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Monuments without a country: Indonesia’s empty gesture to Palestine

Monuments without a country: Indonesia’s empty gesture to Palestine

Madrid played host this week to a strange piece of theater. Ministers gathered to talk about rebuilding Palestinian culture — its cinema, its...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The battle of Palestinian and Israeli narratives in Indonesia

The battle of Palestinian and Israeli narratives in Indonesia

The Middle East conflict, particularly the long-running struggle between Palestine and Israel, has never been a distant geopolitical issue for...

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Middle East Monitor

Ronny P Sasmita

Thriving for Over 180 Years: Congregation Beth Israel of West Hartford, CT

Founded in 1843, Congregation Beth Israel in West Hartford, Connecticut, is one of the state’s oldest Jewish congregations and a vibrant Reform...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jay Abramson

After Gaza, who represents Palestine?

After Gaza, who represents Palestine?

More than a thousand days of war on Gaza have destroyed far more than cities, hospitals and refugee camps. They have also exposed the exhaustion of a...

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Middle East Monitor

Sayid Marcos Tenorio

Why Is the Outrage So Selective?

If Foreign Influence Is the Problem, Why Is the Outrage So Selective? There is a question that deserves an honest answer from the Democratic Party and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tara L. Laxer

Farage to stand against ‘record’ 33 candidates in UK by-election, including Count Binface

Farage to stand against ‘record’ 33 candidates in UK by-election, including Count Binface

Mainstream British parties boycotting election sparked by anti-immigration politician’s efforts to stymie a growing furor around his finances; vote...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Lost Holocaust music, nearly erased by Stalin, goes on tour in Asia

Lost Holocaust music, nearly erased by Stalin, goes on tour in Asia

Tour through Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Beijing plays Yiddish music rescued by Moisei Beregovsky, a Soviet Jewish ethnomusicologist, and...

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The Times of Israel

Shira Li Bartov

Mitch McConnell: Dead, Alive, or Merely Politically Engaged on Life Support?

Mitch McConnell: Dead, Alive, or Merely Politically Engaged on Life Support? In the grand circus of American politics, Kentucky somehow keeps stealing...

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New Eastern Outlook

Jeffrey Silverman

A Free Chinese AI Just Beat America’s Best

A Free Chinese AI Just Beat America’s Best

As of this week, the best AI in the world at building a website does not come from San Francisco. It comes from Beijing, it took first place from the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alex Vainer

From Lab to Life Can Geckos Help Us Cure Cancer?

From Lab to Life:  Can Geckos Help Us Cure Cancer Geckos are small, nocturnal lizards. They are known for their sounds, large eyes, and specialized...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Maital

Why Is Vance Claiming Epstein Had Ties to US and Israeli Intelligence?

Why Is Vance Claiming Epstein Had Ties to US and Israeli Intelligence?

Part Two: Beyond the Epstein-Barak Connection The first part of this analysis examined what the documented relationship between Ehud Barak and Jeffrey...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Keenan

The Guardian Myth: Why America's Hormuz Toll Plan Is Already Sinking

The Guardian Myth: Why America's Hormuz Toll Plan Is Already Sinking

The Guardian Myth: Why America’s Hormuz Toll Plan Is Already Sinking Washington has crowned itself toll-collector of the world’s most...

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New Eastern Outlook

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Avi Goldberger, pub owner who brings everyone together

Avi Goldberger, pub owner who brings everyone together

In this week’s Peoples of Israel, a new series featuring the mosaic of personalities walking the Land, we meet a 9th generation Jerusalemite who...

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The Times of Israel

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

The Church & The Gospel – Part IV

When Christians Had No Political Power Before Christians could influence emperors or courts, their public power came from communities of care,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

Featured Post

Featured Post

JTA — In early 2023, I wrote a novel that was Jewish in every possible way. The lovers called each other “ahuvati” and “neshama sheli” —...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Meg Keene

US strikes Iran for seventh night in a row; Iranian forces launch retaliatory attacks

US strikes Iran for seventh night in a row; Iranian forces launch retaliatory attacks

US reportedly sending dozens of refueling jets back to Israel as Trump mulls renewing massive bombing campaign; Iran attacks targets in Kuwait,...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

The Mandela they want you to forget: The strategist who defied the West

The Mandela they want you to forget: The strategist who defied the West

By rejecting proxy politics and demanding an equitable seat at the global decision-making table, the continent is realizing Mandela’s vision

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RT.com

Mustafa Fetouri

A Lesson From Vienna: Antisemitism Must Be Fought, Not "Contextualized"

A Lesson From Vienna: Antisemitism Must Be Fought, Not

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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Haaretz

Liam Hoare

Inspired by IDF training, Israeli activist spearheads fight against global wildlife crime

Inspired by IDF training, Israeli activist spearheads fight against global wildlife crime

Ofir Drori established a network that put 3,000 major animal traffickers behind bars. But now, he is struggling to keep his operation afloat

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The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

Rosalind Franklin: The DNA of Scientific Revolution — By Sandra Chayo

Sandra Chayo, businesswoman and lecturer, descendant of Lebanese and Bolivian Jews, uses her calm and engaging voice to tell the stories of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silas Anastacio

A Judaism worth inheriting

Somewhere on the plains of Moav, in the last weeks of his life, Moshe begins to speak. He has in front of him a captive audience in the form of a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amanda Goldstein

Twenty-Six Kilometres of Coastline, One Enormous Ambition

Jordan possesses just twenty-six kilometres of coastline. That narrow strip at Aqaba, wedged between Saudi Arabia and Israel at the northern tip of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

Southeast Asia must write its own trade rules for China’s ‘flying geese’

Southeast Asia has been thrust into the crosshairs of geopolitical competition these past few tumultuous years, necessitating choices about how to...

