THE NEW YORK TIMES had an extraordinary exposé of the Hasidic schools in Brooklyn. Someone has to be able to speak English, shop, if only occasionally, in secular stores, read the bills, and so on. I HAVE been reading interviews with David Kemper, once Bob Dylan’s drummer, whose first gig was in front of Pope John Paul II. John Paul II invited us to a Eucharistic Congress.’“So we fly to Bologna. In the back corner, I saw John Paul sitting there.

Source: The Times September 15, 2022 23:33 UTC