Living in a World of Gray People

Posted on January 19, 2023

A student told me about a forty-four-year-old woman who had decided when she was younger never to have children. But now that she is older, she wonders if she made the right choice because even though she has friends and…

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What Must America Do To Fix Its Trust Crisis?

Posted on January 16, 2023

Indeed, we are living in times of a social trust crisis, and it could lead to worse states where our connections would freeze and we would be unable to move toward each other. Then, from a state where society lives…

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What Does the Tower of Babel represent?

Posted on January 15, 2023

The construction of the Tower of Babel represents humanity’s first level of egoistic development that took place around 4,000 years ago. The story of the Tower of Babel describes people who, out of increased egoism, aspired to reach the governing…

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Attendance Is Mandatory

Posted on January 12, 2023

“Attendance Is Mandatory” may sound like the beginning of a post about school attendance, but it is not; it is a post about compulsory indoctrination at universities in Israel. On Sunday, at an academic convention at Haifa University, Israel, a…

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The Heat between Us Melts the Ice

Posted on January 11, 2023

A study published in the journal Science and quoted in Time and elsewhere states that the world’s glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of them projected to melt out of existence by the end of the century at current climate change…

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Is the World in Danger of Impending Famine?

Posted on January 11, 2023

One of my students asked me about the possibility of global famine, citing a report where almost 90% of international food security and nutrition experts surveyed predicted that “without innovation and bold action, global hunger would continue to rise over the next…

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The Rabbis’ Letter against the New Government Is a Big Deal over Nothing

Posted on January 6, 2023

As the new Israeli government was taking shape, an open letter titled A Call to Action began to circulate among American Jewish communities. The signatories, some of whom are prominent figures in American Jewry, pledged “to not invite any…

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Why the Russia-China Axis Is Unlikely to Pose a Threat to the West

Posted on January 4, 2023

The evident warming relationship between Russia and China has been causing some concern in the West. Also, some media outlets relate to the alliance between the two powers as an asset to China in its struggle against the US…

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Did Noah’s Ark Ever Exist?

Posted on January 1, 2023

Turkey inaugurated a new visitor center named Noah’s Ark. The center on Mount Ararat was built by donations from Jews, Christians and Muslims from all over the world. The center displays finds and fossils discovered at the site. The search…

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2022 Was Bad, 2023 Will Be No Better

Posted on December 30, 2022

Next week begins the year 2023. When we look at 2022, there is very little to be pleased with. Above all, the war in Ukraine has disrupted the world on many levels. It has devastated one country, exhausted another, sent…

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