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The deeper obstacle for the Abraham Accords: Political Theology

The deeper obstacle for the Abraham Accords: Political Theology

The Twin Pillars of Peace Two structures were supposed to carry the region past endless war: the Board of Peace, authorized under UNSC Resolution 2803...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Keenan

Rebranding the Temple of Tomorrow

Rebranding the Temple of Tomorrow

In just two days, we will sit on the floor, dim the lights, and enter the quiet grief of Tisha B’Av. We will recite Kinot (lamentations) and mourn...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Morey Schwartz

VOX POPULI: Words sealed inside Buddhist statue read again after 800 years

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Why Emotional Neglect Leaves Life Feeling Pointless

Why Emotional Neglect Leaves Life Feeling Pointless

One of the most painful effects of emotional neglect is also the most fixable.

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Psychology Today

Jonice Webb Ph.d

Sugar, Soda, and Mental Illness

Sugar, Soda, and Mental Illness

Soda may be contributing to mental illness.

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Psychology Today

Mitchell B. Liester M.d

The Gentile Problem: You’re blaming the wrong people

The Gentile Problem: You’re blaming the wrong people

The Jewish world is fighting antizionism in a room the movement never enters. A defector’s map of outside, and the case that it’s gentile’s...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kile Jones

The True History of The Word Palestine

One of the most intellectually dishonest habits in the modern conversation about Israel is the way people speak about the word Palestine as though it...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Elroie Agam

Japanese culture permeates the world. Who owns it?

Japanese culture permeates the world. Who owns it?

Japan has no shortage of cultural influence. It has a shortage of ownership. That distinction is becoming harder to ignore. The Cool Japan Fund, the...

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The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

US strikes Iran for 9th night, confirms American servicemember killed in Iraq

US strikes Iran for 9th night, confirms American servicemember killed in Iraq

Explosions reported in several Iranian cities as IRGC claims it hit oil tankers trying to cross Hormuz, struck assets in Kuwait; Iran said to suspect...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

British teens have yet another reason for pity

British teens have yet another reason for pity

Pity the poor British teen as they try to work out what they’re legally allowed (and not allowed) to do as they enter adulthood. They can get...

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The Japan Times

Rosa Prince

Japan's Intelligence Awakening: Can a New Intelligence Agency Fix Japan's Security Deficit?

Japan’s Intelligence Awakening: Can a New Intelligence Agency Fix Japan’s Security Deficit? Japan’s new intelligence agency signals a decisive...

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New Eastern Outlook

Taut Bataut

As Israel's Election Nears, All Eyes Must Be on Shin Bet Chief Zini

As Israel's Election Nears, All Eyes Must Be on Shin Bet Chief Zini

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

Noa Sattath

Trump says new Air Force One to be upgraded after security concerns

Trump says new Air Force One to be upgraded after security concerns

US president announces Qatari-donated jet will undergo work following reports that it lacks missile-defense capabilities

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Why the Structure of the Universe Points to God

Why the Structure of the Universe Points to God

Modern science has discovered that the universe is governed by precise laws. These laws determine how matter behaves, how stars form, how atoms...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aaron Zimmer

Chicago’s Jewish History Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Chicago’s Jewish History Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Frank Gehry died recently. Obituaries celebrated the architect behind the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Dan Spiegel

The French Who Broke Washington: How Citizen Genêt Incited the US Foreign Lobby Panic. Part I

The French Who Broke Washington: How Citizen Genêt Incited the US Foreign Lobby Panic. Part I It is a small irony of American history that the tool...

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New Eastern Outlook

Tamer Mansour

Last night, I was Spanish, and so were millions around the world

Last night, I was Spanish, and so were millions around the world

Last night, Spain defeated Argentina to win the World Cup. Ordinarily, for those of us with no national connection to either country, the choice of...

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Al Jazeera

Ziyad Motala

The 'Knesset Virus' Infects Arab Politics Ahead of Elections

The 'Knesset Virus' Infects Arab Politics Ahead of Elections

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

Odeh Bisharat

The Jewish Future Begins with Parents

The Jewish Future Begins with Parents

Ever since the massacre of October 7, I have found myself repeating the same mantra everywhere I go: let’s bring more Jewish children into the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabriel Danzig

A Book for Society

A Book for Society

Hidden behind one of the oldest nicknames in Judaism lies a profound lesson for society. Sefer Devarim is also known as משנֵה תורה (Mishneih...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gavriel Rosen

AI Will Supercharge Surveillance Capitalism

AI Will Supercharge Surveillance Capitalism

WASHINGTON, DC—Megan Garcia did not set out to become one of the most consequential figures in the fight to regulate AI. A lawyer and mother of...

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Project Syndicate

Courtney C. Radsch

Dear Eyal Zamir, Take Me as a Career Soldier

Dear Eyal Zamir, Take Me as a Career Soldier

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

Rogel Alpher

Feeling the Pain of Another Jew

The period of the “nine days,” and Tisha B’Av itself, is a period where we recount all of the suffering of the Jewish people, during our long...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Is Family Enmeshment Really Pathological?

Is Family Enmeshment Really Pathological?

Research increasingly suggests enmeshment may not be the risk we thought it was.

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Psychology Today

Beatrice Ng-Kessler

Blow winds blow: Time to harvest wind power off Japan’s coast

Blow winds blow: Time to harvest wind power off Japan’s coast

Japan is stepping up its role in global offshore wind, committing billions to projects abroad even as its domestic sector struggles to keep pace. In...

