The ripple effect of thousands of Amazonian fires is sensed across the continents. As if humanity needed a reminder of the interconnected, integral and rounded world we live in, the record devastation of the South American rainforest has produced a globaloutcry. There is mounting…
The Amazon fires won’t have a significant effect on climate change. In order to understand whether nature will act toward us positively or negatively heading into the future, we need to understand how we influence nature, and how nature reacts…
There is nothing chic about Nazism but there is already a fashion trend called “Nazi chic” gaining popularity in the world. Clothing and accessories, phone covers, pillow cases, and other kinds of merchandise with pictures of concentration camp victims and images…
Warning signs of a global recession are becoming more evident, warn economic analysts. Germany’s economy, the largest in Europe and one of the strongest in the world, is heading into recession, while China’s growth has slowed to its lowest point…
“You Jews, Hitler should have finished you off,” screamed an attacker while he sprayed water in the face of a Jewish man in Crown Heights, NY. Another three Hasidic Jews were punched in the face on their way to the synagogue in Williamsburg in…
“There were no good days for Israel like Tu b’Av, a day when the tribes were permitted to mingle with each other and where each and every person bestowed their goodness upon their fellow man.” (Tiferet Shlomo) Tu B’Av is…
To see ourselves realistically means to see ourselves as parts of a globally interdependent system. It means to see an ideal and holistic picture of mutually influential relationships. I like listening to astronauts describe their feelings after looking at the…
Regular reports of anti-Semitic crimes and threats have converged into a foreboding trend characteristic of our times. Whether it heads toward a destructive climax akin to the Holocaust, or a positive shift toward a much better situation for both Jews…
The more mass shootings shake society, the more different people propose different solutions in relation to different aspects that play a role in mass shootings: gun control – to counter gun availability, raising awareness about mental illness – to counter…
Yet again, two deadly mass shootings within hours in Texas and Ohio have shocked America. At least 31 people are dead and dozens wounded in both incidents, spreading fear, bewilderment and confusion throughout American society. The same scenario replays over and over,…
Today’s divisive social and political climate in the U.S., a melting pot within a boiling society that erupts in recurring mass shootings, resembles a modern-day version of ancient Babylon 4,000 years ago. A look at how the crisis was handled…
Global warming is a burning topic. Extreme heat waves, unparalleled in human history, have become a source of rising stress, a problem we no longer perceive from afar but on our own skin. Heat stress is estimated to cost the global economy $2.4 trillion…