Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"[...] Their third great insight was the primacy of ethics over politics. The prophets have surprisingly little to say about politics. Yes, Samuel was wary of monarchy but we find almost nothing in Isaiah or Jeremiah about the way Israel/Judah should be governed. Instead we hear a constant insistence that the strength of the nation is not military or demographic but moral and spiritual. If the people keep faith with God and one another, no force on earth can defeat them. If they do not, no force can save them." -- Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 2018-07-21

[To my friends observing Tisha b'Av, I wish you an easy fast, and a spiritually meaningful one.]