Daniel Lubetzky

Changing Course: Understanding the Experience of Raising a Child with a Disability

A friend shared this touching and enlightening expression of the experience of raising a child with a disability by Emily Perl Kingsley. She captures the experience in a way that enables others to understand and empathize with parents like her. Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Julianna Storch I am often asked to describe the experience of raising [...]

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Cartoon Characters Influence Child Food Selection

by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky This article notes an interesting psychological discovery that children gravitate towards foods that are branded with familiar cartoons.  Unfortunately, this familiarity often leads kids to choose a less healthy choice.  Some findings even report that children find food tastier when the packaging is branded with a favorite [...]

A Great American Tradition We Shouldn’t Take for Granted: The Concession Speech

Below is Mitt Romney’s concession speech. As much as I dislike partisan bickering, I admire when political leaders accept election results with elegance and urge unity. It is not something we should take for granted. It is a sign of a vibrant democracy, one absent in many parts of the world. ROMNEY: Thank you. Thank [...]

BIG Development: Zakariya Zubeidi granted full amnesty by Shin Bet

The Associated Press reported that Zakariya Zubeidi, who used to be seen as a major terrorist organizer just two years ago, has been granted full amnesty by the Israeli internal security service, Shin Bet. This is a major milestone to a significantly underreported transformation of Jenin from a hotbed of extremism into a pillar of [...]