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When Nations Choose Good Over Evil

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Michael Melchior reflects on the moral choices depicted in the Jewish narrative of Moshe's interaction with Yitro, using these archetypes to draw parallels to modern history, specifically the Danish rescue of Jews during the Holocaust. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaustShoahDenmarkRescueMoshe RabbeinuYitroBamidbarDanish JewsMoral Choice

Places mentioned

Israel
"as well as to us in Israel and the Jewish people today."
Tiberias, Northern District, Israel
"and he is buried near Tiberias, which is a holy place for all the Druze in the world."
Denmark
"My thoughts go to the rescue of Denmarks Jews in October 1943."
Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
"they moved to hiding in the south, where they finally could find a route to cross the sea to neutral Sweden."
Sweden
"they finally could find a route to cross the sea to neutral Sweden."

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