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Tabubrüche für mehr Rechte: Frauen aus Saudi-Arabien tanzen und skaten

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NewsHubAuto fahren, tanzen oder Sport treiben – für Frauen in Saudi-Arabien sind diese Tätigkeiten tabu. In einem YouTube-Video setzen sich vier vollverschleierte Frauen fröhlich über die Verbote hinweg – und landen einen echten Hit.
Vier vollverschleierte Frauen quetschen sich auf die Hinterbank eines dicken Autos. Am Steuer sitzt ein kleiner Junge, der gerade so über das Lenkrad schauen kann. Grinsend stellt er den Rückspiegel ein und wackelt gutgelaunt zum Takt der Musik. Dieses provokante Bild steht am Anfang eines Youtube-Videos, das derzeit im Netz viel geteilt wird.
In dem Video “Hwages” (das so viel wie Bedenken bedeutet) singen die Frauen über ihr Leben in dem extrem patriarchal geprägten Land. Saudi-Arabien ist weltweit der einzige Staat, in dem Frauen nicht Auto fahren dürfen, sie müssen in der Öffentlichkeit vollverschleiert sein und dürfen ohne männliche Begleitung das Haus gar nicht verlassen. Hinzu kommen viele weitere Verbote und Diskriminierungen im Alltag.
Der Clip zeigt der frauenfeindlichen Gesetzgebung den Mittelfinger. Im Refrain heißt es “Mögen alle Männer verschwinden, denn sie machen uns geisteskrank. ” Dann steigen die Frauen aus dem Auto und brechen Regeln. Sie spielen Basketball, albern im Park, vergnügen sich auf dem Rummel und brettern mit Skateboards und Rollern durch die Gegend. Auf einem Roller steht “Cool Baby” und der Blick der Fahrerin verrät, dass das mehr als nur ein Aufkleber ist.
Dazwischen werden immer wieder Männer eingeblendet, die böse schauen, Verbote erteilen oder sich freuen, weil sie frei sind und alles machen können. Auch die Politik kommt ins Spiel: Eine Karikatur des neuen US-Präsidenten Donald Trump taucht im Video auf, dazu singen die Frauen: “Die Männer tun so, als seien sie klug, aber sie sind vom Teufel bewohnt. ”
Medienberichten zufolge steckt der saudische Künstler Majed Alesa hinter dem Video. Er hat bereits in der Vergangenheit mit gesellschaftskritischen Videos von sich reden gemacht – seine letzten Musikvideos hatten bis zu 38 Millionen Klicks. “Hwages” sammelte in zehn Tagen knapp drei Millionen Klicks. Auf Twitter inspirierte der Clip junge Frauen zu einer Hashtag-Kampagne.
Am Ende tanzen die Frauen in dem Video in einem dunklen Club: “Mein Glück ist wie ein Sturm, und meine Geliebten sind wie Blätter. Wer hält die Blätter für mich fest, wenn der Sturm losbricht? ”
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Zwei Tote nach Explosion in Izmir

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NewsHubBei einer Explosion nahe einem Gerichtsgebäude in Izmir sind ein Polizist und ein Gerichtsbediensteter ums Leben gekommen. Zwei Angreifer hätten eine Autobombe an einem Kontrollpunkt der Polizei gezündet und anschließend auf Polizisten geschossen, sagte der Gouverneur der Stadt, Erol Ayyıldız.
Die zwei mutmaßlichen Angreifer seien im Schusswechsel getötet worden. Vize-Regierungschef Veysi Kaynak bestätigte einen Bericht der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur Anadolu, wonach ein dritter Verdächtiger noch auf der Flucht sei.
Um zu verhindern, dass der Verdächtige außer Landes flieht, wurden Kaynak zufolge die Sicherheitsvorkehrungen an den Flughäfen verstärkt. Die Behörden verschärften außerdem die Kontrollen an den Landesgrenzen zu Griechenland und Bulgarien. Mehrere Kontrollposten seien auch bei Edirne im Westen der Türkei errichtet worden, meldete die Nachrichtenagentur Doğan.
Ersten Anzeichen nach stecke die verbotene kurdische Arbeiterpartei PKK hinter dem Angriff, sagte Erol Ayyıldız. Die Polizei habe eine automatische Schusswaffe, einen Raketenwerfer und acht Handgranaten nach der Attacke beschlagnahmt. Die Beamten an dem Kontrollpunkt hätten womöglich einen weitaus schlimmeren Angriff auf das Gerichtsgebäude verhindert, sagte er.
Bei der Attacken wurden laut dem Gouverneur fünf weitere Menschen verletzt. Verschiedene Medien hatten zuvor von bis zu zehn Verletzten berichtet. Der Bezirksbürgermeister der westtürkischen Stadt, Hasan Karadağ, sagte dem Fernsehsender n-tv zuvor, einer der Verletzten befinde sich in einem ernsten Zustand.
Izmir ist nach Istanbul und Ankara die drittgrößte Stadt der Türkei. Seit der Eskalation der Gewalt im Land im Sommer 2015 ist Izmir bislang von schweren Anschlägen verschont geblieben. In Istanbul hatte erst in der Silvesternacht ein Terrorist in einem Club 39 Menschen getötet. Die Verantwortung für die Tat in Istanbul hat die IS-Terrormiliz für sich reklamiert.

