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There are words you hear as a child or adolescent which stays in your memory. I remember, a shaliach from Israel saying: Theodor Herzl said: Once we achieve our dream…
Overall, the coronavirus mortality rate was highest among Muslims, followed by Hindus, Jews and Sikhs, while those who say they have no religion had the lowest death rate among religious…
ISRAEL is called START UP NATION Israel has earned the nickname “Startup Nation” for a very good reason: With a population of around 8.5 million, it has the largest number…
It took me a while to get used to the erudite writing style of the South Asian-American scholar, Anu Garg. I am passionate about my language, I am not sure…
The Covid 19 pandemic has revealed many wrongful aspects of our societies. We tend to concentrate on the disparity of wealth, social order and race relations. One positive aspect that…
MIGRATION THROUGH LIFE A threat to the Planet as well as at an individual level is/has been present over the past three months. We have become open to the sufferings…
Ephraim Kishon was an Israeli satirist and humorist. He was Hungarian born and a survivor of concentration camps and when he arrived in Israel, the newly integrated nation of hundred…
NEJM or New England Journal of Medicine or when in context of a medical conversation truncated to New England, is the leading medical publishing house in the USA. We are…
I became aware of both masculine and feminine sides of both sexes very early on life, in heterosexual people. When in medical school, you could see the faculty, masculine and…
For young translator of sold-out ‘Harry Potter,’ Yiddish is truly his mamaloshen How Arun Viswanath, the 29-year-old scion of a US literary dynasty, translated series opener ‘The Philosopher’s Stone’ into…
THE CULTURE OF FEAR DURING THE TIME OF CORONA Following the pandemic situation around the world, it Is becoming obvious that one of the more misinformed countries is the United…
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole The islands of Hawaii played an important part in my life at certain stage of intellectual growth. I was torn between the native people of USA and the…