A LESSON FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (PODCAST)
Rabbi Dunner puzzles over the fact that Maximilien Robespierre was known as “the incorruptible”, bearing in mind that he presided over the most violent period of the French Revolution, known as the Reign of Terror. A midrash on Parshat Pekudei helps clear up the definition of integrity and incorruptibility once and for all.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In a letter dated November 1861, General George B. McClellan — newly appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as commander of the Union Army —... Read More