Lionel Blue
Lionel Blue
Lionel Blueis a British Reform rabbi, journalist and broadcaster. He was the first British rabbi publicly to declare his homosexuality...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth6 February 1930
christian jesus thinking
In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.
confidence self names
If a dish doesn't turn out right, change the name and don't bat an eyelid. A fallen souffle is only a risen omelette. It depends on the self-confidence with which you present it.
birthday mother age
My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely.
judaism infant versions
I recovered my infant Judaism, but in a reformist version.
old-friends irreplaceable dies
Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent.
discrimination insult luther
Discrimination against Jews can be read in Thomas Aquinas, and insults against Jews in Martin Luther.
lovers devotee
For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him.
saws idolatry stalinism
Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again.
religious taken ghetto
I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very comfortable. Taken together, their limitations cancel each other out and I have seen the world more kindly and more honestly.
spiritual thinking care
The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.
jew
Jews are just like everyone else, only more so.
jew comfortable
I was not comfortable worshipping another Jew.
ordinary said rabbi
An aged rabbi, crazed with liberalism, once said to me, We Jews are just ordinary human beings. Only a bit more so!
oxford quaker
I literally fell among Quakers when I went up to Oxford.