It feels shocking to read those words 87 years later and to realise the similarities with today. My father then draws a distinction that has stayed with me ever since. He writes of the difference between passive goodness and active goodness. Passive goodness, resolving to do no wrong, is not enough. Active goodness, he writes, is "the giving of one's time and energy in the alleviation of pain and suffering. It entails going out, finding and helping those in suffering and danger and not merely leading an exemplary life..." He wrote that passage while organising the rescue of children whose...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
