By Gustav Niebuhr — 1996
Rabbi Kushner argues that God does not will personal tragedy, but takes the side of those afflicted and suffers with them.
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CLEAR ALL
To be watched is to feel the expectation of the watcher. The driver is more careful with a police car behind, the high school athlete more adept with the cheerleader on the sideline, every performance heightened once there is an audience. To be seen is to behave differently.
“We’ve been suddenly plunged into an existential crisis, and we’re not a society in general that turns to deep questions of life meaning.”