The coronavirus is a swift and powerful thief. Many of these losses are unavoidable and irreplaceable. But is there anything we can reclaim for ourselves?
Alysa Stanton-Ogulnick isn\’t particularly interested in being a standard-bearer.
She\’s proud to be black, proud to be a woman and proud to be a 45-year-old single mother who raised her adopted child on her own.
\”A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World\’s Oldest Religion\” by Jonathan Sacks. (The Free Press, $25.)
Gently, gracefully, thoughtfully, Jonathan Sacks unfolds an emotionally compelling argument for Jews to reclaim and engage with traditional faith, traditional texts and traditional acts. Wisely, he eschews philosophic reasonings: Jews teach by words, with words, through stories, songs, psalm, exegesis. Logically constructed arguments cannot convince one of religious veracity nor demonstrate a revealed truth.
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