To Defend A Country, You

Values Are Tapes We Play On The Walkman Of The Mind: Any Tune We Choose So Long As It Does Not Disturb Others.

A Survey Carried Out Across The U.s. Between 2004 And 2006 Showed That Frequent Church- Or Synagogue-goers Are More Likely To Give Money To Charity.

I See In The Rising Crescendo Of Ethnic Tensions, Civilization Clashes And The Use Of Religious Justification For Acts Of Terror, A Clear And Present Danger To Humanity.

Yom Kippur, The Day Of Atonement, Is The Holy Of Holies Of Jewish Time. It Is That Rarest Of Phenomena, A Jewish Festival Without Food. Instead It Is A Day Of Fasting And Prayer, Introspection And Self-judgment When, Collectively And Repeatedly, We Confess Our Sins And Pray To Be Written Into God's Book Of Life.

If The History Of The Day Of Atonement Has Anything To Say To Us Now It Is: Never Relieve Individuals Of Moral Responsibility. The More We Have, The More We Grow.