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VfL Wolfsburg holt Mainzer Malli – Vorstellung am Freitag

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NewsHubLa Manga (dpa) – Fußball-Bundesligist VfL Wolfsburg hat Mittelfeldspieler Yunus Malli vom Ligakonkurrenten FSV Mainz 05 verpflichtet. Der 24-Jährige erhält beim VfL einen Vertrag bis 2021 und soll morgen im Trainingslager der Niedersachsen im spanischen La Manga vorgestellt werden. Das teilte der VfL mit. Die Ablösesumme wird auf rund 12,5 Millionen Euro geschätzt. Der Vertrag des türkischen Nationalspielers, der aus der Jugend von Borussia Mönchengladbach stammt, wäre in Mainz noch bis 2018 gelaufen.

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USA lassen drei Guantanamo-Gefangene ausreisen

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NewsHubGuanatanamo – Die USA haben kurz vor dem Regierungswechsel weitere Gefangene des Lagers Guantanamo ausreisen lassen. Die drei Männer landeten am Donnerstagabend auf dem Flughafen der saudiarabischen Hauptstadt Riad. Bei einem der Freigelassenen handelte es sich nach Angaben von Angehörigen um einen Jemeniten, der 16 Jahre lang in dem US-Gefangenenlager festgehalten worden war.
Die Identität der beiden anderen war zunächst unklar. Nach den Freilassungen sind nun noch 56 Gefangene in dem Lager. Der designierte US-Präsident Donald Trump hatte angekündigt, es werde unter seiner Präsidentschaft keine weiteren Freilassungen geben, weil die Guantanamo-Häftlinge gefährlich seien.
Das Weiße Haus hatte indes am Donnerstag bekannt gegeben, in den letzten Tagen der Amtszeit von Präsident Barack Obama weitere Gefangene freizulassen. Obama hatte bei seinem Amtsantritt 2009 versprochen, das Gefangenenlager zu schließen. Rechtliche Probleme und heftiger Widerstand im Kongress und in der Öffentlichkeit verhinderten aber, dass er das Versprechen vollständig erfüllte.
Nach den Terroranschlägen vom 11. September 2001 hatten die USA unter Präsident George W. Bush rund 780 Häftlinge auf dem US-Stützpunkt Guantanamo auf Kuba eingesperrt. Die meisten Verdächtigen wurden seit ihrer Festnahme in den Jahren 2001 und 2002 weder angeklagt noch verurteilt. Viele sollen gefoltert und misshandelt worden sein. Für etwa ein Drittel der verbliebene Gefangene ist grundsätzlich geklärt, dass die aus dem Lager verlegt werden können. Allerdings stehen keine Aufnahmeländer fest. (APA/AFP)

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In pictures: The life of 'Old Master Q' creator Alfonso Wong

