A cautious friend asks whether it is safe to go Europe these days. He is a seasoned traveller, who has made many trips to India and other hard places. He is also a Jew, and his faith makes him nervous about visiting the continent.
An esteemed diplomat is laid to rest with Christian rites. He was born a Jew in the reaches of the Empire, and that embarrassed him. When he went to school in London, stayed, and remade himself as an English gentleman, he buried that inconvenient part of his past.
It has never been easy to be a Jew, God’s …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
