Character development requires time, energy and commitment. Why bother? Learn from the authors of "Be a Mensch"; Rabbi Dr Abraham J Twerski, MD. Menshlichkeit is the key to happiness. Howard Jonas. Good character is good business. Professor Robert J Aumann, PHD. Game Theory proves that good character builds stable, positive relationships. Yakir Kaufman, MD. Good character traits are the key to good health. Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb, Ph.D. Character development is essential to tapping our maximum potential. Judith Mishell, Ph.D. Good character leads to greater happiness and self-esteem. Editor Moshe Kaplan, MD, has assembled people who have achieved society s most wanted list of financial and professional goals, and they are telling us that the most important achievement in life is character development. Let this book change your life!
Moshe Kaplan M.D. is a trained psycho immunologist, using mind, body and soul integration for optimal health and healing and a co founder of Wellness Medical Clinics applying wellness concepts to practical reality. Following medical school with Naomi Remen ,M.D. at Stanford Medical School, he, under a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, wrote a curriculum for medical schools to use as a model for an ideal medical system integrating professionals, paraprofessionals and lay people. He is the compiler of A Wholly Life (Targum Press). Currently, besides being an author and an investment advisor, he is a medical director of Magen David Adom in Jerusalem where he lives with his wife Karen.
"""Good character is necessary in itself. It is an end and not a means. But this book shows why it is also essential as a means."" --Akiva Tatz, M.D. Author, and Director of the Jerusalem Medical Ethics Forum
To Be a Mensch addresses a central problem of our times: what is good character, and why should we care about it? We can all see the decline in honest, concern for others, idealism, responsibility for the community and the drive to have a life that makes the world a better place. Historically, religion has been the source of these values. Dr. Moshe Kaplan is continuing this tradition in the present volume by gathering together an all-star group of people with advanced secular education and profound religious commitment. Their articles explore good character from many perspectives: psychological, economic, philosophical, physical and more. This will provide food for thought and inspiration for those seeking a more meaningful approach to life. I wish Dr. Kaplan and his authors every success in inspiring people to raise their sights and lead more idealistic and meaningful lives. --The Bostoner Rebbe
