“We have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity,” wrote physicist Albert Einstein in a letter to a NY Jewish philanthropist in June 1939, to express gratitude for his help to Jewish refugees who had managed to escape from…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
Will the recent UN resolutions regarding Israel increase antisemitism throughout the world?
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I think that the UN resolutions regarding Israel have no impact on the rise of antisemitism. Antisemitism is a phenomenon that unfolds according to the law of nature, which is a law of interconnection and interdependence. The more humanity develops,…
What is the biggest problem of our current school system?
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The current school system has no objective to develop people into human beings, in the complete sense of the term. In Hebrew, the word for “human” (“Adam”) comes from the word for “similar” (“Domeh”), and a human is considered one…
A Purposeless Life Is No Life At All
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how,” said Friedrich Nietzsche. A student of mine watched the film Life Overtakes Me, which tells the story of refugee children in Sweden who withdraw into a coma-like…
Only One Bad Thing about “Good Riddance Day”
For the past fifteen years, every December 28, New Yorkers have been burning their past year’s woes on “Good Riddance Day” in Times Square. People write down their most embarrassing moments, biggest failures, worst regrets, and throw their notes into…
We Ourselves Turn Emma Watson, Sally Rooney, and Others against Us
Emma Watson, Sally Rooney, and Roger Waters are only three of a long list of actors, musicians, authors, and artists of every kind and creed rooting for the Palestinians and calling for the boycott of Israel. How come they are…
When It Is Bad in the World, It Is Bad for Israel
When something bad happens in the world, no matter what, Jews can prepare to take the blame for it. In the end it somehow always comes, so there’s nothing to be surprised about every time. Just a few days ago,…
A Letter to a Viewer Who Discovered that Everything Is a Lie
Valentine, a frequent viewer of my shows with filmmaker Semion Vinokur, wrote him that lately, he has come to feel that everything is a lie: The government is lying, his bosses are lying, the media is lying, and there is…
What Happens When Everything Is Skin-Deep
𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣. 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. When you look at today’s American…
Which human activity causes the most harmful change in the natural environment?
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Nature, which includes humanity, is a single, integral and closed system. Humans hold the highest level in nature, i.e. out of the four levels, still, vegetative, animate and human. We are the highest level, because we have the innermost influence…
Mutual Responsibility – the Foundation of Society
Today’s society worships the ego. Everyone who is “someone” shows himself in the most egocentric way. This is true of social media icons as it is true of sports stars, pop stars, politicians, and even money moguls. However, a society…
Why is our world becoming more dangerous?
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The human ego drives our evolution. As our ego becomes globally interconnected, our egoistic connections interlink, and we find ourselves in a snake pit of sorts, where everyone wants to use everyone else to their benefit. Even though the growing…