Friendship

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Philosopher Noam Chomsky is seen with late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in this undated image from the U.S. Justice Department’s file released by House Oversight Committee Democrats in Washington, DC, US, on December 18, 2025.

‘We were careless’: Valeria Chomsky regrets relationship of her family with Jeffrey Epstein

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The guide to new connections after 60: how to make friends in later life

Rom Braslavski (L) and Alexander Sasha Troufanov (R) embrace after reuniting for the first time since being held by PIJ terrorists in Rafah, November 25, 2025.

'You are always in my heart': Freed Gaza hostages Rom Braslavski, Sasha Troufanov reunite


Israeli MK meets with Moroccan members of parliament for the first time

The Moroccan delegation proposed creating a parliamentary friendship group between the Israeli-Moroccan parliamentarians, the first proposed such group with a country included in the Abraham Accords.

A teleconference meeting between MK Ram Ben-Barak and two members of the Morrocan House of Councillors on February 18, 2021.

Masks are much more likely to disrupt facial perception - study

Ben-Gurion University researchers conduct a recent study that evaluates how masks disrupt facial recognition and perception.

Shoppers wear face masks and walk around a fashion shopping center in Ashdod, as restrictions over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ease around Israel, May 5, 2020.

Holocaust survivor and Nazi sympathizer's son forge friendship in Belgium

Now the two men, both in their 80s, have forged a close friendship that has become a symbol of reconciliation in their native Belgium.

Friendship story between a Belgian Jewish survivor of the Holocaust Gronowski and the son of a Flemish nationalist and Nazi

A tale of two unlikely buddies

After Kasim Hafeez noticed the concentration camp number on Roth’s forearm, he had it imprinted on his own arm as a sign of solidarity.

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR Irving Roth and Muslim-turned-pro-Israel-activist Kasim Hafeez show their matching tattoos in ‘Never Again?’

Strange bedfellows

Daniel Lang began a handyman business. That evolved into him becoming a contractor and meeting his Arab partner.

DAN LANG (right) and Essa Da’agneh at the Tel Aviv promenade.

Book review: Love spans generations

Novel explores friendship and family, perseverance and resilience

THE FINANCIAL district of Pudong in Shanghai.

The sheltering tree

No one knows the exact moment when a friendship is formed, but it is this silent, forgotten moment that causes the pain when we must say good-bye.

THE DUO near Hyde Park’s Serpentine Lake, 1951 – ‘an exciting year to be young in London.’

Psychology: You’ve got a friend

When a good friend does not come through, some people may feel hurt and others may feel angry.

PEOPLE WALK past a cafe in Tel Aviv

The art of getting away

The art of getting away How busy moms can take time for themselves and recharge.

The writer contemplates nature – and appreciates the silence and personal space afforded by her travel companion