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…
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…
The derailment of businesses and the collapse of oil prices indicate that we are moving into a different kind of economy where money has no value. It is not that we must replace dollars with gold, but something far more…
The economy may be reopening but not as it should be. Irresponsible ignition of economic and commercial activities will bear such consequences that will make us regret not waiting a little longer in the first round. We are living in…
he cause of the coronavirus is human imbalance with nature. As a system of interdependent and interconnected parts, nature is made up of four levels: inanimate, vegetative, animate and human. The first three levels of nature—inanimate, vegetative and animate—function in…
Now that governments are “reopening the economy,” we think that things will go back to normal. This will not happen. Even if businesses open, the volume of activity will not return to what it was prior to the lockdown since…
𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝘁 The world is an integral whole, and humanity will come to realize it whether or not we are willing to acknowledge it. The coronavirus is helping us see that we are all in one…
It may feel like an eternity, but in a matter of a few weeks the entire world has changed dramatically, awakening existential questions and soul searching in us. What have we done for nature to unleash upon us this COVID-19…
1. The word “Israel” stems from two words, “Yashar Kel,” which means “straight to God.” 2. The people of Israel first received their name as a group of people who gathered around Abraham around 3,800 years ago. Abraham taught them the…