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NewsHubWong was born in Tianjin, China in 1925. He launched his career in Hong Kong after moving there in 1956. Originally drawn as a means to support his family, his comic strips went on to become hugely influential among Chinese-speaking communities around the world.
His most iconic character, Old Master Q, first appeared in 1961. The cartoons were seen as faithfully chronicling the lives of the working class in Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s, when the economy was about to take off, and society was under the growing influence of Western culture.
Sometimes lazy and petty-minded, Old Master Q is a flawed character which resonated with readers in the Chinese-speaking world. His kind heart is one of his redeeming qualities. Most of Wong’s comic strips did not have any captions, but their humour touched the hearts of many.
Old Master Q – or Lao Fu Zi – has two best friends: Big Potato and Mr Chin, as well as a love interest, Ms Chan.
Old Master Q has not much luck in love as the beautiful, fashionable Miss Chan never seemed to return his affections. The female lead character was inspired by Wong’s wife, whose maiden name was Chan. But in real life the couple were happily married and raised three sons together.
Alfonso Wong’s pen name Wong Ze is actually the real name of his eldest son. Trained as an architect, Joseph Wong Ze – seen here – started to take over his father’s work in 1995. The two denied allegations that Wong plagiarised the character of Master Q from another Tianjin artist, Feng Pengdi.
Wong’s work has come to play a key role in Hong Kong popular culture. In 2012, during Hong Kong’s election for the chief executive, this photo parodying the three candidates – who all have an uncanny resemblance to the Old Master Q characters – went viral.
Old Master Q has morphed over the years into a sprawling franchise across South East Asia, with its own merchandise, themed restaurant and movies. New comic strips, reflecting more modern themes, are still being created by his son and read by children and adults.
Wong died of organ failure on 1 January in the US, at the age of 93. “My life is like a comic strip,” he once said. “I make Old Master Q, actually myself, do all the tricks to entertain the readers. “

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Celebrations mark opening of giant floating walkway in China

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NewsHubVisitors have been enjoying a new floating walkway on the Hongshui River in China’s Guizhou Province.
Covering an area of 54,000 sq m, it’s hoped the path will attract more tourists to the region in the winter months.

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Johanna Konta wins to reach last four at Shenzen Open

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NewsHubBritish number one Johanna Konta continued her good start to 2017 by reaching the semi-finals of the Shenzhen Open in China.
Konta beat world number 60 Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-4 6-7 (11-13) 6-3.
Her next opponent will be another Czech, Katerina Siniakova, who beat Serbian Nina Stojanovic 6-3 6-4.
Siniakova caused a surprise in the second round by defeating second seed Simona Halep.
Konta looked in control early on against her opponent – the twin sister of world number six Karolina Pliskova – as she took the first set with a single break of serve.
Neither player could force a break point in the second set and in the resulting tie-break Konta wasted two match points before the big-serving Pliskova levelled the match on her fifth set point.
But Konta stayed firm in the final set, claiming the break and reaching the semi-final on her fifth match point.
“I am very happy to have extended my stay here,” she said.
“She is one of the best servers on tour so I knew I was going to have a hard time on her service games. I was very happy I was able to get that break in the third and see it out in the end. ”
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China 'tacitly' admitted to retaliatory response to THAAD, lawmaker says

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NewsHubSEOUL, Jan. 5 (UPI) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi voiced his opposition to the deployment of a U. S. missile defense system on the Korean peninsula during a meeting with South Korea opposition party lawmakers in Beijing on Wednesday.
The meeting, which took place as Seoul is preparing to move forward with THAAD deployment in coordination with U. S. Forces Korea, addressed possible boycotts against South Korean companies and pop artists that have raised concerns, South Korean television network MBC reported Thursday.
Rep. Song Young-gil of South Korea’s Minjoo Party, who met with Wang, said there was a “tacit understanding” between the two sides that the boycott against K-Pop artists was in some part a response to South Korea’s decision to deploy THAAD.
Wang has also refused to meet with the South Korean ambassador to Beijing, and Ambassador Kim Jang-soo was denied a meeting with a Chinese senior official in charge of North Korea affairs.
South Korean analyst Shin Sang-jin at Kwangwoon University has said the Korean government would not welcome the recent meeting between Korea’s political opposition and the Chinese foreign minister because Seoul sees the encounter as an opening for China’s strategic intentions to intervene in Korean politics.
Other analysts have said Beijing is looking for an opportunity to deter South Korea from its longstanding commitment to the security alliance it retains with the United States and Japan, according to MBC.
Beijing’s foreign ministry issued a statement on THAAD deployment in South Korea on Thursday, according to Korean news service Money Today.
Beijing said that while it “understands the South Korean side is trying to protect the security of the nation and its people … China is against the enforcement of THAAD that would incur losses for China’s strategic security. ”
Seoul is moving ahead with the deployment and is expected to complete the land exchange with conglomerate Lotte, which owns the golf course in Seongju where the missile defense system is to be deployed.
THAAD could be deployed as early as May 2017, according to News 1.

