Tedd Koren’s free January 2009 newsletterSee all previous issues at www.korenpublications.com The mind and heart of man are never empty. If there is no life-nourishing "water," there are "snakes and scorpions in it." – The Chassidic Masters A person must seek out a spiritual livelihood with all the intensity of his strength, just as he seeks a material livelihood... – Hayom Yom, Cheshvan 14 Table of Contents
New UK and European DistributorWe're delighted to announce our new Koren Publications distributor for the UK and Europe: Michael Pim, DC Effective immediately, to order product, contact Dr. Pim directly at 0118-948-7016 or at michaelpim@btconnect.com Visit us on-line at www.korenpublications.com. Chiropractic and medicineMarsh Morrison, DC gave a talk at Sherman College when I was a student. I still remember it. He described a debate he had with an MD. The MD attacked: “Medicine is always changing. You can’t recognize the medicine of 20 or 30 years ago compared to the medicine of today. You chiropractors haven’t changed since 1895.” Morrison’s reply was perfect: “That’s right, you only change what doesn’t work.” As I began to read more medical history I discovered the writings of historian and researcher Harris Coulter, Ph.D. who expanded upon Dr. Morrison’s insight: A truly scientific discipline does not abandon its … truths every five to ten years … [the] renunciation of concepts held with dogmatic tenacity a few years earlier, are presented by professional apologists as evidence of medical “progress” but actually reveal scientific hollowness and inconsistency, the absence of any understanding of how the body functions as an integrated whole … [thus] allopaths are carried along by new externally-generated scientific paradigms such as molecular biology or genetic manipulation which promise final answers to perennial medical puzzle. – Harris L. Coulter Ph.D., Divided Legacy, Vol 4., from the introduction, p. xxxix Medicine’s “hollowness and inconsistency” have made it the most dangerous healing profession in the world today. As Richard Smith, MD, Editor of the British Medical Journal writes: Medical history of the 19th and early 20th century is full of examples of ineffective operations, ludicrous physical treatments for psychiatric conditions, and misguided medical treatments…. – Richard Smith, M.D., Editor of the British Medical Journal, The Ethics of Ignorance, in the Journal of Medical Ethics, 1992 Smith stands on safe ground when he talks about bloodletting but my bet is he’d lose his job and ruin his career if he included in his remarks today’s ineffective, misguided (and dangerous) medical treatments such as: coronary bypass surgery, cholesterol lowering drugs, cancer chemotherapy, childhood vaccination, hormone replacement therapy, psychiatry, modern birthing and medicine’s love affair with drugs that suppress acute illness and lead to chronic disease. We can add so much to this list. Medical experts assured us that formula is just as good as breast milk; the polio vaccine isn’t contaminated with monkey virus; thalidomide is safe; aspartame is fine; tonsillectomies are necessary; fluoride is safe; cigarette smoking is good for you; VBACs (vaginal birth after caesarian) should not be done; the swine flu is coming and the beat goes on and on and on. The past is still the present. That is why the words of novelist Marcel Proust ring true today as they did over a hundred years ago: “Even the wisest of doctors are relying on scientific truths, the errors of which will be recognized within a few years time.” Robert Mendelsohn, MD referred to the medical monolith as the Church of Modern Medicine. How much longer will we unquestioningly accept the Church’s dictates? Mendelsohn declared himself a “heretic” and recommended that we all become “medical heretics” and stop worshipping this false god. There is a world of natural, safe alternatives that offer us greater levels of health and happiness. Korens back from IsraelWe're back from our trip to Israel. Beth, Seth, Shayna and I left for Israel on December 20th and returned back home on December 29th. It was an exciting, moving and powerful experience. We went to celebrate Shayna’s bat mitzvah. Shayna read Torah at the Western Wall and did an excellent job. Even our Israeli friends who attended were impressed.
We were in the south when the war started in Gaza. Actually we were in the Negev, near the Dead Sea (the lowest place on earth), when we first heard about it. We spent the night at Machtesh Ramon, a phenomenal geological structure that is unique in the world. The silence in the desert was deafening. Next time I want to spend a night in a tent there. The next day, as we traveled north, we saw tanks and other armaments passing us on the highway moving south. We were at most about 40 kilometers from the front. We stopped off in Be’er Sheva, the capitol of the Negev, for lunch. Two days later Be’er Sheva was hit by rockets – it is still being hit. I had volunteered to take care of victims of terrorism in Sderot, which has been hit by thousands of rockets. However, with the end of the ceasefire, I was told I couldn’t enter the area. And then as the war started, it was out of the question.
In spite of all that was going on we always felt safe. Israel is an incredible country and we will be going back. If anyone has any questions about our trip feel free to write. We had an incredible tour guide and I’d be happy to give you his contact info. Three years ago we went to Israel for Seth’s bar mitzvah celebration. While there I gave a lecture to the Israeli Chiropractic Society. About 70 people attended. There was a lot of interest in KST and I hope to give a KST seminar there early December 2009. Please write me if you are interested in coming. Truth About Vaccinations breaks 2,000 viewer mark
While you’re there, you may want to see the videos on Koren Specific Technique (KST). What does chiropractic need?Chiropractic doesn’t need fanaticism, chiropractic doesn’t need gimmicks, chiropractic doesn’t need dogma masquerading as philosophy and chiropractic doesn’t need medicine. We don’t need medicine’s approval, permission or their misguided suppressive, mechanistic philosophy and belief system. Chiropractic’s expressive, empirical (vitalistic) philosophy is far superior to medical thought and is far more effective in helping patients. We don’t need students in chiropractic colleges confused about their philosophy, but we have that. We have students who don’t know what they can do for patients. We have students who don’t know whether or not to vaccinate their children, don’t know about natural childbirth or the subluxation or their place in the world as chiropractors. If we are to be a light amongst the confused we need to have schools that give students the big picture, the big idea, as BJ used to say. To heal our professional schism we must understand the roots of the philosophy, art and science DD Palmer taught and let that guide our practice. What chiropractic does need is to get sick people well, no matter what the condition, and keep them in tune with their innate expression, as much as possible. New patient education brochure
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On the left is a photo of Shayna at the Wall in the Old City receiving the rabbi’s blessing; below is all of us after Shayna’s ceremony. She looks very relieved.
Here is a rainbow I saw near Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). Our tour guide (he was great) stopped the van so I could jump out in the rain. And he didn’t complain once when I got back in with muddy sneakers.
Since I wrote about this last month, the number of views has doubled. If you’ve sent your patients to see it, thank you for helping educate the world about this important topic. If you haven’t yet viewed it, go to 
Adjust yourself, receive (and learn to give) what many chiropractors and patients say is "The best adjustment of my life." 
These glorious insults are from an era before a great portion of the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words, not to mention waving middle fingers.