A Story of Arrival on Shmini Atzeret
May we all be able to look upon our lives and say, “Yes, Blessed are You, God, because my whole life has led me here.”
May we all be able to look upon our lives and say, “Yes, Blessed are You, God, because my whole life has led me here.”
There are many admirable values. The list includes, of course, goodness, integrity and compassion.
It is time for another Durban Conference. No, I’m not asking for a repeat of the U.N.-sponsored festival of Jew-hatred that took place in South Africa in 2001.
What is it with people telling the truth all the time? I don’t mean under oath, or even in response to a question that has been posed to them…
I wonder every time I go into and out of the office, what art is for? To capture the truth of a person or a thing? To tell that truth in unexpected ways to people who expect it least?
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are more than 20.2 million people in America aged 15 to 19, and they are 7 percent of the population. So be careful what statements you make, or what biases you might allow yourself to believe.
t is true that Gunter Grass has brought much good into the world by his writings. It is also true that his late-in-life revelation calls into question or, depending on your point of view, entirely invalidates his right to the high moral ground he has for so long occupied. But in doing so, he has proven to those of us who have followed his life and career what he says he learned as a POW after the war: That no truth is ever entirely true, that what we revere today may become indefensible tomorrow, that the wisest path through life is to distrust certainty and instead to walk, in Grass\’ own words, \”the long route, paved with doubts.\”