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| I think we're going to need faith in the coming year |
| 19/12/2008 |
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Britain tends to think of itself as a pretty secular society. So it was interesting to see that this year, like last year, the X Factor was won by a song about faith: this year, Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, rooted in biblical imagery about King David, last year Steven Schwartz's song about Moses and the exodus, There can be miracles when you believe.
And there's real religion in these songs, about how faith is something you can't prove; it's something you have to t... |
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| The best present we can give our children is the chance to do something great. |
| 12/12/2008 |
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Amidst all the encircling gloom, I've found myself lifted by some extraordinary moments with Britain's children these past few days. On Wednesday there were the Children of Courage awards, recognising some of the young heroes of today. The seven year old who cares for his mother with multiple sclerosis. The ten year old who raises money to send gifts to British soldiers in the Middle East. Two girls who supported their sister in her battle with leukemia. They had a marvelous day, meeting ... |
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| Terror, by defeating others, ultimately defeats itself, while the memory of those who offered kindness to strangers lives on. |
| 5/12/2008 |
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On Wednesday night we in the Jewish community held our memorial service for the victims of terror in Mumbai. And in the midst of remembering them all, from so many faiths, we spoke about two in particular, the young rabbi and his wife, Gavriel and Rivkah Holzberg, with whom many of us felt a special connection.
Like the biblical Abraham and Sarah long ago, they had left their home, their birthplace and their families to go to a distant land, to offer... |
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| If you're joined at one point to something solid, immovable, you'll stay standing throughout the storm. |
| 10/10/2008 |
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As storm winds blow through the financial centers of the world is there a thought we can take with us in tough times? Here's mine. It's about the Jewish festival we celebrate next week: sukkot, tabernacles, when for eight days we leave the comfort of our homes and sit in huts, shacks, tabernacles, with only leaves for a roof in memory of our ancestors' journey across the wilderness. I call it the festival of insecurity, because we're exposed to the wind, the rain and the cold.
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