“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I?
And if not now, when?”
Many of us continue to be inspired by these words of the ancient scholar, known as Hillel…and which also fuel the passion and work of U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (and professor of constitutional law for more than 25 years)!
I’d like to share excerpts from a conversation “Rising to the Challenges,” presented recently by RAC (Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism)…a conversation with Representative Raskin, grounded in reality and hope!
“It’s a very old-fashioned struggle, but it’s a great struggle. It’s an honorable struggle…” (Representative Jamie Raskin). Take a listen to his initial words:
“We don’t have a lot of time on this earth…It seems like the wink of an eye. And so the question is, ‘With the precious moments that we’re given, what are we going to do with them? What are people going to say about us when we’re gone?’” (Representative Jamie Raskin)
Take a listen to Representative Raskin in conversation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl (the first woman to lead Central Synagogue in N.Y.C. and the first Asian-American to be ordained as a rabbi and a cantor in North America.):
