Rod Kersh

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May 29, 2024, 12:26 PM

I am not good with certain details in life, for example, remembering when an event took place or what I did previously, maybe a holiday, trip, or a day in the past. Some things, I have whole, complete recollection viz....

May 28, 2024, 1:06 PM

It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)

Yesterday I listened to a podcast with the Palestinian politician Samer Sinijlawi. It was a fascinating discussion, with Sinijlawi doing most of the talking. Born in Jerusalem, he attended a Christian-Arab school before being caught-up in the first Intifada and arrested...

May 25, 2024, 4:20 PM

I suspect that most readers will not have considered the matter of the time of death. There are all kinds of dimensions to this consideration. The last breath? final heartbeat? The ending fizzle or fibrillation that follows the synchronous contraction of the ventricles? The...

May 19, 2024, 6:09 PM

Israel, Ireland & Palestinian intergenerational trauma

The South Yorkshire Flag. Photo by Rod Kersh

You can’t compare numbers. Just as you can’t compare suffering. Victor Frankl alluded to the latter in Man’s Search for Meaning, His post-Shoah analysis, written during and after his time in the camps. It isn’t apples and pears. At the end of the day, we are all...

May 13, 2024, 5:35 AM

The Eurovision Blog

The South Yorkshire Flag. Photo by Rod Kersh

I guess this is the Eurovision blog. An ongoing madness of them versus us. Israel vs the world The Jews vs the Left There is a thin line between love and hate, sang Chrissie Hynde. Trigger warning. Palestinian flag. Does your blood pressure rise at the...

May 6, 2024, 6:56 PM

The haters hate – a take on the college encampments

I remember, a long, long time ago when I was a child, occasions when I was picked-on by others. In today’s language you might say I was bullied, although, in my memory that only came later once I qualified...

May 4, 2024, 4:03 PM

Systemic aphasia

I thought I would take a break from world politics and return to topics closer to home. The effects of stroke on a person’s ability to interact with the world, patient safety, and organisational effectiveness. A grand aspiration, eh? I mooted...

Apr 27, 2024, 2:46 PM

A week of extremes, toing, froing & Glaswegian kneidels

From the 1983 Hagaddah. Photo by Rod Kersh 2024

Cripes. Hard to know where to begin. This has been a busy week. I guess, If you were generous, You would say rich with experience. Alternatively, you might sit somewhere, quiet, and overwhelmed. Monday was the first night of Passover. I have discussed this in a recent...

Apr 20, 2024, 7:47 PM

From a narrow space; in and out of suffocation

The Jewish festival of Pesach – Passover is upon us. Pesach commemorates the period in Book of Exodus where the Israelites fled Egypt. It is core to Jewish belief and culture – from the ritual search for fragments of chametz – bread...

Apr 2, 2024, 2:23 PM

Day 178. Victor Frankl, Vishnu, and Shakespeare.

I was talking with my son last night, Trying to explain my recent behaviour and mood. My behaviour has been, let’s say, not great, And my mood, worse. Six months. It has been exhausting. Each time I turn on the radio or the TV...

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Dr Rod Kersh is a Consultant Physician working in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. He blogs at www.almondemotion.com

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