Aug 15, 2020
JE SUIS UN JUIF MIZRAHI. IF YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO, I AM HERE …
Here we are in Miami where the worst thing is the vitriol of the local and national politicians. I think of the winds hitting the fragile houses and farms of…
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Aug 15, 2020
I WILL NOT MISS YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE, SAID LA PETITE POETE DE COTE SAUVAGE
The book was given as a gift. I was about to go to Malaysia for a visit. I was a freshly minted graduate doctor in the halls of a hospital…
Aug 15, 2020
IN MANY WAYS CUBAN MEDICINE UNSELFISHLY REACHES OUT TO THE WORLD … IT HELPS ME HELP OTHERS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES INCLUDING OUR ARCHENEMY
I am a Doctor without Borders, in the sense that I help with the little talent I have as a Pubic Health physician based on Endocrinology and Anthropology, in many…
Aug 15, 2020
EVERY LITTLE TREE GIVES ITS LITTLE BIT OF SHADE ANCIENT WISDOM OF FULAE, THIS TIME FROM SENEGAL
Al Jazeera, the news channel based in Doha is unique among the news channels in the world( with the exception of the venerable BBC, that many of us grew up…
Aug 15, 2020
CRY FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN LEBANON
whose heart is not touched by what happened at the Lebanese capital city's port? 150 has died , thousands injured and hundreds and thousands made homeless. Initially the politicians blamed…
Aug 15, 2020
The Full Moon a Lua Cheia La Luna Llena. La pleine lune
Imagine the wonder of our ancestors watching the phases of the moon.. Most ancient calendars, predating the Christian one, is Lunar in nature. The Muslims followed the Jews in setting…
Aug 15, 2020
KADDISH FOR EUSEBIO LEAL, THE ETERNAL NOVIO OF LA HABANA, A TRUE CUBAN HERO, TIRELESS WORKER AND THE BEST OF CUBA
In this photograph, taken at the Beth Shalom Synagogue in La Habana, you see Adela Zworin, the President of the Jewish Community of Cuba, along with the then President Raul…
Jul 15, 2020
LOTS OF DISCOURSES ON HAPPINESS… HOW ABOUT LIVING IT ?
By an immense stroke of luck, I was able to spend an extended period of time in Southern Sweden. I had left Australia where I felt so secure about our…
Jul 15, 2020
LITTLE DOCTORS AND NURSES OF CUBA , TEACHING THEIR FELLOW PUBLIC ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES
Kindergarten students demonstrating the proper way to cough to their classmates in Bayamo, Cuba. They are dressed as Health Care Professionals. Cuba has one of the best PUBLIC HEALTH systems…
Jul 15, 2020
A WORD OF ADVICE TO PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS,,,,,, REGARDING PATIENT CARE IN THE COMING DECADES …LEARN TO BE GOOD GARDENERS AND NOT SHOPKEEPERS
In his powerful book, the influential Israeli historian, Yuval Noah Harari argues that within a decade or two, the role of the primary care provider would become redundant as more…
Jul 15, 2020
FULL MOON OVER MIAMI. … MY GOOD WISHES TO MY FRIENDS IN CUBA, BRASIL, IRAN, MALAYSIA, INDIA, FRANCE AMONG OTHERS
photos taken from the backyard of my sister's house in Miami. The sun sets later at this time of this year in Miami, around 8 15 pm and it is…
Jul 15, 2020
Good bye Queen of the skies. She still calls Australia home
Even though I have not returned to Australia after my two trips in 2008, I keep abreast of what is happening in Australia. I am grateful for the enormous influence…