What if it weren’t so easy? What if we had to choose, each day, between the open practice of our faith, and the serving of the state or some other powerful and controlling overseer? What if certain outward and obvious signs – a simple cross, a self-blessing – served only to set us apart as the state’s next target? Would we hide? Would we completely abandon our faith? Would we remove from our person and from our homes all markings, clues, and signposts? Unlike many of our Jewish... Read more