by snarly | Sep 21, 2015 | Personal Apologies, Religious Apologies, Youth apologizes
Over at Tablet Magazine (where Snarly is a columnist) there is a delightful comic about all the different apologies the artist owes for long-ago incidents. It’s funny and also sad. Read the whole thing here. I also loved this story, which reads almost like a...
by snarly | Sep 12, 2015 | Religious Apologies
Hey, as we head into Rosh HaShanah, let’s go through the 12th century sage Moses Maimonides’s RULES FOR APOLOGIZING. It won’t be boring, I swear. Get back here. Maimonides (who had the jaunty nickname Rambam) was a Spanish physician and chicken soup...
by snarly | Aug 10, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Religious Apologies
As you may have heard, a romance novel between a Jewish prisoner and an SS Commander, set in a concentration camp during World War II, is stirring up some mishegas. It came to a head when an author and critic, Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, shared her...
by sumac | Aug 3, 2015 | Corporate Apologies, Religious Apologies
A Tesco market in Liverpool Street, London, is located near a large mosque. Exquisitely sensitive to customers’ needs, they of course were delighted to put up a Pringles display of handy foods with which Muslim customers might break a Ramadan fast. Including...
by sumac | Jun 29, 2015 | Religious Apologies, True Crime Apologies
We weren’t eager to cover Dzhokar Tsarnaev’s apology. The crime – the Boston Marathon bombing – was so terrible. We’re both against capital punishment. The whole business makes us queasy. But it seemed important to look at it. How can one apologize...
by sumac | Apr 27, 2015 | Celebrity Apologies, Religious Apologies
The 14th Dalai Lama visited California in 2001, talking about the Heart of Wisdom teachings. Our protagonist, whom I shall call Dr. P, attended a “reception-y” event at which the Dalai Lama spoke, and then headed out. As Dr P was leaving, the Dalai Lama was also...
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