{"id":43477,"date":"2015-08-10T13:46:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T18:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=43477"},"modified":"2015-08-10T13:46:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T18:46:45","slug":"will-he-run-starbucks-ceo-finds-inspiration-in-rabbi-nosson-tzvi-finkel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/will-he-run-starbucks-ceo-finds-inspiration-in-rabbi-nosson-tzvi-finkel\/","title":{"rendered":"Will He Run? Starbucks CEO Finds Inspiration in Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this remarkable op-ed from the New York Times, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz isn&#8217;t giving a definitive answer whether he&#8217;ll enter the 2016 presidential campaign. However, he does posit this remarkable piece of wisdom from Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel z&#8217;tl of the Mir Yeshiva who died in 2011. The two visited the Old City and when Schultz walked to the Kotel, Rabbi Finkel stopped ten yards away. Schultz writes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"padding-left: 90px;\" data-para-count=\"214\" data-total-count=\"4277\">The speculation about my candidacy reminds me of a lesson from a great Jewish leader. A decade ago, I visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem with Nosson Tzvi Finkel, a widely respected rabbi in Israel. As we approached one of the holiest sites in Judaism, the rabbi halted about 10 yards away as a crowd of admirers gathered nearby. I beckoned him further.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"padding-left: 90px;\" data-para-count=\"84\" data-total-count=\"4716\">\u201cI\u2019ve never been closer than this,\u201d the rabbi told me. Astounded, I asked why.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"padding-left: 90px;\" data-para-count=\"46\" data-total-count=\"4762\" data-node-uid=\"1\">\u201cYou go,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m not worthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"46\" data-total-count=\"4762\" data-node-uid=\"1\">Read the entire op-ed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/06\/opinion\/america-deserves-a-servant-leader.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"padding-left: 90px;\" data-para-count=\"46\" data-total-count=\"4762\" data-node-uid=\"1\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this remarkable op-ed from the New York Times, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz isn&#8217;t giving a definitive answer whether he&#8217;ll enter the 2016 presidential campaign. However, he does posit this remarkable piece of wisdom from Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel z&#8217;tl of the Mir Yeshiva who died in 2011. 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