Tom Venetianer

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What do you think about Yuval Harari's new thesis?

Yuval Harari, author of "Sapiens" published recently a new book : "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow" In it he states that in the forthcoming century humankind will strive for immortality,...

01 January 2017 9,113 9 View

Linguistics issue: should a definition of a word or concept be fully comprehensive not requiring further explanations?

When an scholar offers a definition in one of his works, should it be such that it is not refutable because no other definition would be better then his/her? Put in other way: after all, what...

10 October 2016 7,634 15 View

Why Jesus' followers deviated from Judaism and became mortal enemies of the Hebrews?

There is ample evidence that Jesus did not found a new religion neither was willing to do that. His teachings were strongly based on the Torah's teachings. So it is safe to say that Jesus was a...

12 December 2015 1,293 13 View

Could you indicate studies or comment about how aged Holocaust survivors deal with aging, depressions, alcohol and drugs?

I read recently that according to an Israeli study, older people have more problems with alcohol after retirement. This study, conducted by the University of Tel Aviv claims that not only...

02 February 2015 6,576 16 View

Is there any document or testimony about the daily realities of prisoners in Terezin (Theresienstadt) Ghetto and concentration camp?

I was a prisoner in this camp, at age 7, so my memory fails me. Recently I visited this camp. To my dismay the camp is now occupied by tenants, so I could not visit the places to me familiar 70+...

01 January 1970 4,374 2 View