FOOD GOING TO WAIST Nearly two-thirds (63%) of adults in England are overweight or living with obesity—and one in three children leaves primary school in that category. Even with drugs like Ozempic offering short-term success, lasting change depends on a realistic, sustainable lifestyle once the medication ends. Recent research suggests that our mindset about food...
NON-SCREEN FACE TIME A recent study warns that phubbing—the habit of looking at your phone instead of engaging with the person in front of you—can seriously harm relationships. Snubbing someone by looking at your device instead of at them comes with unforeseen consequences. When we are physically with someone but mentally elsewhere, we engage in...
FINDING OUR VOICE This Shabbat, we begin reading one of the most powerful and sustained speeches in history. Almost the entire book of Devarim (Deuteronomy) consists of the final address that Moses gave to the Jewish people before taking his leave from them. “Eileh HaDevarim — These are the words that Moses spoke to all...
OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GO! With the holiday season upon us, I’d like to begin by wishing safe travels to everyone who’s taking a vacation, whether you’re going abroad or staying here in the UK. Our second parasha this week, Mas’ei, describes the journeys and encampments that the Israelites made during their forty years in...
TWO-HANDED JUDAISM In this week’s parasha, G-d tells Moses to appoint Joshua as his successor, and he instructs him to lay his hand on Joshua’s head. However, when Moses carries out the instruction, he places both his hands on Joshua’s head. (Bemidbar 27:23) The late Rav Joseph B Soloveitchik (d. 1993) explains that Moses wasn’t...
