Fun fact: people stop killing each other when they’re dead. The thought strikes me as I wander through Paris’ Cimitière du Père-Lachaise, where the graves of Christians, Jews, and Muslims rest in peace adjacent in winding stone rows. In death, we are finally good neighbors. I’m starting to realize that for a skeptic, I think […]
Monthly archives for March, 2016
Twelve Strange Months
The hour before sunset on Saturday, I stood outside the Synagogue de Dijon. The lights were on in an auxiliary building, but the temple itself was dark, its stone walls silent. No one entered, no one left. Either the entrance is hidden, or there are no Jews left in Burgundy—neither would surprise me. I’d wanted […]