BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court refuses to issue emergency injunction.
UPDATE: Fox News reports that the last resort, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush filing for custody, was denied by the same judge (Greer) that denied all the previous appeals. This appears to exhaust all legal and executive recourse. May the Omnipresent comfort the Schindlers in what for them must be an unbearable hour.
By a strange coincidence, my iPod was playing the insanely beautiful final (unfinished) fugue from Bach's Art of Fugue, with the pianist fading out the last few bars just as I saw the news. As it happens, the next track in my playlist happens to be Bach's setting of the Lutheran chorale "Alle Menschen muessen sterben" (All men must pass).
This is a night (Purim) that each and every Jew should eat, drink, and be merry in remembrance of G-d's deliverance in ancient Persia from the would-be genocidist Haman --- as told in the Book of Esther. Grateful as I am for this, I beg forgiveness from the All-merciful, for tonight I simply cannot.
My only comfort is the belief that one day, all those involved --- including judge Greer --- will themselves have to appear before the True Judge.
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