Think of the controversy in the U.S. over buildings on slave cemeteries. We stopped such construction in lower Manhattan. Think about construction at Auschwitz, international controversy. In Jerusalem, the celebrated American architect Frank Gehry is moving ahead with a museum "of tolerance" that a California institution, the Simon Wiesenthal center, is building on an Arab cemetery. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger helped break ground on the thing.
a Museum of Tolerance and Center for Human Dignity atop an ancient Muslim cemetery…late last month, when the Supreme Court gave a green
light to the project, and Rabbi [Martin] Hier responded that "Moderation and
tolerance have prevailed," he was dead wrong.
light to the project, and Rabbi [Martin] Hier responded that "Moderation and
tolerance have prevailed," he was dead wrong.
You'd think this would be a big controversy in the States, I learn about it in Haaretz. Bradley Burston (who Richard Witty points out to me is pro-Zionist, anti-expansionist) says, Move the museum. Thanks to Richard for the tip.
