I was not comfortable worshipping another Jew.

For a Christian, Jesus is the unique and only way that God has fully revealed himself. For a Jew this cannot be.

What would I have done if I'd been put to the test? Would I have risked my own life for people I hardly knew? Probably, I would have looked the other way at best or become another apologist for evil at worst.

I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very comfortable. Taken together, their limitations cancel each other out and I have seen the world more kindly and more honestly.

It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat.

My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely.