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HarperCollins to publish book of conversations with Chabad emissary slain in Bondi attack

HarperCollins to publish book of conversations with Chabad emissary slain in Bondi attack

Author of ‘Conversations With My Rabbi: Timeless Teachings for a Fractured World’ says Rabbi Eli Schlanger’s ‘legacy, his mission to bring...

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

Iran’s Minorities: The Regime’s Breaking Point

Iran’s Minorities: The Regime’s Breaking Point

Iran is not a country in the conventional sense—it is a contained fracture. ‘Persia’ is held together not by cohesion, but by force, timing, and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Austria vs Political Islam: Europe’s Security Test

Assessing the Threat of Political Islam Organizations in Austria and Their Implications for European National Security ## I. Executive Summary...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rami al dabbas

‘May your village burn’: Jewish extremists protest at Arab journalist’s home for 5th time this week

‘May your village burn’: Jewish extremists protest at Arab journalist’s home for 5th time this week

Police open investigation into alleged far-right campaign against Lucy Aharish, as dozens hold counterprotest in support of her outside TV studio...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Betting big on Israeli real estate, Canadian billionaire looks to drive housing markets

Betting big on Israeli real estate, Canadian billionaire looks to drive housing markets

After buying foundering developing firm Azorim in 2011, Hershey Friedman has turned it into a NIS 5 billion market leader — and is now doubling down...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Housing snapshot February 2026: Prices rise for second straight month after ceasefire

Housing snapshot February 2026: Prices rise for second straight month after ceasefire

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in the local property market right now

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Ex-hostage Matan Angrest reveals he was tortured after being abducted to Gaza on Oct. 7

Ex-hostage Matan Angrest reveals he was tortured after being abducted to Gaza on Oct. 7

Freed captive says terrorists electrocuted him after tying cables to wound he suffered when his tank was hit by RPG * Three said killed in IDF strike...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Prophet and Priest (Tetzaveh, Covenant & Conversation)

Prophet and Priest (Tetzaveh, Covenant & Conversation)

The sedra of Tetzaveh, as commentators have noted, has one unusual feature: it is the only sedra from the beginning of Shemot to the end of Devarim...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Sacks

Purim Is the Holiday of October 8th Jews

I have been thinking about him ever since. October 7th cracked something open in Jews across the world: those who had thought of themselves as...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mijal Bitton

(POGLED) Kolumna Pavla Gantarja: Stari obrazi, podizvajalci, umazana igra

(POGLED) Kolumna Pavla Gantarja: Stari obrazi, podizvajalci, umazana igra

Čas hitro teče, še dvakrat, trikrat gremo spat, pa bodo že volitve. Kako boste spali v naslednjih štirih letih po volitvah, je odprto...

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Večer

Pavel Gantar

Checks, charities, conversion classes: What the Epstein files reveal about his Jewish world

Checks, charities, conversion classes: What the Epstein files reveal about his Jewish world

The latest release of emails connected to the child sex trafficker gives a fuller picture of his extensive communal networking, from schools to...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Lapin

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie denounces ‘Tax the Jews’ chant heard during protest

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie denounces ‘Tax the Jews’ chant heard during protest

Chant appears to be shouted by woman who also calls to ‘tax Israel’; Democrat Socialists of America, which was leading ‘tax the rich’...

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The Times of Israel

Jackie Hajdenberg

Foul Play: Why FIFA Chief Infantino Came to Trump's Gaza Board of Peace Launch

Foul Play: Why FIFA Chief Infantino Came to Trump's Gaza Board of Peace Launch

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

Etan Nechin

Amalek Once a Year, Redemption Every Day

Over breakfast one morning, a woman said to her husband, “I’ll bet you don’t know what day this is.” “Of course I do,” he replied,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Muskat

Lost Territory: How Far Back in History Should Land Claims Be Allowed?

Last week, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee “suggested” that Israel would have a legitimate claim to a good part of the Middle East because...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Russia and Saudi Arabia are looking forward to joint agricultural projects

Russia and Saudi Arabia are looking forward to joint agricultural projects

Russia and Saudi Arabia are looking forward to joint agricultural projects Our guests today are Khalid Ahmed Al-Shumaimiri, Director General of the...

