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Iddo Gefen

Iddo Gefen

The Atlantic

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Ahmed al Ahmed’s bravery at Bondi Beach reminds us of our own humanity in a world that seeks to erode it

Ahmed al Ahmed’s bravery at Bondi Beach reminds us of our own humanity in a world that seeks to erode it

We tend to think of human behavior as deeply shaped by group lines. Again and again, research in social psychology and social neuroscience, along with...

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The Jewish Week

Iddo Gefen

Neuroscience has a name for the way so many Jews are feeling today: learned helplessness

Another week goes by, and with it, the feeling that terrible things are happening and that there’s nothing we can do to change them. That’s how I...

09.08.2025 4

The Jewish Week

Iddo Gefen