This week Harvard Hillel honored Henry Rosovsky, twice acting President of Harvard, longtime beloved Dean, great friend, and great inspiration to many in our Jewish and wider Harvard communities – on the occasion of his 90^th year and the 25^th of Harvard Hillel’s home, our aptly named Rosovsky Hall.

On the verge of this week, at afternoon services last Shabbat, I heard a new bat mitzvah say, with remarkable insight, that the angelic...