Judoka misses out on bronze, keeping Israel’s Olympic medal tally at 1

Israel’s Olympic team missed out on a second medal at the Tokyo Games Thursday, as judoka Peter Paltchik lost a repechage round. Paltchik, 29,...

Toi Staff

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Israeli baseball players sorry for breaking Olympic bed for TikTok

Israel’s Olympic baseball team apologized Thursday after uploading a TikTok video of players jumping on a bed in the Village. The video was...

Toi Staff

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Unqualified nominee

Owners of multiple homes should not head SH The Seoul Metropolitan Council has adopted a report stating that a nominee for the head of a city-run...

Editorial

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Lapid Is Right About Antisemitism

Why did Yair Lapid’s speech on antisemitism shock right-wingers? The speech, after all, did not equate the Holocaust with any other national...

Uzi Baram

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Country-based COVID travel bans no longer effective, warns top health official

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they unfold. Israeli swimmer Tomer Frankel fails to qualify for the men’s 100-meter...

Michael Bachner

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Israelis age 60 and up to start getting third coronavirus vaccine dose next week

Health Ministry Director-General Nachman Ash on Thursday told health management organizations to start giving a third COVID-19 vaccine shot to...

Stuart Winer

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Israel’s mixed swimming team makes finals of medley relay race

Israel made it to the finals of the first-ever Olympic mixed gender swimming event on Thursday. Swimmers Anastasia Gorbenko, Andi Murez, Itay...

Amy Spiro

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I'll Text You, Grandma!

By Shin Freedman I look at my grandchild busily watching animation on his IPAD. I am amazed at how smoothly with his tiny index finger my...

Thoughts Of The Times

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Good and Bad Olympic Nationalism

CHICAGO – In addition to being postponed by a year, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been steeped in controversy. According to one recent survey,...

Nancy Qian

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Aeqev – Consequences

The word mishpat (משפט) is a declaration made by a shophaet (judge) that provides clarification and instruction. However, when used...

David Kolinsky

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Midrash Tanchuma Eikev. When the Jews threw paradise away.

What if. In our Parsha Moshe reviews some key events including the breaking of the first set of Luchot (tablets). Midrash Tanchuma wonders what...

Yoni Mozeson

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At the Auschwitz Memorial, historical truth is our life’s mission

Mark Twain once said that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics. Regarding the article by Ilan Manor published on his...

Pawel Sawicki

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Parshat Eikev: In Eretz Yisrael, Things Get Personal

Whether venting about a particularly frustrating encounter with some bureaucratic government office or recounting that time their taxi driver...

Shlomo Katz

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Money, the Root of….

Tzedaka, charity, is one of the foundations of the Jewish people. Our ancestor Avraham was the paragon of doing for others and imbued his...

Avrohom Leventhal

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Evolutionary Status Quo on the Temple Mount

To the Editor: On July 19 2021, headlines stated the protest of King Abdullah about Jewish visits and prayer on the temple Mount. Once again,...

Frieda R. F. Horwitz

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Parshat Ekev: Walking the Tightrope of Leadership

“I grabbed the two tablets and flung them away with both my hands, smashing them before your eyes” (Devarim 9,17). My earliest memory of synagogue...

Yonatan Udren

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Ben & Jerrys: They Just made it Worse

The op-ed in the New York Times on July 29th by Bennett Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Holdings attempting...

Sherwin Pomerantz

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Singapore says commentary on KTV outbreak is full of inaccuracies

Country's Ministry of Home Affairs responds to Nikkei Asia article

Letter To The Editor

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Is the US Eavesdropping on EU Leaders Again?

Although wars have increasingly moved into cyberspace in recent years, the leading players remain the same, with the United States “leading the...

Vladimir Platov

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Cosmology in the dark

After decades of progress, cosmology is at a crossroads. Can it take its next big leap to solve the puzzles of dark matter? - by Aeon Video Watch...

Aeon Video

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After neurodiversity

We live in a world that must move beyond identity politics and embrace new models of the mind. Enter psydiversity - by Bonnie Evans Read at Aeon

Bonnie Evans

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Europe’s Hijab Test

LONDON – In mid-July, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that private employers in the EU can ban employees from wearing...

Jasmine M. El-Gamal

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Love or commitment: which one is more important?

What is more important in marriage? Love or commitment? I suspect that if a survey was conducted on this issue, those who have never experienced a...

Mendy Kaminker

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Green Pass system kicks back in for events, venues with over 100 people

Israel returned to the so-called Green Pass system starting midnight Wednesday, with the restriction applying to all events or locations where more...

Stuart Winer

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The UN's approach to democracy in Palestine includes only Mahmoud Abbas

UN independent experts have urged the Palestinian Authority to reschedule the parliamentary and presidential elections, which PA leader Mahmoud...

Ramona Wadi

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Breaking the glass

Before the groom steps on a glass to conclude the wedding ceremony, there is a tradition of reciting part of the 137th Psalm, “If I forget thee O...

David Wolpe

10

On becoming great

On 15 July, 2021 I became great. Great in the very best sense of the word. My grandson and his wife brought forth into the world a baby boy, their...

Esor Ben-Sorek

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Vaccinations, community, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

To be honest, it is hard to hear about vaccine refusal without having to fight back rage. Those of us who are vaccinated — to be clear, none of...

Joanne Palmer

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Neo-Nazis target millions of autistic children in Bangladesh

In 1939, the Nazi regime in Germany under the command of nefarious Adolf Hitler carried out a program called the T4, euthanizing hundreds of...

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

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Nord Stream 2 Signals American Decline in Europe

The US ‘decision’ to not stand in the way of Nord Stream 2 is hardly a surprise. While the US officials made their decision to look like a...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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Embracing enough

Yoga classes traditionally begin with a few moments focused on a message that sets the theme for the practice. As I teach, it is one of my...

Carol Silver Elliott

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OPEC+ nations must not squander the chance for a makeover

Time the anachronistic cartel moved to cement its relevance

Vandana Hari

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More and More Countries are Trying to Find a Compromise in Afghanistan

Against the backdrop of a spike of unrest along the border with Afghanistan and in the country itself after the withdrawal of US troops, more and...

Vladimir Danilov

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The witch hunt to find foreign funds in Turkey

Last week there began a witch hunt by media outlets, politicians, and social media users across the political spectrum against journalists,...

Nevşin Mengü

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For Biles, it finally all becomes too much

Finally, it all became too much. Simone Biles felt it hours before she took the floor in Tokyo, a nervousness she couldn't explain as she waited to...

Japan Today

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Bullying in the workplace

Survey of Naver employees reveals gravity of situation Workplace bullying has been rampant at Naver Corp., the Ministry of Employment and Labor...

Editorial

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Kahanist Lawmaker Is the New Leader of the Israeli Right

“You’re a terrorist, you should be in the Syrian parliament,” MK Itamar Ben-Gvir yelled at Deputy Knesset Speaker Ahmad Tibi. The earth shook...

Zvi Bar&x27El

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Too much coverage of rich guys in space

By David Zurawik I was already tired of the gee-whiz coverage of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos going into space before Branson actually went there...