The Supreme Religious Challenge Is To See

The First Of The Request Prayers In The Daily Amidah Is A Fractal. It Replicates In Miniature The Structure Of The Amidah As A Whole.

A Perfect Storm Is In The Making: Financial Uncertainty, Economic Downturn, Government Cuts, Rising Unemployment And A Future That Looks Less Clear The More We Try To Fathom It.

Yom Kippur, The Day Of Atonement, Is The Holy Of Holies Of Jewish Time. It Is That Rarest Of Phenomena, A Jewish Festival Without Food. Instead It Is A Day Of Fasting And Prayer, Introspection And Self-judgment When, Collectively And Repeatedly, We Confess Our Sins And Pray To Be Written Into God's Book Of Life.

Parenthood Involves Massive Sacrifice: Money, Attention, Time And Emotional Energy.

Those Who Believe That Liberal Democracy And The Free Market Can Be Defended By The Force Of Law And Regulation Alone, Without An Internalised Sense Of Duty And Morality, Are Tragically Mistaken.