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begets courage. Our ancestors 
walked through the valley of 
the shadow of death, so that 
we could never forget the 
sanctity of life.
Throughout history, Jews 
were called on to value chil-
dren. Our entire value system 
is built on it. Our citadels are 
schools, our passion, educa-
tion, and our greatest heroes, 
teachers. The seder service 
on Pesach can only begin 
with questions asked by a 
child. On the first day of the 
New Year, we read not about 
the creation of the universe 
but about the birth of a child 
— Isaac to Sarah, Samuel to 
Hannah. Ours is a supremely 
child-centered faith.
That is why, at the dawn 
of Jewish time, God put 
Abraham and Sarah through 
these trials — the long wait, 
the unmet hope, the binding 
itself — so that neither they 

nor their descendants would 
ever take children for grant-
ed. Every child is a miracle. 
Being a parent is the closest 
we get to God — bringing life 
into being through an act of 
love.
Today, when too many 
children live in poverty and 
illiteracy, dying for lack of 
medical attention because 
those who rule nations are 
focused on fighting the bat-
tles of the past rather than 
shaping a safe future, it is 
a lesson the world has not 
yet learned. For the sake of 
humanity, it must, for the 
tragedy is vast and the hour 
is late. 

The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks 

served as the chief rabbi of the 

United Hebrew Congregations of the 

Commonwealth, 1991-2013. His teach-

ings have been made available to 

all at rabbisacks.org. This essay was 

written in 2016.

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JVS Human Services is start-
ing a new Recharge! virtual 
career development program 
for mature workers wanting to 
reinvent their working lives and 
find a fresh professional path. 
 The Recharge! program will 
provide tools for participants 
to reconnect with their skills 
and interests, refresh their pro-
fessional image and personal 
brand, restore belief in them-
selves during life transition and 
review the local job market. 
Recharge! is held on Tuesdays 
and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 
noon, from Oct. 26 until Nov. 
18. 
Sherrie James, career counsel-
or for JVS Human Services, said 
that mature workers continue 
to look for novel ways to make 
themselves attractive to employ-
ers, with many now preferring 
to work remotely because 

of safety concerns regarding 
COVID-19. Many are also 
excited to try new careers.
“There are challenges, but we 
are here to help navigate any 
obstacles and help our partici-
pants explore new options,
” said 
James. “Sometimes people need 
to do some real soul-searching, 
for example, if they have been 
unemployed for some time and 
they don’t have the necessary 
abilities for a position. However, 
we can point participants in the 
right direction for getting skills, 
such as computer training, that 
could make their dreams a 
reality.
”
The program requires regis-
tration and $40 material fees, 
although financial hardship will 
not be a barrier to taking part. 
To register, email sjames@
jvshumanservices.org or call 
(248) 233-4472. 

JVS Program for Workers Ages 45+ 