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China’s offshore yuan surges most against dollar in a year

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NewsHubChina’s yuan climbed at its fastest pace against the greenback in a year in offshore trade Thursday, offering some relief to a currency bedeviled by capital outflow concerns recently.
On Thursday, dollar was fetching as little as 6.8071 yuan in intraday, offshore trade, the pair’s lowest since November. On Wednesday, the dollar/yuan pair had its largest drop in a year in the offshore market, falling from as high as 6.9688 to as low as 6.8658.
In part, that reflected the yuan’s climb onshore , as well as move by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) to set its yuan mid-point at 6.9307 against the dollar, down from 6.9526 on Wednesday.
China’s central bank does not allow the currency to move more than 2 percent from its daily fixing in onshore trade. While policymakers cannot closely control offshore trade of the currency, it usually remains relatively close to its onshore counterpart.
On Thursday, the difference between the onshore and offshore trade was stark. Onshore, the dollar was fetching 6.8952 yuan.
But analysts noted that the offshore yuan’s move was also driven by mainland policymakers’ apparent efforts to tighten capital controls.
China regulators introduced new rules, which will take effect in July, requiring financial institutions on the mainland to report domestic and overseas cash transactions of more than 50,000 yuan (around $7,217), down from 200,000 yuan previously, Reuters reported.
Starting from January 1, the country’s foreign-exchange regulator also planned to step up scrutiny on foreign-currency purchases, Reuters reported.
Additionally, overnight Hibor, or the Hong Kong interbank offered rate, for the offshore yuan, was pushed higher, reaching as high as 17.76 percent on Tuesday, before slipping to around 16.95 percent on Wednesday. On Thursday, Reuters reported the rate was set at 38.335 percent.
Mirza Baig, head of foreign exchange and interest rate strategy for Asia at BNP Paribas, said that level, similar to what would be seen in economically troubled Brazil, served up a punitive interest rate on any short renminbi position in the offshore-yuan market.
“That high cost of funding combined with more measures to restrict capital outflows” buoyed the yuan, noted Baig.
Economists at Citi also pointed to short-covering in the offshore yuan.
“We have often pointed out that tight offshore-yuan funding is a low-cost option for authorities to shake out speculative offshore-yuan shorts — because it poses a negligible risk to the mainland economy — and can thus be persisted with for longer than investors anticipate,” Citi said in a note dated late Wednesday U. S. time.
It noted that shorting the offshore yuan — or taking a long dollar/offshore yuan position — had become “rather expensive. ”
The analysts cited several reasons for the sudden resilience of the offshore yuan.
“The widely-held view that pressure on the renminbi would intensify at the start of the year is being rapidly reassessed amidst persistently high funding costs in the offshore yuan, reports suggesting U. S. dollar sales by state-owned enterprises, stricter monitoring of capital outflows, and an apparent change in methodology for setting the daily dollar/yuan midpoint,” Citi said.
In a previous note, Citi has said that policymakers appeared to be setting the midpoint for a slightly stronger yuan than would be suggested by the currency’s trade-weighted basket.
The mainland’s currency has recently become a source of political tension with the U. S., with President-elect Trump vowing during his campaign to label the country a currency manipulator for the purposes of a competitive trade advantage and threatening to impose a 45 percent tariff on its exports to the U. S.
In the wake of the Trump win, the yuan fell to nearly eight year lows against the dollar, touching its weakest since at least January 2009, during the global financial crisis. But analysts attributed the slide primarily to the strength of the dollar, with the dollar index , which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, surging to a 14-year high after the election.
Some analysts had noted that, based on currency movements within the yuan’s trade-weighted basket, policymakers appeared to be supporting the yuan somewhat.
Analysts generally don’t expect the yuan will continue to climb much against the dollar, even as the country faced the likelihood that capital outflows would remain relatively high.
Geoff Lewis, global market strategist at Manulife Asset Management, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Thursday that he expected the yuan to fall around 4-5 percent against the dollar this year, a slower pace of depreciation than 2016’s around 7 percent.
“I think what we’re talking about here is a renminbi which weakens in line with other currencies. There’s no harm in that. I don’t think Beijing will try and resist that,” Lewis said.
“The capital account is relatively poor,” he said, but he added, “China still has enough reserves to prevent the renminbi from crashing. ”
He noted that while there were concerns that the mainland’s foreign-exchange reserves might fall below the psychological $3 trillion mark, he didn’t attach much real significance to psychological levels as $3 trillion was still a sizable pot.
In November, China’s foreign reserves fell to $3.052 trillion, a nearly six-year low, Reuters reported. December’s data were due on Saturday.
Lewis wasn’t alone in shrugging off the upcoming data.
“I think it is not of huge significance to the market, because it does not convey the full picture of Chinese authorities’ intervention in the foreign-exchange market,” BNP Paribas’ Baig said. “This is partial information and it has become a less important market driver. The market does not move on this number much anymore. ”
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Why the world depends on Jewish education in 2017

