Alan Dershowitz decries tributes to Desmond Tutu and They say..."There is not such thing as bad weather. Only unsuitable clothing."Alfred Wainwright, and Ali Express says it will not serve Palestinians beginning in 2022 and THE OLDEST VIDEO FOOTAGE OF JERUSALEM YOU WILL EVER SEE written by Leah Rosenberg and Salvador Dali's bizarre sleep technique increases creativity - study

View in browser Yehuda Lave is an author, journalist, psychologist, rabbi, spiritual teacher, and coach, with degrees in business, psychology and Jewish Law. He works with people from all walks of life and helps them in their search for greater happiness, meaning, business advice on saving money, and spiritual engagement. Love Yehuda Lave Join my blog by sending me an email to YehudaLave@gmail.com The Three Musketeers at the Kotel Alan Dershowitz decries tributes to Desmond Tutu ----- Dershowitz blasts outpouring of love for the late Tutu, calling him a "rampant antisemite and bigot" who "minimized the Holocaust." With tributes pouring in from around the world for Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who passed away at the age of 90, lawyer Alan Dershowitz used a recent interview to criticize the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who was known for taking part in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. During a segment on Fox News, Dershowitz blasted the laudatory tributes to Tutu heard in recent days, saying that his views and statements about the Jewish community were problematic. "The world is mourning Bishop Tutu, who just died the other day," Deshowitz said. "Can I remind the world that although he did some good things, a lot of good things on apartheid, the man was a rampant antisemite and bigot?" He added: "The man minimized the Holocaust. The man compared Israel to Nazi Germany. When we're tearing statues of Jefferson and Lincoln and Washington, let's not build statues to a deeply, deeply flawed man like Bishop Tutu. Let's make sure that history remembers both the good he did and the awful bad he did as well." Tutu "didn't talk about the Israel lobby, he talked about the Jewish lobby," Dershowitz told Newsweek. "He minimized the suffering of Jews during the Holocaust," Dershowitz recalled. "He said that getting killed in gas chambers was an easy death compared to apartheid. He said that Jews claimed a monopoly on the Holocaust." "He demanded that Jews forgive the Nazis for killing them," Dershowitz said, referring to Tutu's 1989 visit to Yad Vashem during which he called on Israelis to pray for the Nazis, according to the New York Times. Charging that Tutu "encouraged others to have similar views and because he was so influential, he became the most influential antisemite of our time," Dershowitz went on to say that he thought it was wrong in the case of Tutu that "people say you shouldn't speak ill of the dead." "The bottom line is that at a time when people are reckoning with the careers, of people with mixed legacies, whether it be Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and others, we have to include in a reckoning of Tutu his evil, bigotry against Jews, which has existed for many, many, many years," he said. They say... "There is not such thing as bad weather. Only unsuitable clothing." Alfred Wainwright, A Coast to Coast Walk Ali Express says it will not serve Palestinians beginning in 2022 The reason for the move is commercial and not political: Palestinian mail authorities refuse to handle mail addressed to Israel, which many Palestinian shoppers put down as the destination country. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Ma, founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, laughs during an event at the Tel Aviv University, Israel May 3, 2018 The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibabawill no longer allow Palestinian shoppers to make purchases on AliExpress.com, according to a text message that many buyers received from the company on Monday. The reason for the move is that the Palestinian Authority's mail services refuse to handle packages that have the word Israel in the address. Many Palestinians do not know this and write Israel rather than Palestine as the destination country, according to N12. Some buyers from the Chinese online fast-fashion retailer Shein reported receiving similar messages. Alibaba calculated that the revenue from orders from Palestinian cities such as Jericho, Nablus, Ramallah, Hebron and Jenin does not justify the jumbled mail situation and therefore decided to completely halt its operations there.The Israel Post Authority said in response to a query by N12: A woman stands at the counter inside a Israel Post office in Jerusalem (credit: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)"This is an announcement that is intended for residents of the Palestinian Authority and is related to package delivery arrangements between online trading companies abroad and the Palestinian Authority." THE OLDEST VIDEO FOOTAGE OF JERUSALEM YOU WILL EVER SEE written by Leah Rosenberg Seeing any video footage of Jerusalem is always special. But when it is from over 100 years ago, it is well worth your time. Video Footage of Jerusalem Seeing video footage of Jerusalem from 1913 is unique. It can be hard to think that it existed then. But that is only a little over 100 years ago! Jerusalem has existed for thousands of years more than that! Take a look at the life that existed. The people. The buildings. Some things you can recognize, and some