Babi Yar, Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Dmitri Shostakovich remind us that the moral test of solidarity begins with the suffering of people who are not our own.
30 September, 2026
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Vezot Habracha, the final parsha of the Torah, opens with these words, "This is the blessing with which Moshe, the man of G-d, blessed the Jewish People before his death" (Devarim 33:1).
The crowds share liturgical traditions, and a deeply familiar, rhythmic musical cadence.
"The seemingly small, literal act is never less than the loftiest intention behind it."
Portion is read on Tishrei, 8, 5787.
