“Luis de Torres was a refugee of faith, and for that reason, we may consider him the first of the pilgrims.”
He breaks news, he explains complicated issues, he investigates institutions, he reveals surprising details of present and past.
Roosevelt even kept two Jewish menorahs on display at his 95-acre estate on the North Shore of Long Island, Sagamore Hill
“After all the dissection, I have no answers, only questions that burn hotter: Is hummus my religion? If I’m not hummus, what am I?”
There’s a lot more than corned beef to the Jewish story of St. Patrick’s Day.
“Luis de Torres was a refugee of faith, and for that reason, we may consider him the first of the pilgrims.”
Apparently, F. Scott Fitzgerald didn’t care about Sheilah Graham’s Jewish background.
“I had been taught that the Rebbe sustained the whole world. I couldn’t believe that he couldn’t even lift his own arm.”
“After all the dissection, I have no answers, only questions that burn hotter: Is hummus my religion? If I’m not hummus, what am I?”
The final sentence of the Seder — “Next year in Jerusalem” — is a lot like baseball’s ritualized consolation: “Wait till next year.”