After 65 years as a rabbi, I think I know more than a little bit about human nature.

So trust me when I share with you a truth about the most dangerous time for rational people to act irrationally and for decent people to discard their normal commitment to integrity and moral behavior. I have seen it play out numerous times in communal life as it impacted families, neighbors and former friends. What makes it profoundly relevant now is its impact in a far more significant way on American life and contemporary political reality.

Let me summarize it by way of example: A married couple of several decades decides they can no longer live together. They feel........

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