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NewsHubAs we step into the new year, many uncertainties loom before us. For many, president-elect Trump holds a promise for a better future. Others fear this change. But even those who are hopeful surely see that bringing back industry will not be an easy, if at all a possible feat, that the economy will be difficult to revive, and that global instability is hitting unprecedented heights.
Something of importance has passed from the world with 2016, along with the many celebrities and public personas that have left us. It was a certain feeling that we knew our world and our realities.
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The coming year feels much more like unknown territory than ever before. Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s word of the year for 2016 was “surreal. ” With Brexit, Trump, the shocking terror attacks we have seen, and the many other incidents that took people by surprise, for better or worse, there is a sense that the very rules of the game that we had come to know, are changing.
This shift in our lives may seem scary, but it actually heralds a profound positive transformation. In Hebrew, the word “ mashber ” (crisis) also denotes the place of birth. It signifies that when things seem to be falling apart, it is a sign that something new wants to take their place. Now is exactly that time.
Evolution in the Works
Despite common thought, human evolution has not ended. In their book , The Ten Thousand Year Explosion , Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending wrote of how culture has increased human evolution: “Human evolution did not stop when anatomically modern humans appeared, or when they expanded out of Africa. It never stopped—and why would it?” They explain that culture is often defined as artistic expression, science, technology, morals and laws, for example; but can also be defined as shared, learned social behavior. From their perspective, humans are a species so dependent on culture and technology that cultural adaptation has replaced biological adaptation.
Over the decades, humans have gone through enormous incremental cultural changes at a constantly accelerating pace. Yet we now witness the end of an era. Something in our cultural development seems to have been slowing down and gradually coming to a halt. Human egoism, our desire to progress, conquer, and succeed – the very engine that has been driving us forward- has run its course.
We cannot develop further through the same form of competition. This is evident with the younger generations that have lost the motivation of their predecessors to succeed and advance in the career world. The pleasure derived from work is diminishing, as well as the desire to marry and have children. As our culture becomes a consumerism stricken addiction to smartphones, while depression , anxiety and loneliness are skyrocketing, there is a great loss of meaning in life. Many find refuge in drugs, so it is no wonder governments themselves are working to legalize them to avoid the chaos that a bored, misguided, and frustrated public would inflict upon society.
The Path Beneath Our Feet
The world is searching for a new path. However, it cannot be found on the same level we are on now. The truth of the ineffectiveness of all previous methods for achieving our common goals is being revealed with great intensity. We have been publicly acknowledging the grand failure of liberal democracy to achieve the equality, cohesion and harmony it promised to achieve in our societies. The failure of capitalism to provide opportunities for all is evident with the constantly growing economic gaps. The failure to achieve continued economic growth, while preserving our planet and ecosystem is bringing us to the brink of a climate catastrophe , and then there is the failure to achieve international cooperation to deal with the many security issues that are at hand… and the list goes on.
Much like the caterpillar that has eaten all it could and then cocoons itself in a dark and cramped space, where its old form disintegrates to become the nourishment and building blocks for an entirely new creature to emerge, so is humanity now experiencing the end of its egoistic developmental stage. The cocoon is dark and so too does our future seem uncertain, as our institutions break down. However, despite the gloom of the situation, the blueprints for our imminent, improved form already exist.
Within the amorphous soup of the self-digested caterpillar are certain highly organized groups of cells, known as “imaginal discs”, which survive the digestive process. These cells become the organs of the butterfly, a completely new creature. Humanity too, is on the brink of discovering a new form in its evolution. Yet, unlike the caterpillar, it must consciously achieve it.
In 2017 It’s Connection, or Else…
Evolutionary biologist, Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris, explains that there is a repeating pattern in evolution where aggressive competition leads to the threat of extinction, which is then avoided by the formation of cooperative alliances. In nature, new forms appear through the connection of molecules and organisms that did not connect in the same way before. To move forward, humanity must emulate nature and discover its new form, through new connections between its parts.
