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Rabbi Norman Lamm tells the story of reviewing a Yiddish journal in Romania.  It was written in the 1930’s.  Articles covered things such as a shochet who was accused of malfeasance; a rabbi who was subjected to various invectives; how a certain Hasidic leader was despicable.  It went on until Lamm’s amusement became anger.  In the midst of all that petty controversy were minor articles on such insignificant events like the “Putsch in Munich Beer Hall,” "Racial Laws Passed in Nuremberg,’ “National Socialist Movement Wins in Germany.”
The truly important was relegated to tiny boxes in the corners of the paper.


What consumes our attention may not be ultimately what consumes us.

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