Things

Our Core Beliefs Impact How We Interpret and React to Things

An important skill for improving anxiety is to identify problematic patterns.

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Psychology Today

Britney chesworth phd

Emanuel Baptist Church Turns Sunday School into Holocaust Memorial Visit

Emanuel Baptist Church Turns Sunday School into Holocaust Memorial Visit

Pastor Rui Santos, of Emanuel Baptist Church in Ipiranga (São Paulo), decided to transform the traditional Sunday School class into a unique...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silas Anastacio

New York Jewish Democratic leaders condemn campaign against Iran

New York Jewish Democratic leaders condemn campaign against Iran

Statements against US-Israeli airstrikes underline differences with mainstream Jewish organizations

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

We All Share a Stake in What Happens in Iran

I spent 16 years in government. In the Florida State Senate, we became the first state in America to stand up to Iran’s brutal regime by cutting off...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ted Deutch

Listening for Ourselves: Megillah in a Time of War

I sent a note to friends in Israel this week. I shared something I’d written about Purim — about living with uncertainty, the emotional whiplash...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven C. Wernick

REMINDER: Iran Hasn’t Changed since 1979. Why Do We Pretend It Has?

REMINDER: Iran Hasn’t Changed since 1979. Why Do We Pretend It Has?

I was about to have a Golani whiskey with a cigar on my balcony, watching the Mediterranean sky turn gold over Tel Aviv, when Iran reminded me —...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alan P. Gross

Infrastructure Security and the Future of State to Nation U.S.–Israel Alignment

Infrastructure Security and the Future of State to Nation U.S.–Israel Alignment

For decades, the U.S.–Israel relationship has been anchored in defense cooperation, intelligence coordination, and diplomatic alignment. That...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Laura Hatton

Trump's 'America First' campaign battle cry gives way to military strikes abroad

Trump's 'America First' campaign battle cry gives way to military strikes abroad

President Donald Trump, whose fierce denunciation of military adventurism abroad fueled his unlikely rise to the top of the Republican Party, risks...

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Japan Today

Steven Sloan

The Lemonade Stand for Justice

The Lemonade Stand for Justice

On October 7, 2023, a bunch of super evil terrorists attacked Israel. They ran through their tunnels deep in the pits of hell, fell from fire in the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Molly Livingstone

Reclaiming the Body After Trauma

Reclaiming the Body After Trauma

Personal Perspective: Tattoos can mark agency, integration, and return to self.

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Psychology Today

Adrian Fletcher Psy.d

Who Knows?

Who Knows?

When our moment has finally arrived, will we know it? Read superficially, the Purim story follows a familiar arc. The wicked Haman plots to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Matthew Rosenberg

Za Jurajom Javorským

Lúčime sa s kolegom a zástupcom šéfredaktora Denníka N, ktorý pôsobil aj v SME.

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SME.sk

Roman krpelan

The Purim Blueprint: Breaking the Messiah Mindset

The Purim Blueprint: Breaking the Messiah Mindset

As we enter into Purim I want to comment on a chronic illness of the Jewish people. The Messiah Mindset: a phenomenon that has seen Jewish inaction...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joshua Dubin

100% Civilian Casualties Does Not Bother Sarandon

100% Civilian Casualties Does Not Bother Sarandon

The Regressive Left — Sarandon, Mamdani, AOC, Talib — and the Conspiratorial Right — Owens, Carlson, Fuentes — have again joined forces to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Guy ginton

The Book of Mordecai

With no disrespect intended, the Bible got it wrong. The Book of Esther should be “The Book of Mordecai”. But there was good reason to get it...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Barry L. Schwartz

As war widens, Trump says US has yet to launch largest strikes on Iran

As war widens, Trump says US has yet to launch largest strikes on Iran

On third day, Tehran increases attacks on region; US president doesn’t rule out ground troops; IDF targets Iran’s air defense, leadership,...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Recipe: Stir Fry During Ballistic Missile Attacks

Recipe: Stir Fry During Ballistic Missile Attacks

We all know that special type of hungry you get when you spend the entire day running up and down from your bomb shelter. Well, I’ve got just the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Noam yaffe

Confessions of a Gentile Zionist—Part 4

Confessions of a Gentile Zionist—Part 4

Not to excuse Italian Fascism, but my experience in Italy and my knowledge of Italian history certainly make me even more despondent about the current...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Craig clifford

Somaliland and Israel Reshape the Red Sea

The Red Sea has never been just water. It is a corridor of history, commerce, faith, and power. From ancient trade routes to modern energy shipments,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed abdi idiris

Fiction and Fact: Reflections on an Extraordinary Purim

As I write these lines, I am fasting, abstaining from food and drink in keeping with the strictures of Ta’anit Ester, the fast of Esther on Erev...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Daniel Stein Kokin

Hezbollah Sleeper Cells Active in US Backyards: Wake-Up Call Now

Hezbollah Sleeper Cells Active in US Backyards: Wake-Up Call Now

(Co-authored with Joshua Wander, American-born Israeli rabbi, security and intelligence analyst, IDF veteran, and founder of Bring Them Home) The...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yosef Eitan

تحية للمقيمين

تعرضت دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة لاعتداء غاشم تمثل في وابل من الصواريخ...

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العين الإخبارية

د. علي محمد العامري

High prices, fleeing tourists: the coup de grace for Cuba’s economy

High prices, fleeing tourists: the coup de grace for Cuba’s economy

High prices, fleeing tourists: the coup de grace for Cuba’s economy The highway is virtually deserted. The soaring price of black-market gasoline is...

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Il Manifesto Global

Ylenia sina