tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post8088008564932603472..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: The Power of the Written WordBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-92192703224635842572014-07-29T17:16:09.845+03:002014-07-29T17:16:09.845+03:00Am glad that this book has such a positive influen...Am glad that this book has such a positive influence on our people, B'H. But, it does hurt to know it had to take rockets flying all over Israel and the writing of such a good book as this to make 'Jews' in Israel and the galut understand what should be a given to the Jewish neshamah. This is due to the secularization of the 'Jewish' medinah, where Jewish laws and tradition mean very little to many, and 'liberalism' is everything and moral relativism rules. Giving away Jewish Land to anyone, let alone, our mortal enemies should have been an understood by every Jew (and rational human being). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-15431031400714274732014-07-29T14:42:46.584+03:002014-07-29T14:42:46.584+03:00Thanks so much for posting.Thanks so much for posting.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-62774214237924672132014-07-29T14:31:35.050+03:002014-07-29T14:31:35.050+03:00Liane, I recently read an article at Aish.com wher...Liane, I recently read an article at Aish.com where a writer asked what does it take for YOU to get involved & oppose injustice. He referred to a research survey & it basically came down to how close to home negative consequences would occur. In "Grains of Sand" readers are pulled close to real live people so the can emphatize. When media marginalizes groups, people don't emphathize &, yes, media does that intentionally in many ways. What makes "Grains of Sand" more relevant today is the current Hamas Gazan Arab war on ALL of Israel which many have admitted are a direct result of the Israeli expulsion of Jews from that area. Since the consequences are being felt by ALL residents of Israel, we are now ALL able to empathize w/Gush Qatif residents of yore, residents of Sederoth & the whole south because Tel Aviv residents FINALLY got to feel what rockets over their heads is like. I know it sounds cynical, but that's human nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-37734241125231517322014-07-29T14:28:45.993+03:002014-07-29T14:28:45.993+03:00Liane, I recently read an article at Aish.com wher...Liane, I recently read an article at Aish.com where a writer asked what does it take for YOU to get involved & oppose injustice. He referred to a research survey & it basically came down to how close to home negative consequences would occur. In "Grains of Sand" readers are pulled close to real live people so the can emphatize. When media marginalizes groups, people don't emphathize &, yes, media does that intentionally in many ways. What makes "Grains of Sand" more relevant today is the current Hamas Gazan Arab war on ALL of Israel which many have admitted are a direct result of the Israeli expulsion of Jews from that area. Since the consequences are being felt by ALL residents of Israel, we are now ALL able to empathize w/Gush Qatif residents of yore, residents of Sederoth & the whole south because Tel Aviv residents FINALLY got to feel what rockets over their heads is like. I know it sounds cynical, but that's human nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com