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Yarden Bibas joins hundreds of families of Oct. 7 victims demanding state inquiry

1,500 survivors of captivity, families of hostages have signed on to ‘October Committee’ calling for highest-level independent probe of failures...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Arab states, UN condemn Israel’s halt of aid into Gaza until hostage outline accepted

Egypt says ‘no alternative’ to original truce deal, while Jordan and Saudi Arabia accuse Israel of ‘using starvation as a weapon,’ as Hamas rejects...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Brad Lander, Jewish progressive running for NYC mayor, outlines plan to fight crime

City comptroller, vying for position in crowded race, calls for more police in a reverse of prior position, limited anti-masking laws, online...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Stop the Meltdown: The Key to Your Child's Emotional Control

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Psychology Today

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

Don’t Strive for Oneness in Love, Strive for Twoness

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Psychology Today

Gregg Levoy

Developing Radical Resiliency

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Psychology Today

Paul J Dunion Ed.d

The Psychology of Forced Gratitude

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Psychology Today

Joyce Vromen Ph.d

3 Reasons Goals Become Toxic

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Psychology Today

Jordan Grumet M.d

When Your Therapist Is an Algorithm: Risks of AI Counseling

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Psychology Today

Ali Shehab

The Digital Garden

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Psychology Today

Jessica Koehler Ph.d

Is My Child Unhappy or Depressed? How to Tell the Difference

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Psychology Today

Elena Lister

Can You Escape Your Negative Scripts?

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Psychology Today

Sam Goldstein Ph.d

How Rumination Steals Our Joy

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Psychology Today

Amy Vigliotti Ph.d

Bennett Is No Less Dangerous Than Netanyahu

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Haaretz

Hanin Majadli

Crowd rejoices at home of freed hostage Omer Shem-Tov after discharge from hospital

Crowd rejoices at home of freed hostage Omer Shem-Tov after discharge from hospital

A crowd gathered on Saturday night outside of recently freed hostage Omer Shem-Tov’s family home in Herzliya to welcome him home after his...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Embracing Our Freedoms, but at What Cost?

Embracing Our Freedoms, but at What Cost?

Underappreciated tradeoffs come with our life choices.

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Psychology Today

Steven J. Heine

The Quiet Form of Narcissism

The Quiet Form of Narcissism

How to distinguish vulnerable narcissism from grandiose narcissism.

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Psychology Today

Leon Garber Lmhc

5 Ways to Beat Post-Viral Blues

5 Ways to Beat Post-Viral Blues

These straightforward strategies can help you bounce back after sickness.

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Psychology Today

Esther Sternberg M.d

How Parents Can Out-Game Their Gamers

How Parents Can Out-Game Their Gamers

Parents can help teens avoid gaming disorder.

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Psychology Today

Julie Baron Lcsw-C

Uruguay’s Yamandú Orsi calls for unity in his inauguration speech

Uruguay’s Yamandú Orsi calls for unity in his inauguration speech

Yamandú Orsi was inaugurated as the president of Uruguay and called for unity on the 40th anniversary of the restitution of democratic rule in the...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Buenos Aires Herald

South China Sea: Asean, Beijing need recalibrated approach to reach binding code of conduct

South China Sea: Asean, Beijing need recalibrated approach to reach binding code of conduct

However, a serious gap remains between the diplomatic efforts and the complex reality of drafting the binding COC. Since negotiations started in...

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South China Morning Post

Pou Sothirakand Eoeng Kanhara

Iranian finance minister fired amid spiraling economic crisis

Iranian finance minister fired amid spiraling economic crisis

Iran’s parliament sacked the country’s finance minister on Sunday after impeaching him over soaring inflation and a plunging currency, state...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Egypt says Gaza reconstruction plan ready, will intensify efforts for phase two

Egypt says Gaza reconstruction plan ready, will intensify efforts for phase two

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said Sunday that his country’s Gaza reconstruction plan, which would ensure that the Palestinian...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Ukraine’s allies embrace Zelensky in London, hailing ‘once-in-a-generation moment’

Ukraine’s allies embrace Zelensky in London, hailing ‘once-in-a-generation moment’

LONDON (AFP) — UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday warned that European security faces a once-in-a-generation moment at the start of Ukraine...

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The Times of Israel

James Pheby

As Israel Embraces Gaza Population Transfer, It Pushes Away the Two-state Solution

"Our abduction and your death have destabilized me. We fought all these years for social justice and peace, but unfortunately, we were dealt a...

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Haaretz

Carolina Landsmann

US State Department expedites delivery of $4 billion in US military aid to Israel

US State Department expedites delivery of $4 billion in US military aid to Israel

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold. France and Britain are proposing a one-month truce in Ukraine “in the air, at...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Another small step: Private outfit successfully puts lander on moon, a first

Another small step: Private outfit successfully puts lander on moon, a first

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the...

