"For me, never again is not just never again for Jews, which means since we had the Holocaust, we'll never have any Holocaust for Jews, none whatsoever. So let's have the thickest walls around us and the deepest shelter around us, and whatever it is, never again for Jews.
"For me, never again means never again to anybody who needs me. I, who was the victim, the eternal victim of history, I must do my utmost to prevent any victimization of anybody wherever he or she are. And that's my vision. This is what it means to me to be a modern Jew. I am responsible or one of those who are responsible for the suffering of others. Something happens in Darfur, it is my responsibility because I was a victim. Something wrong is happening in the inner city somewhere, it is my responsibility to be a better human being."
-- Avram Burg (b. 1955-01-19), interviewed by Charlie Rose on the PBS television program, Charlie Rose, 2009-04-01 (link includes video and transcript)
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Commentary: Retikhah says: D'HM: Work of Creation: "Work" refers to our ongoing task of renewal. When the sun returns to its place, that is our opportunity to start fresh and recreate the world in God's image, a place where God will dwell among and within us.
-Alana
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