A survey by the Israel Center on Addiction has found that “One out of every seven Israelis suffers from some form of addiction.” Over the past five years since the last survey, some half a million people have joined the…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
What’s the point of fighting wars anyway? Why don’t we just negotiate things?
I very much hope that in the current Russia-Ukraine war, we will learn that there is no point in fighting anymore. The wars where we detach from the other side, and kill and bomb them with brute physical force, and…
What We Can and Cannot Find with the New Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is set to replace the aging Hubble space telescope. If all goes as planned, it will begin to “unveil the first science-quality images” next month, according to space.com. A CBS News story explains that Webb is…
Can American and Israeli Jews stay together?
A recent survey of US and Israeli Jewish millennials conducted by the American Jewish Committee shows that roughly a quarter of the respondents in the US have been forced to hide their Jewishness due to the anti-Israel climate, which also made roughly…
How do parents appreciate teachers?
As a part of an Israeli news program, three parents were assigned as teachers at a prestigious school for a day, and it led them to have a much greater appreciation of teachers afterward. I support such an experiment, i.e.…
Climate Crisis—Not Child’s Play
The planet is running out of time—humanity is utilizing the resources of the world faster than it can recover naturally. That is the United Nation’s blunt assessment of the climate crisis for the occasion of World Environment Day, celebrated June…
How is envy or jealousy ever good?
Envy is a great developmental force. It is bad only if it sets us on a destructive course. However, if envy makes us build and improve ourselves, then the envy is good. Envy is a characteristic quality of our egoistic…
No Surprise that the UN Promotes Palestinian Sovereignty Plan with Jerusalem as Capital
Last week, in peculiar proximity to Israel’s Jerusalem Day celebrations, it became known that the United Nations is working intensely with the Palestinian Authority and a Jordanian architectural design company to establish eastern Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian…
Why the World Believes We Killed Shireen Abu Akleh
On May 24, AP News reported, “Review suggests Israeli fire killed reporter,” but “no final word.” Two days later, CNN echoed AP News, declaring, “Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in targeted attack by Israeli forces.” The Palestinians refuse to allow…
Were Jews ever really slaves?
The people of Israel were a nation of slaves who escaped slavery in Egypt. This is what the story of Exodus discusses. Being a slave means being enslaved to the human ego, our innate desires to enjoy at the expense…
Imagine Your Child Is Not Your Own
Imagine a man becoming the father of a baby boy after many years of anxious childlessness. The longing intensifies the father’s love for his son, and he plunges headlong into fatherhood. He holds his baby boy after meals so he…
America’s Baby Formula Crisis: Food for Thought
America faces an unprecedented food shortage in its most tender spot, babies. The infant formula shortage in the U.S. has activated a Cold War era law to prioritize and speed up its production. In addition to it, U.S. Air Force…