Topic: Baruch Goldstein

JUDAISM

For most Jews the past half century had been a struggle to create a secure political Jewish state in the Middle East and to disseminate worldwide knowledge about the destruction of European Jewry during the Holocaust. Both objectives were significantly advanced in ...

The synagogue at the cave

A couple of months ago, trying to come up with a situation parallel to the "Ground Zero mosque," I imagined: An irenic Jewish group proposes building a community center devoted to peace and understanding a couple of blocks from the Cave of ...