Rabbi Sharon Browse. [applause] >> So, I want to share with you today how a somewhat obscure ancient ritual changed my life and became my moral and spiritual north star through this time of so much heartache and division and uncertainty and pain. In the early 2000s, we launched EAR, which is a Jewish community that was inspired by the moral mandate to build a more just and loving world and dedicated to re-imagining Jewish life through intellectual and spiritual curiosity, piety, and irreverence, joy, and de ...

So what happens when you step into a world where no one looks like you, no one speaks like you, or understands your dreams? I asked myself that question the day I decided to become a lawyer. Good afternoon everyone. My name is Aruna Verma and today I stand before you as the director at the University of Law Morgate. My journey hasn't been paved with privilege or guidance. I didn't come from a family of lawyers. I had no road map, no blueprint, no insider tips. What I had was curiosity. Curiosity, determinat ...

So firstly, you know, two weeks ago when I got the call from Daran and the TEX committee, it was neck-to- neck because just 24 hours ago, less than 24 hours ago, I became a dad. And yeah, and I thought this would be the ideal way to start this session because why not take a moment to acknowledge my beautiful wife who's given birth to this gorgeous little pudding who is literally the size of my palm and little bit of my forearm. And uh thank you guys so much for having me here.Thank you to my wife for this w ...

I'm a mother of a three and a half yearear-old. And when we conceive, you know, what do we say? What do we pray for? What does our spouse, our family, you know, what do they pray for? A healthy baby. What does a healthy baby mean? What does a healthy baby mean? Anyone? A baby without a disability? Correct. The problem is not that there are 70 million persons with disability in India and over a billion across the world. That's not the problem. That statistics is not the problem. You know what the problem is? ...

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Good afternoon everyone. So today my [clears throat] topic is how AI could hear the echoes of suicide. You must be wondering what is this topic about.I'm here to explain that today. As a psychiatrist for over 20 years, I've seen thousands of patients in clinic, in the wards, in police cells, in prisons. And there are two words that terrify me till this date, especially when there is no underlying context.I'm fine. Let me explain it further. I would like to introduce you to my patient Tom.Tom is in his early ...

[music] [applause] Asalam alaikum. Come on, we can do better than that. Asalamaikkum.>> Wonderful. Wonderful. I want to treat a billion people.And I want to do that because we are in a moment of time where this is now possible. Earlier this year, I stepped away from a role that I truly loved. In fact, I surprised many people including my wife and children and even myself.I got to work or I used to work at the Ahan University where I actually was a medical student and at this point I was dean. I loved workin ...

Research tells us that in order to get people to change, you need to not start with the attitudes, but with the behaviors associated with those attitudes. When people can see themselves behaving differently, they get then begin to act differently. How would you behave or what could you achieve if you were 10 times more confident.I've had more uncomfortable conversations than I care to recall, but one I'll share with you today, I vividly remember standing on the warning track of the baseball field. 45 minute ...

Let me begin with a stark reality. We reshaped our planet to an unimaginary scale. We wiped out 99.9% of the species we once shared this planet with.70% of primary forest ecosystems that took millions millions of years to form gone in one single generation. We're using 50% of the planet of our habitable land just for agriculture. 80% of fresh water goes to feed ourselves.This is both devastating and honestly amazing. We have empowered our own species through that to get to 8 billion people. And despite my d ...

We are honored to begin our day remembering the legacy of 2023 TEDex Manhattan Beach speaker Malcolm Jamal Warner. His powerful words and even more powerful presence will be forever etched on our TEDex event. We're fortunate to have Malcolm's mother, Pam Warner, with us today.Before we watch Malcolm Jamal's 2023 talk, Pam will share a few words about her only child, whose acting and speaking career was nothing less than legendary. Please welcome Pam Warner. To let one's guard down and expose your soft under ...