Michael Cohen: Leaving the world a better place

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rabbi Michael M. Cohen, of Manchester Center, who is rabbi emeritus of the Israel Congregation in Manchester Center and teaches at Bennington College and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies.
I turn 60 soon. One of the great mysteries of life; we don’t know when we cross the halfway point of our lives. Reaching 60 gives time to pause; will I leave this world a better place than I found it? All of us, no matter how active, must answer that