Yesterday, September 6, 2022, Mary Elizabeth Truss, aka Liz Truss, was inaugurated as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the third female prime minister in Britain. She begins her term at a challenging time for the UK. The British…
Dr. Michael Laitman
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Money Should Not Be an Incentive for Better Teaching
I recently wrote about the teachers’ crisis in Israel and how I think it should be resolved. I am pleased that the teachers’ union has reached an agreement with the Ministry of Finance and that the teachers will receive a…
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Posted in Articles, Israel, Money, News
50th Anniversary to the Massacre in the Munich Olympics
Fifty years ago today, September 5, eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team and took nine more as hostages. After some negotiations came a failed rescue attempt, during which the…
After 125 Years, We Still Do Not Understand Zionism
This week in Basel, Switzerland, Israel is commemorating the 125th anniversary of the 1st Zionist Congress. At the conclusion of that congress, Theodor Herzl, who organized the conference and was the driving force behind the Zionist movement in its…
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Posted in Articles, Israel, Jewish, News
Who We Are without Our History
September 1st is the beginning of the school year in Israel. Beginning this year, Jewish Israeli students will not learn about the history of the Jewish people during the period of the Second Temple, its destruction, the Great Revolt…
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Mikhail Gorbachev – a Personal Impression
The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev reminded me of a brief conversation I had had with him. Even before I met him, I had the impression that he was truly a different kind of politician. He was not inherently bad; he…
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Posted in Articles, Media, News
Who Gave You the Right?
Once a week, filmmaker Semion Vinokur interviews me on a program called Novosti (News). In the program, Semion asks about current affairs and presents viewers’ comments. In the previous show, he presented a poignant question from a viewer who called…
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Posted in Articles, Israel, Jewish, News
The Answer Is Clear If We Ask the Right Question
In the end, what everyone wants is to have a good life. A good life means more or less the same for everyone: a decent place to live, food on the table, good health, education for the children, and most…
We Could Be Looking at Another Wave
It may not seem like it now, but I have a feeling that we are headed for another wave of Covid. The story with Covid is not over yet; in about two months, around November, we will see another…
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Posted in Articles, Coronavirus, Health, News
Teach Your Children Well
A few days before the beginning of the school year in Israel, the feeling here is that the education system has seen better times. Many teachers are quitting, especially the young and more gifted ones, and few are filling the…
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Posted in Articles, Family, Israel, News
The Stupid Smartest People
A famous Israeli singer recently wrote on social media that Operation Breaking Dawn, the three-day military campaign in May in which Israel fought against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza, may have been a military victory, but it did not…
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Posted in Articles, Israel, News, Peace
How Israel Should Respond to Iran’s Nuclear Politics
If there is one consensus among all the political parties in Israel, it is that a new nuclear deal between the US and its partners and Iran is bad for Israel. I do not dispute this view, but I think…
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Posted in Articles, Israel, News, Politics