Israel_Spiritual_Symposium_Israel_Independence_Day_Pain_and_Blessings by Rabbi Emanuel Feldman Yom Ha'Atzma'ut will be rather painful this year, especially for those of us fortunate enough to live in Israel. I am not looking forward to Yom Ha'Atzma'ut this year. It will be rather painful, especially for those of us fortunate enough to live in Israel. It is not only that celebrations in the midst of a bloody battle against terrorism will make the day so difficult. Rather, it is the persistence of delusion in Israeli national life. One manifestation of this is the continuing inability of the architects of the ill-fated mirage known as...
