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Below are some quotes. I think they will tell you a lot about me and what I believe.

"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality" - Dante

"When God created the first human beings, God led them around the Garden of Eden and said: Look at my works! See how beautiful they are, how excellent! For your sake I created them all. Take care not to spoil or destroy My world, for if you do, there will be no one to repair it after you." - Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:13

"That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn." - Hillel ( Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a)

"Not everything that is thought should be said.  And not everything that is said should be repeated.  And not everything that is repeated should be remembered." - Rabbi Israel Salanter

"God is Merciful.  Hence, you should act mercifully.

God is Gracious.  Hence, you should act graciously.

God is Righteous.  Hence, you should act righteously.

God is Holy.  Hence, you should act in a holy manner." - Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 133b.

"Just as God clothes the naked... so must you clothe the naked. The Holy Blessed One visits the sick... so you must also visit the sick. The Holy Blessed One comforts mourners... so must you comfort mourners. The Holy Blessed One buries the dead... so must you bury the dead." - Babylonian Talmud, Sotah 14a

The Lord is my Shepherd and he knows I'm gay." - Rev. Troy Perry

"When I die and come before the heavenly court, if they ask me, 'Zusha, why were you not as great as Abraham?' I will not be afraid. I will say that I was not born with Abraham's intellectual capabilities. And if they ask me, 'Zusha, why were you not Moses?' I will say that I did not have Moses' leadership abilities. But when they ask me, 'Zusha, why were you not Zusha?' for that I will have no answer." - Hasidic Rebbe Zusha

"If all the sufferings and pain in the world were gathered (on one side of the scale) and poverty was on the other side, poverty would outweigh them all." - Exodus Rabbah 31:14

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron." - President Dwight D. Eisenhower

The public photos are political statements from various sources. As I write this, people are dying from; poverty and lack of health care in this country, an illegal occupation of Iraq, Arab terror attacks on innocent Israeli civilians, and of course attacks on our community by bigots and religious extremists, therefore it seems only appropriate that I say something. The public photos (below) are part of my effort to do that.

I am an amateur photographer. Photos I have taken are in the photos for friends section (and are not visible below). If you are a friend, please take a look. I hold the copyright to all these photos and they are not to be copied or downloaded without my permission.

I am so glad you stopped by. I hope you enjoy your visit.