Comments on: Book of Lamentations and the Death of a City http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/08/09/book-of-lamentations-and-the-death-of-a-city/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:11:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Richard Silverstein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/08/09/book-of-lamentations-and-the-death-of-a-city/#comment-4423 Richard Silverstein Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:46:17 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/08/09/book-of-lamentations-and-the-death-of-a-city/#comment-4423 How does the nation of Israel win when its Temple is destroyed & its inhabitants sent into exile for generations? That's a victory? In those terms, the IDF has won a great victory in Lebanon despite the fact that it can't even protect Kiryat Shmona, let alone the rest of the north from Hezbollah & its rockets. If Jeremiah or whoever wrote Eicha were alive today he'd be on my side & not yours. Our Prophets understood morality and they always called for the people of Israel to observe a higher moral standard. They understood immorality among Israel & called it to obey its true calling to be a light unto the nations. Now, Israel represents blight & darkness among the nations. But someday it will represent something better. How does the nation of Israel win when its Temple is destroyed & its inhabitants sent into exile for generations? That’s a victory? In those terms, the IDF has won a great victory in Lebanon despite the fact that it can’t even protect Kiryat Shmona, let alone the rest of the north from Hezbollah & its rockets.

If Jeremiah or whoever wrote Eicha were alive today he’d be on my side & not yours. Our Prophets understood morality and they always called for the people of Israel to observe a higher moral standard. They understood immorality among Israel & called it to obey its true calling to be a light unto the nations. Now, Israel represents blight & darkness among the nations. But someday it will represent something better.

]]> By: Sharon http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/08/09/book-of-lamentations-and-the-death-of-a-city/#comment-4409 Sharon Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:29:08 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/08/09/book-of-lamentations-and-the-death-of-a-city/#comment-4409 It is a great book. Too bad you have not read the rest of the Story. God wins and Isreal will overcome her enemies. It is a great book. Too bad you have not read the rest of the Story. God wins and Isreal will overcome her enemies.

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