The riots taking place in the heart of Paris are the seeds of an inevitable change in the rules of the socio-economic game in Europe. The “yellow vests” people protest the rise in fuel prices and cost of living as…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
Hanukkah: Setting Aside One Week for Life Transformation
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The word Hanukkah, from Hebrew “Hanu-Koh,” or “stop here,” represents the first stage of spiritual development, a process of correcting the desire to enjoy for oneself and inverting it into a desire to bestowal unto others, a state that liberates…
Hanukkah: Setting Aside One Week for Life Transformation
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Hanukkah is not just another week in the Jewish calendar. It can be used as a respite dedicated to personal enlightenment, one week set aside for life transformation. The holiday of Hanukkah signifies the victory of light over darkness, unity over division.…
The Nation of Israel Is the Only Nation with No Biological Root
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The nation of Israel is the only nation in the world with no biological root. Unlike other nations, which emerged from shared parents and a small group, the nation of Israel has no biological parentage. Instead, it emerges from ancient Babylon, where Abraham the…
The UN Partition Plan and the Rebirth of Israel: Where Are We Now?
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71 years ago, masses of Jews in Israel and the Diaspora gathered around radio transistors, fascinated by the most dramatic vote in Israel’s history. After long nerve-racking hours, in November 29, 1947, an American announcer’s concluding statement sliced through the…
Worlds’s 8 Billion Citizens Possess Seed of anti-Semitism
How is it possible that in today’s modern and enlightened Europe, 1 in 20 Europeans has never heard of the terrible Holocaust that took place on their land? What is causing 1 out of 5 Europeans to justify anti-Semitic sentiments?…
Jewish Wisdom and the Next Renaissance in Europe
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Today’s humanity doesn’t necessarily recognize that the foundations shaping its culture were born in Europe: philosophy, science, art, politics, economics, and language. All of these transformed man from a barbaric creature to an enlightened human. However, day by day, Europe…
Fitness in the 21st Century: The Birth of a New Religion
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Who doesn’t want to be fit these days? Trying to stay in good shape has become a noble quest in modern life, and an expensive one. Does the effort actually yield a more fulfilling life? The end result feels more…
Younger people are less sexually active today. Why is that?
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The young generation lives in the most permissive era: They use apps where they can find casual sex, they have the morning after pill, sexting has become a normal behavior, and our culture has never been more open to sexual…
Activating the network of human connection for good
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By producing positive forces in the network through showing others care, kindness and friendship, we radiate unifying thoughts above our instinctive egoistic thoughts. We live in a field of connection that binds us together. We can’t see it, and…
I Too Have a Dream… A World Free of Anti-Semitism
Rekindling Black-Jewish Relations in America through Jewish connection Early in the afternoon, walking in a busy area of Brooklyn, New York, a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke was punched in the face and kicked in an unprovoked attack by a…
To Thoughtfully Govern Leaders Must Rediscover the Family
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On Nov. 11, 1918, World War I ended. One hundred years later, bells rang at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris as leaders of some 70 countries marched shoulder to shoulder on the plaza, marking the 100th…