My sister-in-law, my brother’s widow, passed away very early this morning after a fairly brief but very serious illness that cascaded into multiple crises with astonishing speed. If I have the time and the time zones right, she missed the eleventh anniversary of the death of her husband, my brother, by just two days. It has, for me, been an exceptionally appropriate day to visit the Garden Tomb here in Jerusalem with our group, and to think and... Read more