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South China Morning Post

Meg Rithmire

‘Tuner’: The Jewiest film of the summer

‘Tuner’: The Jewiest film of the summer

ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the comedic crime thriller that spotlights Dustin Hoffman, Lior Raz and Tovah Feldshuh

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Study of gay Palestinians who fled West Bank finds persecution by both PA and Israel

Study of gay Palestinians who fled West Bank finds persecution by both PA and Israel

HIAS report says Palestinian cities are distributing flyers instructing residents to report, beat LGBTQ individuals, while Israeli authorities are...

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The Times of Israel

Nurit Yohanan

عهد الاتحاد.. عندما سبق القرار ميلاد الدولة

هناك تواريخ لا تبقى مجرد أرقام في الذاكرة، بل تتحول إلى محطات تصنع هوية وطن. و18...

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العين الإخبارية

عمر الساعدي

Argentina vs Spain World Cup final becomes a proxy for the Israel-Palestinian conflict

Argentina vs Spain World Cup final becomes a proxy for the Israel-Palestinian conflict

Online fans cast upcoming match as a symbolic contest due to the opposing views on Israel in Madrid and Buenos Aires; some posts criticizing Messi...

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The Times of Israel

Juan Melamed

Settler activists illegally cross into Syria, stay for full day before being nabbed by IDF

Settler activists illegally cross into Syria, stay for full day before being nabbed by IDF

Incident marks latest attempt by Bashan Pioneers to establish settlements in Syrian buffer zone; soldiers hand activists over to police, condemn...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

US-Iran conflict drags Argentine companies’ stocks in NY, raises country risk

US-Iran conflict drags Argentine companies’ stocks in NY, raises country risk

What began as a strong week for Argentine assets on Wall Street lost momentum over the last two trading sessions. Most Argentine companies listed in...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Juan Marcos Pollio

IDF manpower chief: Extension of service period doesn’t replace need for more troops

IDF manpower chief: Extension of service period doesn’t replace need for more troops

Dado Bar Kalifa says extending compulsory service to 32 months ‘allows a minimal breathing room’ for conscripts and reservists, calls ‘to expand...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

US strikes Iran for seventh night in a row; Iranian forces launch retaliatory attacks

US strikes Iran for seventh night in a row; Iranian forces launch retaliatory attacks

Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain attacked by Islamic Republic, which also reportedly fires a missile at Saudi Arabia while the Revolutionary Guards target...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Curly Fries With Cheese Can Be Healthier Than You Think

Curly Fries With Cheese Can Be Healthier Than You Think

What's your motive when disparaging foods other people eat? Allergic to joy?

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Psychology Today

Gina Barreca Ph.d

Non-Monogamy Creates Personal Growth

Non-Monogamy Creates Personal Growth

Personal Perspective: Unpacking the challenges of a non-monogamous lifestyle.

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Psychology Today

Martha Kauppi

A Better Version of Residential Dementia Care

A Better Version of Residential Dementia Care

Personal Perspective: The Hogeweyk charters a different course in dementia care.

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Psychology Today

Gary R Simonds Md Ms Faans

How an Uncertain Economy Affects Gen Z’s Budgeting

How an Uncertain Economy Affects Gen Z’s Budgeting

Budgeting isn’t just about money. It’s about psychology.

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Psychology Today

Michele Leno Ph.d

When We Mistake Systemic Injury for Character

When We Mistake Systemic Injury for Character

How structural disadvantage becomes an individual reputation.

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Psychology Today

Joyce Vromen Ph.d

Valentina Miletić, hrvaška kraljica nogometa

Valentina Miletić, hrvaška kraljica nogometa

Svet bo v nedeljo dobil novega nogometnega prvaka, Hrvaška pa je v minulih tednih okronala nogometno prvakinjo. To je postala športna novinarka in...

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Dnevnik

Tina Bernik

Why Orthodox Jews in the US are pushing back against permanent daylight saving time

Why Orthodox Jews in the US are pushing back against permanent daylight saving time

Orthodox groups urge US Senate to oppose House-approved bill that promises more evening light, which would create challenge for observant Jews who...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Serjejo klamfe in prodajajo bučke

Serjejo klamfe in prodajajo bučke

Skoraj vse politike povezuje ena lastnost. Radi blebečejo. Govorijo in govorijo, kot da so plačani za vsako besedo. Blebečejo do nezavesti. Nikogar...

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Dnevnik

Leon Magdalenc

Nelegalni uporabniki državnih zemljišč niso plačali niti četrtine odmerjenega nadomestila

Nelegalni uporabniki državnih zemljišč niso plačali niti četrtine odmerjenega nadomestila

Sklad kmetijskih zemljišč je začel lansko jesen izstavljati račune tistim, ki za uporabo zemljišč oziroma objektov v lasti države ne plačujejo...

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Dnevnik

Tatjana Pihlar

Nemčija - Francija: Novi zagon za evropski motor

Nemčija - Francija: Novi zagon za evropski motor

Nemčija in Francija poskušata pozabiti na neuspešen skupni projekt bojnega letala nove generacije in okrepiti druge programe vojaškega...

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Dnevnik

Mihael Šorl

Trumpovo stopnjevanje vročice pred nakazujočim se porazom na vmesnih volitvah

Trumpovo stopnjevanje vročice pred nakazujočim se porazom na vmesnih volitvah

Ameriški predsednik pred novembrskimi vmesnimi volitvami, kjer se republikancem obeta poraz, seje dvome o volitvah. Očitano vmešavanje Kitajske...

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Dnevnik

Aleš Gaube

When Your Teen Resists Therapy, Try Curiosity

When Your Teen Resists Therapy, Try Curiosity

Two DBT skills that can defuse the standoff.

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Psychology Today

Alicia Smart