Current
11 min read
When Zvi Yehezkeli was born in Jerusalem in 1970 to secular Iraqi and Kurdish Jewish parents, they believed they were welcoming a child into a future of peace. History had other plans. Like nearly every Israeli family, they watched their son trade childhood for a uniform at eighteen, as the country’s threats only multiplied. Zvi […]
Hanukkah
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The small flames of the menorah have lit up Jewish life for centuries. Why has Hanukkah captured the Jewish heart, becoming one of the most beloved Jewish holidays? To understand, let’s explore three layers: the historical, the spiritual, and the personal. 1. The Historical: A Battle of Cultures Maimonides writes that the Greeks attempted “to […]
The moment the retired doctor’s head crashed into the net, snapped backwards and sent him flying through the air, he knew he had suffered a spinal cord injury. It was the first time Dr. Bill Silvers, then 72, ever had played pickleball and just 10 minutes into his first game. He felt no pain, but time […]
I want to save you 25 years of therapy. Something happens, and you take it personally → you get upset. Something happens, and you don’t take it personally → you don’t get upset. That’s it. So the real question is: why do you take things personally? In a word: the ego. When you are egocentric, […]
How to rise above society’s impossible standards of beauty and attain real self-esteem.
