HIROSHIMA 68 YRS LATER and what does it mean to be a "JEW"

 A BLESSING TO OTHERS

To be a Jew is to be alert to the poverty, the suffering, the loneliness of others. 

Karl Marx called religion 'the opium of the people'. No religion is less so than 

Judaism.

 Opium DE-sensitises us to pain. Judaism sensitives us to it.

 No Jew who has lived Judaism can be without a social conscience. To 

be a Jew is to accept responsibility. The world will not get better of its own 

accord. Nor will we make it a more human place by leaving it to others – 

politicians, columnists, protestors, campaigners – making them our agents to 

bring redemption on our behalf. Life is God's question; our choices are the 

answer.

To be a Jew is to be a blessing to others. That is what God told Abraham in 

the first words he spoke to him, words that four thousand years ago set Jewish 

history into motion. 'Through you,' he said, 'all the families on earth will be 

blessed.' To be a Jew is not to ask for a blessing. It is to be a blessing.

 Judaism is about creating spiritual energy: the energy that, if used for 

the benefit of others, changes lives and begins to change the world. Jewish life is not the search for personal salvation. It is a restless desire to change the world into a place in which God can feel at home. There are a thousand ways in which we help to do this, and each is precious, one not more so that another. 

 When we give, when we say, 'If this is wrong, let me be among the 

first to help put it right,' we create moments of imperishable moral beauty. We 

know how small we are, and how inadequate to the tasks God has set us. Even 

the greatest Jew of all time, Moses, began his conversation with God with the 

words, 'Who am I?' But it is not we who start by being equal to the challenge; it 

is the challenge that makes us equal to it. We are as big as our ideals. The higher 

they are, the taller we stand.  

Jonathan Sacks, From Renewal to Responsibility 

 PRAYER 

Ribbono shel olam, Sovereign of the universe, help me act so that in the coming 

year I am able to say: I heard, I responded, I gave, I grew. Write us, so that we 

may write others, in the Book of Life

HIROSHIMA 68 YRS LATER

Hiroshima, Nagasaki 1945 We all know that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed In August 1945 after explosion of atomic bomb. However we know little about the progress made by the people of that land during the past 62 years. Here are some photos...   THE COLORFUL CITY Now

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Feeling under appreciated? and Unexpected opportunities for Kindness

Unexpected Opportunities for Kindness

Wherever you are, you are there for a reason. There are times when the reason is patently evident. Other times you will need to be patient to understand why.
Having a "kindness consciousness" will enable you to better understand seemingly puzzling occurrences. The less you want to be in a certain place, the more you should be on the lookout for opportunities to make a difference in someone's life.

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER; DEFEND ISRAEL AT ANY COST

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Things Got Ya Down? Well Then, Consider These . . .

In a hospital's Intensive Care Unit, patients always died in the same bed, on Sunday morning, at about 11:00 AM, regardless of their medical condition. This puzzled the doctors and some even thought it had something to do with the supernatural. No one could solve the mystery as to why the deaths occurred around 11:00 AM Sunday, so a worldwide team of experts was assembled to investigate the cause of the incidents. The next Sunday morning, a few minutes before 11:00 AM all of the doctors and nurses nervously waited outside the ward to see for themselves what the terrible phenomenon was all about. Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books, and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits. Just when the clock struck 11:00, Pookie Johnson, the part-time Sunday sweeper, entered the ward and unplugged the life support system so he could use the vacuum cleaner.

Still think you are having a Bad Day?

A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places. Up to that moment, he had been happily listening to his Walkman.

Are Ya OK Now? - No?

Two animal rights defenders were protesting the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn , Germany . Suddenly, all two thousand pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly. The two helpless protesters were trampled to death.

What? STILL having a Bad Day?

Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnajet didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb.  It came back with 'Return to Sender' stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb; he opened it and was blown to bits. God is Good!

There now, Feeling Better?

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: New (newly discovered) Pile Driving Process and Animal Friends and Traffic in Saigon

For you construction Gurus—click to see:  New South-Asian construction process

Here's your AWWWWWWWW for the day ;

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, View Yourself As Patient

Our self-image creates us. This applies to the strengths we see in ourselves, as well as weaknesses and limitations.
Patience is no exception. People who view themselves as "impatient" will have many thousands of reinforcers over the years. For example, if someone became impatient just three times a day for five years, he will have 5,000 experiences of impatience! Focusing on these experiences will make it relatively easy to be impatient in the future.
By viewing yourself as a person who is patient, you will find it easier to be patient whenever patience is called for. If you have been patient just three times a day for five years, you have 5,000 experiences of patience. Each new time you are patient adds to your self-image of being patient. Your foundation will continuously become stronger and stronger.

Love Yehuda Lave

Notice no accidents

Traffic in Saigon 

Viet Nam. 

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Historical Pictures and honey and Cinnamon

Bring Out The Best In Each Other

We are all very different when at our best than when we are at our worst. We can even seem like two different people. This isn't a rare case of "multiple personality disorder." Rather, it is simply that when we feel good we think clearly, while when we are stressed we may get angry.
We all have met people who bring out the best in us. Around them, we feel better about ourselves. We think clearer. We act kinder and more elevated. Around other people, however, we might sometimes behave our worst.
This will be true for you, and true for the person you are married to. Your task is to bring out the best in yourself and the best in your spouse. (And before you complain that this seems unfair, remember that your spouse has the same task!)
A husband and wife who know how to bring out the best in each other will live blessed lives. They will cherish each other and create a wonderful environment in which to raise their children.

