{"id":54036,"date":"2016-07-06T14:23:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T19:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=54036"},"modified":"2017-08-14T13:05:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T18:05:40","slug":"almost-there-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/almost-there-03\/","title":{"rendered":"#3 &#8211; We&#8217;re Almost There: Living with Patience, Perseverance &#038; Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reflections and insights on the transformational life of Elie Wiesel z&#8217;l. In particular, he discusses &#8220;having issues with faith &amp; with G-d&#8221; and battling and struggling with G-d himself. In the second segment, Rabbi Cohen has a riveting discussion with author Felice Cohen discussing her book &#8220;What Papa Told Me,&#8221; and how the suicide of her grandmother and life of her grandfather impacted her world outlook and inspired her to move into a 90 square foot apartment of the UWS of Manhattan. 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