Courage forces us to ask, “If not now, when?” and “If not me, then who?” It pushes us to be bold. It also asks: What if everyone was selfish? What would things look like? It encourages us to gamble on ourselves, to carve out an unconventional path. But we can’t forget the other side of the rabbi Hillel’s question is equally important. “If I am only for me,” he asks, “who am I?”

