2016-03-19 18:53
Synopsis: Men and women experience the development of the ego differently, Jewish law judged the psychic needs of each gender correctly - but that judgment has become outdated. (Word count… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Synopsis: The birth and development of consciousness , what was created 6000 years ago, resolving the Creationist – Darwinism debate.(Word Count=1299)PrefaceOne of the central tenets o… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
More than ten years ago my wife and I were walking in the German Colony in Jerusalem on a Sabbath eve, or perhaps early Saturday evening. Anyway the streets were very quiet, and there were v… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
One of the less discussed aspects of freelancing is the spiritual side of this kind of life, but for me this aspect was dominant from the start. I was surprised to find that from a spiritua… Read More
2007-09-20 11:20
Summary: This post will try to understand the consistent, abysmal political failure of right wing religious Israelis (Religious-Zionists) using the basic concepts of a simple but effective p… Read More
2007-09-11 10:15
Probably you have already heard about the Israeli police busting a ring of Neo-Nazis. They were all immigrants from Russia with a very tenuous connection to their Jewish origins.How did they… Read More
2007-08-21 22:33
A few incidents concerning writing and reading skills at various levels seem to illuminate a bigger problem in the education system and for once - it isn't money:Several years ago, just as… Read More
2007-08-06 08:05
I really enjoyed using a Seinfeld episode to demonstrate a psychological theory so I started thinking about a lot more possibilities of combining fun video evidence with what may be, for som… Read More
2007-07-16 09:08
In this post I wish to demonstrate the basic terms of Transactional Analysis (T.A.) with the help of one of the best Seinfeld episodes ever.Why This Is Worth ReadingI have been wanting to wr… Read More
2007-06-24 19:43
The wedding season is upon us and with it a renewed interest in this most fascinating ceremony of Jewish life - marriage.During the last wedding I attended, the mother of the groom mentioned… Read More
2007-06-12 22:30
Repairing the world is an extremely difficult undertaking. After all, so much around us is so messed up that it may be difficult to figure out where to start. As explained previously, the na… Read More
2007-06-02 18:16
Relationships are a very important part of our lives. We spend most of our waking hours in relationships with different people - at work, with friends, and most importantly, with our famili… Read More
2007-05-16 05:57
Synopsis: The Jewish mother as maximizer in Jewish culture, Imago theory - What is a maximizer, "Tikkun Olam - Now"IntroductionRead this quote ,please, and ask yourself if the description d… Read More
2007-04-26 05:24
Synopsis: The birth of consciousness and structure of the psyche, The function of prayer, The importance of the religious impulse, Forms of prayer in Western and Eastern culture.All over the… Read More
2007-04-25 07:07
Free Darko, one of the best basketball bloggers that man kind has ever known, just put up one of the most beautiful blog posts I have ever seen. He asked several well known basketball writer… Read More
2007-04-25 06:54
Following up on the previous post "The New Writing Regime" I am re-opening this blog. I took the opportunity to move to the beta template and redesigned the whole thing, with new aims and ne… Read More
2007-04-24 19:56
A few days ago I had the chance to see again the delightful romantic comedy “Bridget Jones Diary”. This is the story of a single British woman in her early thirties, struggling w… Read More
2007-04-24 19:50
That is the title of an article available here written by the well-known Middle East expert Dr. Daniel Pipes for the New York Sun. I am not a regular reader of the newspaper, but I received… Read More
2007-04-24 19:32
Personally, I don't need another reason to tune out the Israeli Mainstream Media, which includes Yediot Ahronot,Maariv,and Haaretz , along with Channels one, two and ten. I am not against en… Read More
2007-04-24 19:31
Visiting The Miserable RelativeI was raised on the notion that misery is a bad thing, to be avoided at all costs. I learned that miserable people should be pitied but that is best to keep a… Read More
2007-04-24 19:24
After losing my Chabadnik last week,who, by the way, still hasn't called, i did not know what to do. I asked you, my readers, for help, and waited to see what fate will bring.As it happens… Read More
2007-04-24 19:24
Yesterday I returned to the BT yeshiva where I received my Second Judaism Lesson in order to meet the Rabbi who runs the place, the same one that annoyed me so much when we spoke briefly las… Read More
2007-04-24 19:24
Today I paid a visit to Machon Meir, A Zionist Yeshiva which caters mostly to members of the religious-Zionist community,although they accept and seem to encourage secular people too. I say… Read More
2007-04-24 19:24
Judaism, Zen, and BasketballThree topics that at first sight probably do not seem to belong together, but it is possible to connect them, and perhaps even interesting - just watch me.Judaism… Read More
2007-04-24 19:24
On my Visit To Machon Meir , the Rabbi I met with gave me an excellent piece of advice - he said that I can contact the Rabbi of the local synagogue, and that in most cases he would only be… Read More
2007-04-24 19:24
A year or two ago I came across a Hebrew book called "The The Big Book of Jewish Humor " , a collection of jokes gathered and edited by Prof. Adir Cohen. This is a great present for any occa… Read More
2007-04-24 19:24
You may recall that just last week I happily announced my My First Official Judaism Lesson.After that first successful meeting, my Chabdnik mentor said that he is very busy on Channukah, but… Read More
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