By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — The self-help blogs and media are filled with useful information about positive psychology, becoming your best self, leading the good life, and the value and benefits of being optimistic, positive and hopeful. It’s next to impossible–from more than 3000 years of Judaism’s wisdom on happiness to Joel […]
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Michael MantellBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –While Pope Francis’ recent ”cri de coeur” over man-made global warming and climate change sounds like the first chapter in a cli-fi novel, it’s never going to end up as in an American or Italian novel because it’s already been published by Our Sunday Visitor publishing company as a
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The World We ShareBy Rabbi Ben Kamin CHARLESTON, South Carolina–Like a lot of people around the nation, I simply felt the need to be here on this Sunday, June 21, with the good people of “Mother Emanuel”—The African Methodist Episcopalian Church. Not everyone who was so moved could actually manage it, though one could feel the presence of
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USABy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–We do not generally think of ourselves as being historically connected to such activities as a band of rough ‘n ready swashbuckling pirates. But given the opportunity and a burning need for revenge, Jewish pirates swashed buckles with the best of ’em. As the Sephardim fled Spain after the Edict of
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Travel and FoodBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — There is healing power in the medicine of laughter and play. Living with stress, feeling uptight, being worried, not sleeping, and thinking limiting thoughts, kill the joy in your life—as well as your health and wellbeing. One of the best anti-stress medicines we have is free, has
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Michael Mantell, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — With Pope Francis delivering his well-received global appeal for fighting climate change before it is too late, titled Laudato Si (Praise Be), the usually-conservative newspaper The Washington Times recently published a very positive story about the rise of ”cli-fi” wake-up call movies in Hollywood. It was a fair
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International, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Politics is the essence of civilization. It’s the way to solve issues via dispute, voting, and compromise without bloodshed. It need not be dispassionate. Issues are important, and at times pressing. However, it is easy to exaggerate the tensions that erupt, seize headlines, excite threats of retribution, and then disappear
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Mimi Pollack LA MESA, California — There are two camps in the world: dog lovers and cat lovers. However, there are many, who like me, love and appreciate both. The popularity of cats has grown and today more households have cats, and they have questions about their cats. Cats can be such mysterious creatures!
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Every good conspiracy requires specific elements to make it compelling and spellbinding: A beautiful woman, men of power, and a secret so valuable, if leaked, heads would roll. Marilyn Monroe Declassified meets each of the aforementioned requirements and goes beyond the intrigue by measuring up to the burden
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Eva Trieger, USAEditor’s Note: Lawrence “Laurie” Baron usually writes the “Humoring the Headlines” column, but in the wake of the racist murders in Charleston, South Carolina, he preferred to address this far more serious topic. By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ I find little to humor about this week’s main headline, the murder of 9 African-Americans at a bible study
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Lawrence Baron, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, PhD LA JOLLA, California — The Paris of the 1920s had cobblestone streets and horse-drawn carriages delivering milk in glass bottles with the cream on top—reserved for my father for his café au lait. Coal was thrown down a chute at the base of our apartment building, and blocks of ice were hauled
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International, Natasha JosefowitzBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California –That scary-eyed, sick young man in Charleston who sat among God-fearing people in church for an hour and then began to murder them says he wanted to start a racial war. Really? That war is well under way and even that factoid hasn’t crossed your little Nazi brain. All
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USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra tackled two very ambitious selections for their June 7 and 9 program, Prokofiev’s Symphony #5 and Brahms’ Piano Concerto #1. Before the program began, the orchestra member who had been with TICO the longest, Jeanne Shenkman, was honored. She came forth from her position
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