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Most westerners, americans of europeans, hardly know about the magnanimous Cuban efforts at Humanitarian Medicine. When people think of Humanitarian Medicine in the west, they think of flying out when…
GRATITUDE LIST ENHANCE ENJOYMENT OF BEING ALIVE Thinking of MM in BE, MC in KL, CL in CWB Do you have a mother, doctor? Yes, I do When was the…
There is no greater sorrow than recalling happy times when we are sad Dante Thinking about Cuba, for me is never sad, but the powerful forces that draw me to…
WHY DO I TRAVEL TO OMAN WHY IS IT SO SPECIAL When I sent emails from Salalah, Oman on a recent stopover there, a good friend of mine asked: Why…
Thoughts on Spirituality I have thought about it for long. One thing I can tell you what it is not: Rituals and Dogma like you mentioned in your email of…
Eleven articles arrived on a peer reviewed Diabetes and Metabolism Journal this morning. What was very interesting to note was that the authors were not from the usual developed countries…
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY TRANSLATED INTO REALITY: THE CASE OF MEXICAN KIKAPU/KICKAPOO: KICKAPOO TRADITIONAL TRIBE OF TEXAS KTTT Philosophy as a guide to living- an essence of ones contentment, the feeling of…
AM ISRAEL CHAI: HOLOCAUST, HUBERMAN AND ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA The clock was turned back one hour. My sleeping pattern had been disrupted by crisscrossing of continents. I woke up at…
TRAVELLING IN AMERICA: ENJOY THE VAGARIES OF CAPITALISM Almost always, my friend the Sage of Sioux City would say, Capitalism rewards the wrong type of person. I am assuming, hopefully…
The Jewish Identity in Diaspora The Economist, published weekly, has to be one of the best brain foods that is published that frequently in the English Language. I have great…
JEWS OF MALABAR, A MAKE DO MENORAH AND THE CHANUKKIAH LAMP AMONG THE INDIANS This invitation arrived from Cochin, India today: As the Jewish community is dwindling in Malabar, more…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE OUTCRIES ABOUT IMMIGRATION: THE FEAR OF THE OTHER What is this emotional charge that can raise the heart beat of normal law…