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The Times of Israel

Marcia Dunn

US moves to expedite delivery of $4 billion in military aid to Israel

US moves to expedite delivery of $4 billion in military aid to Israel

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that he had signed a declaration to expedite delivery of approximately $4 billion in military...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

PM said mulling brief resumption of war to pressure Hamas on Gaza ceasefire terms

PM said mulling brief resumption of war to pressure Hamas on Gaza ceasefire terms

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a brief resumption of fighting against Hamas to pressure the terror group into making further...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Ben Gvir refuses to apologize to hostages who said his rhetoric led to torture

Ben Gvir refuses to apologize to hostages who said his rhetoric led to torture

Former national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir refused on Saturday to apologize to multiple recently freed hostages who said his boasting of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

We Must Stand with the Valiant Ukrainian People

Following the horrific dastardly secret attack by the Empire of Japan on US naval forces in Hawai’i’s Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Warren J. Blumenfeld

Hamas Cruelty: An Argument for Changing Strategies

Many Israelis have been justifiably outraged at the sights of Hamas cruelty during the handover ceremonies for hostages, and at the tales of the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shayna Abramson

The Mental Blueprint of Champions

The Mental Blueprint of Champions

Imagery and mindfulness can create breakthrough performances.

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Psychology Today

Joanna Grover Lcsw

‘No other land’: Should you lie?

‘No other land’: Should you lie?

You are ordered—like in the Oscar-nominated documentary No Other Land—to demolish the homes, schools, and wells of Palestinian families in Masafer...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shamai Leibowitz

Our Father in Heaven and On Earth

In this week’s Torah portion, Terumah, G-d commands Israel to build a sanctuary for Him to dwell among them. To begin with, if you think about it,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Andy Blumenthal

Chelm R Us–Part II

The readers of Times of Israel have not yet responded with ideas for modern Chelm  stories, so I will provide one more chance, and offer additional...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gary Epstein

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #176, Abarbanel 5

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #176, Abarbanel 5

In this episode, a return to the life and times of Don Isaac Abarbanel. The year be 1492. That’s 5252 counting from Berraysheet and God’s creating...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Berer

Trump – Zelensky Diplomatic Mayhem

On Friday the world witnessed live the most dramatic public diplomacy session ever. The stage is the Oval office of the Whitehouse, the seat of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kanyi Ndewa

Discipline and Consistency

There is a rule in Jewish Law that says, תדיר ושאינו תדיר, תדיר קודם. This means that when we decide the order of things, we go with what is usual,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

You Are Good

This week, we read about the vestments worn by the priests and high priests. An elegant tunic, topped by a flowing robe with golden tassels was...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lazer Gurkow

DRC and Tshisekedi’s new mistakes

DRC and Tshisekedi’s new mistakes

The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains difficult and is made worse by the clear inability of the country’s political elites...

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New Eastern Outlook

Mikhail Gamandiy-Egorov

Freed hostage Eli Sharabi to meet Trump this week, brother says

Freed hostage Eli Sharabi to meet Trump this week, brother says

Eli Sharabi, a former hostage freed from captivity in Gaza last month, will meet with US President Donald Trump this week, a relative said Sunday....

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Haredi party threatens to topple government unless it gets NIS 1 billion for yeshivas

Haredi party threatens to topple government unless it gets NIS 1 billion for yeshivas

Housing Minister Yitzchak Goldknopf, the leader of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, threatened on Friday to oppose the 2025 state...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

With Trump ‘openly playing along with Russia,’ Ukraine eyes future without US support

With Trump ‘openly playing along with Russia,’ Ukraine eyes future without US support

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine braced for a possible halt in US support and eyed a stronger alliance with Europe against Russia’s invasion,...

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The Times of Israel

Victoria Lukovenko

Uruguay’s Orsi will look to strengthen Mercosur but also expand trade

Uruguay’s Orsi will look to strengthen Mercosur but also expand trade

The inauguration of President Yamandú Orsi means that the Broad Front (BF) will return to power in Uruguay. On the international front, early...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Juan Carlos Cáceres

Thousands line route as slain hostage Shlomo Mantzur buried at Gaza-area kibbutz

Thousands line route as slain hostage Shlomo Mantzur buried at Gaza-area kibbutz

Thousands of people lined the roads from central Israel to Kibbutz Kissufim near the Gaza border on Sunday to pay their last respects to Shlomo...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel halts aid into Gaza, citing Hamas refusal to extend first phase of truce

Israel halts aid into Gaza, citing Hamas refusal to extend first phase of truce

Israel said Sunday it would not allow any more goods to enter Gaza over what it called Hamas’s refusal to accept a proposal to extend the expiring...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Herzliya woman cleared in murder of son, 6, due to ‘active psychotic state’

Herzliya woman cleared in murder of son, 6, due to ‘active psychotic state’

A woman accused of murdering her 6-year old son was cleared on Sunday of criminal responsibility for the grisly 2024 killing by a Tel Aviv court,...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Coalition lawmakers welcome Netanyahu’s decision to stop entry of aid into Gaza

Coalition lawmakers welcome Netanyahu’s decision to stop entry of aid into Gaza

Coalition lawmakers welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision on Sunday to not let any more aid enter Gaza, citing Hamas’s refusal to...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol