The Specter in the Synagogue by Moshe Feiglin
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He had come for a visit in Israel, and we met in a Jerusalem hotel. We talked about Jewish identity, my analysis of today’s reality in Israel, about the need for belief-based leadership that can deal with the challenges facing our nation. We also talked about how hard it is to change the public’s perspective on reality — even when time and again the facts disprove the illusion. We talked and talked. The man had a remarkable grasp of the truth and I hardly noticed the time that had passed. Unexpectedly, he turned silent. He looked out the window and his eyes misted over. “I want to tell you something,” he said.
The strategic danger to Hungary’s Jews was its leaders.
The danger to Israel is not the Kassams and not the Iranian nuclear bomb. All of these are nothing more than reality that must be dealt with. But like in Hungary, the danger to Israel is its leaders who cling to their distorted perspective of reality and the opinion shapers who drag anybody who disagrees outside the synagogue.
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