Comments on: Jewish Administrator at Penn Tours Hebron, Now Hosts ‘Breaking the Silence’ http://mondoweiss.net/2008/02/jewish-administ.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Mon, 28 May 2012 00:36:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Richard Witty http://mondoweiss.net/2008/02/jewish-administ.html/comment-page-1#comment-64921 Richard Witty Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/02/12/jewish-administ.html#comment-64921 <p>A balanced trip to Israel.</p> <p>Yad Vashem<br /> Hebron<br /> Sderot<br /> Haifa<br /> Bethlehem<br /> The Galilee (including the sites of Syrian shelling from the Golan, from 1963-67)<br /> The Wailing Wall<br /> Al Aqsa Mosque</p> <p>Balance. </p> <p>Ancient and modern traumas. Ancient and modern backbone.</p> A balanced trip to Israel.

Yad Vashem
Hebron
Sderot
Haifa
Bethlehem
The Galilee (including the sites of Syrian shelling from the Golan, from 1963-67)
The Wailing Wall
Al Aqsa Mosque

Balance.

Ancient and modern traumas. Ancient and modern backbone.

]]> By: Richard Witty http://mondoweiss.net/2008/02/jewish-administ.html/comment-page-1#comment-64922 Richard Witty Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/02/12/jewish-administ.html#comment-64922 <p>I visited Hebron in 1968, at 13.</p> <p>Even at 13, it was profound to visit the burial site of Abraham, my and Islam's hero.</p> <p>"If there are ten in the town, will you spare it"?</p> <p>The expansionist Zionists - "no". The expansionist Islamists - "no". The militant Palestinian factions - "no".</p> <p>So much for honoring one's archetypes.</p> I visited Hebron in 1968, at 13.

Even at 13, it was profound to visit the burial site of Abraham, my and Islam's hero.

"If there are ten in the town, will you spare it"?

The expansionist Zionists – "no". The expansionist Islamists – "no". The militant Palestinian factions – "no".

So much for honoring one's archetypes.

]]> By: Charles Keating http://mondoweiss.net/2008/02/jewish-administ.html/comment-page-1#comment-64923 Charles Keating Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/02/12/jewish-administ.html#comment-64923 <p>How much balance was there before Carter and W/M entered the MSM? Finklestein versus the MSM, Congress, Executive branch, American textbooks, American thinktanks? Lot of catching up to do, no? </p> How much balance was there before Carter and W/M entered the MSM? Finklestein versus the MSM, Congress, Executive branch, American textbooks, American thinktanks? Lot of catching up to do, no?

]]> By: Charles Keating http://mondoweiss.net/2008/02/jewish-administ.html/comment-page-1#comment-64924 Charles Keating Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/02/12/jewish-administ.html#comment-64924 <p>And don't forget American Cinema, e.g., Leon Uris</p> And don't forget American Cinema, e.g., Leon Uris

]]> By: greybeard http://mondoweiss.net/2008/02/jewish-administ.html/comment-page-1#comment-64925 greybeard Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/02/12/jewish-administ.html#comment-64925 <p>I deeply and sincerely hope American Jewry is changing, for "transformation" is essential, discovering the humanity (and oppression of) the Other. Arun Gandhi was of course correct, but walked unwittingly into the "buzzsaw". Israeli Jews live in a "closed society" where any data not consistent with that world view is simply dismissed (alla Lawrence Davidson's writings). If Israelis are going to change, only "transformed" Diaspora Jews will be allowed to tell them!</p> I deeply and sincerely hope American Jewry is changing, for "transformation" is essential, discovering the humanity (and oppression of) the Other. Arun Gandhi was of course correct, but walked unwittingly into the "buzzsaw". Israeli Jews live in a "closed society" where any data not consistent with that world view is simply dismissed (alla Lawrence Davidson's writings). If Israelis are going to change, only "transformed" Diaspora Jews will be allowed to tell them!

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