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New Eastern Outlook

Yuliya Novitskaya

Mamdani meets Trump at White House, seeks administration’s help on Mahmoud Khalil

Mamdani meets Trump at White House, seeks administration’s help on Mahmoud Khalil

NYC mayor asks Trump’s chief of staff for assistance with anti-Israel students who have been targeted by feds, as he successfully pushes for release...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

The Eternal Love of Purim and 81st Anniversary

Did you know that Purim is the one holiday that is Eternal? Among various reasons cited, the one that resonates is the eternal love between Hashem...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Susan Barth

What was the Kindertransport? Part Two: Deportation

What was the Kindertransport? Part Two: Deportation

In the first part of this blog, we focused on the use of the term Kindertransport to mean rescue more broadly from 1934-1942. When the British...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amy Williams

Where Should We Begin the Story of Esther? Four Rabbinic Visions of Purim

Where must we begin reading the Book of Esther in order to fulfill the mitzvah? Today, the question seems almost trivial. Halakhah is unequivocal: we...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Uriel Romano

Audit Aid. Or Stop Lying

If you want a ceasefire to mean anything after the cameras leave, you have to stop treating “aid” as a sacred word and start treating it as a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Never Again Is A Responsibility

Never Again Is A Responsibility

Imagine posting more than 1500 times a year about Israel. Sharing facts that are accessible, documented and verifiable. Facts about history. Facts...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Maybe I Was Wrong – Tetzaveh

Maybe I Was Wrong – Tetzaveh

Growing up, I needed extra help academically, or at least a different strategy than what the typical yeshiva system was offering me. I was quiet and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Avroham yehudah ross

From AI to BFF: Could AI Replace Humans as Friends?

From AI to BFF: Could AI Replace Humans as Friends?

How AI companionship might be reshaping how we connect with others.

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Psychology Today

Tamara sobel j.d

Parshat Zachor

This Shabbat is Parshat Zachor. We have an obligation to hear the Torah reading that commands us to blot out the memory of Amalek. The question that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Trump’s claim on Iranian missile development said unsupported by US intelligence

Trump’s claim on Iranian missile development said unsupported by US intelligence

US president said Iran creating bomb that could ‘soon reach’ US, but Tehran is years away from developing such a missile, according to 2025 report...

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The Times of Israel

Jonathan Landay

High Court knocks IDF over failure to protect Palestinians from settler violence

High Court knocks IDF over failure to protect Palestinians from settler violence

Order singles out illegal outpost resident accused of trespassing on Palestinian land, with court asking military why it hasn’t barred him from...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Trumpov „zlatý vek“ si väčšina Američanov neužíva. Môže to rozhodnúť jesenné voľby

Len tretina Američanov schvaľuje Trumpove clá, viac ako polovici sa nepáči jeho ekonomická politika.

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SME.sk

Hospodářské Noviny

Aggression Then Backlash: How AIPAC Puts the U.S.-Israel Relationship at Risk

Aggression Then Backlash: How AIPAC Puts the U.S.-Israel Relationship at Risk

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

Ken Toltz

Braver New World: The AI Architecture of the Inevitable?

Braver New World: The AI Architecture of the Inevitable?

How AI may design our future and quietly reshape human agency and behavior.

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Psychology Today

Darren J. Edwards Ph.d

We Are Asking Holocaust Education to Do the Impossible

We Are Asking Holocaust Education to Do the Impossible

Lately, I’ve been hearing a painful and confusing message in Jewish spaces: that Holocaust education isn’t working. The idea became more prominent...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Hagit zadok fefferman

Subsidizing Division?

Subsidizing Division?

If Israel Funded a Parallel “Arab Palestinian” Identity, It Funded Its Own Fracture A recent article titled “Exposé: Israel Invested Millions...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ivan Bassov

How Kindness and Compassion Make Hard Goals Doable

How Kindness and Compassion Make Hard Goals Doable

How to keep showing up for your goals without relying on willpower or shame.

