Happy Birthday shoutout to Suzanne, wherever you are!
In Daniel Kahneman's book that I linked to last week, he shares credit with his deceased colleague Amos Tverski for their world-changing psychological theory.
They began their partnership in Israel at the Hebrew University. Eventually, they both moved to the US and Tverski's final career stop was at Stanford.
Even at Stanford, Tverski was a star among stars. His colleagues joked about the "Tverski test" - an intelligence test that worked like this: when one first meets Amos Tverski, how long does it take for the newcomer to realize that he's smarter than you are?
I suspect that Tverski was a distant cousin of the Chassidic Twerskis, many of whom are great rabbis and many of whom became world-class secular scholars as well, such as Isadore of Harvard and Rabbi Dr. Avraham J. Twerski who passed away this week, of COVID-19, at 90.
It's impossible to capture the greatness of such a man. His life as both a rabbi and a world-class psychiatrist impacted thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people. The mere fact that he wrote some 90 books and thousands of articles should give one pause.
I haven't read even half of them, but can recommend to anyone Addictive Thinking or his collaboration with Charles M. Shultz.
Here's a short article he wrote in 1993 to explain how the 12 Steps are consistent with Jewish thought, opening the door to thousands of Jews to join recovery programs.
He was also a musician and composer. Here's Shlomo Katz singing Rabbi Twerski's most famous composition, in tribute.
Hoshia es amecha, uvarech es nachlasecha, uraym unasaym ad olam.
Save your people and bless your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
(Tehillim/Psalm 28:9)
The name Twerski in all of its variations apparently comes from Tiveria (Tiberius) — the family can presumably trace their ancestry to exiles from there 1,900 years ago. Here is Rabbi Twerksi telling his favorte story about his family history.
A few more great nuggets from the master:
How to conquer anger
How to manage stress
How to be happy
On prayer
Here is his brother HaRav Michel Twerski eulogizing him yesterday.
Shabbat Shalom
Enjoyed this Table Talk? Vote with your fingers! Like it, tweet it, forward it....They began their partnership in Israel at the Hebrew University. Eventually, they both moved to the US and Tverski's final career stop was at Stanford.
Even at Stanford, Tverski was a star among stars. His colleagues joked about the "Tverski test" - an intelligence test that worked like this: when one first meets Amos Tverski, how long does it take for the newcomer to realize that he's smarter than you are?
I suspect that Tverski was a distant cousin of the Chassidic Twerskis, many of whom are great rabbis and many of whom became world-class secular scholars as well, such as Isadore of Harvard and Rabbi Dr. Avraham J. Twerski who passed away this week, of COVID-19, at 90.
It's impossible to capture the greatness of such a man. His life as both a rabbi and a world-class psychiatrist impacted thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people. The mere fact that he wrote some 90 books and thousands of articles should give one pause.
I haven't read even half of them, but can recommend to anyone Addictive Thinking or his collaboration with Charles M. Shultz.
Here's a short article he wrote in 1993 to explain how the 12 Steps are consistent with Jewish thought, opening the door to thousands of Jews to join recovery programs.
He was also a musician and composer. Here's Shlomo Katz singing Rabbi Twerski's most famous composition, in tribute.
Hoshia es amecha, uvarech es nachlasecha, uraym unasaym ad olam.
Save your people and bless your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
(Tehillim/Psalm 28:9)
The name Twerski in all of its variations apparently comes from Tiveria (Tiberius) — the family can presumably trace their ancestry to exiles from there 1,900 years ago. Here is Rabbi Twerksi telling his favorte story about his family history.
A few more great nuggets from the master:
How to conquer anger
How to manage stress
How to be happy
On prayer
Here is his brother HaRav Michel Twerski eulogizing him yesterday.
Shabbat Shalom
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