“If being Jewish means anything, it means recognizing that
the world out there is not working the way it was meant to work, and that we
are somehow implicated in its repair.” –Leonard
Fein
It began in the Garden and it never ends.
“Between 1305 and the early 1800’s. the House of Taxis ran a form of pony express service all over Europe…. Its couriers clad in blue and silver uniforms, crisscrossed the continent carrying messages between princes and generals, merchants and money lenders.” –Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave We may think we are the first generation consumed by rapid communication but we are not. Throughout our history it has been a priority. Of course, now in the 21 st century we must ask: are we better or worse for it?
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