I recently joined my family in New York City to attend the Bar Mitzvah of my sister’s (step)grandson, Sam. The service was held at the wonderful Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, built on such progressive principles as “anyone who takes the pulpit is free to say what they wish.” Among the prominent people who have availed themselves of that freedom are Dr. Martin Luther King, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Justice Louis Brandeis, and Albert Einstein.