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Knesset panel to resume vote on reservations to judicial appointments bill on Sunday

The Knesset committee pushing a contentious bill that will give the government control of most judicial appointments as part of its efforts to...

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The Times of Israel

Carrie Keller-Lynn

What Do Religious Parties Have to Do With Democracy?

Actually, we should have outlawed the religious parties a long time ago. That’s what a democratic country should do. After all, religious parties,...

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Haaretz

B. Michael

Brezplačni zdravstveni sistem kot nekoč

V zadnjih mesecih je bilo veliko nelagodja zaradi izginjanja osebnih zdravnikov in znakov poglabljanja nesorazmerij v zdravstvenem sistemu....

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Dnevnik

Ervin Hladnik Milharčič

Do Men Need Our Help?

What policies do we need, if any, to ensure that men thrive in today's world?

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Psychology Today

Barbara J. Risman Ph.d

Are We Seeing the Death of Trust in Our Society?

The disintegration of trust in America may benefit from an old idea: reverence.

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Psychology Today

Lonny D. Meinecke Ph.d

PM’s failure to secure calm on Israeli front hastens inevitable breakdown in US ties

Despite the vast political differences between the United States and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new hardline government, the Biden...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

What to Do About Temporary and Chronic Loneliness

Loneliness is still on the rise, even after the pandemic.

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Psychology Today

Kimberly Key Ph.d

Amman’s parliament displays Israel with Palestine-Jordan flag, calls to expel envoy

Jordan’s parliament on Wednesday recommended expelling Israel’s ambassador, while displaying a map at the center of its chamber featuring...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Post-Abraham Accords, Israel's foes are reconciling with their rivals

The Middle East has been in turmoil for decades, with conflicts often fuelled by historic rivalries, sectarianism and geopolitical interests....

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Middle East Monitor

Omar Ahmed

Syrian media reports Israeli airstrikes against Aleppo airport

Israel carried out airstrikes in Syria, including against an airport in Aleppo, in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning, according to Syrian...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The implosion of Israel’s ruling party

In the election of 2015, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party ran a campaign warning that then-opposition leader Isaac Herzog would allow the Islamic...

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The Times of Israel

Haviv Rettig Gur

Then we retake Gaza: Hardline minister hails repealing of West Bank Disengagement

A far-right minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government said that a law repealing legislation that ordered the evacuation of four...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF fears more pilots will refuse to serve over judicial overhaul — report

Military officials are concerned that hundreds more elite service members in the reserves will refuse to serve in protest of the government’s...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel’s next NBA superstar? Yarin Hasson nets UConn spot to play in March Madness

ALBANY, New York — If, one day, Yarin Hasson realizes his dream of becoming one of the greatest basketball players Israel has ever produced,...

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The Times of Israel

Ed Klajman

After strong US rebuke, PM says no plan for ‘new’ settlements in northern West Bank

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to issue a clarification on Wednesday that his far-right government would not build any new...

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The Times of Israel

Ash Obel

Knesset panel plows ahead with judicial appointments bill despite 5,400 reservations

The Knesset was moving closer to approving one of the coalition’s core bills in its effort to overhaul the judiciary on Wednesday, which will give...

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The Times of Israel

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Daily Briefing March 22: Biden calls PM; Ben & Jerry’s is called out for hypocrisy

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Greece offering senior Israeli tech executives tax breaks to relocate – report

With the Israeli tech sector increasingly jittery over the government’s plan to overhaul the judiciary, nearby Greece is reportedly attempting to...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Ashkelon man charged for pepper spraying anti-overhaul protesters in Tel Aviv

A man was charged Tuesday with assaulting and threatening anti-judicial overhaul protesters, after allegedly attacking them at a rally with pepper...

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The Times of Israel

Michael Horovitz

IDF admits psychological warfare attempt against Israeli citizens

The IDF has admitted it engaged in “psychological warfare” during its 2021 military operation in Gaza by using fake social media accounts to try...

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The Times of Israel

Ash Obel

Likud’s Regev says she doesn’t like Dubai and won’t go back there

Transportation Minister Miri Regev on Wednesday said in a speech that she did not like visiting Dubai and would not be going back to the United...

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The Times of Israel

Michael Horovitz

Oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible manuscript on display in Israel for 1st time

The Codex Sassoon, the oldest-known and the most complete Hebrew Bible manuscript, will go on display for the first time in Israel on Thursday at...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Ko je Pahor postal državnik

Lepo smo bili navajeni. Dolga leta po osamosvojitvi je bilo vsako slovensko-italijansko srečanje na državni ravni prava drama, polna čustev in...

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Dnevnik

Stefano Lusa

واقعية الإمارات وعودة سوريا للحضن العربي

زيارة تاريخية للرئيس السوري "بشار الأسد" وحرمه السيدة "أسماء الأسد"، تعد الثانية...

