http://danielgordis.org/2009/03/01/why-would-you-live-here/ Daniel Gordis, whom Alan Dershowitz has called “one of Israel’s most insightful observers,” writes and lectures throughout the world on Israeli society and the challenges facing the Jewish state. He blogs at www.danielgordis.org.” Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:21:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://danielgordis.org/2009/03/01/why-would-you-live-here/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Living Here « Samuel J. Scott Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:03:19 +0000 http://illuminea.com/sandbox3/?p=416#comment-4 [...] LEZION, Israel — Daniel Gordis, an American who emigrated here, explains why he chooses to live in the Jewish state: You live here, and you feel things that you don’t feel anywhere else. You just do. You’re part [...] [...] LEZION, Israel — Daniel Gordis, an American who emigrated here, explains why he chooses to live in the Jewish state: You live here, and you feel things that you don’t feel anywhere else. You just do. You’re part [...]

]]> http://danielgordis.org/2009/03/01/why-would-you-live-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Margie Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:52:08 +0000 http://illuminea.com/sandbox3/?p=416#comment-3 About Gilad Shalit: it is not, 'What if he were Avi?'. It's that he is Avi and he's you and he's me too. He wasn't taken because he is Gilad but because he is one of us. He is hostage for all of us and we are letting ourselves down if we don't do our utmost to get him back. Hamas didn't take him only for the ransom value - they don't care about the ransom. They took him to hurt us because it's the only way they really can hurt us, emotionally, through what they perhaps see as our weak spot and I see as our strength: that we ultimately do care. About Gilad Shalit: it is not, ‘What if he were Avi?’. It’s that he is Avi and he’s you and he’s me too. He wasn’t taken because he is Gilad but because he is one of us. He is hostage for all of us and we are letting ourselves down if we don’t do our utmost to get him back. Hamas didn’t take him only for the ransom value – they don’t care about the ransom. They took him to hurt us because it’s the only way they really can hurt us, emotionally, through what they perhaps see as our weak spot and I see as our strength: that we ultimately do care.

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