Stress kills. The destructive chemical cocktails of anxiety, pain and anger rip apart our bodies. They also drown our relationships and wreck our lives. But don't worry about it because that's bad for you. The little teachers of Kids Kicking Cancer are as young as two years old. They have faced more stress in their lives than most of us can imagine. However, they are teaching the world how to "breathe in the light and blow out the darkness" using the same martial arts techniques that they ...

A prominent rabbi and imam, each raised in orthodoxy, overcome the temptations of bigotry and work to bridge the chasm between Muslims and JewsRabbi Marc Schneier, the eighteenth generation of a distinguished rabbinical dynasty, grew up deeply suspicious of Muslims, believing them all to be anti-Semitic. Imam Shamsi Ali, who grew up in a small Indonesian village and studied in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, believed that all Jews wanted to destroy Muslims. Coming from ...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our September 2020 issue (#168) contains:Original fiction by Lavie Tidhar ("Blue And Blue And Blue And Pink"), G. D. Angier ("What Remains of Maya Sankovy"), Arula Ratnakar ("Lone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City"), Isabel Lee ("Certainty"), R. P. Sand ("Ask the Fireflies"), Nin Harris ("Every Plumage, Every Beak"), a...

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2020.Includes stories by:Charlie Jane AndersG. V. AndersonGregory Norman BossertJeremy Packert BurkeKatharine DuckettBrian EvensonCarolyn Ives GilmanMaria Dahvana HeadleyStephen Graham JonesJustin C. KeyNaomi KritzerRich LarsonYoon Ha LeeS. Qiouyi LuUsman ...

Martin D. Yaffe's Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader is a well-conceived exploration of three interrelated questions: Does the Hebrew Bible, or subsequent Jewish tradition, teach environmental responsibility or not? What Jewish teachings, if any, appropriately address today's environmental crisis? Do ecology, Judaism, and philosophy work together, or are they at odds with each other in confronting the current crisis? Yaffe's extensive introduction analyzes and appraises the antholo...

Assesses developments in genetic resources, genomic information and their application in marker-assisted breeding of cassava;Reviews advances in breeding new varieties with enhanced properties such as higher yield, enhanced nutritional value and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses;Discusses advances in understanding cassava pests and diseases and integrated pest management techniques

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2021.Includes stories by:'Pemi AgudaG. V. AndersonElizabeth BearKate ElliottAliza GreenblattGlen HirshbergElsie Kathleen JenningsCheri KameiJasmin KirkbrideMatthew KresselUsman T. MalikSam J. MillerAnnalee NewitznocSarah PinskerDaniel Polansky

The host of PBS's Simple Wisdom and The Wisdom of Our Yearnings explores life's most defining human experiences.A perfect love, enduring happiness, discovering our purpose. Yearning for these experiences accompanies us through life, leading us to both joy and disappointment, and to a powerful vision of who we are, and who we can become. Far from being a burden, our yearnings can themselves become a path to blessing, prompting questions and insight...

"The Duties of the Heart" (Chovot HaLevavot) is a classic work of Jewish ethics and spirituality written by Rabbi Bachya ibn Pakuda, a medieval Jewish philosopher and rabbi. The book is considered one of the most important ethical treatises in Jewish literature. It was written in Arabic in the 11th century and has been translated into numerous languages.The book is divided into ten sections, each addressing a different aspect of ethical and spiritual development. The focus of the work is o...

What divine mysteries lie hidden in the heavens? How do ancient texts illuminate humanity’s relationship with the Most High?The Hebrew Book of Enoch (also known as Enoch III) is one of the most profound works of Jewish mystical literature.Attributed to Rabbi Ishmael, a 2nd-century scholar and high priest, this apocalyptic text recounts his visionary ascent through the heavens—where he encounters angelic beings, uncovers cosmic secrets, and learns the divine structure of cre...

Safer Likutei Etzot Rabbi Nachman of Breslav Collecting advice in Hasidism Rabbi Nachman of Breslav [Was born 1st of Nisan, April 4, 1772 - Deceased 18th of Tishri, October 16th, 1810] was the founder of Hasidism in Breslav and its only rebbe. Rabbi Nachman was an original spiritual teacher who emphasized the many obstacles on the way to knowing God and the importance of joy, simple faith, and innocence, as well as attachment to the righteous and in particular the - True righteous. He ofte...

The Duties Of The Heartby Rabbi Bachye, Tr. by Edwin CollinsThis slim volume translates from the Rabbi Bachye, who wrote one of the first systematic treatments of philosophical Ethics in 12th century Spain. This was during a period of Jewish intellectual cross-fertilization with Islamic culture. Although Bachye was an orthodox Rabbi, he treats Ethics (the Duties of the Heart, in his words) as a universal science, derived from first principles such as the belief in God. This ...