I didn't want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didn't want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs. Lionel Blue fearfeedjewish Change image and share on social
On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned. Lionel Blue acceptblessconcern Change image and share on social
I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses. Lionel Blue beginplussproblem Change image and share on social
It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism. Lionel Blue fanaticismresultunknow Change image and share on social
Discrimination against Jews can be read in Thomas Aquinas, and insults against Jews in Martin Luther. Lionel Blue aquinadiscriminationinsult Change image and share on social
I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls. Lionel Blue endhalllearn Change image and share on social
At religious instruction classes, I encountered The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, and the sincerity of the traveller in that book was overwhelming. Lionel Blue bookbunyanclass Change image and share on social
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. Lionel Blue atonementcharlestondance Change image and share on social
What would I have done if I'd been put to the test? Would I have risked my own life for people I hardly knew? Probably, I would have looked the other way at best or become another apologist for evil at worst. Lionel Blue apologistbadevil share on social
I was not comfortable worshipping another Jew. Lionel Blue comfortablejewworship Change image and share on social
