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When Ya’alon reached the end of his tenure as the chief of the Israeli military, I accompanied him on a farewell tour. At every unit
“Every week 10,000 tons of food, medicine, and other humanitarian supplies are sent by Israel to Gaza.”
― Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
― Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
“By reading holy literature as if it were a dream, we gain access to a primary mode of our collective unconscious.”
― The River of Light: Jewish Mystical Awareness
― The River of Light: Jewish Mystical Awareness
“Being able to imagine and understand their point of view does not mean I have to adopt it. It does, however open the possibility that, eventually, adding another's point of view may challenge my opinions or perhaps reveal misconceptions, but I don't have to change or replace it in the moment. Listening to another's story is not a declaration of defeat.”
― A Land Twice Promised: An Israeli Woman's Quest for Peace
― A Land Twice Promised: An Israeli Woman's Quest for Peace
“The test of faith is whether I can make space for difference. Can I recognize God's image in someone who is not in my image, who language, faith, ideal, are different from mine? If I cannot, then I have made God in my image instead of allowing him to remake me in his.”
― The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
― The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
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