The Jewish tradition, like other belief systems, contributes much to our cultural understanding of ourselves, others, and our role in the world. Gentle Teaching points out the on-going need for kindness and doing good to others. Buber emphasized and analyzed the key role of human connectedness and the basic need to see and be with “the other”. The early interpretation of the Torah points out this need in its repeated admonitions to “desire for others what we desire for ourselves.” It asks us to look at the stranger or even our enemies as if we are looking at ourselves and through this looking measure what the stranger or enemy should receive from us. The answer is found in doing good to others.