@scifri Virologist @angie_rasmussen claims CDC appears "compromised" and has lost "respect"

2020.9.4: news.pol/healthcare/covid-19/
@scifri Virologist @angie_rasmussen claims
CDC appears "compromised" and has lost "respect":

@scifri radio factchecker guest Virologist @angie_rasmussen
claims CDC appears "compromised" and has lost "respect"
after issuing #covid19 policy that seems
"politically motivated" rather than scientific:
stop testing asymptomatic people
even if they believe they've been exposed.

the radio segment is recorded here:
sciencefriday fact-check.
partial transcript:

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz the Talmud in Hebrew

2020.8.16: news.relig/judaism/

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz`the Talmud in Hebrew:

. after Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz passed away,

Rabbi Sam Cohon of TooJewish radio

especially recommended 2 of his many books:

the reference guide to the Steinsaltz Talmud,

[Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz 2014`Reference Guide to the Talmud

 2nd Revised Ed].

and his book about Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism:

[Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz 1980..2006`The Thirteen Petalled Rose:

A Discourse On The Essence Of Jewish Existence And Belief]

. he is best known for translating the Talmud

from Aramaic into Hebrew (Israel's language).

Steinsaltz Talmud:

. Steinsaltz Talmud is the most accessible edition available

of the Talmud, the nearly 2,000-year-old, 

central text of the Jewish people. 

Translated from the Aramaic to modern Hebrew

(with editions in English, French & Russian), 

with explanations and commentary by one of the 

great Talmud scholars of all time, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.

. he died in Jerusalem on 7 August 2020, 

from acute pneumonia at age 83.

the meaning of the Cain and Abel story

20.7.9: relig/judaism/the meaning of the Cain and Abel story:
. in the story of Cain and Abel
two brothers give gifts to their god;
but the god showed favoritism toward Abel's gift;
and then Cain feeling cheated by the god,
murdered his brother.
. coincidentally,
the preferred gift was that of raising meat,
rather than relying on plants which offer far less protein
and usually have anti-nutrients that require special processing.
. this story may have been a warning to
the elites who design our gods (the priestly caste)
not to create a god who causes injustices and hurt feelings:
we need a god that says our tribe is better than outsiders,
and within the tribe, each is equal to self.