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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve. In a word, the man in a high post is never regarded with an indifferent eye, but always considered as a friend or an enemy. For this reason persons in great stations have seldom their true characters drawn till several years after their deaths. Their personal friendships and enmities must cease, and the parties they were engaged in be at an end, before their faults or their virtues can have justice done them. When writers have the least opportunity of knowing the truth, they are in the best disposition to tell it.
It is therefore the privilege of posterity to adjust the characters of illustrious persons, and to set matters right between those antagonists who by their rivalry for greatness divided a whole age into factions.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-06-26), The Spectator, No. 101

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דער קערפער פֿון השם 10h ago

"Throughout his long life, #Kaplan made many contributions to #Judaism — his landmark 1934 text “Judaism as a Civilization”; the aforementioned #Haggadah; a similarly revamped #Shabbat #prayerbook; and a new university of Judaism on the West Coast. Now his life gets reconstructed in a #biography #published last month, “#MordecaiMKaplan: Restless Soul,” by #JennaWeissmanJoselit.

“I loved #writing it,” #WeissmanJoselit told The Times of Israel of the latest volume in the #Yale University Press #Jewish Lives series. “It kept me awake at night. The questions Kaplan posed were as relevant today as they were back in his time — sometimes even more relevant.”

She explained: “I think he was worried how [Judaism] would survive simply as it was. He did not… see it as able to sustain itself. He did not see its life as guaranteed… He was determined to be its white knight...”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-an-upstart-rabbi-was-excommunicated-over-his-haggadah-for-a-new-us-judaism/

Ian Robinson 11h ago

Audrey Hepburn. Remarkable.

My mother, Audrey Hepburn: the star’s son Sean on her movies, marriages, good works and fascist parents

The heroine of Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s knew war and poverty, riches and fame, love and betrayal – yet claimed to have lived a ‘terribly boring’ life. Sean Hepburn Ferrer paints a very different picture in his new biography.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/06/audrey-hepburn-sean-hepburn-ferrer-biography

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MediaFaro Magazine 13h ago

My mother, Audrey Hepburn: the star’s son Sean on her movies, marriages, good works and fascist parents.

The heroine of Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s knew war and poverty, riches and fame, love and betrayal – yet claimed to have lived a ‘terribly boring’ life.

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The heroine of Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s knew war and poverty, riches and fame, love and betrayal – yet claimed to have lived a ‘terribly boring’ life. Sean …

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French Cinema & Subtitles 18h ago

📝 Plot: A biographical film that chronicles the extraordinary life of Simone Veil — from her traumatic experiences during the Holocaust, through her rise as a key figure in French politics, her struggle for women’s rights and human dignity, and her enduring legacy as a humanitarian and European leader.

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French Cinema & Subtitles 18h ago

🎬 Simone, le voyage du siècle [Simone: Woman of the Century] (2022)

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This Grandpa Blogs 1d ago

Young and Simon capture the years most biographies skip: 1985-2004. The decade that made Steve Jobs unstoppable.
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Steve Jobs Second Act: Book Review & Leadership Lessons

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Mr. Woolf 🇺🇦1d ago

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Taulukos in 4K Ultra HD 1d ago

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Iftikhar Shukurov 1d ago

"Too much sacrifice is self-betrayal."

- Iftikhar Shukurov

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