“As nature is interconnected, so we can become, if we set our minds and hearts on it. In that sense, the coronavirus is an unprecedented opportunity for growth.” We’re still not getting what’s coming. COVID-19, or Coronavirus Disease, is messing…
2019 was a record year for Dengue Fever in Latin America. Some 3 million people were infected, and 1,500 of them died. Each year, the disease is claiming more and more lives but hardly anyone outside Latin America knows about it. Why?…
Who would have thought that a virus, and not a particularly deadly one, would press the world’s kill switch? Who would believe in the beginning of this year that a measly flu-like germ with the name of a beer brand…
The events described in the Purim story hint at humanity’s spiritual corrections. Translating these corrections from the poetic and colorful language of legend to the language of qualitative inner change lets us see how they describe connection among people, and…
What kinds of benefits could a virus that has killed people and that has offset the world into panic possibly have? The coronavirus is helping us come to terms with our smallness and weakness as human beings in the face…
As the Coronavirus continues its world tour, and panic penetrates populations of people, some are facing the ultimate question about death. How should we respond to death? What is death? What happens after we die? The nature surrounding us is…
If we used to caution our kids about talking to strangers and walking in side alleys, today they sit at home with their mobile devices and all the dangers are at their fingertips. The latest dangerous viral trend, the Tripping…
In addition to the illness, death and fear that the coronavirus has effectuated, the global economy has suffered a major $160 billion blow. In China, Apple, McDonald’s, Starbucks and dozens of other chains have closed their stores. Entire cities have been shut…
The relationship between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union has always been shaky. Now they’ve officially divorced. Brexit finally happened, and there is good reason for the sense of relief and sounds of joy recently resounding throughout the…
As distressing a problem as suicide is in and of itself, suicide among doctors is particularly troubling. Hundreds of doctors take their lives each year at a rate of over double that of the general population. Why do so many doctors, a…
As soon as Trump’s “Deal of the Century” for peace between Israel and the Palestinians was launched, the controversy arose. It was expected, considering what is at stake: the solution to the most complex and longest running conflict in the world.…
As obituaries, tears and heavy mourning continue filling the world in the aftermath of Kobe Bryant’s unexpected death, the grief is accompanied by a very deep question: How does such a person, a cultural icon who had everything considered valuable…