Holiness-What An Idea! is a forum for exploring and promoting the ideals that have sustained the Jewish people for millennia, values of kindness, compassion, generosity, respect, humility, patience, etc. I offer my voice and thought in opposition to the cruelty, indifference, self-interest, arrogance and violence have become the norm, even among our leaders, in these troubled times. It might seem that my focus is virtues or values but these are only stepping-stones on the path that leads to the ultimate possibility of our lives, which is to be holy.

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This blog is a forum for exploring and promoting the values and ideals that have sustained the Jewish people for millennia. These are the stepping-stones on the path that leads to the ultimate possibility of our lives, which is to be holy.

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Alan Morinis is the founder of The Mussar Institute and one of the leading lights in the revival of the Jewish spiritual tradition of Mussar. He received his doctorate from Oxford University.