things look completely different. But the thing that is the same? The ancient feel. The old stones. Jerusalem. There are some things that never change about Jerusalem, and that is remarkable. Quotes about Jerusalem Here are some quotes about Jerusalem that really puts the indescribable into words (Courtesy of jpost): "For three thousand years, Jerusalem has been the center of Jewish hope and longing. No other city has played such a dominant role in the history, culture, religion and consciousness of a people as has Jerusalem in the life of Jewry and Judaism. Throughout centuries of exile, Jerusalem remained alive in the hearts of Jews everywhere as the focal point of Jewish history, the symbol of ancient glory, spiritual fulfillment and modern renewal. This heart and soul of the Jewish people engenders the thought that if you want one simple word to symbolize all of Jewish history, that word would be 'Jerusalem.'" – Teddy Kollek "In the din and tumult of the age, the still small voice of Jerusalem remains our only music." – Israel Zangwill "Without Jerusalem, the land of Israel is as a body without a soul." – Elhanan Leib Lewinsky "The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven." – Benjamin Disraeli "Jerusalem is a port city on the shore of eternity." – Yehuda Amichai Celebrating Jerusalem Although there is a specific day to celebrate the reunification of Jerusalem, Jerusalem is one of those cities that can and should be celebrated every day. And hopefully one day soon, we will celebrate the complete rebuilding of the holiest city in the world. Salvador Dali's bizarre sleep technique increases creativity - study Researchers investigated if Salvador Dali's unconventional sleep technique actually increases creativity and inspiration. They proved that it may well work for you too. By WALLA! Published: SALVADOR DALI always cut an imposing figure.(photo credit: ROGER HIGGINS)AdvertisementRenowned surrealist Salvador Dali had an unusual method of getting inspired. When he decided to take a nap on his chair after a long day of thinking about liquid watches and swans reflected in elephants (themes in his paintings) he would take a bunch of keys in his hand, place it on the edge of his chair and nod off in a light sleep. There was a metal tray on the floor and when he would really fall asleep, the keys would fall out of his hand, hit the tray with a loud noise and wake him up.Like American inventor Thomas Edison, who used the same technique, Dali believed that sleeping this way gave him a creative boost. As soon as the object hit the tray, he would wake up and return to work. Many people think he was talented, but researchers only recently tested whether this technique will work even on people who aren't similarly gifted. The Health & Wellness portal is presented in collaboration withSamson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital >>Surprisingly, they found it works. In a study published in Science Advances, the research team said that they distributed mathematical problems to participants, each of which had a hidden rule that if found could solve the problem "almost immediately." After failing to solve the problems, participants were divided into three groups before trying again to solve the problem: people who stayed awake, people who were allowed to sink into a shallow sleep phase of non-rapid eye movements (known as N1) for more than 30 seconds and those who were permitted to drift deeper into sleep for at least 30 seconds.Participants again tried to solve the problems to try to find the hidden rule. Researchers found that participants who spent at least 15 seconds in N1 tripled their chances of finding the hidden rule, implying increased creative thinking, than those who remained awake during the break. Eighty-three percent of people who entered the N1 sleep cycle were able to identify the rule compared to only 30% of the awake group."Here, we show that joint brain activity in the twilight zone between sleep and wakefulness (non-rapid sleep in eye movement phase 1 or N1) ignites creative sparks," the authors stated, adding that "we believe N1 provides an ideal cocktail for creativity." However, if they reached deeper sleep levels known as N2, monitored experimentally using an electroencephalogram, the effect passed. The authors added that these results show that an incubation period, which is a short period of N1, has a significant effect on insight. But the beneficial effect disappears when people fall into a deeper sleep.Researchers claim that Dali and Edison's technique is easy to do because people just need to hold a simple object. They added that anyone who wants to be creative should try the technique.Further research is needed on why the technique works, but the team says that N1 is accompanied by involuntary, spontaneous, dreamlike movements which creatively combine the last awake experiences by tying them with loosely related memories.They add that these hypnotic experiences can be seen as an exaggerated version of awake spontaneous thoughts (wandering thoughts), which foster the creation of new ideas.Therefore, if you can deal with the frustration of an annoying sudden end to a brief nap, try this technique and see if it boosts your creative spirit. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto. Yehuda Lave, Spirtual Advisor and Counselor Jerusalem, Jerusalem  Israel 972-585043210 YehudaLave@gmail.com You received this email because you signed up on our website or made a purchase from us. Unsubscribe