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Snow line

A father and son’s search for the line where the snow starts ‘Why do you think I brought you here?’ In Snow Line, the Vancouver-based filmmaker...

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Aeon

Aeon Video

Prosecutors said set to indict settler accused of killing Palestinian activist

Prosecutors said set to indict settler accused of killing Palestinian activist

Yinon Levy reportedly to be charged with reckless homicide, with maximum sentence of 12 years, for shooting of Awdah Hathaleen during clash in West...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Channel 13’s looming sale ignites fears of political meddling and regulatory evasion

Channel 13’s looming sale ignites fears of political meddling and regulatory evasion

Israeli TV channel’s owner Blavatnik rejects a higher bid in favor of one from media tycoon Drahi, who is seen as close to Prime Minister Netanyahu

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The Times of Israel

Biranit Goren

Israeli charged with spying on ex-defense minister Gallant for Iran

Israeli charged with spying on ex-defense minister Gallant for Iran

Fares Abu al-Hija, 32, allegedly carried out missions for figure he met via social media, including stashing phones in Haifa, photographing former...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

New settlement to ‘expand Jerusalem’ for first time since 1967

New settlement to ‘expand Jerusalem’ for first time since 1967

Left-wing group accuses government of ‘backdoor annexation’; West Bank regional council head lauds ‘realization of the settlement vision,’...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

How are the BRICS Sherpas and Sub-Sherpas shaping the 21st century in New Delhi?

How are the BRICS Sherpas and Sub-Sherpas shaping the 21st century in New Delhi?

How are the BRICS Sherpas and Sub-Sherpas shaping the 21st century in New Delhi? In New Delhi, the BRICS countries took a historic step toward a new...

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New Eastern Outlook

Mohamed Lamine Kaba

From despair and destruction to hope and renewal

From despair and destruction to hope and renewal

He who saves a single life is as if he saved the whole world. From the Talmud and the Koran He who saves a single life is as if he saved the whole...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ron Kronish

Bennett and Deri spar after mob attacks female soldiers in Bnei Brak

Former PM visits city, accuses coalition of turning blind eye to ultra-Orthodox incitement against joining army; Shas leader calls for restraining...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

82-letnik se je sredi trgovine do golega slekel in kradel

82-letnik se je sredi trgovine do golega slekel in kradel

Z denarno kaznijo jo je odnesel starejši Hrvat, ki se je v soboto zvečer v trgovini v Kopru slekel do golega in mahal s svojim spolnim udom. Potem...

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Dnevnik

Tak

Father and son shot dead while driving in Umm al-Fahm; no suspects arrested

Father and son shot dead while driving in Umm al-Fahm; no suspects arrested

Mayor laments ‘shocking’ double homicide, which takes annual death toll in Arab community to 50; police find burnt car near scene, possibly...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Australian archaeology museum recovers Egyptian artifacts after break-in

Australian archaeology museum recovers Egyptian artifacts after break-in

Man charged with stealing mummy mask, jewelry and wooden cat and causing ‘irreparable damage’ to other items, says he believed Abbey Museum was...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Tailing looters, archaeologists find 2,000-year-old stone vessel factory in Jerusalem

Tailing looters, archaeologists find 2,000-year-old stone vessel factory in Jerusalem

Cups, bowls and other ritually pure items are thought to have been fashioned out of soft limestone at Mount Scopus site along pilgrimage road in...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

Two Green Prints: Trend… or Tease?

Two Green Prints: Trend… or Tease?

For most of 2025, the Israeli housing market looked like it was slowly exhaling. After eight consecutive index readings showing declines, the latest...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Matti Munk

Setting the Table – shulchan, petora, taka, and tavla

Setting the Table – shulchan, petora, taka, and tavla

One of the most important components of the Tabernacle and the Holy Temple was the golden shulchan, upon which the twelve loaves of the weekly...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Reuven Chaim Klein

Slovenist? Naj bo!

Slovenist? Naj bo!

Pretekli vikend je bil vsebinsko zelo obremenjen: pustni, valentinov in informativni – pa še veličastno olimpijski za povrh. Pust ima v naših...

