In Recent Years - Before The Intifada

After All, You're Not Exactly A Nation Like All The Other Nations. You Are Unique, If Only Because You Are Such An Ancient People, And Because Of The Way You Are Spread All Over The World And Your Obvious Success In Many Fields.

You Must Either Suffer In This Life Or Give Up The Hope Of Seeing God In Heaven. Sufferings And Persecutions Are Of The Greatest Avail To Us, Because We Can Find Therein A Very Efficient Means To Make Atonement For Our Sins, Since We Are Bound To Suffer For Them Either In This World Or In The Next.

An Ancient Dictum Says That When Zeus Wanted To Destroy Someone, He Would First Drive Him Mad.

Im Always Suspicious Of People Who Repent Of Other Peoples Sins.

My Father Was Killed By A German Mine, While I Lost Other Relatives In Allied Bombing Attacks. The Second World War Claimed Tens Of Millions Of Victims. For Some The Most Terrible Aspect Of It Was The Deportations, While For Others It Was The Leveling Bombings Or The Mass Deaths By Starvation And Cold.