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More Israelis now define identity as ‘Jewish first’ amid shifting Diaspora ties, survey finds

More Israelis now define identity as ‘Jewish first’ amid shifting Diaspora ties, survey finds

Diaspora Ministry study shows a rise of Jewish identity and pride alongside a declining sense of responsibility for overseas Jews

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

IMEC as the Ultimate Insurance Policy

IMEC as the Ultimate Insurance Policy

The ongoing maritime disruptions in the Red Sea and the escalating conflicts in West Asia have exposed the severe fragility of traditional global...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ankit gawande

Hezbollah and IDF trade fire despite nominal truce as Lebanon-Israel talks to resume

Hezbollah and IDF trade fire despite nominal truce as Lebanon-Israel talks to resume

5th round of talks to be held at US State Department; Lebanese army says 2 troops wounded in IDF drone strike; France’s FM: No justification for...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Nahariya deputy mayor among 14 arrested in corruption scandal

Nahariya deputy mayor among 14 arrested in corruption scandal

Bribed city officials allegedly granted criminals control over bidding process, allowing them to box out competitors; officers also seize real estate,...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

In California primaries, Jewish voters face a slate of races shaped by Israel, antisemitism

In California primaries, Jewish voters face a slate of races shaped by Israel, antisemitism

Tuesday’s contests have some Jews weighing reality TV candidate over left-wing Israel critic, while others consider backing pro-Israel progressive...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Lapin

10 Israelis deported from Thailand amid crackdown on foreign-linked crime — report

10 Israelis deported from Thailand amid crackdown on foreign-linked crime — report

Local media alleges that the Israeli nationals were involved in an extensive nominee company scheme involving 32 businesses, estimated to have caused...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Building Alliances of America’s Allies

Building Alliances of America’s Allies

NEW YORK—US President Donald Trump’s second administration has been clear from the outset that it would recast American foreign policy in...

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Project Syndicate

Richard Haass

A Parent's Guide to Difficult Conversations With Children

A Parent's Guide to Difficult Conversations With Children

How to help your child be able to respond to pornographic content.

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Psychology Today

Jody Eyre Ms

Two Ways to Improve Relational Communication

Two Ways to Improve Relational Communication

Your tone of voice matters when engaging someone in conversation.

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Psychology Today

Susan krauss whitbourne

Dynamics of Indonesia's Strategic Relations with Russia in the Context of Eurasian Development

Dynamics of Indonesia's Strategic Relations with Russia in the Context of Eurasian Development

Dynamics of Indonesia’s Strategic Relations with Russia in the Context of Eurasian Development Indonesia’s relations with Russia have entered a...

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New Eastern Outlook

Hendra manurung

Ireland’s Antisemitic Blindspot ‘Wearing the Green Jersey’

Ireland’s Antisemitic Blindspot ‘Wearing the Green Jersey’

Ireland’s Antisemitic Blindspot “Wearing the Green Jersey” With the grim stories of alleged Israeli abuse of the Irish Flotilla activists...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Paul James Kearns

Daily Briefing June 2 – Trump tells Netanyahu ‘Don’t’ on striking Beirut

Daily Briefing June 2 – Trump tells Netanyahu ‘Don’t’ on striking Beirut

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the stormy state of US-Israel relations, a possible truce in Lebanon as ambassadorial talks launch in DC, and what Gulf...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Vietnam is Asia’s rising power to watch

Vietnam is Asia’s rising power to watch

If you want a blueprint for how countries can survive this era of great power rivalry, look no further than Vietnam. A focus on economic growth and a...

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The Japan Times

Karishma Vaswani

Hamas operative who allegedly held Oron Shaul’s body in Gaza to be charged this week

Hamas operative who allegedly held Oron Shaul’s body in Gaza to be charged this week

Ibrahim Hilu reportedly kept the remains of the 20-year-old soldier, killed in 2014 war, in a fridge under his shop in Gaza City, where they were...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Motorola Solutions buys Israeli drone defense startup D-Fend for $1.5 billion

Motorola Solutions buys Israeli drone defense startup D-Fend for $1.5 billion

Raanana-based firm uses radio waves to commandeer UAVs instead of jamming or intercepting them; system deployed in over 30 countries; described as...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

Jerusalem is the true capital of the West

The Turning Point: When Decadence Becomes a Daily Fact in the West Since the end of the Great European Civil War, culminating in the rebirth of Israel...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Israel Ben Iosef

My Jewish Journey. Your Mileage Will Vary.