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العين الإخبارية

محمد فيصل الدوسري

Iron Dome intercepts Hamas drone flying over Gaza — IDF

The Iron Dome air defense system shot down an unmanned aircraft belonging to the Hamas terror group flying over the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Gaza fisherman turns to Israeli court in fight to prevent seizure of boat

Gaza fisherman Jihad al-Hissi is used to rough waters but he now faces a new storm. An Israeli court may seize his boat after he breached the...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Protests in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem target ministers as coalition advances bills

Protests against the government’s judicial overhaul took place in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Wednesday with several targeting government ministers...

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The Times of Israel

Michael Horovitz

Knesset fast-tracks bill to remove High Court ability to order PM to recuse himself

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday’s events as they unfold. Undercover Israeli forces arrested a wanted Palestinian in the West Bank...

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The Times of Israel

Amy Spiro

Tel Aviv Museum of Art to darken galleries in protest on Thursday

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is joining the countrywide judicial overhaul protests planned for Thursday, March 23, and will darken the halls and...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Orthodox schools said to receive millions to compensate for previous budget cuts

The government will provide NIS 12 million ($3.2 million) to Haredi and Religious Zionist schools to compensate for a drop in funding that occurred...

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The Times of Israel

Ash Obel

(POGLED) Gruzija: Razkol med promoskovsko vlado in Zahodu naklonjenim prebivalstvom

Epa - Nadavno je tisoče protestnikov dvakrat preplavilo ulice Tbilisija in "ruskemu zakonu" reklo ne. Pripadniki posebnih policijskih enot so jih...

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Večer

Natasha Lindstaedt

Dorian Grey Landsbergis

In March 2023 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis visited Yad Vashem. The visit was ostensibly to pay his respects to his great-...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Grant Arthur Gochin

We may never get the truth about Nord Stream or a COVID lab leak

The first casualty of war is truth, they say. I’d add that truth is equally moribund in a cold war and a pandemic or other calamities for which...

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The Japan Times

Andreas Kluth

Moving Toward Values-Based Actions

Four ways to engage with what matters to you.

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Psychology Today

Lizabeth Roemer Ph.d

Health Ministry recalls Telefrost green beans after bacteria spotted

The Health Ministry on Wednesday announced a recall of all Telefrost green bean products after Listeria bacteria was found during an inspection at...

20

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

‘Crisis over’: Israeli, Polish FMs sign deal to mend ties, return envoy to Tel Aviv

Israel and Poland took a major step toward ending a multi-faceted diplomatic crisis on Wednesday, as the two countries’ foreign ministers signed...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Climatic plan's setback

Nation should do its part in resolving global crisis Korea has grown into one of the world's top 10 economies and is occasionally invited to G7...

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The Korea Times

Editorial

This Passover, Israel will recall ancient freedom under the threat of modern tyranny

This Editor’s Note was sent out earlier Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these...

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The Times of Israel

David Horovitz

Police officer shot at during German raids linked to far-right group

BERLIN — German investigators carried out raids related to a far-right movement on Wednesday, in which a police officer was shot at during one of...

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The Times of Israel

Bassem Mroue

Clashes as retired Lebanese soldiers try to storm government HQ in protest

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces fired tear gas on Wednesday to disperse hundreds of protesters, mainly retired soldiers, who tried to...

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The Times of Israel

Bassem Mroue

There’s no ‘compromise’ in the coalition’s play for unlimited power

Let’s start at the end. If you seize control of the Judicial Appointments Committee, there’s no longer a need for any reform. If the coalition...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Suzie Navot

Israeli Law Enforcement Helped the Far Right Reach Positions of Power

In recent weeks the international media has been intensively covering the Netanyahu government’s plans to abolish the independence and...

40

Haaretz

Eitay Mack

The fate of the Wicked Son

Amongst the best loved sections of the Seder is the one about the four sons, the wise, the wicked, the simple, and the one who knows not how to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Raymond Apple

Vayikra: Choose Your Own Adventure

This week, we are beginning Leviticus, and its Hebrew name, Vayikra, is also the name of this week’s parashah. וַיִּקְרָ֖א means “and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Carasik

Cite Sources as a Matter of Corpse Nazir 56 and Nazir 57 Positive Self-Talk 

Our Gemara on Amud Beis discusses the obligation to cite sources when quoting a teaching. But there is a chain of at least three scholars, such as,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Simcha Feuerman

The 4 mothers and their view from Israel, pre-Passover 2023/5783

As we approach the Passover holiday, many of us are in a state of distress and confusion. What kind of society are we? What kind of government...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Pamela Laufer-Ukeles

Hell in the Holy Land

By Carl Bildt JERUSALEM ― A massive double crisis is emerging between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. Both Israel and the Palestinian...

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The Korea Times

Guest Column

A Vegan View of the Biblical Animal Sacrifices

 “Now we come to the great embarrassment.” Those were the opening words of a sermon delivered years ago by an assistant rabbi at the Young Israel...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Richard H. Schwartz

To Remember

It is just three years ago, almost to the day, when COVID changed the world of elder care services forever.  Of course, this global pandemic...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Carol Silver Elliott

Leftists are the United States’ only hope

The Democratic Party cannot rely on good old Joe once again. The first time was a mistake, a second time would be a disaster for the working class...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Fred Hidvegi

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