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The sense of defeatism, all too present after the events in this
country over the last week, is the most dangerous myth threatening our future
right now.  To throw up our hands and surrender to the myth of
inevitability is to relinquish the most precious gift given to humanity: our
capacity to change the world around us.  We can be scared without being
resigned.  We can be exhausted without being fatalistic.  We can be
discouraged but nonetheless courageous.  

When we roll open the sacred Torah, what we see is monochrome. Pale
parchment, dark ink, black, and white. Which are the only colors the
human being can see when we are born. If today's parsha had a color, it
would be red.

Click here to see the painting Hope, by George Frederick Watts, painted
in 1886: https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/hope-1886

We are living in a world that is broken and painful. It is a moment to turn towards the angels within us and around us in order to find our way through.

Our family is broken. Please, God, help us heal.

Every ounce of our energy must advance a vision of peace.  There is no other way to rebuild a society in ruins.  Our God, and God of our ancestors. Our God, and God of our descendants.  Grant us peace.
 

A special discussion with author Mickey Bergman about his book, In the Shadows: True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations to Free Americans Captured Abroad.