Rock star Perry Farrell studies Lubavitcher Rebbe’s teachings
Fans know Perry Farrell as a singer from the alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction, but few know that he was born into a Jewish family and his real name is Peretz Bernstein. And quite a revelation for many was the fact that recently he began…
Beyond our Eyes
Sometimes the most mysterious things of all are those we take entirely for granted. For example, most people don’t stop to think about the fact that we use mathematics to accurately describe and interpret our universe. For example, you see an apple sitting on the…
Israel and Allies Checkmate Iran
Over the past few days we have witnessed many miracles in the world that have a connection to our Holy Land. Without a doubt, we have to be thankful to G-d for the miracles He is constantly performing for us. I have prepared a brief…
A new era: the unification of North and South Koreas
A historic event took place on the 12th of Iyar (April 27, 2018) – 65 years after the Korean war ended, Pyongyang and Seoul have made peace! This is another fulfillment of the prophecy “and they shall beat their swords into plowshares” and in its…
Rational Giving
The year 1928 was a fateful one in medicine, as it saw the discovery of a drug that saved more people than any other in history: penicillin. However, although penicillin has saved millions of lives, the antibiotic era is rapidly drawing to a close. Many…
Lesson of the Small
Many of the new technologies recently developed in communications, agriculture and biotech raise some troubling ethical and sociological issues, and sometimes generate intense public controversy. One such field, nanotechnology, is generally unknown to the public, but has the potential to have a deep and irrevocable…
Seeing Into the Future
What will life be like in 100 years? This question used to be the exclusive domain of science fiction, but recently some bona fide physicists have taken up the gauntlet as well. Based on past experience as well as a growing array of scientific tools,…
Low Crime Wave
Over the last twenty years, residents of New York City have enjoyed an unprecedented reduction in crime – the greatest decline of any major city in the developed world. Over two decades, murders, robbery and burglary fell over 80%. In the late 80’s, most criminologists…
No More Brain Drain
The Israeli media has lately expressed much concern over the Israeli “brain drain” – the continued emigration of academics from Israel to greener pastures in other countries. Recently the Israeli government has taken steps to stanch the flow. The plan is to establish “Centers of…
A Spiritual Healer
Dr. Eliyahu Sorkin was born in Paris without the slightest knowledge about his Judaism. When he turned thirteen, he asked his parents to make him the ceremony in church that his peers had when they were thirteen. “My classmates would have a priest come and…
Igrot Kodesh
