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Daily Briefing Sept. 27: Saudi talks and the PA; Netanyahu talks tachlis with NY Jews

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

High Court: State must explain why it hasn’t disciplined Jerusalem chief rabbi

The High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction Tuesday asking the government to explain why Sephardi Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar has...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israeli teen drama about Holocaust trip to Poland nominated for International Emmy

“Kol Od Balevav” (“Memory Forest”), a Kan educational drama series about an Israeli teen trip to Poland, was nominated Tuesday for an...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

4 arrested during razing of illegal Israeli West Bank outpost, drawing settler outcry

Security forces evacuated an illegal West Bank outpost Wednesday morning in a move that sparked an outcry among settler activists and from at least...

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The Times of Israel

Michael Horovitz

Unique Byzantine Psalm inscription in New Testament Greek discovered in Judean Desert

A rare inscription paraphrasing part of Psalm 86 in the Greek used in the New Testament has been unearthed by a team of Hebrew University...

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The Times of Israel

Gavriel Fiske

Rare bronze mirror found in 2,300-year-old grave of Greek courtesan in Jerusalem

A cave containing the remains of a young woman who was likely a courtesan during the Hellenistic period has been discovered near Hebron Road in...

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The Times of Israel

Gavriel Fiske

Interesting Succot Halacha

There is an interesting Halacha related to Succah that has Shabbat ramifications. It involves that which is permitted to be used for Schach. We are...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Progressive party's path

DPK should focus on people’s livelihood President Yoon Suk Yeol may be popular in the U.S. and Japan, but he is not favored as much in Korea....

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The Korea Times

Editorial

Michelle Obama: Next President of Yale University

Michelle Obama, who was the 44th First Lady of the United States, remains a highly respected figure whose impact transcends her time in the White...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Barack Mandela

The Five

It was three a.m. and Donald had just finished typing his latest rant on Truth Social. Now he laid in bed alone, dressed in orange silk pajamas....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mort Laitner

Germany and the Costs of War

Nineteen months after the start of the Ukrainian war, the conflict seems destined to show the interdependence between geopolitical factors and the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mariano Caucino

Decision to abandon hope

  By Kang Seung-woo Former President Park Geun-hye attended a flamboyant military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II...

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The Korea Times

Guest Column

9 Perfect Hikes in Israel for Sukkot 2023

Each year, as vacation times roll around again, I consult my old lists of favorite hikes for families.  My thought process: whatever I wrote about...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Susannah Schild

My Visit to Hadassah’s Meir Shfeyah Youth Village in Israel

Hadassah’s two world-class hospitals in Jerusalem are known for their medical breakthroughs. But Hadassah’s efforts in Israel go beyond the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Emily Shrode

Christine Lagarde’s Gifts to Populists

ATHENS – Christine Lagarde’s three blunders as president of the European Central Bank did not cause the revival of right-wing populism across...

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Project Syndicate

Yanis Varoufakis

Microsoft buying Nintendo would have been a disaster

Microsoft’s video game head Phil Spencer might have been correct when he wrote, in a piece of corporate cringe straight out of HBO’s...

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The Japan Times

Gearoid Reidy

Economic Measures: Refrain from Fiscal Spending on Premise of Budget Scale

Editorial 15:34 JST, September 27, 2023 With economic activities steadily progressing toward normalcy now, is it necessary to continue massive...

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The Japan News

The Japan News Editorial

Even democratic BRICS value solidarity more than democratic values

G20 summit outcome shows shift in group's balance of power

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Nikkei Asian Review

Jacques Attali

Deaths, injuries, and airstrikes reignite the Gaza-Israel border

Analysis. Israel is intensifying its military operations, believing the resumption of protests and balloon launches is Hamas’s way of indirectly...

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Il Manifesto Global

Michele Giorgio

Giorgia Meloni’s UN speech, an unsteady balancing act on barbed wire

Commentary. For Giorgia Meloni, war, misery, exploitation, climate crisis, famine are mere words, other people's problems; she doesn’t see them...

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Il Manifesto Global

Tommaso Di Francesco

في مقدمات اتفاق سلام سعودي - إسرائيلي

للمرة الأولى، يتحدث كبار المسؤولين السعوديين والإسرائيليين عن إمكانية تطبيع...

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العين الإخبارية

خورشيد دلي

US admits Israel into Visa Waiver Program in major boost to bilateral ties

Israel has been admitted into the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP), US President Joe Biden’s administration announced on Wednesday after years of...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Pressure mounts on Ben Gvir to ‘lower the flames,’ call off Tel Aviv prayer rally

Members of the coalition called Wednesday on far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to cancel his planned Orthodox prayer service at...

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The Times of Israel

Michael Horovitz

Sequel to constitutional showdown pits government against court on PM recusal law

With societal and political tensions in Israel more profoundly strained than ever, the High Court of Justice — the veritable epicenter of those...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Israel says Iran recruited Palestinians for hits on Ben Gvir, ex-MK Glick

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday’s events as they occur. At the start of the UN World Tourism Organization conference in Riyadh...

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The Times of Israel

Joshua Davidovich

Introducing: ToI’s Hidden Gems

When it comes to travel, venturing off the beaten path can lead to some of the most unforgettable and downright spectacular experiences. That’s why...

