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| + | '''December 5th'''<br>Sorry, no devar torah this week...<br> | ||
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| − | + | It's been another crazy week. The tragedy in Mumbai last week affected us here both directly and indirectly. Not only were our fellow Jews murdered in cold blood (which, sadly, is nothing new), but some of the victims were laid to rest here in Jerusalem. Beyond that, our company has extensive dealings with India (and we have Indian staff), so our colleagues there were quite shaken. And finally, numerous people suggested helpfully that I might want to stay away from India -- as though there is any place in the world "off limits" to the animals who perpetrate these atrocities. | |
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| + | There were comments posted in various places on-line to the effect that, yes, several Jews were killed, but lots more Indians were -- so it wasn't anything especially to do with Jews. Of course, that was before one of the captured terrorists admitted that one of the goals was specifically "to kill Jews". But even without that: 171 Indians were killed, and 6 Jews. The population of India is 1.1 billion, of whom 50,000 are Jews. That means that while Jews constitute 0.0045 percent of India's population, they made up slightly more than 3.5 percent of the victims. Given that even long term residents of Mumbai don't know where the Chabad house was (or even that it existed), it would beggar the imagination to think the terrorists had not specifically targeted Chabad house. May God avenge His servants' split blood! | ||
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Revision as of 15:42, 5 December 2008
December 5th
Sorry, no devar torah this week...
Hi again!
It's been another crazy week. The tragedy in Mumbai last week affected us here both directly and indirectly. Not only were our fellow Jews murdered in cold blood (which, sadly, is nothing new), but some of the victims were laid to rest here in Jerusalem. Beyond that, our company has extensive dealings with India (and we have Indian staff), so our colleagues there were quite shaken. And finally, numerous people suggested helpfully that I might want to stay away from India -- as though there is any place in the world "off limits" to the animals who perpetrate these atrocities.
There were comments posted in various places on-line to the effect that, yes, several Jews were killed, but lots more Indians were -- so it wasn't anything especially to do with Jews. Of course, that was before one of the captured terrorists admitted that one of the goals was specifically "to kill Jews". But even without that: 171 Indians were killed, and 6 Jews. The population of India is 1.1 billion, of whom 50,000 are Jews. That means that while Jews constitute 0.0045 percent of India's population, they made up slightly more than 3.5 percent of the victims. Given that even long term residents of Mumbai don't know where the Chabad house was (or even that it existed), it would beggar the imagination to think the terrorists had not specifically targeted Chabad house. May God avenge His servants' split blood!
Until next week,
Shabbat shalom!
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