When a story takes hold of, transports, and truly transforms us, it’s more than the power of connection at work. It’s seeing ourselves in the face of another.
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As a rabbi, David Wolpe is no stranger to stories. When confronted with a question or difficult conundrum, rabbis are always ready to tap the well of collective wisdom and tell a tale that offers an answer or more subtly inspires the listener to find it. In his TEDx Hollywood talk, Rabbi Wolpe explains how the best stories work—the ones that reach our inaccessible places, turn us inside out and upside down, and elevate us from the gravity of our humanity to the ethereal place of our lofty ideals.
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