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‘He didn’t fall in vain’: On Memorial Day, two young IDF widows discuss life after death

‘He didn’t fall in vain’: On Memorial Day, two young IDF widows discuss life after death

Alma Levin Fridman and Revital Shamir talk about their husbands, families and communities, sharing their grief – and their stories – with the...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Vance reportedly departing for Pakistan, but still unclear if Iran will join talks

Vance reportedly departing for Pakistan, but still unclear if Iran will join talks

Iran said to get OK from Mojtaba Khamenei to negotiate, but state media says delegation yet to depart; US officials to CNN: Trump undermining talks...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Slain hostage’s mother aims to perpetuate life with son’s posthumously retrieved sperm

Slain hostage’s mother aims to perpetuate life with son’s posthumously retrieved sperm

‘Hamas and Hitler wanted to destroy us; technology can help us create new life,’ says Iris Haim, mother of Yotam, mistakenly killed by IDF troops...

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The Times of Israel

Diana Bletter

Israel Keeps Golan as Syria Joins Abraham Accords

Israel Keeps Golan as Syria Joins Abraham Accords

With Israel and Lebanon working towards a longstanding peaceful settlement and neutralizing Hezbollah’s terrorist machinery, the moment has arrived...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Virtues and Values

Lithuania arrives in Los Angeles the week of April 27 with three known meetings and one message. April 27–30: the North American Lithuanian Business...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Grant Arthur Gochin

The reign in Spain is inane

Today, unfortunately, Spain is front of mind. For those of you unfamiliar with Spain, imagine Puerto Rico without the charm and culture.   Its prime...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gary Epstein

The Sand… and The Stars

The Sand… and The Stars

Realizing it was time He lowered His face To Abraham’s ear And whispered A promise To the worried father There will be More children Than you can...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Zahava Bauer

Seven arrested for disrupting ceremonies, tearing down flags during Memorial Day

Cops detain 2 Beit Shemesh men for removing flags, nab mom, 4 kids for interrupting Lod ceremony; no arrests as far-right activists disturb screening...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

From Smartphones to Flying Taxis: The World Israel Is Building

I recall a moment that has stayed with me. A senior Palestinian political figure — a man long associated with insistence on denying Israel’s right...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Winslow Swart

Do Not Use Rabbi Akiva to Preach Submission

On Israeli Independence Day, the real question is not only what binds a people together, but what kind of moral language teaches the weaker side to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s new memoir piercingly articulates the ordeal of losing a son

Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s new memoir piercingly articulates the ordeal of losing a son

‘When We See You Again’ is a dive into the ‘before’ and ‘after’ of life as mother to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the 23-year-old taken hostage...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

UAP Releases: White House, Rep. Luna Push, Pentagon Response, AI Analysis

Image: Anna Paulina Luna, a U.S. congresswoman leading efforts to promote greater transparency on UAP-related information. The growing public and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rafi Glick

Restrictions lifted, but war clouds put damper on Independence Day plans

Restrictions lifted, but war clouds put damper on Independence Day plans

Cities move ahead with events amid fragile Lebanon and Iran ceasefires, though some opt for scaled-down, community-based celebrations, as war-weary...

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The Times of Israel

Stav Levaton

Troubled Relations: Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump

Troubled Relations: Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump

Depending on which historical sources you care to consult, the Pope has been a figure of obloquy, ridicule and abomination.  This mediator between...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

Car said to belong to minister’s security detail strikes and kills Palestinian teen

Car said to belong to minister’s security detail strikes and kills Palestinian teen

Mohammad Majdi al-Ja’abari, 16, declared dead after car hit his bike near Hebron in West Bank; Ben Gvir’s office says he wasn’t at scene, claims...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

CIP’s Literary Café Presented Behind-the-Scenes of Dibuk, the Musical

On the evening of April 15, CIP’s headquarters became a space of art, tradition, and reflection as it hosted the Theatrical Literary Café of Dibuk,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silas Anastacio

