“It was senseless, as— I held my breath, feeling myself shiver with fear— as Billy's blindness was senseless.”

—  Chaim Potok , book The Chosen

Reuven Malter when thinking about the death of Pres. Roosevelt
The Chosen (1967)

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American rabbi 1929–2002

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