by Jack Moline | Sep 22, 2021 | Opinion
I sat down at a table while attending a conference with a lot of people I did not know. This guy in a clerical collar sat down next to me. We introduced ourselves and, before too long, were talking about evil. Occupational hazard. I won’t do justice in these few...
by Jack Moline | Aug 26, 2021 | Opinion
Almost everywhere I turn, I bump into something smart that Leon Wieseltier said. That’s not to say that I always agree with him, but I admire his clarity of thought. He belongs in a cohort of public thinkers like Ellen Goodman, Michael Gerson, Michelle Singletary,...
by Jack Moline | Aug 20, 2021 | Opinion
The promise of the United Nations and its remarkable Universal Declaration of Human Rights cannot be denied. For all of the rhetorical excesses and political gridlock that seem to stand in the way of the aspirations to a world at peace and in collaboration, there...
by Jack Moline | Jul 20, 2021 | Opinion
I was chatting with a new friend of my generation about the changing circumstances in which we live. I am a rabbi, though out of the congregational setting after more than 35 years, and he is a pediatrician. Each of us acknowledged that certain practices that were...
by Jack Moline | Jun 23, 2021 | Opinion
Social scientists will tell you that every culture has its standards of personal space – that comfort zone around the body into which uninvited intrusions are unwelcome. You can search online for what any given society holds as its standard, but you yourself know how...
