RABBI WEIN ON BETTER TIMES

One of the more memorable sentences in modern English literature is: “It was the best of all times; it was the worst of all times.” This view of life and current society is a variant on the theme of the half empty, half-full glass conundrum. In effect, there are always opposing views as to the state of humanity, society and for us, the Jewish people the world over, in any given generation. In the aftermath of the cataclysmic events of the past century there are two distinctively different narratives regarding the times, Jewishly speaking, that we currently live in.