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Texas can require Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms, US court rules

Texas can require Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms, US court rules

American conservatives laud victory for ‘moral values’ as ruling signals boost to similar legislation in other red states; law’s challengers...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

The Calculated Pause: Trump, Iran, and Pakistan’s Quiet Leverage

The Calculated Pause: Trump, Iran, and Pakistan’s Quiet Leverage

At a time when things were about to escalate, Donald Trump opted to extend the ceasefire with Iran—but not without a reminder of the ongoing risks....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Junaid Qaiser

Retail chains found to be charging over double what they pay for imported grapes

Retail chains found to be charging over double what they pay for imported grapes

Agriculture Ministry mulling price controls after audit reveals grapes imported for NIS 14 per kilogram (less than $5) being sold for NIS 32 (more...

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The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

EDITORIAL: Pacifist stance hurt by change in weapons export principles

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

“After Death” Is Not a Moment. It Is a Condition

“After Death” Is Not a Moment. It Is a Condition

A reflection on Parashot Acharei Mot–Kedoshim Woody Allen once joked that he suffers from post-partum depression, because since the day he was born,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Adi Romem

From Scapegoat to Society: Israel’s Moral Test This Yom Ha’atzmaut

From Scapegoat to Society: Israel’s Moral Test This Yom Ha’atzmaut

As Israel marks another Yom Ha’atzmaut, the contrast is unavoidable. We celebrate independence while still carrying the trauma of October 7. We...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jeffrey Levine

After surviving US-Israeli strikes, Iran regime may be divided over terms for ending war

After surviving US-Israeli strikes, Iran regime may be divided over terms for ending war

While Islamic Republic’s leaders have united around a hard line, negotiations with US could test panel that now seems to be running Iran by exposing...

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The Times of Israel

Amir-hussein radjy

A Letter to My Daughter Marching from the Ashes of Europe to the Hope of Israel

A Letter to My Daughter Marching from the Ashes of Europe to the Hope of Israel

I am so immensely proud of you, as is your mom who articulated so many beautiful truths in her own letter to you. I agree with all of it, and all of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amir Oren

Lithuania Murdered Its Future, Now Sells a Mirage

I made Baltic Truth because I could see what Lithuania was selling the West and I knew the product did not exist. Five years later, Lithuania is still...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eugene J. Levin

The Strokes frontman says ‘privileged’ Zionists talk ‘like Black people during slavery’

The Strokes frontman says ‘privileged’ Zionists talk ‘like Black people during slavery’

In popular web series episode, rockstar Julian Casablancas says ‘American Zionists’ enjoy benefits of ‘white privileged people’ but complain...

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The Times of Israel

Jackie Hajdenberg

The Eurasian Anchor: Energy Sovereignty and the RELOS Architecture

The Eurasian Anchor: Energy Sovereignty and the RELOS Architecture

The Eurasian Anchor: Energy Sovereignty and the RELOS Architecture As the Persian Gulf enters another period of high-frequency instability, New Delhi...

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New Eastern Outlook

Phil Butler

A boom of independent bookstores, just when we need them most

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The Korea Times

Mark pearson

Mythos shift

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The Korea Times

Kang Seung-Woo

Trump reads from Bible in America 250 event that critics accuse of Christian nationalism

Trump reads from Bible in America 250 event that critics accuse of Christian nationalism

Marathon reading of 66 books recognized by Protestants sees US president read 2 Chronicles passage often used to promote dubious claim that US was...

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The Times of Israel

Peter Smith

The Gate Was Never Really Opened

I have been reading Susanne Heim’s Die Abschottung der Welt. Als Juden vor verschlossenen Grenzen standen 1933–1945, and what stays with me is not...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

He who believes in Heaven and he who does not

He who believes in Heaven and he who does not

Everything begins with Hamas launching the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. It did so against the backdrop of a deep crisis within the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Marc Levy

From sandwich shops to Silicon Valley, noncompetes are holding back US workers

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The Korea Times

Morris m. kleiner

A Tale of Three Ceremonies

A Tale of Three Ceremonies

Though famous for their informal dress and way of speech, Israelis are enamored of formal ceremonies. Independence Day is, of course, a hub of such...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yehuda Halper

The War Over Time Itself

The War Over Time Itself

The statements do not quite line up. Escalation is threatened, then paused. A ceasefire is dismissed, then extended. Total control is claimed in one...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Matthew Robin

We Are “Just” Jews

Last week I wrote about the reality that Judaism was never just a religion. Here, I want to consider what happens when we start labeling what kind of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steve Freedman

Digital ‘Blood Money’ Boom: How ‘U.S. Eyes In the Sky’ Really See Israel

At the cost of suffering among citizens of the Middle East at severe odds over bloodshed and territory, though as a peaceful collective by way of a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael mosley

Dos and don'ts for conducting business in Korea

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The Korea Times

Sung Lee

Finally, real progress against pancreatic cancer

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The Korea Times

Lisa Jarvis

As internal divisions simmer, Lebanese see echoes of last century’s civil war

As internal divisions simmer, Lebanese see echoes of last century’s civil war

Ex-fighters warn country nearing breaking point amid talks with Israel, sharpening rift between government and Hezbollah as well as sectarian fissures...