We all have a Jewish journey. The details are always different. Here is mine. I grew up in a Conservative home. I went to Hebrew school. I attended...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mark Frankel

Operation Epic Loss: Is America Ready for China?

Operation Epic Loss: Is America Ready for China? Iran exposed the fragility beneath American air dominance. Beijing is studying every loss. When the...

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New Eastern Outlook

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Pobudniki referenduma o zakonu o parlamentarni preiskavi v DZ vložili več kot 13.000 podpisov

Pobudniki referenduma o zakonu o parlamentarni preiskavi v DZ vložili več kot 13.000 podpisov

Pobudniki referenduma o noveli zakona o parlamentarni preiskavi so zbrali 13.369 podpisov za začetek postopkov za naknadni zakonodajni referendum, ki...

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Dnevnik

Sta

Nostalgia vs. Anemoia: The Difference Between Experience and Imagination

Nostalgia vs. Anemoia: The Difference Between Experience and Imagination

Anemoia refers to nostalgic feelings about events we have imagined but not lived.

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Psychology Today

Mary McNaughton-Cassill Ph.d

85 years after Baghdad’s Farhud massacre, survivors fear their story is being forgotten

85 years after Baghdad’s Farhud massacre, survivors fear their story is being forgotten

Inaugural commemoration Monday sees Iraqi Jews remember the June 1, 1941, pogrom that killed about 180 Jews and marked the decline of one of the...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Somatic Judaism

Somatic Judaism, rehabilitation, and the work of feeling safe again I went to a sound bath expecting stillness. What I noticed instead was movement....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Claire R. Bright

Ultra-Orthodox anti-draft mob attacks bereaved mother of IDF soldier in her car

Ultra-Orthodox anti-draft mob attacks bereaved mother of IDF soldier in her car

Rioters try to overturn vehicle as police force’s chief medical officer, Valerie Shoshan, is trapped by rally; ‘I felt Elyassaf was with me,’...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Trump taps inexperienced housing finance director as new acting US intelligence chief

Trump taps inexperienced housing finance director as new acting US intelligence chief

Trump loyalist Bill Pulte, replacing Tulsi Gabbard, isn’t known to have any national security expertise; will also stay on as head of federal...

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The Times of Israel

Josh Boak

At UN Security Council, envoys blame Hezbollah for Lebanon violence, pan Israeli response

At UN Security Council, envoys blame Hezbollah for Lebanon violence, pan Israeli response

Assistant secretary-general says Israel’s push into northern neighbor violates UN resolution, as does Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm; France holds...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

An interview with Philathropist Chagit Leviev Sofiev

An interview with Philathropist Chagit Leviev Sofiev

This past Sunday at the Jerusalem Conference in NYC, I had the opportunity to speak with Chagit Leviev Sofiev, a remarkable woman who is on a mission...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joseph scutts

The Whole-of-Society Era

In a message published by Decode39 on the occasion of Italy’s Republic Day, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chair of the NATO Military Committee,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Emanuele Rossi

The false choice: Why Tikkun Olam without Israel betrays both

When Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently presented Ruth Messinger, the legendary former President of American Judaism’s premier international development...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Micha Odenheimer

The AI Economy’s Permanent Underclass

The AI Economy’s Permanent Underclass

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Bay Area is in the midst of an AI frenzy that makes the California Gold Rush of the mid-19th century look like a...

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Project Syndicate

Kenneth Rogoff

Trump Wants Netanyahu Useful, Not Unrestrained

Trump Wants Netanyahu Useful, Not Unrestrained

The story of Benjamin Netanyahu is not merely the story of a man in power. It is the story of a political structure that allowed one individual to...

