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The Four Foundational Harms of a Phone-Based Childhood

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In this text, I describe the four foundational harms of the phone-based childhood. These are profound changes to childhood caused by the rapid technological...
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FOUR NORMS TO DEAL WITH CELL PHONES ADDICTION

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I offer these ideas for reforms, all of which aim to reverse the two big mistakes we've made: overprotecting children in the real world...
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How And Why The New York Times Ignored The Holocaust

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THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR POWERFUL MEN TO DO NOTHING  WHEN JEWS WERE OBSESSED TO BE GERMANS... Many times I...
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TEFILA COMPANION

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Dear Friends , these are the recordings of some of the most important Tefilot. The audios were made, mainly, for learning the Tefila, but they...
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Clint Eastwood, Shlomi and the Jewish people

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November 21st, 2014 Two days ago, as Coty and I were leaving 'Mamila', near the Old City we met Shlomi, a young 'cool' Israeli taxi...
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SHABBAT: Having guests and parenting, by Coty Bitton

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This Friday you can feel a sense of excitement at our home. My husband told me that this Shabbat we are hosting a group...
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TISHA BEAV: What happened on the 9th of Av?

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This Wednesday night, July 22, we will begin the fast of Tisha Be'av, the national day of mourning of the Jewish people. Why this...
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SHABBAT CHAZON: Does God Reside Only in His Temple?

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THE PROBLEM On the Shabbat before Tisha Be'av we read a special Haftara from the book of Yeshayahu (1:1–27). It is known as "Hazon," from...
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The Week of Tisha BeAv: Laws and Customs

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From the 17th of Tammuz until the end of the 9th of Av we observe certain restrictions as an expression of mourning for the...
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I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Challenge of Fasting in Israel

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Yesterday we commemorated the 17th of Tamuz, a fast day that opens a period of mourning that grows in intensity until the 9th of...
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I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Farm on the Hill

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  From the summit of Har Ebal, looking toward Shechem and the surrounding Arab towns, our guide, Israel, pointed just in front of us to...
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I ❤️ ISRAEL: Back to the Shomron

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My wife Coty and I are here in Israel with our family, celebrating the Bar Mitzva of our grandson Yosef. This past Wednesday, the...
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 I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Shadow of Peace — and the News

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THE AIR OF ISRAEL I'm in Yerushalayim, in Emek Refaim. Outside there's movement everywhere: cranes and construction all over, streets closed off, traffic squeezed down...
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BEHALOTEKHA: More therapy or more responsibilities?

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American Jewish journalist Abigail Shrier, in her 2024 book Bad Therapy, does not deny that therapy can help, or even save lives. Her warning...
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BEHAALOTEKHA: The anxiety of having it all

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Clinical anxiety, and the other kind There are two kinds of anxiety, and they should not be confused. One is clinical. It has a real...
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NASO: Sotah and the Art of Marital Fidelity

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The trust between husband and wife is one of the foundations on which a family stands—and infidelity is one of the few things powerful...
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