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Three tankers damaged in Gulf and one seafarer killed as US-Iran conflict escalates

Three tankers damaged in Gulf and one seafarer killed as US-Iran conflict escalates

Unclear who fired projectiles and drones that hit ships; over 200 vessels drop anchor around Strait of Hormuz, closed by Iran; major container...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Israel, US Seek Regime Change In Iran

Iran’s highly controversial nuclear program has ignited Israel’s second war with Iran in less than a year. It broke out on February 28, when the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sheldon Kirshner

Če ne veš, vprašaj ustaše

Če ne veš, vprašaj ustaše

Morda ste videli in slišali, da so na konvenciji Slovenske demokratske stranke v ljubljanski Odiseji predstavili program za Slovenijo. V okviru...

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Dnevnik

Ahmed Burić

Flower Essences for Staying Calm and Collected in the Midst of War

In addition to being the coordinator for Crown Heights Women for the Safety and Integrity of Israel, an organization promulgating the Lubavitcher...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tamar Adelstein

With Israel’s airspace shut, Arkia flies homeward-bound Israelis to Egyptian border

With Israel’s airspace shut, Arkia flies homeward-bound Israelis to Egyptian border

With uncertainty regarding when flights will resume, land border crossing and maritime travel routes help stranded Israelis and travelers get in and...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

State of Mind and Clashing Orbits

Sirens – 11:30 PM, 1:47 AM. Relieved the next siren only awakened us at 6:30 AM, followed by frequent sirens until 2:00 PM. Resuming after 9:00 PM....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harriet Gimpel

IDF: Over 2,000 bombs dropped on Iran in 30 hours, air supremacy achieved on 1st day

IDF: Over 2,000 bombs dropped on Iran in 30 hours, air supremacy achieved on 1st day

Jets able to drop munitions on targets rather than use ranged missiles; IDF says it destroyed HQ of Iran’s internal security forces, Revolutionary...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

A Pre-Purim Week That Ended With A War

Today is Sunday, but I wasn’t supposed to go back to Merhavim as I do every week because of the Purim break. In Israel no one expects children to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Orna Raz

The Silent Cycle of Bulimia Nervosa

The Silent Cycle of Bulimia Nervosa

Bulimia hides in silence and shame, but recovery is possible.

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Psychology Today

Melissa Gerson Lcsw

Prime Minister Starmer, ‘You must be joking!’

Prime Minister Starmer, ‘You must be joking!’

There are moments when events in London reveal more about the nature of a foreign threat than any speech delivered abroad. Such a moment came when the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Catherine Perez-Shakdam

Purim, Prayer and the Courage to Act

Purim, Prayer and the Courage to Act

In its recent letter, Agudath Israel of America calls upon Jews everywhere to respond to the current crisis by intensifying tefillah. “At this...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Muskat

Algeria’s Agony: Why the Fall of Ali Khamenei Is a Nightmare for Algiers

As global attention remains fixated on the fallout of the leadership collapse in Tehran, a quieter but potentially existential shockwave is hitting...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amine Ayoub

Trump Bets History on Iran

Trump Bets History on Iran

Trump’s ‘war leader’: coherence or rupture? What happened in a few weeks On January 28, Trump announced that «a huge armada is heading towards...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gilles Touboul

Israel and America killed Khamenei, but killing a leader is not killing a regime

Israel and America killed Khamenei, but killing a leader is not killing a regime

On Saturday night, the Islamic Republic of Iran confirmed what hours of silence had already telegraphed: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Adil Faouzi

What "Punch" Taught Us About Earned Secure Attachment

What

How therapists can become a secure base for clients with insecure attachment.

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Psychology Today

Beatrice Ng-Kessler Msc

How does it feel to be at war, again?

How does it feel to be at war, again?

This time it is different. I don’t break a little inside every time I hear the planes flying over. In fact, and even more so this morning after...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shoshana Lavan

When Politics Revert to the Playground

Attend a political rally today—of almost any ideological stripe—and you are likely to see signs that would once have been unthinkable in public...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Benjamin Blech

The Meaning and Limits of ‘Live and Let Live’

The phrase “live and let live” expresses an ethical and social philosophy grounded in mutual tolerance. At its most basic level, it holds that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

Žalovanje

Žalovanje

Če si nekoč želel videti prihodnost, nisi strmel v pravokotnik v svojem žepu. Skočil si na letalo ali v avto in se odpravil v Ženevo ali Frankfurt.

