Having seen the most recent devastating floods in parts of Poland, Spain and the UK, on top of the overall gloomy outlook, I find the words of today’s gospel, uttered some two thousand years ago, uncannily topical: “There will be […] on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people…
In my youth, once having worked hard throughout the summer, I became the proud owner of a long-desired, relatively powerful stereo set. One day, I put the speakers in the open window of my flat and treated my neighbourhood to my favourite songs by blasting them out into the open, whether they liked it or not. Oh, the silly arrogance…
The end of the world has come. The people of Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Lebanon, and Sudan (to mention just a few) have experienced the end of the world as they had known it. Their new reality is sudden death, unbearable suffering, utter devastation, displacement, permanent fear and an uncertain future. Like most wars, the recent ones started as a quick,…
A local charity realised it had never received donations from the town’s most successful businessman. The volunteer in charge of donations called him to persuade him to contribute. “Sir, wouldn’t you like to give back to the community somehow?” The businessman thought about it for a second and replied, “First, do you know that my mother is dying after a…
You might be familiar with a version of the quip: “Two Jews have three opinions…” Ostensibly, it smacks of a negative remark that labels the Jews as quarrelsome. In fact, the quip is a source of pride for many Jewish people as it describes their mindset and attitude towards Truth with a capital T. The quip has a second line,…