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Aug 27, 2026, 5:52 AM

Blessings, Curses, and the Hope of Elul

My association with this week’s Parashat Ki Tavo has always centered on the “wandering Aramean”—arami oved avi—about whom I have written elsewhere. The phrase appears in the declaration that accompanies the first fruits: ve-hayah ki tavo el-ha-aretz—“When you enter...

Aug 24, 2026, 5:21 AM

Claim the Real World

Before every role, there stands a human being My father was a family doctor. When I was a boy, he sometimes brought me on house calls, and I carried his black doctor’s bag. I thought there was magic inside it...

Aug 22, 2026, 11:17 AM

Inches to Metric: Merkaz Lavi – PTSD/PTG (Post Traumatic Growth) #2

Merkaz Lavi-PTSD center.

The Magic in Reality I wrote a prior blog Merkaz Lavi (click), explaining why/how we got involved in creating our center, and issues regarding PTSD. This dives deeper into how we went about creating/manifesting Merkaz Lavi. Manifesting! What does it take...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 21, 2026, 5:30 AM

19th Fisesp Aging Seminar unites 325, expands to Latin America

Celia Parnes, Ricardo Berkiensztat and Sueli Schreier with the Joint delegation

The Jewish Federation of the State of São Paulo (Fisesp) gathered 325 participants this Wednesday (19) at Unibes Cultural for the 19th edition of the Aging Seminar, which this year had the theme “Aging in the 21st Century –...

Aug 16, 2026, 5:32 PM

An Israeli military helicopter flies above an Israeli flag. (AP Photo)

The helicopter comes in low over the pad, and before it's fully down the doors are open and they're running. Two soldiers. One has lost both legs — the tourniquets are already on, someone in the field did that...

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Aug 16, 2026, 4:50 PM

The Only Man Not in the Room

When a casualty notification officer knocks on a door in Israel and tells parents that their son has been killed, she now tells them one thing more: that his sperm can be retrieved and that there are only hours...

Jonathan Weinkle

Aug 16, 2026, 7:25 AM

Don’t Fall Off

Nearly forty years ago at summer camp, I learned a song about a bridge. This year, I learned the significance of the bridge. The song was “Gesher Tzar Me’od,” “A Very Narrow Bridge.” It was based on the teaching of Rebbe...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 15, 2026, 9:43 AM

Women’s Movement That Helped Build Medicine in Israel Gains Strength in Brazil

A century-old organization, present on five continents, expands its presence in Brazil and connects Brazilian philanthropy to one of the world’s most advanced medical centers. Long before the State of Israel existed, a group of women decided that healthcare in...

Aug 14, 2026, 8:35 PM

When the Body Says Rest

My memories of being sick as a child go way back to our first apartment, where the telephone was a wall unit in the entry hall. “Dr. Weizer, the fever is getting worse. Can you please make a house visit?” I...

Aug 13, 2026, 8:32 PM

Elul – ‘Give Him the Best Death You Can’

As I enter Elul, the holy month before the Jewish New Year and the beginning of a period that leads us towards the Days of Judgment, I feel as though I have been shaken awake. I live with Progressive Supranuclear...

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