In light of the latest antisemitic attack in New York this morning I
decided to repost this book review. Again, I highly recommend this
book.
" There is a book that I read a number of years ago, during the same time period as my reading Dark Money by Jane Mayer. The book is by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. It is called : Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence. On page 70 he says the following: 'antisemitism is important because it illustrates more clearly than any other phenomenon the psychological and social dynamic of hate. It helps us understand what may be operative in human conflict over and above the normal clash of principalities and powers, nations and interest. Its return within living memory of the Holocaust signals more than a danger to Jews. It is, as it has always been, the first warning signal of a world order in danger of collapse.' I commend this entire book for reading by anyone who is interested in learning from the deep wells of wisdom from a Rabbi who is well read and intellectually well rounded. What we are in the midst of today in the United States is not normal. It is perilous."
" There is a book that I read a number of years ago, during the same time period as my reading Dark Money by Jane Mayer. The book is by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. It is called : Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence. On page 70 he says the following: 'antisemitism is important because it illustrates more clearly than any other phenomenon the psychological and social dynamic of hate. It helps us understand what may be operative in human conflict over and above the normal clash of principalities and powers, nations and interest. Its return within living memory of the Holocaust signals more than a danger to Jews. It is, as it has always been, the first warning signal of a world order in danger of collapse.' I commend this entire book for reading by anyone who is interested in learning from the deep wells of wisdom from a Rabbi who is well read and intellectually well rounded. What we are in the midst of today in the United States is not normal. It is perilous."
