[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Hmmmm... Will hte mainstream media let out a horrified shriek because a apecific religon was present at the ceremony? No doubt they would if Jesus was brought up. I'm glad Bush is allowing religon and the Constitution (there is no seperation between church and state, the federal govt simply can't establish a religon. Although it's OK for states to do so) to make a come back.

[Spirited]

The only "verbotten" is Jesus. Anything else is dandy. Much of the world hates him because he was a Jew, in any case.

I gather that Hebrew was used for the prayer, rather than the poem. Perhaps English or modern Hebrew for the poem.

I remember when the Jewish people did not know Hebrew other than as a religious entity. It is magnificent that the language was reacknowledged in 1948 and successfully constructed in a modern form to unify the nation.

How very beautiful to honor Col. Ramon.