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The Japan Times

Leslie Mabon

Hungarian PM nominates Jewish chess grandmaster Judit Polgar to serve as interim president

Hungarian PM nominates Jewish chess grandmaster Judit Polgar to serve as interim president

Announcing nomination, Peter Magyar says Hungary ‘needs unity, peace and a president whom every Hungarian can be proud of’

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The IDF Must Stop Killing Children and Investigate Those Responsible

The IDF Must Stop Killing Children and Investigate Those Responsible

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 Editorial

If the U.S. keeps messing with this spy agency, it’ll pay a high price

If the U.S. keeps messing with this spy agency, it’ll pay a high price

As the White House keeps roiling the topmost organization in the American espionage hierarchy, questions have resurfaced that date back to the...

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The Japan Times

Andreas Kluth

الظاهرة الخليجية

عندما تحدث البروفسور عبدالخالق عبدالله في كتابه عن "لحظة الخليج"، كان يشير...

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العين الإخبارية

د. علي محمد العامري

When Your Employee Tries to Outsmart You

When Your Employee Tries to Outsmart You

When dealing with a sly employee, try these tips to maintain or regain control.

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Psychology Today

Amy Cooper Hakim Ph.d

إدراك إيراني خاطئ للواقع السياسي

لو تفحصنا سلوك المسؤولين الإيرانيين خلال حربهم مع الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية...

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العين الإخبارية

محمد خلفان الصوافي

Welcoming the Stranger Among Us

Welcoming the Stranger Among Us

Thirty years ago, our son was diagnosed at a child development center with pervasive developmental disorder (autism) and we were told that “he would...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Raphael

Scaloni in tears after World Cup loss: ‘It’ll be hard to build a team like this again’

Scaloni in tears after World Cup loss: ‘It’ll be hard to build a team like this again’

Argentina men’s national football team head coach Lionel Scaloni ended his press conference following the Albiceleste’s loss in the 2026 World Cup...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

US strikes Iran for 9th straight night; IRGC launches retaliatory attacks on Syria, Kuwait and Bahrian

US strikes Iran for 9th straight night; IRGC launches retaliatory attacks on Syria, Kuwait and Bahrian

CENTCOM says American forces have redirected 6 ships, disabled another since reimposing naval blockade on the Islamic Republic * Spain beats Argentina...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

First-Digit Test: What Benford’s Law Reveals About Numbers Behind Next Crisis

Russia’s wartime economy has been called a miracle and a mirage, sometimes by the same analyst in the same paragraph. GDP grew at over 4 per cent in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

When Kaunas’s Jews Learned Whom to Fear

When Kaunas’s Jews Learned Whom to Fear

This summer marks eighty-five years since the destruction of Jewish Kaunas (Kovno to its Jews) began. The anniversary arrives amid a renewed rupture...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Grant Arthur Gochin

Gilgul Conversions Are Examples Of Kabbalah Miracles

A rather unusual form of evidence for reincarnation comes from the Jewish mystical tradition; the Kabbalah. Unlike Buddhism and Hinduism, Kabbalah...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

Ministers join settler activists on march through closed military zone to Gaza border

Ministers join settler activists on march through closed military zone to Gaza border

Security forces do little to stop thousands of marchers from breaching IDF checkpoints while demonstrating for the reestablishment of settlements in...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

By unifying controls, startup led by slain soldier’s brother puts drone war in IDF’s hands

By unifying controls, startup led by slain soldier’s brother puts drone war in IDF’s hands

EyesAtop’s universal remote controller allows a single soldier to fly different types of UAVs at once, giving the IDF an edge on battlefields being...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

Dolgoletne Jankovićeve obljube o kopanju v Ljubljanici brez rezultatov; 2

Dolgoletne Jankovićeve obljube o kopanju v Ljubljanici brez rezultatov; 2

Časovni roki že do 20 let starih, stalno ponavljajočih se neuresničljivih obljub župana Jankovića o zelo kratkoročno možnem kopanju v zadostno...

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Dnevnik

Pisma Bralcev

Treasure Trove: Don’t Forget the Justice Part of Zionism (A Note for Tisha B’Av)

Treasure Trove: Don’t Forget the Justice Part of Zionism (A Note for Tisha B’Av)

There is a Jewish story told about Napoleon.  He once travelled through a Jewish small town in Europe and entered a synagogue where he witnessed men...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Matlow

Iran’s Escalation Trap: The Operation Survives, the Nation Pays

Iran’s Escalation Trap: The Operation Survives, the Nation Pays

Robert Pape is not wrong. That needs to be said clearly, because what follows is not a dismissal of his framework but an examination of what it cannot...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sara Ghavimi

Reševanje vojaka Dežulovića in njegovih pomagačev

Reševanje vojaka Dežulovića in njegovih pomagačev

Kdo je ta človek? Poročilo o neki možnosti je roman Borisa Dežulovića, na Hrvaškem ga je izdala založba Libris, v Bosni in Hercegovini pa nova...

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Dnevnik

Ahmed Burić

INTERVIEW/ Mark Lilla: MAGA flourishes when ‘hunger for ignorance’ spreads in U.S.

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Remembering History: Inside the Holocaust Resource Center of Las Vegas

Remembering History: Inside the Holocaust Resource Center of Las Vegas

The Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center serves as Nevada’s central hub for Holocaust education, programs, and initiatives promoting...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jay Abramson

SpaceX’s blow-it-up testing won’t fly on starship

SpaceX’s blow-it-up testing won’t fly on starship

SpaceX’s willingness to blow stuff up and learn from the failures has propelled it from a cash-strapped startup to one of the world’s most...

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The Japan Times

Thomas Black

Houses are no longer the best place for your moneyHouses are no longer the best place for your money

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The Korea Times

Allison Schrager

Thinking Global Podcast – Sumantra Bose (Part Two)

Thinking Global Podcast – Sumantra Bose (Part Two)

Prof. Sumantra Bose speaks about his work exploring the intersection of conflict, identity, territory and history. Episode two of two.

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E-International

E-International Relations