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“Not everyone understands the spirituality of Judaism. That to be chosen is not to be superior. Not to be arrogant. On the contrary, it is to be humble, and responsible for others. I say [it means] to take our own history and convert it into kindness.”
— Reuven, Holocaust survivor, quoted in “Wounds into Wisdom: Healing Intergenerational Jewish Trauma,“ by Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD