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78% of Jewish Israelis support continuing Iran war — poll

78% of Jewish Israelis support continuing Iran war — poll

Most Jewish citizens say PM’s choice to launch war was mainly security-related while most Arabs say it was political, but majorities of both say...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

45 Breakup Strategies: How Most People End Relationships

45 Breakup Strategies: How Most People End Relationships

The most and least popular ways couples end relationships.

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Psychology Today

Arash Emamzadeh

No Exit: The Global Stakes of the Iran-Israel War

No Exit: The Global Stakes of the Iran-Israel War

The war consuming the Middle East is, at its core, a zero-sum contest between two incompatible survival imperatives. Israel’s long-term security, as...

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Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

Narrative Play and Resilience in Early Female Development

Narrative Play and Resilience in Early Female Development

Narrative play and archetypes support resilience in girls’ development

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Psychology Today

Peter Andrew Danzig Lcsw

5 Signs Your Coworker Is a Smart Person

5 Signs Your Coworker Is a Smart Person

Intelligence shows up in how people handle uncertainty and complexity.

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Psychology Today

Alice Boyes Ph.d

Does Humanity Need an IRL Project Hail Mary?

Does Humanity Need an IRL Project Hail Mary?

Personal Perspective: A blockbuster movie reveals the mission humanity needs.

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Psychology Today

Mike Brooks Ph.d

Can Caffeine Calm Your ADHD Brain?

Can Caffeine Calm Your ADHD Brain?

ADHD may be an issue of insufficient activity in the prefrontal cortex.

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Psychology Today

Lindsay Weisner Psy.d

Od petka do petka: mamljive salame, nenamerna ugrabitev in drama pred vrtcem

Od petka do petka: mamljive salame, nenamerna ugrabitev in drama pred vrtcem

V tokratnem pregledu neobičajnih novic s področja črne kronike poročamo o tatovih, med katerimi sta se dva odpravila na pohod celo z otrokom, o...

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Dnevnik

Tamara Krivec

Beneath the flag, the weight we carry: Aviaad Volansky z”l

On July 28, 2002, I was a fourteen-year-old girl. It was during the days of the Second Intifada, and like everyone my age, I was accustomed to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

The Iran End Game: Forced Surrender and the Path Beyond Theocracy

The Iran End Game: Forced Surrender, Regional Reconstruction, and the Path Beyond Theocracy The Failure of the Ceasefire Paradigm History has a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Richard Diamond

A Wedding for One, the Birth of a Book, and a Puppy Party

A Wedding for One, the Birth of a Book, and a Puppy Party

How we celebrate those outside the mainstream of family.

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Psychology Today

Kate Kaufmann

187 years after deadly Iran pogrom, Mashhad crypto-Jews are focus of Jerusalem exhibit

187 years after deadly Iran pogrom, Mashhad crypto-Jews are focus of Jerusalem exhibit

Now at Israel’s National Library, display shows how the Jewish community of Iranian city outwardly acted as Muslims for over a century after a...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

What Thunders Behind AI’s Words

What Thunders Behind AI’s Words

Emerson's warning about character now applies to machines.

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Psychology Today

John Nosta

European crackdown exposes ruthless migrant smuggling network exploiting channel crossings

A coordinated European law enforcement operation has dealt a significant blow to a sophisticated migrant smuggling network that profited by sending...

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Blitz

Tajul Islam

Diaspora Jews targeted over a dozen times in March, as Iran war fuels tensions

Diaspora Jews targeted over a dozen times in March, as Iran war fuels tensions

Incidents targeting Jewish communities included shootings, bombings, arson and a car-ramming, in an increase that is apparently linked to Mideast...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Building Forward: Reframing the American Political Story

In my most recent essay on these pages, I defined the existing threats being generated in this nation against Jews, leading to the possible end of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven Windmueller

In tense call, Vance knocked PM for overselling Iran regime change likelihood — report

In tense call, Vance knocked PM for overselling Iran regime change likelihood — report

US officials said to suspect ‘Israeli op’ against vice president, a longtime skeptic of foreign military engagements, who is set to take the...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Political West whines about ‘Putin winning’

As the US aggression on Iran continues, global oil and natural gas markets frantically look for alternative suppliers. Naturally, the world’s most...

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Blitz

Drago Bosnic

Leading NYC anti-Israel activist targeted in firebombing plot, feds say

Leading NYC anti-Israel activist targeted in firebombing plot, feds say

Alexander Heifler charged with planning attack against Nerdeen Kiswani, head of the hardline group Within Our Lifetime

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Ukraine indulges into deep-rooted corruption

Recently, the Kiev regime in Ukraine halted the regular deployment of troops for training abroad. This reveals more than a mere administrative change....

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Blitz

Lucas Leiroz

Holding Inspired Authority

Holding Inspired Authority

Letting go of abuse and abdication.

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Psychology Today

Paul J Dunion Ed.d

Foster Care: Angels on a Battlefield

Foster Care: Angels on a Battlefield

Personal Perspective: What it takes to care for the huge number of kids in need.

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Psychology Today

Greg Obrien

BREAKING: YPF case: U.S. court reverses US$16 billion sentence against Argentina

BREAKING: YPF case: U.S. court reverses US$16 billion sentence against Argentina

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York overturned a lower court’s ruling in the prolonged trial over the expropriation of the...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Facundo Iglesia

Shabbat Hagadol

This year, Shabbat Hagadol has special significance. It falls on the Tenth of Nissan, just as it did in Egypt. Pesach falls on the fifteenth, which is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Europeans feel tired of liberal agendas

European societies are increasingly tired of the liberal status quo and are seeking patriotic, pragmatic, and conservative alternatives. This process...