So far, we have seen attempts to form “unions”, such as the EU, that have proven false. These have been unities of banks, hegemonies of wealth and power, but none have successfully attempted to create actual unity between people. We have been sold a concept of unity that only serves the elites. Those who do not belong to the upper thousandth percentile went along with it, as they were conned to see the world through the warped brainwash of bought media. However, the natural process of development that humanity is undergoing will still have its way.
Just as the Russian attempt to force communism on their people didn’t last, America and every other nation in the world will not succeed, until they understand nature’s law of evolution through connection. The only way to repair the economy, politics, culture, education, families and everything else in our society that needs change is through the true healing of human relations.
Postponing this solution is dangerous, for when the stress between our behavior and the natural course of evolution becomes too great, we find ourselves in crisis that is hard to escape. A revolution comes along or a war, to somehow shift the order.
Education Is Key
To step onto the right track, we need to learn from societies that have managed to form the connection between people that is now necessary for humanity. For centuries, Jews have focused on education that would create thriving societies that contain mutual support, trust, and positive development. Often overlooked, Jewish wisdom is steeped in teachings of unity and love. Rabbi Nachman wrote, “The essence of life and existence, and correction of all of creation is in people of different opinions integrating together in love, unity and peace” Likutey Halachot (Assorted Rules).
The nation of Israel was originally founded in ancient Babylonian times, around the study of how to “love others as yourself”. Before they gathered around Abraham to receive this teaching, they were just ordinary Babylonians, living their simple, natural lives. Under Abraham they underwent a process that molded them into people who knew themselves and understood others; that knew how to treat each other, how to treat nature, animals, trees and the world around them.
Principles of how to relate correctly to others and to the world at large became unique attributes of this great ancient culture. They include learning how to avoid criticism of others, how to help others through example, without coercion, as is written: “do not judge your fellow man until you have been in his position” ( Pirkei Avot 2:5 ). Teachings were unique to each individual, as implied in the instruction to, “Train a child in the way he should go” ( Proverbs 22:6 ), bringing each individual to fulfill their potential in the best way possible for the benefit of the whole.
In our culture, we are not taught to rise above our self- centered nature; but the people of Israel were taught how to be connected “as one man with one heart”, and to care for one another in mutual guaranty. It demanded practice, which began at a very young age and lasted throughout their lifetime. The entire nation underwent this process in the days of Abraham and later with Moses during the 40 years in the desert. Only when they were completely ready to unite as one nation, did they enter the land of Israel.
Before the destruction of the Temple, the people of Israel thrived in an atmosphere of mutual care; but even after the great exile, the foundations and practices they managed to maintain allowed them to survive even the most difficult hardships.
Though its original form was forgotten by most of the Jewish people, many have been calling to revive the method that is also referred to as “the internality of Torah”, not only for the sake of Israel, but also for the sake of humanity. Rabbi Kook wrote, “The exile decreased our unique character and oppressed us, but it did not destroy even a fraction of our true qualities. All that we were is still with us, all that needs to be great though small, withered and worn out, shall grow and blossom once more” ( Orot p. 84).
This practical method of connection, which was never intended for the Jewish people alone, has been awaiting these very times to help humanity make the evolutionary leap it must make. The Jewish people were “chosen” to be a prototype, the imaginal discs that would open up a new form for humanity’s existence when the time was ripe.
The Year Ahead
As the world advances without real connection, it will reach a bursting point and will come to Israel in demand. Israel must begin to live up to its forgotten destiny and export its educational startup, and fast. I believe that the common threat of terrorism will be one major force that drives humanity to connect in the near future. However, the path to actualize positive change in the coming year and the ones to follow must come through education, and our willingness to grasp where our natural evolution is leading us.
Michael Laitman is a Professor of Ontology, a PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, an MSc in Medical Bio-Cybernetics, and was the prime disciple of Kabbalist, Rav Baruch Shalom Ashlag (the RABASH). He has written over 40 books, which have been translated into dozens of languages. Click Here to visit his author page.
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