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Psychology Today

Diana Hill

US, Iran said to agree to further talks next week, as mediator claims progress

US, Iran said to agree to further talks next week, as mediator claims progress

Contradictory reports emerge on whether sides any closer to agreement; report says Witkoff, Kushner demanded Tehran dismantle all nuclear sites and...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Family of anti-Israel UN rapporteur Albanese sues Trump over sanctions

Family of anti-Israel UN rapporteur Albanese sues Trump over sanctions

Lawsuit claims Italian diplomat Francesca Albanese’s family is ‘part of the national community’ because her daughter was born in US

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Progressive Jews sound alarm over bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall

Diaspora leaders warn criminalizing non-Orthodox prayer at the Wall will exclude many from Judaism’s holiest site, violating World Zionist...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Can Any Good Come From Guilt?

Can Any Good Come From Guilt?

Guilt can help transform empathy into prosocial action.

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Psychology Today

Krystine I. Batcho Ph.d

Perfectionists Don't Ever Believe You're Trying Your Best

Perfectionists Don't Ever Believe You're Trying Your Best

Pleasing a perfectionist is impossible.

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Psychology Today

Leon Garber Lmhc

Is Antisemitism Distinct From Other Prejudices?

Is Antisemitism Distinct From Other Prejudices?

The complexity of Jewish identity may worsen the animus against Jewish people.

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Psychology Today

Ruth E. Stitt M.s

Why Time Increasingly Matters in Adolescence

Why Time Increasingly Matters in Adolescence

Between adolescents and parents, time becomes a growing source of contention.

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Psychology Today

Carl E Pickhardt Ph.d

The Architecture of Identity: How the Brain Builds a Self

The Architecture of Identity: How the Brain Builds a Self

Why what we remember becomes who we are.

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Psychology Today

Elizabeth mateer ph.d

Why Trying Too Hard Keeps You Stuck: The Art of Letting Go

Why Trying Too Hard Keeps You Stuck: The Art of Letting Go

The evidence is clear: Control is a fist. Peace is an open hand.

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Psychology Today

Jordan Fiorillo Scotti Ph.d

Not forgetting and also remembering (Shabbat Zachor)

Not forgetting and also remembering (Shabbat Zachor)

On this coming Shabbat we arrive at one of the most morally charged moments in our liturgical year: Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat of Remembering. The...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Menachem Creditor

Si meteorolog res lahko “zrihta” vreme, ko gre na dopust?

Si meteorolog res lahko “zrihta” vreme, ko gre na dopust?

Nekajkrat sem slišal komentar mojih znancev, češ, če gre meteorolog na dopust, si bo pa ja zagotovil lepo vreme! Koliko je v tem resnice? Kajti po...

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Dnevnik

Andrej Velkavrh

The ‘brinkmanship’ strategy with Iran: A calculated approach

The ‘brinkmanship’ strategy with Iran: A calculated approach

Over the past month, events in the region have escalated and expanded significantly, as Israel and the United States attempt to establish new control...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Moses Erased: Why does Moses tell God to blot his name from the Torah?

Moses Erased: Why does Moses tell God to blot his name from the Torah?

Moses’s name is mentioned in every portion of the Torah from the time of his birth except for this week’s parsha, Tetzaveh. The Sages explain that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Pinny Arnon

Who Doesn't Want to Join the Happiness Club?

Who Doesn't Want to Join the Happiness Club?

Personal Perspective: No meetings. No requirements. No dues. Just joy!

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Psychology Today

Rita Lussier

Haman and His 10 Sons: 11 Reasons this Purim to Oppose Israel’s Death Penalty

Haman and His 10 Sons: 11 Reasons this Purim to Oppose Israel’s Death Penalty

“Hang ‘em high like Haman!” Such is the retort that death penalty supporters often sling at us, the thousands of members of “L’chaim! Jews...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Zoosman

Reimaging Psychology or Revitalizing the Humanities?

Reimaging Psychology or Revitalizing the Humanities?

How the psychological humanities can help us accomplish both.

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Psychology Today

Matthew Clemente

How to Be Less Miserable, a Review

How to Be Less Miserable, a Review

A new book discusses the science of unhappiness and how we can suffer less.

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Psychology Today

Christopher Lane Ph.d