Scientists have discovered that when people spend significant time together, their brain activity can become remarkably similar—sometimes nearly identical. In such cases, the two brains begin to function in synchrony. For example, after two weeks of watching the same movies, reading the…
History shows that the world’s biggest transformations and crises have always been accompanied by the rise of antisemitism. Jews have continuously been viewed as the root of all evil and have been the scapegoats for blame in a staggering array…
I cannot view the current wave of antisemitism heedlessly. During the last decade I’ve warned through media articles and books about the threat of a potential new Holocaust on American soil or Europe, in light of the growing anti-Jewish sentiment…
11 Quotes about the Importance of Unity and Love among the Jewish People “‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Everything that you would like others to do for you, do them for your brothers.” – Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Shoftim, “Rules of Mourning.” “Our nation’s…
“Our nation’s success depends only on brotherly love, on connecting as one family.” – Rabbi Shmuel David Luzzatto When we are united as one, there can be nothing but peace and wholeness. The aspiration for oneness, to become Aguda Achat (one bundle)…
The Nigun “La Menatzeach al Shoshanim (To the Leader upon Lilies)” is based on the text of King David’s Psalm 45: My heart is moved with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a…
Social intelligence is the ability to feel and understand, in mind and heart, how I can best serve and benefit society. Based on the video “How Can You Become Socially Intelligent?” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman. Written/edited by students of…
We can become socially intelligent by exercising attitudes of support, encouragement, and care toward others. For instance, if we approach someone, we should think about how we can help them. When we see someone weaker than us in some way,…
By developing social intelligence, we come to view our complete connection to each other and to all the lower degrees of nature—the inanimate, vegetative, and animate. We see how we need to help each other, and together—all of us, all of…
All animals are instinctively socially intelligent. That is, they know how to behave with each other instinctively in a way that is good for themselves and for the environment. The animal kingdom has a built-in intelligence that makes animals act…
Social intelligence requires constantly balancing mind and heart, increasing and growing them both in the direction of the benefit of others. This emergence from ourselves toward others leads us to start feeling other people, which is key to truly achieving…
It seems to us that intelligence is cold, sterile, and unemotional, but our nature is ultimately a desire to enjoy. If we thus have the ability to optimally connect with others in order to enjoy life and to also bring…