Pulling the Thread

Pulling the Thread

Seeing Things as We Are

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Elise Loehnen
Nov 09, 2022
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“We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.” —Rabbi Shemuel ben Nachmani

I’m writing this newsletter as election results tick in via my computer. I am already disappointed, as I was hoping for a firm and wholesale rejection of a party that seems extreme and is intent on delimiting rights. I wanted to be validated that we all want the same t…

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