Episode 88 If Vs. When: A Lesson in Leadership
Judaism holds that failure is a feature, not a bug, of political leadership.
Supplemental Materials:
- Click here to read Isaiah Berlin’s essay, “On Political Judgment” [subscription may be required].
- Click here to read Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s essay, “The Sin of Leadership.”
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