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In the midst of my laughter at this funny costume, or that Purim joke, I remember our enemies, past and present. The names change, but not the character or intent. Haman, Antiochus, Hitler, Arafat—all bent on destroying my people. I must remember my enemies with a passion as fierce as my love for the little children masquerading this night in
... See moreBlu Greenberg • How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household
the old woman’s injunction to “be proper” kills off any opportunity to expand.
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Reality, better say, lost the quotes it wore like claws—in a world where independent and original minds must cling to things or pull things apart in order to ward off madness or death (which is the master madness).
Vladimir Nabokov • Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (Vintage International)
the interpretive process they developed, the Rabbis rescued Judaism in one of its darkest moments and ensured its continuation for the next two millennia. Thanks to the Rabbis, Rosen notes, “Jews became the people of the book and not the people of the Temple or the land,” all now bound together by the same foundational interpretive text and
... See moreSarah Hurwitz • Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life--in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There)
Once the people understood the boundaries and nature of his madness, they could fit him, so to speak, into the scheme of things.
Toni Morrison • Sula
Edith Sitwell