Dec 15, 2020
SAUDADE DE RANGUN (RANGOON, YANGON) BIRMANIA BIRMANIE MYANMAR
I have a lifelong connection with Burma even though my first visit there was in 2003 with my brother Eliyahu. I had heard stories from my biological father about his…
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Dec 15, 2020
A DAY OF RECOGNITION FOR DR PAUL FARMER AS WELL AS MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Very few Practising Physicians are also Medical Anthropologists, this applies to the entire world. In the USA, there are excellent Medical Anthropologists but the majority of them are not physicians…
Dec 15, 2020
THE PUZZLE OF VITAMIN D
THE PUZZLE OF VITAMIN D It was very exciting to study about Vitamin D metabolism while we were medical students. Called Sunshine Vitamin it was manufactured in the skin from…
Dec 15, 2020
WHO WAS WALDEMAR HUFFKINE? BACTERIOLOGISTS, INDIANS INTERESTED IN MEDICAL HISTORY AND JEWS AND SOME PHILATELISTS REMEMBER HIM
The very first time I heard the name WALDEMAR HUFFKINE was when I was offered a STAMP which showed his face and his proper role (but largely forgotten) in the…
Dec 15, 2020
MOROCCO-ISRAELI FRIENDSHIP IS CENTURIES OLD.. A NICE HANUKKAH GIFT OF INCREASED MUTUAL COOPERATION
Jews must have lived in Morocco ever since 70 CE but the definite change came after they were expelled from Spain 1492. Even before the expulsion, there was migration of…
Nov 15, 2020
NOVEMBER 2, 2020 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS. TOUSSAINT EN FRANCE. REMEMBERING DEAR DEPARTED ONES IN CUBA BRASIL
From the BBC: Three ideas for how to live a fuller life By Roman Krznaric 28th October 2020 By reimagining our relationship with time – and coming to terms with…
Nov 15, 2020
WHEN WOULD BRAZILIANS BEGIN TO TREAT THEIR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AS EQUALS? WHOSE LAND IT IS ANYWAY?
The Video is Silent Killer Coronavirus in the Amazon I heard from my Ticuna friends that they were also relying upon the remedies from the Forest to fight this disease.…
Oct 15, 2020
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OF IMAGINATION AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OF REALITY… HARSH, VIOLENT, RACIST, BORDERING ON FASCISM BUT ALSO INNOVATIVE AND HOSPITABLE AND OPTIMISTIC
I had the chance to visit Delta Orinoco in Venezuela on two different occasions. It takes a very long boat ride to get there, gliding past the palafitos of Warao…
Oct 15, 2020
BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, DO NOT BE UNHAPPY WITH WHAT YOU DO NOT HAVE .. GOOD ADVICE TO REMEMBER FROM AN UMONHON INDIAN
Dr. MW and I have been friends since our medical student days, he and his wife G, would make every effort to get together during my brief passages through Miami…
Oct 15, 2020
OCTOBER 18. DIA DO MEDICO. BRASIL AND REMEMBERING THE GREAT CUBAN PHYSICIAN CARLOS FINLAY
Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro lit up to pay homage to Dia do Medico on October 18th, 2020. I received this message from Brasil. [08:20, 18/10/2020] :…
Oct 15, 2020
DURING THESE TIMES, WHAT WE LOSE WHEN WE KEEP OUR DISTANCE
I am curious about printed matter, but it is not often that I read ELLE or COSMOPOLITAN.. In the living room at my sisters house I saw this magazine and…
Oct 15, 2020
IDENTITIES WITHOUT BORDERS: LESSONS FROM MALAYSIA WITH GRATITUDE TO MY FRIENDS IN KUALA LUMPUR
IDENTITIES WITHOUT BORDERS Borders is what we create so that we can cocoon inside it and then feel comfortable in them with our fellow travelers. Currently I am reading a…