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The Times of Israel

Maya Gebeily

Hakarat Hatov

The theme of Yom Ha’atzmaut, is giving thanks to Hashem for returning us to Eretz Yisrael, and establishing the State of Israel. It was established...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Cynická obluda: OĽaNO z Wishu bude mať referendum

Keby hoci aj samotný originálny Igor chcel vymyslieť niečo, čo by dávalo menší zmysel, nemuselo by sa mu podariť.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Featured Post

Featured Post

Six months into my mid-career rabbinic ordination program at The Shalom Hartman Institute, I received a phone call from my very secular Israeli cousin...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David h. webber

لا حياد أثناء الحرب.. الوقوف مع الإمارات واجب أخلاقي

في الأوقات العادية، قد يبدو الحياد موقفًا مقبولًا، بل وربما حكيمًا في بعض...

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العين الإخبارية

د خلفان سلطان الكندي

حين يصبح التسامح خط دفاع عن الدولة الوطنية

قد يبدو الربط بين التعايش والتسامح من جهة، والانتماء والدولة الوطنية من جهة أخرى،...

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العين الإخبارية

عليا عيسى

‘Creativity is the basis of Judaism’: Yaacov Agam, father of kinetic art, receives Israel Prize

‘Creativity is the basis of Judaism’: Yaacov Agam, father of kinetic art, receives Israel Prize

Accepting the award in the eponymous museum he helped design ahead of Wednesday’s ceremony in Jerusalem, the 97-year-old creator charms admirers —...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Why did Israel suddenly recognize Somaliland?

Why did Israel suddenly recognize Somaliland?

Why did Israel suddenly recognize Somaliland? Israel did not recognize Somaliland out of love for the Somalilanders. It did so out of cold...

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New Eastern Outlook

Mohamed Lamine Kaba

Revising Japan’s arms export ban doesn’t make it a ‘militarist’ state

Revising Japan’s arms export ban doesn’t make it a ‘militarist’ state

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet on Tuesday made a landmark decision to abolish decades-old restrictions limiting military equipment...

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The Japan Times

Kuni Miyake

After extending truce, Trump claims Iran ‘collapsing financially’ over Hormuz closure

After extending truce, Trump claims Iran ‘collapsing financially’ over Hormuz closure

Pakistani PM thanks Trump, expresses hope US and Iran can reach comprehensive ‘peace deal’ during future unscheduled talks in Islamabad *...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

When Terror Strikes One, It Scars Us All

When Terror Strikes One, It Scars Us All

On the Pahalgam anniversary, Israelis stand shoulder‑to‑shoulder with India; two nations bound by grief, courage, and the unbroken will to live. A...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer avraham

Alan Dershowitz leaves Democratic Party, calling it the ‘most anti-Israel’ in US history

Alan Dershowitz leaves Democratic Party, calling it the ‘most anti-Israel’ in US history

High-profile attorney, whose clients have included Trump and Epstein, says party let hard-left fringe go mainstream; joins GOP, which he says has kept...

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

VOX POPULI: Conclave sources summarize how Leo XIV actually won the papacy

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Mythos shift

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The Korea Times

Kang Seung-Woo

We Who Paid No Price: Time to Pay

Like modern Israel, I was born in 1948. She is young and vibrant; I am old and contemplative. I have always considered myself blessed to have been...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gary Epstein

The New Global Power Taking Shape: India

The New Global Power Taking Shape: India

Driven by a global diaspora reshaping economies and alliances, India’s rise is redrawing the map of influence; and offering Israel fresh avenues for...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer avraham

War, Energy, and Inflation: Is the Global Economy Entering a New Crisis?

War, Energy, and Inflation: Is the Global Economy Entering a New Crisis?

There are moments in history when the global economy feels steady and predictable, even if imperfect. And then there are moments like this one, where...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed abdi idiris

After Israeli flyers in NY high school placed in urinal, board president faces calls to resign

After Israeli flyers in NY high school placed in urinal, board president faces calls to resign

Official’s daughter is among those posting photographs of the vandalism online, adding the caption: ‘Keep up the good work’

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

Featured Post

Featured Post

In a rare alignment, Israel’s Independence Day converges this year with International Earth Day. The timing is perfect. While wars, grief, and a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sue Surkes

Blind Spots and Bias Against Israel

Blind Spots and Bias Against Israel

Blind Spots and Bias Against Israel In the Netherlands, something striking has taken hold in public discourse. A country far removed from the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Is Israel a Welfare State? A Comparative Audit

Ask ten Israelis whether they live in a welfare state and you will receive, with Talmudic predictability, eleven opinions. The Haredi family drawing...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

Israel kicks off 78th Independence Day festivities with annual torch-lighting ceremony

Israel kicks off 78th Independence Day festivities with annual torch-lighting ceremony

Torch-lighters include Argentina’s Milei, a disabled IDF veteran and an Iranian ex-judicial official; Netanyahu gives pre-recorded speech focused on...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Confronting Wexner’s Epstein ties, alumni of Jewish leadership programs launch survivor fund

Confronting Wexner’s Epstein ties, alumni of Jewish leadership programs launch survivor fund

‘This fund represents what we believe Jewish leaders must do in a time of crisis,’ says ASHRU, adding that the money it raises will go ‘to...

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

Examining Racial Disparities in Health Care

Examining Racial Disparities in Health Care

Studies uncover the discrimination BIPOC families face in the health care system.

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Psychology Today

Robert T Muller Ph.d

Rachel Goldberg-Polin: Mother of murdered hostage Hersh ‘parcels out her pain’ in book

Rachel Goldberg-Polin: Mother of murdered hostage Hersh ‘parcels out her pain’ in book

‘When We See You Again’ is mother’s raw accounting of what happened to her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, and to her and her family

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

The 3 Reasons Why Overthinking Gets Worse When You're Alone

The 3 Reasons Why Overthinking Gets Worse When You're Alone

The hidden role of connection in quieting anxious, looping thoughts.

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Psychology Today

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d