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Monica Loves Immanuel Levinas

Monica found Levinas life-changing. I find Levinas inscrutable. Monica recommends his books "Nine Talmudic Questions" and "Difficult Freedom." Full video here.

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‘Hell is Other People’

That’s one of my father’s favorite sayings (it is from Jean-Paul Satre’s play No Exit). He was always trying to avoid the hordes of people descending on him. On some Sabbath mornings in Australia, he’d put me on a bike … Continue reading

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Every Time I Enter A Rabbi’s Office, I Leave It With Less Freedom To Pursue Truth

I’m not complaining. I think it’s cool. It means I have to make fewer decisions. I have fewer options. I’m a drop in the rain, just a number not a name. And you don’t see it. You don’t believe it. … Continue reading

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Work Means Freedom

From my live cam chat: palestine4ever:  oh my palestine4ever:  this is a side of luke i never intended to see palestine4ever:  LUKE palestine4ever:  WAKE UP palestine4ever:  THE HEAT IS WORKIN palestine4ever:  THE OVEN’S WORKIN palestine4ever:  WHY AIN’T YOU WORKIN YourMoralLeader:  … Continue reading

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‘Consider The Ordeal Of The Moral Leader’

Reading "Moses as Political Leader" today, I was struck by these paragraphs on page 11 and their message for my life: Consider the ordeal of the moral leader. People of conscience (for example, Moses at the burning bush) often wonder … Continue reading

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