Fred Melamed

I have two young children with autism. What could they have ever done to deserve that? What kind of a God allows the innocent to suffer? It's a mystery. Yet still, I believe in God. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#autism #believe #children #could #deserve

We must agree to live in this world, with all that is unfair about it, without knowing why, if we wish to have a God in our lives. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#agree #god #knowing #live #lives

I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#adherence #am #because #grounded #hard

I haven't appeared on stage in quite a long time and I don't have any immediate plans to do so, but I'm always interested in going back. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#any #appeared #back #going #haven

It probably goes without saying that I enjoy the potato pancakes, delicious hams and so forth that maddeningly turn up at this time of year. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#enjoy #forth #goes #i #pancakes

Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#both #christmas #costly #deal #enjoy