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Top universities come out against legislation to expand gender segregation in academia

Top universities come out against legislation to expand gender segregation in academia

Tel Aviv University head: ‘Real, tangible danger’; Hebrew University says legislation would cause ‘direct harm to academic freedom’; Bar Ilan...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Judging the Enhanced Games

Judging the Enhanced Games

MELBOURNE—The inaugural Enhanced Games, held in Las Vegas in May, allowed participating athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs. The Games’...

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Project Syndicate

Peter Singer

Eyal Hulata: What’s next in the war against Iran

Eyal Hulata: What’s next in the war against Iran

The campaigns against Tehran achieved much, says Israel’s former national security adviser. But the accomplishments will be fleeting unless Israel...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Housing snapshot July 2026: In shadow of Iran war, home prices fall 0.3% in March-April

Housing snapshot July 2026: In shadow of Iran war, home prices fall 0.3% in March-April

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in the local property market right now

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Is Pakistan turning its side of Kashmir into another Balochistan?

Is Pakistan turning its side of Kashmir into another Balochistan?

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Nikkei Asian Review

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Power and Place in Parashat Matot-Masei

As we come to the end of the book of Bamidbar (Numbers), we are left holding multiple, often conflicting strands: We are left with both victories in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Naomi Graetz

Israel reportedly warned US that Iran devised a new plot to assassinate Trump

Israel reportedly warned US that Iran devised a new plot to assassinate Trump

WSJ says Israeli intelligence indicated new plan in development; US officials tell Channel 12 warning was more general, appeared to be attempt to...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Jews reading about Prophet Ishmael as well as Prophet Isaac

Muslims know that Hagar and her son Prophet Ishmael are mentioned in the Biblical book of Genesis, (chapter 21); but very few know that every year...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

EDITORIAL: Impending bill to revise Imperial House Law must be stopped

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Takaichi wants to make Japan Inc. great again

Takaichi wants to make Japan Inc. great again

In a memorable quip during her campaign for election earlier this year, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi promised that she would smash the button marked...

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The Japan Times

Gearoid Reidy

Cynická obluda: Kolaboranti pohoršení vlastným zoznamom

Odhalený agent musí nutne ísť s platom dole.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Americký sen newyorského starostu Mamdaniho. Demokratický socializmus ako nová nádej

Teória Francisa Fukuyamu z 90. rokov o konci dejín bola posledným veľkým príbehom, ktorý zjednotil liberálno-demokratický Západ. Západný...

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Pravda.sk

Slavoj Žižek

VOX POPULI: A century-old Okinawan community holds fast in Yokohama

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

6 said killed by IDF in Gaza; Israel tries, fails to assassinate Hamas spokesman

6 said killed by IDF in Gaza; Israel tries, fails to assassinate Hamas spokesman

Gaza source says Hassem Qassem not in vehicle when it was struck by drone, bodyguard slain; IDF says strikes this week killed Islamic Jihad commander,...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Board of Peace plans launch of pilot Gaza housing project, but green light elusive

Board of Peace plans launch of pilot Gaza housing project, but green light elusive

US-led body thinks it can establish Rafah-area humanitarian zone regardless of whether Hamas agrees to disarm, but needs cooperation from Israel and...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

A Puzzlement

I never caught the jigsaw puzzle fever, but my sister is an avid assembler, and during covid, my wife, Sharon, also took them up. Following their...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joseph C. Kaplan

Administration without sovereignty will not free Palestine

Administration without sovereignty will not free Palestine

For nearly three years, Israel and its Western allies have claimed that Hamas’s rule over Gaza was one of the principal obstacles to peace between...

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Al Jazeera

Ahmed Najar

What Is the Digital-Money Debate Really About?

What Is the Digital-Money Debate Really About?

LONDON—The debate over stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may seem to be about technology, but it is actually about the...

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Project Syndicate

Lucrezia Reichlin

Treasure Trove: Alfred Dreyfus, Toronto and Elaine from Seinfeld

Treasure Trove: Alfred Dreyfus, Toronto and Elaine from Seinfeld

In 2025, France declared that July 12 will be the national day of commemoration for Alfred Dreyfus.  The first such day is in 2026, which is the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Matlow

The Danger of Suspicion (Matot, Covenant & Conversation)

The Danger of Suspicion (Matot, Covenant & Conversation)

It is a fascinating story, and from it comes one of the great principles of Judaism. Two of the tribes, Reuben and Gad, see that the land east of the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Sacks

A Timely and Urgent Resource for Every Jewish Community

A Timely and Urgent Resource for Every Jewish Community

“The Case against Cremation and for Traditional Burial” A profound defense of Jewish tradition and the eternal sanctity of the human form In...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Ezagui

Editor's Choice: War and high fuel costs reshape Asia's vacation plans

Editor's Choice: War and high fuel costs reshape Asia's vacation plans

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Nikkei Asian Review

Akito Tanaka

Why Study a Building That Doesn’t Exist?

