In one of my early relationships the girl used to dress me up and buy me
things. She would bring me food and give me love. People would look at
the two of us in sympathy with everything we saw. I never wanted
anything as she would buy whatever I needed. She would phone me in the
evening on hearsay and buy me caviar. Or take me to a restaurant off
Broadway. We never ever argued. We never calculated the currency we'd
spent. Sometimes I'd look at her and think to myself that words mean so
little and money less
when she's lying next to me. She also paid my rent. It was so easy.
At 12:00 PM on Saturday, October 28, 2023, in honor of Cyrus the Great Day, you are invited to our unveiling of a monumental statue of Cyrus the Great at the Millennium Gate dedicated to liberty, justice and peace. Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire, upon liberating Babylon, freed the slaves, established racial equality and rights for women, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion and returned their various gods to their shrines. He also helped the Jews build The Second Temple. According to the Book of Isaiah, Cyrus was anointed by God as a messiah for these actions, the only non-Jewish figure to be revered in this capacity. Iranian and Jewish peoples share an ancient bond of friendship that modern Islamic fanaticism has tried (and failed) to destroy. Remembering the past is a powerful perspective for shaping the future; one where diverse peoples and cultures live together in freedom and harmony. Cyrus the Great’s decrees wer
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