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Dnevnik

Aljaž Potočnik

A Prayer for Israel, America, Our Troops, and the People of Iran

This morning, our family in the United States joined a Zoom call with members of our family in Israel, who shared their fear and resolve as they...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Reuven H. Taff

We Are Drenched in a World of Lots

War, Self-Iconing, and the Eclipse of Discernment in the Days of Lent and Ramadan We are living through days of fasting. Christians have entered Great...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel

When Amalek Fell on Parshat Zachor

History rarely arranges itself according to the Jewish calendar. Empires rise and fall without consulting our parshiot. Wars are not scheduled around...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Benjy Morgan

From Haman to Tehran: In the Shadow of Persia

From Haman to Tehran: In the Shadow of Persia

As we approach Purim, the Jewish calendar brings us back to a story that feels less like distant history and more like a recurring pattern. The...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ariana Mizrahi

Rockerji pomešani med vaške babice

Rockerji pomešani med vaške babice

Gora Rocka je nov dokumentarni celovečerec režiserja, scenarista in snemalca Mirana Zupaniča, ki je film zadnja tri leta ustvarjal na Tolminskem,...

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Dnevnik

Ingrid Mager

Okoli Save več divjih odlagališč

Okoli Save več divjih odlagališč

Kljub opozorilom in čistilnim akcijam se na bregovih Save še vedno kopičijo smeti. Stanje smo preverili tudi sami, pri čemer smo med drugim...

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Dnevnik

Tamara Čalošević

Bored of peace? Trump keeps choosing war

On a U.S. late-night television show Saturday, the host played a clip from 2011 of a businessman warning that president Barack Obama "will start...

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Japan Today

Danny Kemp

Iran Can Strike—But It Cannot Fly

Iran Can Strike—But It Cannot Fly

Iran boasts about airpower; however, only the State of Israel and the United States are the ones who actually exercise it within the current...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Do Netanyahu and Trump expect Iranians to fight the IRGC with rocks and bricks??

The flaw is that we haven’t armed the dissidents. The regime’s soldiers have guns and the civilians don’t. The boots on the ground we need to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jerry Felsenthal

From ‘Death to Israel’ to Dancing in the Streets

Just a few weeks ago, the streets of the world’s major capitals were filled with a familiar, chilling sight: thousands marching under banners of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Morey Schwartz

Esther Didn’t Wait for Perfect Clarity

Purim tells a story of hiddenness and uncertainty. Esther did not act with guarantees. She acted with courage. Leadership and governance in uncertain...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Bresler

Another Journalist Bites the Dust: Tucker Carlson Slanders Israel

Another Journalist Bites the Dust: Tucker Carlson Slanders Israel

I promised to bring him a crucifix. He was my publicist in Manila, a devout Catholic with whom I’d become friends. I was a nominally observant Jew...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Haldane

Alawites After Assad: Fear and Uncertainty

Following the Fall of Assad Regime in December 2024 and the rise of Ahmad al-Sharaa—one of the leading figures of Islamist opposition factions—to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rami al dabbas

Four of the 9 victims of Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh named by authorities

Four of the 9 victims of Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh named by authorities

Ronit Elimelech, an emergency service volunteer, was killed alongside her mother, Sara; Oren Katz, 16-year-old Gavriel Baruch also confirmed to be...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Attitudes Toward War Can Be Predicted by Psychologists

Attitudes Toward War Can Be Predicted by Psychologists

Research examining childhood and personality may predict war preferences.

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Psychology Today

Raj Persaud Md Frcpsych

The Perfectionist's Quest for a Love Without Limits

The Perfectionist's Quest for a Love Without Limits

Why love in perfectionism is conflicting and impossible.

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Psychology Today

Leon Garber Lmhc

Milan Kučan: To so volitve med politiko, ki gradi, in politiko, ki ruši

Milan Kučan: To so volitve med politiko, ki gradi, in politiko, ki ruši

Rečeno preprosto: te volitve odločajo med politiko, ki gradi, in politiko, ki ruši. Politika, ki gradi, zaznava in krepi zavest, da smo...

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Dnevnik

Milan kučan

Ali je voženj skozi rdečo luč res več?

Ali je voženj skozi rdečo luč res več?

Ljubljančani opažajo, da vse več voznikov kljub prižgani rdeči luči na semaforju zapelje v križišče. Kot so pojasnili na mestnem redarstvu...

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Dnevnik

We Must Free the Western Wall

Few issues manage to simultaneously inflame passions and bore most Israelis quite like the fight over who controls the Western Wall. Last week, just...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tani Frank

Yom HaAgunah 2026

I have been “celebrating” Yom HaAunah, Agunah Day, since 1992 when it was first conceived by Professor Alice Shalvi, then acting head of ICAR –...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Susan Weiss

The Jewish people are cracking at the Western Wall

This week, the Knesset advanced a decision stating that anyone wishing to approach the stones of the Western Wall must conduct themselves solely...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Oded Revivi

A Just War, a Necessary Moment

If there were ever any doubt that this is a just war, look at the destruction, death and devastation one Iranian missile can cause. And remember the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ari M. Solomont

The Purim War And The New Jewish World

The Purim War And The New Jewish World

This war did not start on Purim, but as of this writing there is little reason to believe it will stop before then. But this slight deviation is made...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jon-Erik G. Storm