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 A religious Orthodox Israeli Jew in a prayer shawl (tallit) is seen praying while keeping a smartphone in front of him.

Two methods to capture a thief

By David Berger
 IDF soldier prays at the Western Wall.

Do Israel's soldiers know what they're fighting for?

Statue of the goddess Athena looking over Plato at the Academy in Athens.

Italian research team possibly locates renowned philosopher Plato's precise resting place

 The Death of Socrates (1787). Oil on canvas, 129.5 × 196.2 cm (51.0 × 77.2 in). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Was Socrates a real person?

 PROBABLE PORTRAIT of Spinoza by Barend Graat, 1666

'Spinoza: Freedom’s Messiah': Paving the way for secular Jewish identity

By TIBOR KRAUSZ
 A couple of opacarophiles enjoy the sunset.

The history of the -phile suffix

By RUTH BELOFF

Rabbi Pinto: Segulah for finding mate, earning living

By David Berger
 MAJESTIC SUNFLOWERS.

Israel-Hamas War: Misunderstanding reality and inner peace - opinion

 Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and former Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shlomo Avineri speaks at a panel on Israeli-German relations, organized by the Hebrew University. January 12, 2016.

Shlomo Avineri, esteemed political scientist and Israel Prize laureate, dies at 90

A small mistake with one’s children can cause irreparable damage

By Mark Fish
 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 19, 2023.

Israel's Western philosophy can't beat Hamas ideology - opinion

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

What to do with burglars in the night

By Mark Fish
 PHILOSOPHER MICAH GOODMAN speaks at a Gazit Institute conference in Tel Aviv, 2022.

Israel finally has a pure right-wing gov't and it’s a complete disaster - opinion

 SUCCESS LIES in balancing the benefits of our sophisticated world with the simple values of life, often overlooked in our big and fast world.

Our world is too complex; we need to keep things simple - opinion

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Simulation glitch: Woman appears ‘stuck in time’ in viral TikTok

Enjoy the silence

No quiet place: Scientists say you can hear silence - study

 RAPHAEL ZAGURY-ORLY

A night of philosophy in Tel Aviv - preview

By NERIA BARR
Marching towards the War Memorial, Birobidzhan, USSR 1987. The banner, in Yiddish reads: "The People and the Party are United"

Could Berdichevski be seen as a failed prophet? - opinion