“Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm; when we look at each other we must say, I understand.
I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other and empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike.”
Five “tiny teachers” from the Roots of Empathy program in Langley enjoyed a year-end party at the library in Langley Fine Arts School on June 1. These babies, along with their family members and a Roots of Empathy instructor, went into eigh…
Geoffrey Mitelman is Associate Rabbi of Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester. Compassion is a deep-seated value in every religious tradition. Judaism teaches that the world stands on Torah, on prayer and on acts of loving kindness. How can we …
Jerry Schuitema But it is not as simple as that either. Latest research conducted by Dutch neuroscientists (see BBC News report here) shows that while psychopaths do not spontaneously and instinctively respond empathetically to the emotions and di…
..The anecdotal evidence linking intelligence and empathy for animals is certainly intriguing. Albert Einstein, whose diet was primarily plant-based, said, “Besides agreeing with the aims of vegetarianism for aesthetic and moral reasons, it is my…
