It has always ricocheted from trouble to trouble, and it has crisis in its bones, back to 1926 when it survived a dogfight with Churchill over its coverage of the General Strike.
Temple Isaiah's president, Terry Joseph, said that its Torah had been saved twice, "once when it survived the Holocaust, and now again with this new restoration".
But that was never recorded; when it survived at all, it was only in oral tradition.
The building's innovative structural approach was vindicated when it survived the powerful 2011 Japan earthquake with virtually no damage.
When it miraculously survives it gains the ability to see into future, but it doesn't like what it sees….
Lifetime, an American TV network known for programs like "Dance Moms" and "Project Runway," saw its highest ratings in two years when it aired "Surviving R. Kelly," an astonishing six-part docuseries featuring interviews with women who alleged they experienced abuse at the hands of the hip hop star.
Something like that happened to DreamWorks SKG, for instance, when it shot "Surviving Christmas," with Ben Affleck, in early 2003, then bumped the release to late 2004, to avoid competing with a thriller, "Paycheck," in which Mr. Affleck also starred.
But when a compromise has been in existence for a long time, and when it has survived one crisis after another, we are best off concluding that there may be wisdom behind it.
Mr. Albright possesses a rapscallion's laugh, and Madame Tandy is at her best as one of those sturdy women who have seen it all and survived, especially when "it" happens to refer to men and love.
