I was born in August, 1946 in the city of Vitebsk, Belarus. In that summer, the second after the end of World War Two, life was slowly hobbling back to normalcy, in the wake of the horrors of the Second…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
Speech on Anti-Semitism at the Council of Europe by European Union of Jewish Students President
During her speech at the Council of Europe, in commemoration of the Holocaust, Mrs. Braden Golay, president of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS), reiterated the promise many of us make on this date each year: “Never again!” Watching…
What ISIS Offers Young Western Europeans, Which Europe Doesn’t
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On September 26, 2014, BBC News published a story titled, “Islamic State crisis: ‘3,000 European jihadists join fight.’” Many more reports appeared in Western media outlets at the time, asking why ISIS was so appealing to young Western Europeans. Did…
2015 – Can We Make it Different?
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The beginning of a new year is a great time to reflect on where we are compared to where we want to be. A few days ago I came across a post by British MEP, Richard Corbett. He wrote about…
Good Education
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.” (Albert Einstein). Today’s schools do not engage in real, substantive edification. Instead, schools today provide children with the tools needed for college admittance, while forcing them to…
Internet—the Engine of Change
For years, we were passive, watching and listening to whatever was broadcast and reading whatever was written in newspapers and magazines. And by and large, we were unable to affect the world around us. Then came the World Wide Web…
Warning: Are You Aware Of How Global Interdependence Affects You?
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Humanity has evolved into a globally interdependent and interconnected human network. In this global system our previous and present self-centered, egoistic attitude and the socioeconomic system it is based on is causing an unsolvable paradox, tension between humanity and its…
How To Unlock Your Hidden Potential
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The Enormous Benefits Of Living In A Mutually Beneficial Manner As humanity has evolved into a global, integral world where each and every individual, nation is interconnected and depend on each other even for their absolute necessities, this new world…
The Future Of Children’s Education Has Arrived
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“To repair the world means to repair education.” Janusz Korczak, an educator How Children Can Best Succeed Together We have evolved into a globally interconnected and interdependent world, where our previous methods and tools based on a fragmented, isolated,…
Warning: Unemployment Is On The Rise, But There Is Hope
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How Unemployment Today Affects Everyone One of the features of the ongoing and deepening global crisis is the rising unemployment all around the world. However, most alarming and most socially volatile is the unemployment rate of youths in the Eurozone,…
Introducing the Value System of Mutual Guarantee, a Breakthrough in Human Interaction
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Are You Aware How Much the Media “Feeds” Your Thoughts? In a globally interdependent world, only mutual guarantee (give what you can and receive what you need) can provide sustainable success. In order to achieve this success, society’s values must…