“How is it that we attribute to God feelings such as sadness and joy and pleasure, and even want for our love, when one would expect an omnipotent and omniscient being to be far removed from the qualities that signify… — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“We do not accept the repentance of heretics because we do not believe them.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“enlightened ones do not seek God. They seek only to destroy the faith of those who do.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“God, too, I wrote, wishes we’d come to Him. But we humans prefer our silly playthings.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“When adults misbehave, I reasoned, they forfeit the right to tell children what to do.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“As if underneath it all, those who begrudge the godless their godlessness do so not because the godless are sinners but because sinners have… — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“He was told that it was impossible, that America was not a place for shtetls, and that his plan would surely fail. It almost… — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“You can’t invent a historically memorable event, unless it really happened.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“It stung, the notion that my child belonged more to her mother than to me, but I learned to accept it.” — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“lies would be a necessity. Soon enough, my lies would become routine, the destiny of anyone in my circumstances: I was a heretic among… — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“How is it that we attribute to God feelings such as sadness and joy and pleasure, and even want for our love, when one… — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image
“I learned that the book was Then Again, Maybe I Won’t, which, along with other books by the same author, Judy Blume, was seen… — Shulem Deen Copy Share Image