Editor’s note: How fascinating it is to see ourselves as others see us. After this article came across our desk, we managed to find and speak to the author. Not only did Mr. Pavlicek graciously give permission to use his article, he also reaffirmed his great admiration for the kavana of the anonymous davener he had witnessed. And in response to our question, he explained the term “elder brother of faith” as the Catholic Church’s acknowledgment of the Jewish religion as ancestral to its own. During this season of the High Holidays, may this story serve as a reminder that