Mar 15, 2013
SEARCHING FOR SEDER IN BRUSSELS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Searching for Seder in Brussels I used to be very active in Jewish Student affairs when I was at school as well…
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Mar 15, 2013
A WANDERING JEW’S PESACH: SO HAPPY TO CELEBRATE, SO HAPPY TO REMEMBER
This evening, all over the world, Jewish People of all hues, nationalities, religious beliefs will celebrate PESACH.. Over the course of years, I have been lucky to celebrate Passover Seder…
Jan 15, 2013
SIGN OF THE TIMES IN EUROPEAN CITIES
Walking along this pleasant city, I was amazed at the similarities (at least superficially) that meets a visitor to the central part of the city. Retired moslem women from Maghreb,…
Jan 15, 2013
KLEISHAS. DEFECTS. YOGA. AMERICAN INDIAN PHILOSOPHY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Structural Defect (Kleisha) YOGA and Native American Indian concept of Character Defect One pleasure of learning about YOGA from my friend MC…
Jan 15, 2013
LIFESTYLE AND CANCER: TO GAIN RESPECT, YOU GIVE RESPECT
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LIFESTYLE AND CANCER While the MORTALITY (death) from cancer has declined in the USA (Treatment and Early diagnosis), the incidence (new cases,…
Jan 15, 2013
RITUALS AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LIMINALITY : JANUARY 2013
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE It was on the first few days of a fresh New Year in la Habana, when someone introduced me to Augusto Monterroso…
Dec 15, 2012
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH WHILE EATING SUMPTUOUSLY
SOME friends find my professional role as a Lifestyle Coach (Endocrinologist plus Medical Anthropologist amounts to that!) and the sumptuous eating that I am so very fond of, a little…
Dec 15, 2012
EATING OUT IN MIAMI : COMPANY IS USUALLY BETTER THAN THE FOOD
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE An Evening Out Dining in Miami We are in the habit of lamenting the disappearing scene of restaurants, we get attached to…
Dec 15, 2012
WHEREVER I AM, MY HEART IS ALWAYS IN CUBA FELIZ ANO 2013
During the course of a calendar year, I get to celebrate many NEW YEAR celebrations, either directly or indirectly: The most important for us at a personal level is the…
Nov 15, 2012
A DIPLOMAT GOES HOME TO CUBA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A DIPLOMAT GOES HOME TO CUBA I was the first one to board the short AA flight to Havana in Miami. As…
Nov 15, 2012
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH: SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS, IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR MIND, BODY AND SOUL
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE INVEST IN FRIENDSHIPS, IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH Looking at the habits of healthy and happy people, all over the world,…
Nov 15, 2012
JEWS AND OBAMA AND HIS RE ELECTION
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE PROUD OF BEING JEWISH AFTER THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS One of the contradictions in American Politics is the way the Jews vote. In…