Imagine if, in the middle of a national crisis, someone launched a campaign encouraging people to study the architectural plans of a building that had...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yaakov Raskin

Leaked! Trump’s Plans for Israel (satire)

Leaked! Trump’s Plans for Israel (satire)

I recently holidayed at the famed Trump resort, Mar-a-Lago. While it had all the amenities one would expect from a Trump property (golden gilded holes...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joshua Kail

Ingratiation of Rahm Emanuel to American Haters of Israel and Jews

Jewish candidates for the US Congress, including members of Congress running for re-election are finding the need to pass a litmus test if they want...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jaroslava Halper

Social Media and… Mistrust

My post last week was all about the political ramifications of social media. But they are called “social” media for a reason. The social effects...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

The West’s Precipice

Can a civilization survive if it no longer believes its own values are worth preserving? “It is only on the brink that people find the will to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Soli Foger

Fear Nothing – Love Everything

——On the Three Weeks and the Anxiety Reshaping American Jewry Over the last few months, you may have noticed a new refrain appearing in Jewish...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

D. Tzvi Trenk

The Jewish Power Blog: Though He Tarry

The Talmud relates that Rabbi Joshua ben Levi one day ran into Elijah (which he is said to have done occasionally), and asked him when the messiah...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Marc J. Rosenstein

A Man Is His Word (Matot-Masei)

This week’s Torah reading, Matot, opens with a sentence that sounds simple until you try to live by it: “If a man makes a vow to God or takes an...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Noam Raucher

Trump just made Japan’s security dilemma more urgent

Trump just made Japan’s security dilemma more urgent

For decades, Japanese grand strategy rested on a quiet, comfortable bargain. The United States kept the world’s sea lanes open — especially the...

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The Japan Times

Imran Khalid

EU states do not need ‘consensus’ to hold Israel accountable

EU states do not need ‘consensus’ to hold Israel accountable

On July 13, European Union foreign ministers are due to meet again at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. The agenda includes an “exchange of...

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Al Jazeera

Tamam Abusalama

The spiritual question around aliyah

The spiritual question around aliyah

The tribes of Gad and Reuven had large flocks. Seeing the rich grazing land east of the Jordan, in this week’s Parsha, they asked Moshe for...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nitzan Bergman

Cyril a Metod, kresťanské vzory? Skôr národná propaganda

Byzantských diplomatov radi zneužijú politici v Česku aj na Slovensku. Ale kresťanstvo aj tak nepriniesli.

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SME.sk

Aktuálně.cz

The US is building a new pressure architecture against Iran

The US is building a new pressure architecture against Iran

Was Trump’s presence at the NATO summit in Turkiye, amid escalating anti-Iranian rhetoric and orders to attack Iran, simply participation in a...

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Al Jazeera

Farhad Pashavand

France returns 23 Syrian treasures kept for 15 years due to severed ties

France returns 23 Syrian treasures kept for 15 years due to severed ties

Artifacts flown to Damascus aboard Macron’s presidential aircraft include Roman bronze objects, Byzantine and Islamic-era pieces, mosaic panel that...

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The Times of Israel

Ap

Venezuela’s turn to Israel is about survival, not conviction

Venezuela’s turn to Israel is about survival, not conviction

Six months after United States forces ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, the balance of power in Latin America and the Caribbean has shifted in...

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Al Jazeera

Carlos Eduardo Pina

‘We can win the World Cup’; Morocco’s path to claim Africa’s first trophy

‘We can win the World Cup’; Morocco’s path to claim Africa’s first trophy

Before the FIFA World Cup 2026 began, Morocco’s head coach, Mohamed Ouahbi, was asked about his ambitions for the national team. His answer was...

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Al Jazeera

Ali El Garni

Jerusalem: History, Holy Sites, Culture, and Life

Jerusalem: History, Holy Sites, Culture, and Life

Jerusalem is not a city you can see completely at once but rather comes slowly through the tiny stone alleyways and the busy markets, then calm...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Denise Bruno

Sexist journalism makes for a sexist reality

If an alien landed on Earth and read news coverage from the last few weeks, he would think the world was at least 90% men. Overwhelming coverage of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tamar Ziff

Taliansko a Balkán: Strategická voľba pre Európu

Ide o najdôležitejšiu geostrategickú investíciu našej doby

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SME.sk

Antonio Tajani

The weak yen is not Japan’s new strength. It is a warning

The weak yen is not Japan’s new strength. It is a warning

As a former chief economist at the Bank of Japan, I am often asked whether the weak yen is here to stay or whether Japan may one day see a return of...

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The Japan Times

Kumiharu Shigehara

The Bus Stop Battlefield: My Body Is Not Your Theology

We are living in a moment where the promise of Israeli democracy is being suffocated, not just by external threats, but by a slow-motion rot from...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Raub Aline

What is the ‘settler violence’ actually about?

“There’s two sides to the story but the media only shows one side.” “It’s a small number of at-risk youth.” “The military is failing to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tom Livny

Holy Soldiers

Moshe Rabbeinu’s final task before his death was to make war with Midyan. They were guilty of causing the elite of Israel to sin. This was a holy...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

The Chimera of Peace: The Washington Ultimatum Dooms Lebanon to Endless War and Demographic Catastrophe

The Chimera of Peace: The Washington Ultimatum Dooms Lebanon to Endless War and Demographic Catastrophe The document signed under U.S. patronage is...

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New Eastern Outlook

Mohammed Ibn Faisal Al-Rashid

Štvrtý kvadrant ríše zla

Vzdať sa na 60 percent obohateného uránu by bola pre fundamentalistov ťažká porážka.

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SME.sk

Peter Schutz

Fico hodil samosprávu cez palubu

Ako Ezopova líška hovorí, že komunál je aj tak kyslý!

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SME.sk

Peter Tkačenko

The Ankara Illusion: Europe's Strategic Defeat in Plain Sight

The Ankara Illusion: Europe's Strategic Defeat in Plain Sight

The Ankara Illusion: Europe’s Strategic Defeat in Plain Sight The NATO summit in Ankara was designed to project unity. Leaders reaffirmed their...

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New Eastern Outlook

Adrian Korczyński