Jonathan Sacks

SALEM WITCH TRIALS Over three hundred years ago, the people in and around Salem, Massachusetts, took part in the most massive witch hunt in American history. The Salem Witch Trials were a terrible time for the little town of Salem. The Trials began in the Spring of 1692 when a group of girls claimed they were possessed by the devil. This sent panic all throughout the Village of Salem and led to more than two hundred local citizens being accused of witchcraft (Worthen 1 of 3). The Trials came…

1/8th of the world’s population still live in hunger. Each year 2 million children die through malnutrition. This is happening at a time when doctors in Britain are warning of the spread of obesity. We are eating too much while others starve”- Jonathan Sacks, a British rabbi, philosopher and scholar of Judaism. How does this reflect on the rest of us? This makes everyone in these developed countries look bad and unhealthy, even the ones who don 't force themselves to eat tonnes of extra…

Kala sprinted through the jungle back to the treehouse. She quickly met her mother when nearing the treetop home. “Kala? What’s the hurry? Where’s Henry?” “Oh you mean the chauvinist imbecile? He’s back at the waterfall to my knowledge,” she choked back the tears. Jane took Kala into her arms, doing her best to comfort the younger woman. “Darling, what happened?” She stroked strands of hair out of her face. “First he called me a ‘little jungle girl’, implying that I was ignorant. Then he said…

The Art of Love in Renaissance Italy: An Exploration of Sensual Pleasure in Architectural Space Xiaoyi Chen FAH335 #1 Exhibition Catalogue Printed Book: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Date: 1499 Author: Francesco Colonna Location: Venice With elegant woodcutting and hybrid language, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (translated in English as The Strife of Love in a Dream) depicts…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…