#eli l garfinkel

In a time when literacy is waning, here’s a good word from Rabbi Eli L. Garfinkel: “On at least two occasions, the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled scion of Buddhism, convened a group of eminent Jews to learn how the Jewish people have flourished despite persecution and exile over the course of millennia. He received a variety of answers, including our portable, family-based traditions that do not…