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We live, frankly, in frightening times. I was somewhat criticised (correctly) by Helen Shapiro, who has posted comments to this article. Helen emailed me directly, wondering why I would answer so stridently with respect to who sits on the Jewish Court for Social Justice. The stridency was a mistake. I cut and paste from a previous reply to someone else, someone I don’t trust.
A dialogue listserv I subscribe to received several emails about participation in a meeting to assist Carleton University build a dialogue program. One correspondent, a former professor at Carleton now serving as a dean in western Canada, does not trust the administration of Carleton. She suggests our dialogue group talk about participating in Carleton’s initiative, but only after individuals attend (and not as representatives of the dialogue group) and report back to the group. This is dialogue as distraction: we’re willing to talk to each other but not the the Carleton administration! Rah’bahn Shimon was the hereditary leader of Roman Israel, a powerful political office recognised by Rome.