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Dnevnik

Marko Stabej

Antisemitism Served at Europcar Melbourne

Antisemitism Served at Europcar Melbourne

You’d expect a car rental company to apply its rules consistently. Yet in Melbourne, an Israeli tourist was refused a vehicle by Europcar because...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shane Shmuel

Be Kind To The Widow

The Torah lists three members of society that require special care and attention. They are, the convert, the orphan, and the widow. The convert might...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Gérard Bensussan Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #314.3

Gérard Bensussan Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #314.3

Gérard Bensussan is a philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of Strasbourg. The Japanese translation of The Two Morals (Vrin, 2019) ...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexandre Gilbert

When Africa Led In — Conflict Resolution & Restorative Justice, Part 19

Conflict Resolution & Restorative Justice in African Political Thought History is often taught as if structured conflict resolution matured along...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

Together, we are given the tools

Together, we are given the tools

Months have passed since the fiercest days of fighting on the ground, during the recent Swords of Iron war. Today the campus of Reichman University is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Davis

Of Kings and Temples: Was Shlomo the Jeffrey Epstein of his time? (Terumah)

וְעָ֥שׂוּ לִ֖י מִקְדָּ֑שׁ וְשָֽׁכַנְתִּ֖י בְּתוֹכָֽם And they shall make Me a sanctuary and I will...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

J.j Gross

Lani povprečna plača za 3,4 odstotke višja

Lani povprečna plača za 3,4 odstotke višja

Povprečna mesečna plača je lani znašala 2536,03 evra bruto oz. 1602,05 evra neto. V bruto znesku je bila od plače v 2024 nominalno višja za 5,9...

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Dnevnik

Sta

The snowball effect

Our planet was once a harsh, alien, icy world. Yet this deep freeze may have shaped you, me and all life on Earth by Graham Shields  BIO A...

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Aeon

Graham Shields

The Secret Life of Old Objects

The Secret Life of Old Objects

How nostalgia gives everyday objects emotional power.

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Psychology Today

Sam Goldstein Ph.d

Discipline Without Drama

Discipline Without Drama

The art of staying committed when motivation fades.

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Psychology Today

Jan Bonhoeffer M.d

From Lab to Life: Babies Start to Learn Early

What goes on in the minds of tiny newborns?   With our great-grandchildren,  newest one just arrived, I look into their eyes – and see curiosity...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Maital

Rubio in Munich, Vance Sidelined

By any serious geopolitical metric, sending US Secretary of State Marco Rubio—not US Vice President J. D. Vance—to the 2026 Munich Security...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

There can be no ‘good deal’ with Iran; only a regime change

There can be no ‘good deal’ with Iran; only a regime change

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Washington on Thursday feeling skeptical about the US President’s optimism on reaching a “good...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Giovanni Giacalone

Indonesia’s Gaza gamble

Indonesia’s Gaza gamble

President Prabowo Subianto’s government said on February 10 that Indonesia is preparing to deploy up to 8,000 troops to a proposed multinational...

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Al Jazeera

Ronny P Sasmita

Five Ways To Strengthen Israel’s Social Economy

Since October 7, Israeli civil society has mobilized at extraordinary speed. Volunteers filled gaps overnight. Philanthropy surged. Communities held...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eldan Kaye

The Kafka Test: On Trusting AI’s Eloquent Incoherence

By Joe Nalven Anthropic Claude Introduction to a reinvented essay In my earlier Times of Israel article AI Reflects on Otherness: A Trusted...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joe Nalven

Alcaraz in Sabalenka še naprej na vrhu

Alcaraz in Sabalenka še naprej na vrhu

Španski teniški zvezdnik Carlos Alcaraz ostaja na vrhu lestvice ATP, Belorusinja Arina Sabalenka pa na lestvici WTA.

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Dnevnik

Gte

Ministrstvo z 250.000 evrov v podporo kroženju kulturnih projektov v letošnjem letu

Ministrstvo z 250.000 evrov v podporo kroženju kulturnih projektov v letošnjem letu

Ministrstvo za kulturo je objavilo javni poziv za kroženje kulturnih projektov v letu 2026 v skupni vrednosti 250.000 evrov. Namen poziva je...

