Every week during the summer, it is traditional Jewish practice to study a chapter of a work called “Pirkei Avot.” It’s a collection of inspiring quotes and sayings by some of the most prominent Jewish leaders and sages. The first chapter contains the following universally-known quote by Hillel the Elder: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" The criminal justice system works for me. I have no gripes about how it is applied ...

I was scrolling through social and found a thread that can be summarized as follows: - Someone posts a political opinion, - Someone else comments his disagreement and explains why, - and the original poster comments back saying something like, “I blocked that guy in a heartbeat.” A few seconds later, this chain of comments is deleted and all that’s left is the original post, its likes and a handful of agreeing comments only. I’ve seen the same occurrence time and time again. Users are quick t...