This quote came from the article,  “An Elder Among the Rabbis” by Rasmussen, which was published by BYU Studies. I found the article when I was researching the “Law of Love” while teaching for the Institute of Religion for the Moroni Stake.  Dennis Rasmussen’s story is a fascinating one and worth sharing.

The Beginning

Over the years, he had become fascinated with Judaism and Rabbinic traditions. He learned of an institute, to be held at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, entitled, “Institute for the Teaching of the Post-Biblical Foundations of Western Civilization.” It was to last for eight weeks during the summer of 1978 (with one additional week the following summer) and would be taught by five rabbis on the faculty.

College teachers in the humanities and social sciences were invited to apply. Twenty would be selected as fellows of the Institute. Rasmussen applied and was delighted to be chosen as one of the twenty.
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