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Lionel Blue
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Date of death:
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"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."
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Lionel Blue
Topic(s):
Trust
"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."
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Lionel Blue
Topic(s):
Strength
"Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again."
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Lionel Blue
Topic(s):
Politics
"For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God."
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Lionel Blue
Topic(s):
Morning
"The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me."
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Lionel Blue
Topic(s):
Freedom
"During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school."
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Lionel Blue
Topic(s):
Beauty
"Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life."
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Lionel Blue
Topic(s):
Teen
"I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and there is no return to political anti-Semitism, then this encounter, deeper than any theology, may happen."
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Lionel Blue
Topic(s):
Movies
"My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I’ve begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I’ve had it good and am crumbling nicely."
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Lionel Blue
Topic(s):
Morning
"To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn’t wish my teens and 20s on my enemies."
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Lionel Blue
Topic(s):
Marriage
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