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“My heart is in the east, and I in the uttermost west.” — Yehudah Ha-Levi
“My heart is in the east, and I in the uttermost west.” — Yehudah Ha-Levi
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Even those who aren’t particularly sympathetic to former Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu could get a good measure of satisfaction from his interview with the British Television this morning. I guess it can be attributed to his days studying history at Harvard.
The interviewer asked him: “How come so many more Lebanese have been killed
in this conflict than Israelis?” (A nasty question if there ever was one!)
Netanyahu: “Are you sure that you want to start asking in that direction?”
Interviewer: (Falling into the trap) Why not?
Netanyahu: “Because in World War II more Germans were killed than British and Americans combined, but there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the war was caused by Germany’s aggression. And in response to the German blitz on London, the British wiped out the entire city of Dresden, burning to death more German civilians than the number of people killed in Hiroshima.
Moreover, I could remind you that in 1944, when the R.A.F. tried to bomb the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen, some of the bombs missed their target and fell on a Danish children’s hospital, killing 83 little children.
Perhaps you have another question?”
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A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of the Binding of Isaac
“In a moment of divine perversity that has shocked Bible readers over the last couple of millennia, G’d abruptly orders Abraham to sacrifice young Isaac on an alter of fire… Perhaps even more perversely, Abraham complies with the divine command to sacrifice his son without a single word of protest.”
– Jonathan Kirsch
“Why would Abraham even think about doing such a thing?” sixth-grader Brian Berk asked upon hearing the story of the Akedah – the Binding of Isaac – one morning during Sunday School at Temple Israel in Alameda, California. “Abraham didn’t even ask G’d why he was supposed to kill his son!” “Yeah, it’s just so WRONG” Whitney Rafalaf chimed in with a tremor of outrage, “The story doesn’t make any sense!” As a teacher, I am thrilled when my students recognize some of the broader and oftentimes more troubling issues within the biblical narrative, and attempt to grapple with the bigger ethical quandaries. Having heard the story of the Akedah, ,so many times, however, both in Sunday School and on Rosh HaShana – the Jewish New Year — when it is read aloud to the congregation, I had become inured to its more disconcerting content. I had completely forgotten how horrified I was when I first heard it as a child. After a moment of reflection, I realized that even without embellishment, the barebones narrative is disturbing and should be examined…