The Hoax That Framed Israeli Soldiers as Killers of Children
Twenty years ago, Mohammad al-Dura didn’t die.
October 2, 2020
A rabbinic lesson in civic comity.
Log on to social media or turn on a cable news network, and one can easily find Americans—of many political persuasions—speaking of their partisan rivals as not only wrongheaded, but even as evil. Leon Morris and Zvi Hirschfield find in the Talmud a model for a more constructive approach:
Twenty years ago, Mohammad al-Dura didn’t die.
Both sets of leaders can comfortably rake in donations while maintaining the status quo.
The deeds of China, Russia, and Iran are off the table.
A rabbinic lesson in civic comity.
Surprisingly unchanging.
Log on to social media or turn on a cable news network, and one can easily find Americans—of many political persuasions—speaking of their partisan rivals as not only wrongheaded, but even as evil. Leon Morris and Zvi Hirschfield find in the Talmud a model for a more constructive approach:
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