Pessimism and optimism are characteristics embedded in us, which we are born with. While we have characteristics that we receive from birth, the way those characteristics can be influenced and directed is through the many varied social influences in…
It might sound strange and not what people expect, but more consideration, support, encouragement and inspiration to build a positively connected society is the best treatment not only to the coronavirus, but to myriad other problems we endure on a…
Life will not be the same after the coronavirus pandemic. That is an understatement, but how could the healing process improve our interpersonal relationships and our perspectives of life? Working from home, being physically apart from other coworkers, but spending…
Whether the coronavirus is a bio-attack or some other artificial lab construction aimed at serving self-interests of certain people in power, either way, I do not relate to such theories. More principally, the coronavirus is nature’s reaction to our overblown…
Now that we’re no longer sheltering in place, the focus shifts from health to provision. Many businesses will not survive the coronavirus crisis since there will be no demand for them. Humanity is changing; many things we regarded as staples,…
The Coronavirus Disease 2019, or COVID-19, like any crisis in history since the inception of the Jewish people, will ignite a wave of anti-Semitism. We can already see it budding on social media, traditional media outlets, in graffiti, and…
Israel’s Independence Day often invokes reflections on the meaning of independence and whether we are truly independent. Evidently, we are not independent economically. In a globalized world, no country is independent, much less a country whose economy relies so heavily…
Some people point out how consumerism harms nature, and how it led to the emergence of COVID-19 and other negative phenomena. They encourage putting a stop to our culture of shopping and returning to a past form of sustainable living.…
COVID-19 is nature’s way of teaching humanity serious lessons in mutual responsibility, equality and nature’s superiority to humans. By forcing us into social distancing and stay-at-home conditions over a relatively long period of time, we have become freer to contemplate…
The world is eagerly trying to get back to its feet. It is clear that people need to secure their livelihoods, put food on their tables, and get back to business, but I wonder, have we learned the lessons the…
As if someone switched off the lights, country by country shut off its gates. Incoming flights were revoked, ships were denied docking, and tourists were told to leave. Everyone went home and was told to shelter in place. Then the…
If anyone thinks that reopening the economy will start bringing back the same world we lived in before the coronavirus, then think again. Letting many more businesses run will not mean that people will immediately go back to spending on…