Annette Poizner, at The Blogs

Jun 22, 2025, 3:47 PM

Two Sages, One Vision: The Shared Wisdom of Moses and Confucius

Across continents and centuries, two ancient teachers—Moses in the Near East and Confucius in China—transmitted moral codes that still shape civilizations today. While they emerged in distinct cultural and religious worlds, both offered enduring visions of ethical society rooted...

Jun 18, 2025, 10:58 PM

The Lost Language of Eden: Hebrew, Chinese, and the Spiritual Fracture of Babel

Dr. Isaac Mozeson, in his groundbreaking work The Origins of Speeches: Intelligent Design in Language, offers a bold and fascinating thesis: that all human languages derive from Biblical Hebrew—the original, Divinely revealed tongue spoken in Eden. According to his...

Jun 16, 2025, 11:25 PM

The Cosmic Body: Jewish and Chinese Visions of the Self and the Universe

In the creation narrative of Genesis, early commentators suggest that the Creator engaged in an act of self-limitation—a cosmic withdrawal known in Kabbalistic tradition as tzimtzum. G-d diminished or retracted aspects of the Divine Self in order to make...

Jun 15, 2025, 3:11 PM

Stronger Together: Making a Case for a Jewish-Asian Alliance

In today’s polarized world, two historically resilient communities—Jewish and Asian—find themselves at a similar inflection point. Once celebrated for their hard-earned academic and professional accomplishments, both groups are now facing a cultural backlash against the very idea of meritocracy....

Jun 11, 2025, 9:50 PM

Guardians of the Threshold: Feng Shui and the Mezuzah

At first glance, the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui and the Jewish tradition of placing a Mezuzah on the doorpost might seem unrelated. One comes from the geomantic wisdom of East Asia, concerned with energy flow and harmony...

Jun 10, 2025, 7:05 AM

Tefillin, Acupoints, and the Hidden Harmony Between Jewish and Chinese Wisdom

In a fascinating intersection of sacred ritual and medical insight, Dr. Steven Schram—a practitioner trained in both chiropractic and traditional Chinese medicine—once noted a remarkable anatomical overlap between Jewish religious practice and Chinese healing philosophy. Specifically, in his thought-provoking...

Jun 8, 2025, 5:58 PM

Yin, Yang & You: A Chinese Take on Torah

Finding the Foundational Pattern of Chinese Thought in Our Tradition It’s well known that Yin and Yang are the foundational building blocks of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Their dynamic polarity undergirds all things—Heaven and Earth, fire and water, male and...

Jun 4, 2025, 7:59 AM

Jews Love Chinese Food—Now Let’s Build Something Deeper

Torontonians of a certain age will remember Ginsberg & Wong. Part deli, part Chinese eatery, the downtown restaurant was a culinary mashup ahead of its time: foot-long kosher hot dogs served with curly fries in bamboo steamers, “Ike and...

May 25, 2025, 11:26 PM

Bridges of Light: Where Torah and Tao Meet

In North America, May is a time of cultural celebration, honoring both Jewish Heritage and Asian Heritage. It is a good time to reflect on the camaraderie and shared resilience of two ancient communities: Jewish and Chinese. A few years...

Jul 27, 2022, 6:43 AM

‘The Inclusion Delusion’: Confronting antisemitism in social work

A social work class in a New York City School of Social Work devolves into a raucous anti-Israel townhall. A Toronto university puts out an ad which details every form of oppression that it counters, omitting antisemitism. A fieldwork...

About Me

Annette Poizner is a Columbia-trained social worker, therapist, writer, and lifelong seeker. With a background in psychology and a deep fascination with global spiritual traditions, she weaves together insights from contemporary psychology, Jewish mysticism, Chinese philosophy, and other time-honored systems. A devoted student of the Tree of Life, the Tao, and Jungian psychology, Ms. Poizner explores rich intersections of culture and wisdom—uncovering shared teachings on healing, purpose, and the human soul. This blog emerges from years of study, clinical practice, and heartfelt admiration for the enduring brilliance of ancient wisdom traditions that inform clinical practice.

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