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Dnevnik

Sta

Why Jews Flourished in Hindu India

Why Jews Flourished in Hindu India

In May 2025, I had the opportunity of visiting India’s high commission in Central London, just weeks after the Islamist terror attack in Kashmir,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Miles Damone Mackay

The Philippines’s 2026 ASEAN Chairmanship

The Philippines’s 2026 ASEAN Chairmanship

The Philippines’s 2026 ASEAN Chairmanship This year Manila is chairing ASEAN. What can we expect from the new leader, well-known for its pro-US...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ksenia Muratshina

We're not alone in the fight against Holocaust denial

We're not alone in the fight against Holocaust denial

In Germany today, descendants of Nazi perpetrators are confronting their family histories and standing publicly against Holocaust denial and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Revital Yakin Krakovsky

India’s Soft Power Swing: Rewiring the Global Cricket Economy

India’s Soft Power Swing: Rewiring the Global Cricket Economy

As India reshapes the economics and politics of cricket, the sport finds new homes from Texas to Tel Aviv, expanding its reach, redefining its...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer Avraham

Israel and Somaliland: Comparative Resilience and State-Building

Israel and Somaliland are frequently referenced in geopolitical discourse for their distinctive paths to statehood and resilience. Despite divergent...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

Iran’s foreign minister meets with UN nuclear chief ahead of 2nd round of US talks

Iran’s foreign minister meets with UN nuclear chief ahead of 2nd round of US talks

Araghchi vows ‘no submission before threats,’ as IRGC navy holds drill amid US buildup; deputy Iranian FM says compromise on nuclear issue...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

No State, Just a Passport: Palestine Before 1948

No State, Just a Passport: Palestine Before 1948

The “Palestine passport” myth debunked. Yes, there were Palestine passports before 1948. No, they do not prove an Arab Palestinian state ever...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Award-winning ‘Tehran’ producer found dead in Athens hotel room

Award-winning ‘Tehran’ producer found dead in Athens hotel room

Dana Eden, 52, was in Greek capital to oversee filming of drama series’ fourth season

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

David’s Thunderous Rebuke: Haredi Violence Betrays the Man After Hashem’s Heart

David’s Thunderous Rebuke: Haredi Violence Betrays the Man After Hashem’s Heart

In the smoking streets of Bnei Brak on February 15, 2026, two female IDF instructors dressed modestly for a welfare visit to a soldier’s home hid in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yosef Eitan

Battle Strategies and Tactics for Diaspora Jews against Antisemitism

Battle Strategies and Tactics for Diaspora Jews against Antisemitism

Asymmetrical systems warfare, not slogan warfare By now, Diaspora Jews should be clear-eyed about one fact: overt antisemitism does not survive...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Richard Diamond

From Threats to Talks: A Critical Moment for Tehran and Washington

From Threats to Talks: A Critical Moment for Tehran and Washington

From Threats to Talks: A Critical Moment for Tehran and Washington The recent peace talks between Iran and the United States demonstrate that both...

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New Eastern Outlook

Abbas Hashemite

AI Risk: The Next Jewish Communal Security Issue

AI Risk: The Next Jewish Communal Security Issue

Artificial Intelligence has the power to change facts and eliminate truth. For Jewish communities already operating in a heightened threat...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Craig Frank

The "If-Then" Trap: Why Happiness Is Not a Destination

The

Happiness isn't a reward you get for finishing your to-do list.

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Psychology Today

Robert Puff Ph.d

Missiles, carriers, and red lines: Washington, Tehran and Jerusalem face off in a historic confrontation. Who blinks first?

Missiles, carriers, and red lines: Washington, Tehran and Jerusalem face off in a historic confrontation. Who blinks first?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington last week was far from a routine diplomatic exercise. The objective was...

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Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

How to negotiate from a position of strength when there is perceived weakness

How to negotiate from a position of strength when there is perceived weakness

Iran once again finds itself around the negotiating table with the Unted States. Its resolve is still strong, believing righteousness and time remain...

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Middle East Monitor

Mohamed Amersi

When Jewish History Walked into the Room

When Jewish History Walked into the Room

It happened almost four months ago. I found myself standing at the second funeral of Captain Daniel Peretz, may his memory be a blessing, a young...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Kramer

Bondi Beach terrorist, charged with 15 counts of murder, faces court for first time

Bondi Beach terrorist, charged with 15 counts of murder, faces court for first time

Naveed Akram remains mostly silent as he appears before judge via video link over deadly shooting at seaside Hanukkah event; lawyer says he has not...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies