A waiter comes over to a table where old Jewish women are seated and says, “Excuse me, ladies. Is anything all right?” Jews have a history of complaining. They complained to Moses about not having bread, meat or water. But complaining isn’t always a bad thing. If we complain to our politicians, that’s sometimes a good thing. Complaining to your …
Here Comes the Judge
Everyone hates to be judged, yet most of us do it. Hillel wrote in “Ethics of Our Fathers”: “Do not judge your fellow, until you have reached his or her place.” My cousin Sarah recently died five days short of her 34th birthday. She left behind a 12-year-old son, the father of the boy, and her divorced mother and father. …