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Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

'But I Just Can’t Miss This!' Fan FOMO

'But I Just Can’t Miss This!' Fan FOMO

How to lessen the effects of that familiar fear of missing out.

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Psychology Today

Lynn Zubernis Ph.d

AI Can Count. Leaders Must Judge.

AI is making it easier for leaders to measure more than ever. But counting is not the same as judgment. The real leadership question is not only what...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Bresler

Four Years of What? – Part II

Four Years of What? – Part II: Diplomacy, Isolation, and the Refusal to Take Responsibility In Part I, we examined the domestic consequences of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lonny Baskin

2 Frustrating Habits of the Most Intelligent People

2 Frustrating Habits of the Most Intelligent People

Why intelligent minds often face misunderstandings from others.

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

The courage to defeat Iran

The courage to defeat Iran

Back in 1935, Winston Churchill penned for The Strand Magazine an essay, The Truth About Hitler. Churchill wrote about Adolf Hitler’s grievances,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alan Newman

Cynická obluda: Oveľa dôležitejšia otázka

Je to síce drahé, ale aspoň nekvalitné.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Knesset committee extends money laundering law to wildlife trafficking

Knesset committee extends money laundering law to wildlife trafficking

Move allows authorities to follow money trail, track down criminals involved in what is regarded as fourth-largest category of illegal global trade

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The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

Escalation in Lebanon: US-Iran Peace Talks

The renewed escalation between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon may appear at first glance to be another episode in a long-running border...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexander Shatkhin

Haftarat Parshat Shelach: When Status Obscures Mission

The obvious link between Parshat Shelach, in which Moshe sends men to scout out the Land, and its haftarah, the story from the book of Yehoshua (ch....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Brander

The SSRI Debate Flares Again

The SSRI Debate Flares Again

New federal guidelines for SSRIs and the battle for psychiatry’s future.

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Psychology Today

Justin Garson Ph.d

Trump is turning Taiwan into a bargaining chip

Trump is turning Taiwan into a bargaining chip

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

Derek Grossman

The world’s food supply is under a quadruple attack

The world’s food supply is under a quadruple attack

Carbon dioxide is plant food, so you might think pumping the atmosphere full of it would be better for plants. The trouble is that CO2 is also the...

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The Japan Times

Mark Gongloff

Somalia needs a political settlement before it is too late

Somalia needs a political settlement before it is too late

Somalia is entering one of the most dangerous moments in its recent history without an agreed path towards elections or a political transition. United...

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Al Jazeera

Afyare Abdi Elmi

My Heart Is in the East

Before we can talk about anything, about Zionism, about Palestine, about 1948, about the argument I actually want to have across this series, we have...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Barry mellinger

A Powerful Cognitive Strategy for High Performers

A Powerful Cognitive Strategy for High Performers

Compartmentalization in high-risk occupations.

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Psychology Today

Carrie H. Kennedy Ph.d

Values, Culture, and the Search for Peace

Values, Culture, and the Search for Peace

Values, Culture, and the Search for Peace Most of us grow up with a basic understanding of right and wrong. We are taught to tell the truth, not to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

How Resilience Can Help You Transcend Life’s Challenges

How Resilience Can Help You Transcend Life’s Challenges

Are you tapping into your resilience to flourish as effectively as you can?

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Psychology Today

Ilene Berns-Zare Psyd

Kazakhstan and the Iran-Israel War: Navigating Risks, Opportunities, and Strategic Neutrality

Kazakhstan and the Iran-Israel War: Navigating Risks, Opportunities, and Strategic Neutrality

Kazakhstan, a landlocked Central Asian state with a long-standing multi-vector foreign policy, has been indirectly affected by the 2025–2026...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Umud Shokri

The cultural component of national security

The cultural component of national security

KYIV – National resilience has long been defined by military strength and defense spending. But policymakers are starting to recognize that culture...

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The Japan Times

Tetyana berezhna — david stephenson

British Steel Needs a Transformation, Not a Bailout

British Steel Needs a Transformation, Not a Bailout

LONDON—In the United Kingdom, government intervention in the private sector has long focused on rescuing firms from mishaps and mistakes. With...

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Project Syndicate

Mariana Mazzucato