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Blitz

Lucas Leiroz

Jewish, Proud, and Unapologetic

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gary Epstein

IDF to extend Lebanon rocket warning time as Hezbollah pushed from border zone

IDF to extend Lebanon rocket warning time as Hezbollah pushed from border zone

Border towns previously told to immediately seek shelter will now have additional 15 or 30 seconds; troops find weapons cache in south Lebanon school,...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

US can only confirm a third of Iran’s missile, drone arsenal destroyed — report

US can only confirm a third of Iran’s missile, drone arsenal destroyed — report

Pentagon also said to be worried US is burning through Tomahawk missiles too quickly; Iran-linked hackers breach FBI chief’s personal emails; G7...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Auguries of failure: Israel invades Lebanon, yet again

Auguries of failure: Israel invades Lebanon, yet again

When will Israel realise that invading Lebanon with paralytic compulsion can never be the solution to its security ills?  Having destroyed Gaza with...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

Prudent See Danger: Dennis Coyle’s 421 Days in Taliban Hands Ends in Freedom

Prudent See Danger: Dennis Coyle’s 421 Days in Taliban Hands Ends in Freedom

Dennis Coyle stepped off the plane in Texas this week after 421 days in Taliban captivity. The 64-year-old Christian linguist from Pueblo, Colorado,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yosef Eitan

Back to the Aspiration Business

A six-year-old child recently described the Seder’s four children like this. “There’s one who’s good. One who’s naughty. And two more who...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Hamilton

Treasure Trove: From Herzl to Moses to … who?

Treasure Trove: From Herzl to Moses to … who?

There are many similarities between Moses and Herzl. Each grew up outside the mainstream Jewish establishment: Moses in Pharaoh’s home and Herzl in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Matlow

How Algeria’s ‘Technical’ Autocracy is Fueled by European Desperation

In the diplomatic circles of the Mediterranean, there is a polite fiction that energy security and democratic values are parallel tracks that never...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amine Ayoub

Oreo: The Most Jewish Cookie That Isn’t Jewish

Oreo: The Most Jewish Cookie That Isn’t Jewish

Oreo vs Hydrox — Is Oreo the Chosen Cookie? There is no mention of Oreos in the Torah. No footnote in the Talmud. No obscure medieval rabbinic...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Brad Goverman

Tax Season Is the Stress Test Every Israeli SMB Fails

Tax Season Is the Stress Test Every Israeli SMB Fails

How small businesses are using automation to survive April’s filing chaos Every year, the same scene plays out in thousands of Israeli offices:...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Achiya cohen

Militarization of EU pushes civilian factories into arms manufacturers

Over the last several decades, the political West has been struggling to maintain its production economy, particularly after deciding to outsource the...

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Blitz

Drago Bosnic

Scathing UN report demands Syria investigate abuses during deadly clashes with Druze

Scathing UN report demands Syria investigate abuses during deadly clashes with Druze

Investigators find ‘no indication’ that Damascus actually probed human rights violations committed by forces, detail ‘widespread looting,...

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The Times of Israel

Kareem Chehayeb

Rim uvaja prepoved kajenja na plažah

Rim uvaja prepoved kajenja na plažah

Mesto Rim bo z aprilom uvedlo popolno prepoved kajenja na plažah blizu italijanske prestolnice. Cilj ukrepov je po besedah mestnih predstavnikov...

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Dnevnik

Sta

Power Without Command: The Iran War and the Limits of American Primacy

Power Without Command: The Iran War and the Limits of American Primacy

Power Without Command: The Iran War and the Limits of American Primacy For decades, American dominance rested on a simple reality: when Washington...

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New Eastern Outlook

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Parashat Tzav

Parashat Tzav

When the Fire No Longer Depends on You The fire was already there — before Aharon, before the gesture, before the song. It burned. Not because...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yosef B. Moran

The New Idolatry Does Not Look Like an Idol

The New Idolatry Does Not Look Like an Idol The old fear was simple: one day, people would worship machines. The new danger is more intimate and far...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Dazed and Confused

Two years after the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023, the ceasefire and the return of all living Israeli hostages from Gaza, enabled us to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Lehrer

The Israelites’ Joy in Creating the Mishkan, God’s Earthly Abode

The Israelites’ Joy in Creating the Mishkan, God’s Earthly Abode

This is Part One of a two-part series on creating and sustaining a mishkan and bringing the biblical experience into the present day. When it came...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michele Braun

Why Bloomscrolling Could Be Good for You

Why Bloomscrolling Could Be Good for You

The science of scrolling toward awe, kindness, and all things beautiful.

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Psychology Today

Ludmila N. Praslova

Slovenija in Turčija podpisali sporazum o socialni varnosti

Slovenija in Turčija podpisali sporazum o socialni varnosti

Minister za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake možnosti Luka Mesec ter turški minister za delo in socialno varnost H. E. Vedat Isikhan sta...

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Dnevnik

Sta

Passover and the Angel of Death

The climax of the Passover story and of the ten plagues is the visit of the Mashchit (the destroyer) to the Egyptian houses to slay their first born....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Fred Naider

What We Do When We Open the Door?

A Reflection for Shabbat Hagadol: There is a moment at every Passover seder that no one fully rehearses. The meal is winding down. The children are...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven C. Wernick

Cynická obluda: Paradox SFZ

Niežeby nebolo čím zavolať.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

University of Cape Town’s Ultimate Degradation – Honouring Dr. Sooliman

The University of Cape Town (UCT) a formerly venerable university in South Africa, respected worldwide, has announced that it will be awarding an...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lawrence Nowosenetz

Why Democracies Seem to Lose the Narrative

In the weeks following October 7, Israeli society did what democracies do under pressure. It argued. Families of hostages stood in front of cameras...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tsahi shemesh