Many people sitting at home are now waking up to the meaninglessness of running after self-serving goals. There is greater awareness today of how much simpler and clearer life can be when we consider the need to provide for our…
When Austria refuses to treat patients from Italy, Germany forbids exports of medical equipment, France refuses to provide masks, and the rich northern countries want no burden of dealing with southern debt, we are in trouble. In addition to the…
There is ample talk about COVID-19 being a punishment from nature for humanity’s mistreatment of it. I respectfully disagree. As I see it, there are no punishments in nature; there are natural laws. Gravity, for example, is a natural law.…
If you are like one out of three people in the world currently under stay-at-home orders, the question of how to make this situation meaningful becomes relevant. The surge of the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing humanity to realize how much…
How are we going to spend our first Passover under the social distancing conditions brought about by the coronavirus? What will the Passover Seder look like? As a first, many families will be using the Zoom video conference tool to connect virtually…
“I looked out the window from the room I have been closed in for weeks, and I saw my neighbor being removed in a body bag, due to dying from the coronavirus.” That is what one of my Italian students…
We have passed the initial shock of the coronavirus pandemic, and now have entered what could be considered its second stage. We now understand that it is here to stay for a while, that it spans the entire globe, and…
If we use the coronavirus period to learn about how it fits into nature’s plan of raising humanity to complete and harmonious connection, and also how it emerged to show us the flaw of our self-centered approaches to each other,…
Unlike pandemics of the past, which affected localities and regions, the coronavirus pandemic is global. It affects everyone in the world. Today, humanity shares a common concern as the virus has spread around the planet, taking no notice of any man-made…
We are not used to the coronavirus. We have no idea how we will come out of it and where we will head from here. If anyone thinks that it will pass in a few weeks, it won’t. We…
The new positive reality we can expect after the coronavirus crisis Uncertainty, fear and anxiety are the agents of massive contagion when people face a sudden and drastic shift like the one we now experience with the coronavirus pandemic, but…
With all the home quarantines and health department orders to stay at home except for essential needs amounting around the world at this time, while these moves are meant to protect our physical health, they can also serve as a…