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Moshe Feldenkrais: The Man Who Taught Ben-Gurion to Stand on his Head

JL;DR SUMMARY Moshe Feldenkrais, an influential figure in the modern wellness movement, is depicted as not only a pioneer in mind-body connection techniques but also as a product of his dynamic Jewish background. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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David Ben GurionJewish Heritage20th Century Jewish HistoryIndividual FreedomMartial ArtsMind Body ConnectionMoshe FeldenkraisWellness MovementPsychosomaticsSelf Rehabilitation

Places mentioned

Slavuta, Khmelnychchyna, Ukraine
"Moshe Feldenkrais was born in 1904 in Slavuta, now in Ukraine."
Belarus
"his family moved to Belarus, where Moshe completed two years of high school and his bar mitzvah."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"In the early 1950s, Feldenkrais moved to Tel Aviv to direct the armys electronics department, yet soon found success teaching his method."
Herzliya, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"In 1967, they traveled to Herzliya Beach, where they captured the iconic photograph."
San Francisco, California, United States
"When Feldenkrais introduced his ideas at San Francisco seminars in the 1970s, thousands of health practitioners, dissatisfied with existing systems, flocked to his lectures, eager to learn from his approach."
France
"After working as a laborer for three years, completing high school, and working as a cartographer, he moved to France to study engineering."
United Kingdom
"When the Nazis invaded France in 1940, Moshe and his wife Yana fled to England, where he developed cutting-edge radar technology to detect German submarines."
Palestinian Territories
"In 1918, at age 14, he left his family to emigrate to British Mandate Palestinea journey that took him six months."

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