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The Times of Israel

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

My Post Yom Kippur Prayer

In the modern Jewish Democratic State of Israel, where is the Seat of Judgement? Above in the Heavens or Down Below in the Hands created by the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Francine M. Gordon

Australia hoped to dodge wildfires. El Nino has other plans.

The declaration of El Nino conditions in the middle of a spring heatwave is the sort of news that can cause dread in Australia. The climate cycle...

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The Japan Times

David Fickling

Bitcoin’s power-hungry history offers lessons for AI’s future

Surging interest in artificial intelligence systems will add further strain to global electricity grids with the potential to rival the massive...

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The Japan Times

Tim Culpan

US ‘open to diplomacy’ on nuclear program, wants to see de-escalatory steps from Iran

Washington has “always” indicated to Tehran that it would be “open to diplomacy” over the country’s contentious nuclear program but that...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Knesset panel okays Haredi education funds, gives limited nod to Arab towns’ budget

The Knesset Finance Committee on Tuesday okayed hundreds of millions of shekels for various ultra-Orthodox educational initiatives, amid angry...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Biden’s new book ban czar is a longtime progressive Jewish leader

JTA – The Biden Administration’s new point person for combating book bans at school districts and public libraries across the country is a gay,...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Lapin

Hip Brown hotel chain embarks on holy quest for Tel Aviv’s religious visitors

Since the Brown Hotel chain got its start in Tel Aviv in 2010, it has carefully cultivated a hip vibe, with stylish boutique hotels in city...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Tehran accuses Netanyahu of threatening to nuke Iran in General Assembly speech

Iran has reacted to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s UN General Assembly speech last week by accusing him of threatening to use nuclear...

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The Times of Israel

Michael Bachner

Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to...

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The Times of Israel

Michael R. Sisak

Israel's New Swedish Friends Are the Wrong Crowd

STOCKHOLM – Instead of triggering a historic normalization with yet another Arab country, Israel’s announcement of Foreign Minister Eli...

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Haaretz

David Stavrou

Liberal Israelis Can't Make Do With Just Demonstrations Anymore

Colm Toibin’s novel “The Magician,” the Hebrew edition of which was published a few weeks ago (Schocken Press, translated by Nitsa Ben Ari), is...

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Haaretz

Menachem Mautner

VOX POPULI: Deadly eruption of Mt. Ontakesan showed worst side of nature

The clock showed it was 11:52 a.m. Looking up at the clear autumn sky, I imagined the sky must have been just as blue at precisely that time when...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Israelis Must Finally Walk Away From the Trauma of the Yom Kippur War

On the afternoon of October 6, 1973, I was sitting in the living room of the small apartment where I lived with my wife in Jerusalem. I was 26...

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Haaretz

Mark Lavie

Yes to a Saudi deal, no to Netanyahu

The prospect of a normalization deal with Saudi Arabia has put the Israeli opposition in an inelegant bind. It looks like Israelis who oppose...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Dan Perry

A Step from Hell: Netanyahu’s Fateful Legacy

Dear friends, Within the boundless choreography of the cosmos, where the whispers of existence intertwine with the transient sojourns of humanity,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gil Mildar

Downtown Seoul’s hidden space: suitable for underground live music venue

By Jon Dunbar A previously unknown underground space has been found below the city center. Currently being called the “hidden space” (“sumeun...

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The Korea Times

Guest Column

(POGLED) Kako smo uničili trajne rešitve v prostoru

Fotorobert Balen V nadaljevanju preberite: - Preden sem svojo dokončno odločitev prenesla na papir, sem veliko časa prebila na terenu. Po...

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Večer

Dr. Daniela Dvornik Perhavec

EDITORIAL: Collaboration key to China’s Belt and Road initiative

Ten years have elapsed since Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed what is today called the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)--an economic zone...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Finalization of the Korean Peninsula

  By Simon Hutagalung The continuing separation between North and South Korea has made the Korean Peninsula a subject of global attention for...

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The Korea Times

Guest Column

Supreme Court can let West Point keep affirmative action

By Noah Feldman It’s rare for a lawsuit to be invited by the Supreme Court. But that’s the background to the case brought by Students for Fair...

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The Korea Times

Tribune Service

South Korea's power of cultural intelligence

  By Olivia Ingraham South Korea has firmly established itself as a global economic powerhouse, extending its influence far beyond its borders....

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The Korea Times

Thoughts Of The Times

Anuncian dos bonos de US$ 134 para trabajadores informales argentinos

El ministro de Economía, Sergio Massa, y la directora ejecutiva de la Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social (Anses), Fernanda Raverta,...

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América Economía

América Economía

Parque Eólico Toabré de Panamá emite bonos verdes por valor de US$ 200 millones

El Parque Eólico Toabré, ubicado en Panamá y participado en un 30% por Audax Renovables, ha certificado la emisión de un programa de bonos...

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América Economía

América Economía

Minsait adquiere Nae y aportaría 5% al PIB español

Minsait, de la compañía global de tecnología y consultoría Indra, ha adquirido Nae, consultora referente en el mercado de las...

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América Economía

América Economía

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