re: #268 Cato the Elder

Just a quote from “Gimpel the Fool”:

Early on in the story, as the butt of many a joke and trick in his town, Gimpel seeks advice from the rabbi, who tells the poor man:

“It is written, better to be a fool all our days than for one hour to be evil. You are not a fool. They are the fools. For he who causes his neighbor to feel shame loses Paradise himself.”

One of my prized possessions is a signed copy of one of Singer’s novels.

Singer is one of my favorite authors. Honestly, between him and Saul Bellow, (distinctly) Jewish literature (as opposed to the author was Jewish) of the 20th century has absolutely nothing to prove.