To Bear the Weight of War

To Bear the Weight of War

““And he alone, in all the world, must say Yes or No to that awesome, ultimate question, ‘Shall we drop the bomb on a living target?’”—...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Matthew Robin

The imperative to love ‘the stranger’ within our midst

You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall not take revenge or feel resentment against the children of your people; you shall love your...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ron Kronish

UK’s Starmer says he’s sorry but won’t resign after facing MPs on Mandelson-Epstein scandal

UK’s Starmer says he’s sorry but won’t resign after facing MPs on Mandelson-Epstein scandal

British premier admits appointing ex-envoy to US ‘was wrong,’ says ‘I take responsibility’; opposition lawmakers jeer him; sacked Foreign...

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The Times of Israel

Jill Lawless

Why I took the Men to the Mikvah

Why I took the Men to the Mikvah

Mikvah Shoshanah, Portland’s women’s mikvah, is an exclusively women’s space. Within it, a woman can experience the blessing and serenity...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Motti Wilhelm

Remembering with Purpose: What Yom HaZikaron Asks of Us

Living in America, I cannot help being struck by the stark contrast between Yom Hazikaron in America and Yom Hazikaron in Israel. Yom Hazikaron in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Muskat

When Forgiveness Fails, Hatred Must Not Take Root

When Forgiveness Fails, Hatred Must Not Take Root

There are things a person cannot honestly say he has forgiven. A friend once shared with me that the most difficult prayer for him is not one said in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Cohen

Defiantly Alive

On Mourning, Dancing, and the Jewish Refusal to Choose Between Them Many have written about us. Twain. Churchill. Lincoln. Hitler. Each found us worth...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ben Lazarus

Israel’s Death Penalty Law Betrays Judaism’s Core Values this Yom Haatzma’ut

Israel’s Death Penalty Law Betrays Judaism’s Core Values this Yom Haatzma’ut

Just as Israel’s new racist, vengeful, unjust and dangerous death penalty law defiled last week’s observance of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Zoosman

What’s Done Is Done: ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Fait Accompli Diplomacy

They say power is the ability to act without considering the consequences to others. Wouldn’t that promote the idea of skipping traditional...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael mosley

Nostalgia For The Past: Independence Day

On May 2, 1968, my parents and my husband left me behind in Alonei Yitzchak to attend the IDF parade in Jerusalem for Israel’s 20th Independence...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Naomi Graetz

AJC and Lithuania’s Fraud

Lithuania does not maintain its Holocaust narrative alone. It is helped by Jewish institutions willing to behave as if the evidentiary environment...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eugene J. Levin

The Case of Sending Drones to North Korea and Inter-Korean Dialogue

The Case of Sending Drones to North Korea and Inter-Korean Dialogue

The Case of Sending Drones to North Korea and Inter-Korean Dialogue Amid another anti-North Korean moves by Seoul, the administration of Lee Jae Myung...

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New Eastern Outlook

Konstantin Asmolov

Jurors set to hear opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial in New York

Jurors set to hear opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial in New York

Accuser says she was in consensual relationship with US film mogul when he allegedly forced himself on her in 2013; Weinstein, major target of #MeToo...

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The Times of Israel

Jennifer Peltz

Rahm Emanuel joins calls to end US ‘financial aid’ as Democratic support for Israel hits new lows

Rahm Emanuel joins calls to end US ‘financial aid’ as Democratic support for Israel hits new lows

Former Chicago mayor says ‘US should never spill any blood for Israel’s security,’ asserts Jerusalem dragged US into the conflict in...

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The Times of Israel

Jta

Investing Strategically Against Antisemitism

Stop Funding What Isn’t Working Across the Jewish world, a rare consensus is emerging. This is not a community known for agreement. After all, two...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Toba Hellerstein

Can we eat meat wherever we would like to?

Can we eat meat wherever we would like to?

