{"id":65173,"date":"2021-12-31T14:35:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T19:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=65173"},"modified":"2021-12-31T14:35:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T19:35:12","slug":"off-the-pulpit-loneliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/off-the-pulpit-loneliness\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Pulpit: Loneliness"},"content":{"rendered":"

By RABBI DAVID WOLPE<\/p>\n

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That does not make being with others frictionless or always easy. The philosopher Schopenhauer compared people to porcupines, who move together for warmth, yet as they come closer their quills stick one another so they move away, and feeling cold, only to come close together again. Many people will identify \u2013 it is sometimes hard to be with people and yet harder to be without them.<\/p>\n

The pandemic has created too much isolation. Fully conscious of the complexity of the human condition, as the New Year dawns, let\u2019s resolve to reach out to one another and be in touch with those who have lost or are alone. We need to find our way back into each other\u2019s lives once more.<\/p>\n

(Rabbi David Wolpe is the senior rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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