I hadn’t heard of this earlier, but I could also just be the last person to find out: President-elect Barack Obama’s cousin-in-law is an African-American Jewish rabbi, Capers Funnye. I really like one of his quotes in the article:

“I often like to tell new people that when you start studying Judaism, every time you get a new book, every time you learn something new, it should feel like dipping a spoon into a bucket of fresh well water. If you ever had well water, it stimulates the whole being — this is what Judaism does when we learn. It stimulates the being,” Funnye said. “It’s never stopped doing that for me. The more I learn, the richer it tastes; the better it tastes.”

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