On Brutal Soldiers and Children
Moshe Zuckermann
2001
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This text recounts an act of violence against a Palestinian child, an act that the author would not condone. The text provides insight into Jewish history; however, The Posen Library does not condone or promote violence of any kind.
How shall I bless him and what will this child be blessed with? asked the angel. Life—so it emerges from the song lyric—was among the options of the angel’s blessing. But after all, angels don’t exist, do they? And also faith that still craves with its last remnant of neurotic strength to isolate a sign of the existence of any deity whatsoever…
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