Love Yehuda Lave

September 1933 - Adolf Hitler breaks ground on his ambitious plans to link all major German cities with highways.  This ceremony kicked off construction of the Frankfurt-am-Maine - Darmstadt/Mannheim highway. Betty White at home with her dog in 1952 An iceberg photographed in 1912 bearing an unmistakable mark of black and red paint.  It is believed that this is the iceberg that sank the Titanic. Ham the chimp returns to Earth following his historic 16 minute space flight in 1961. The rather luxurious seating area of the submarine, The Protector, in 1902. Medical students pose with a cadaver around 1890. The fuel tanks of the B-24H Liberator "Little Warrior" explode over Germany after being hit by anti-aircraft guns in 1944. The Kennedy family leave the funeral of John F. Kennedy in 1963. Native American couple, Situwuka and Katkwachsnea in 1912. Camp Commandant Amon Goeth, infamous from the movie "Schindler's List", on the balcony of his house overlooking Plaszow labor camp, Poland. 1943-44. Construction of the Sydney Opera House in 1966. 1945 - German POWs weep and sit in disgust as they watch footage shot at a German concentration camp. June 1915, Gallipoli: a Turkish sniper/sharpshooter, dressed as a tree, is captured by two Anzacs. Dinosaurs are transported on the Hudson River to the 1964 World's Fair. The Golden Gate Bridge around 1935. Children for sale in Chicago, 1948.  Some parents sold their children due to poverty. Mourners pay their respect to slain civil rights leader, Medgar Evars in 1963.  His killer was finally convicted in 1994. Union prisoners receive rations at Fort Sumter in 1864. The mugshot of Tokyo Rose, 1946. A rescue boat comes alongside the crippled USS West Virginia shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Two childhood friends unexpectedly reunite on opposite sides of a demonstration in 1972. Survivors of the Titanic are taken on board the Carpathia in 1912. Wieluń just after German Luftwaffe bombing the 1st of September 1939. Not only did this bombing provide a spark for World War II, but it is generally believed to be the first terrorist bombing in history. Soviet soldiers stand dumfounded at a large pile of human ashes found at the Majdanek concentration camp in 1944. A burial at sea on board the USS Lexington in 1944. Crowds rush through the castle on Disneyland's opening day in 1955. A lion rides in the sidecar during a performance of The Wall of Death carnival attraction at Revere Beach, Massachusetts in 1929. Future presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush with Governor George Wallace at a BBQ in 1983. Dr. Werhner von Braun and Walt Disney in 1954. The Statue of Liberty photographed during a power failure in 1942. The RMS Olympic, the Titanic's sister ship, in wartime camouflage in 1915. Anastasia shares a smoke with her father, Tsar Nicholas II two years before their assassination in 1916. Children rush into a candy store following the end of "sweets rationing" in 1953. Soldiers comfort each other during the Korean war in the early 1950's. Albert Einstein brings sexy back in 1932. What is thought to be the oldest known war photograph: New Hampshire volunteers depart for the Mexican War in 1846. Coney Island in 1905. George W. Bush plays a little dirty rugby for Yale in 1966. Arnold Schwarzenegger shows off to some elderly women in the 1970's. Six year-old Arthur Conan-Doyle in 1865. Construction of Hoover Dam in 1934. Frank Sinatra asks Lou Gehrig for an autograph in 1939. Harry Houdini exposes "spirit trickery" in 1925. OJ Simpson carries the Olympic Torch in 1984.  Nichole Brown can be seen on the left. A permanent stable cavity caused by the detonation on an underground nuclear test in 1961. Vladimir Putin and his childhood friends in 1969.  None of them have been seen since! Amelia Earhart receives what proved to be her last haircut in 1937. The Japanese "War Tuba" used to locate enemy aircraft before the invention of radar.  Circa 1930. Washington-Hoover Airport which was demolished in 1941.  This is where the Pentagon stands today. Mark Twain in 1883. The aftermath of the Great Hurricane of 1900 which killed an estimated 8,000 people in Galveston, Texas. Prosthetic legs in 1900. Is this the mummified body of John Wilkes Booth?  No... but it traveled the country for decades as a carnival exhibit under that claim. Circa 1939. The earliest known aerial photograph, taken from a balloon over Paris in 1858.      Holistic thoughts--try for yourself  Cinnamon and Honey Whoever thought? Honey is the only food (liquid) on the planet that will not spoil or rot. It will do what some call turning to sugar. In reality honey is always honey. However, when left in a cool dark place for a long time it will do what I rather call "crystallizing" When this happens I would loosen the lid, boil some water, and let the honey container sit in the hot water, turn off the heat and let it liquefy. It is then as good as it ever was. Never boil honey or put it in a microwave. To do so will kill the enzymes in the honey. Cinnamon and Honey Bet the drug companies won't like this one getting around. Facts on Honey and Cinnamon: It is found that a mixture of honey and Cinnamon cures most diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists today also accept honey as a 'Ram Ban' (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada , in its issue, dated 17 January,1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists: HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also, those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack.. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada , various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins. ARTHRITIS: Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so treated, practice ally 73 patients were tot ally relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain. BLADDER INFECTIONS: Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.. CHOLESTEROL: Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, were found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours as mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol. COLDS: Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses. UPSET STOMACH: Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root. GAS: According to the studies done in India and Japan , it is revealed that if Honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas. IMMUNE SYSTEM: Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of Honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacterial and viral diseases. INDIGESTION: Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals. INFLUENZA: A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ' Ingredient' which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu. LONGEVITY: Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder, and three cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increase and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.. PIMPLES: Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root. SKIN INFECTIONS: Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections. WEIGHT LOSS: Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach, and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet. CANCER: Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month three times a day. FATIGUE: Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week. BAD BREATH: People of South America , first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day. HEARING LOSS: Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restores hearing. Remember when we were kids? We had toast with real butter and cinnamon sprinkled on it!

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