I’ve always worked in the service industry. I was a butler for 11 years before I became a maître d’. My job is to make customers feel at home, to anticipate what they might need, to have empathy. I’m on my way home. My commute is a little bit over an hour, but I enjoy it. Being from the Netherlands, I’m used to trains.
Del Mar Blvd. to Cahuenga Blvd.
#myLAcommute is a project of Zócalo Public Square
May God remember all the women, men and children of Israel who were brutally murdered on the seventh of October.
While the role of providence in these politicians’ journeys will no doubt continue to be debated by pundits, it is worth revisiting the model of Moses, whose farewell address in the book of Deuteronomy we’ve been reading in synagogue these past weeks.
These days, every place you call, you hear, “Please listen carefully because we have recently changed our prompts.”
How does one bring intellect to the mutilation, rape and gleeful murder of 1200 human bodies?
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