The Holocaust Survivors Are Among The Most

We Are Biological Creatures. We Are Born, We Live, We Die. There Is No Transcendent Purpose To Existence. At Best We Are Creatures Of Reason, And By Using Reason We Can Cure Ourselves Of Emotional Excess. Purged Of Both Hope And Fear, We Find Courage In The Face Of Helplessness, Insignificance And Uncertainty.

That This Occurred At The Launch Of The Report Into The Labour Party's Recent Troubles With Antisemitism Shows How Deep The Sickness Is In Parts Of Left Of British Politics Today.

Jews Know This In Their Bones. Our Community Could Not Exist For A Day Without Its Volunteers. They Are The Lifeblood Of Our Organizations, Whether They Involve Welfare, Youth, Education, Care Of The Sick And Elderly, Or Even Protection Against Violence And Abuse.

If We Are To Negotiate The Coming Years Safely, We May Need A New Kind Of Leadership. To Put It More Precisely, We Need The Rediscovery Of An Ancient Kind Of Leadership That Has Rarely Been Given The Prominence It Deserves. I Mean The Leader As Teacher.

Faced With Destruction, The Jewish People Survived.