In Parshat Acharei Mot (Vayikra, Chapter 17) we learn that animals that have been consecrated as offerings must be brought to Ohel Moed (the Tent of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Morality in War After October 7

After October 7, during what Israel now calls the War of Revival, one difficult question followed Israel everywhere — in the media, in the streets,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Maoz Druskin

Israeli airlines accused of reselling stranded customers’ seats for wartime windfall

Israeli airlines accused of reselling stranded customers’ seats for wartime windfall

Some carriers refunded travelers rather than offering to rebook them, seemingly breaking law but freeing up spots commanding sky-high prices

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

The War India Doesn’t Credit Israel For

Every December 16, India celebrates Vijay Diwas, the day in 1971 when Pakistan’s Eastern Command signed the instrument of surrender in Dhaka, and a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ankit gawande

Our Only Choice

This week in Israel is very different beginning with last night’s Yom-Ha’zikaron-Day of Remembrance. It is a night when the entire country stops...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harold l. katz

“Get a Life” Parashat Acharei Mot – Kedoshim 5786

Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary‑General of Hezbollah from 1992 until his death in 2024, once famously said, “We have discovered how to hit the Jews...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ari Sacher

Cynická obluda: Konečne prichádzajúca investícia

Odišiel Samsung aj Figaro a ďalší, ale vyzerá to, že niekoho sem táto vláda predsa len aj dotiahne.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

الإمارات.. قوة السلام والتنمية والردع

منذ تأسيسها على يد المغفور له الشيخ زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان، تبنت دولة الإمارات...

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العين الإخبارية

أ. د. محمد عثمان الخشت

I’m Learning Hebrew – So Should You

Time, money, and sweat equity are all great ways for Diaspora Jews to support Israel, but falling in love with the language is a shortcut to the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David geffner

Xi’s Taiwan Masterstroke: Beijing’s Peace Offensive Reshapes the Strait

Xi’s Taiwan Masterstroke: Beijing’s Peace Offensive Reshapes the Strait

Xi’s Taiwan Masterstroke: Beijing’s Peace Offensive Reshapes the Strait Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Taiwanese Kuomintang Party leader Cheng...

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New Eastern Outlook

Adrian Korczyński

The Global AI Threat Has Arrived

The Global AI Threat Has Arrived

LONDON/LOS ANGELES—Anthropic’s new AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, has alarmed business leaders and policymakers around the world because of its...

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Project Syndicate

S. Alex Yang

The West Is Still Getting Russia Wrong

The West Is Still Getting Russia Wrong

LONDON—Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western observers still do not understand the Kremlin’s strategy. Some think...

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Project Syndicate

Inna Bondarenko

Why I Voted No on the Big Hollywood Deal

Why I Voted No on the Big Hollywood Deal

Ordinarily, I delete emails soliciting my shareholder proxy vote.  As a small-time stockholder, what’s the point?  But when the “Vote now!”...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sharon Rosen Leib

Israel & the Blood Libel—Genocide

The blood libel against Jews — that they used the blood of Christian children in Jewish rituals was promulgated in the 12th century. We are in the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Berl Falbaum

Is the story of Cain and Abel exemplified in Parshat Aharei Shemot?

Our parsha this week, Aharei Mot, אחרי מות opens with a reference to the deaths of Nadav and Avihu. This was the horrifying epsode during which...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

J.j Gross

Yom Hazikaron

The philosophy of Rav Kook is summarized by the following quote, that describes the Tzaddikim of this world: “The purely righteous do not complain...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Walking Warsaw Ghetto, While My Child Is in Israel

Walking Warsaw Ghetto, While My Child Is in Israel

A year ago, I planned a three-generation family journey to Poland for April 2026: my Polish-born father, my husband and me, and our two teenage sons....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Adele Stowe-Lindner

Why Pahalgam’s anniversary raises questions on Pakistan’s mediation

On anniversaries, narratives harden. They simplify. They seek moral clarity. But geopolitics rarely offers that luxury. As the first anniversary of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sergio Restelli

Driving in Israel: Not Your Normal Commute

There are many ways to measure the distance between two countries. You can look at miles, culture, language. Or—you can just get behind the wheel....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rina rebibo