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dignity
A promise for Rosh Hashanah: Remembering the value of dignity
Susan Freudenheim
September 12, 2012
After all the political speechmaking of the past few weeks, in the wake of all the claims and fact-checking, name-calling and back-slapping, one simple word has stuck in my mind and my heart. It was spoken at the beginning of Barack Obama’s short tribute film that was shown just before the president made his speech to accept the nomination for re-election.
Even the subtlest slight deserves a challenge
Rabbi Dov Fischer
December 7, 2007
It happens to all of us. You are with friends, engaged in small talk, and then someone makes a disparaging comment about a common acquaintance. You didn\’t see the insult coming, but there it is. It\’s entered the conversation.
What should you do? Should you challenge the slight or let it go by unaddressed?
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