When so much about Israel today seems (to a newly-converting and hence newly-aware person like me) to focus on a piece of real estate the size of New Jersey as the source of all evil in the world, it’s an actual relief to stumble across a proper contemporary history of Israel.
It has always seemed obvious to me, even before I considered converting, that Israel has a right to exist. Even as a kid, managing to not fall asleep during mass, I noticed in the gospels that it was the Romans who killed Jesus, not Caiaphas and that lot — they were obviously just puppets. Of course, if one continues along these lines, one ends up with the notion that the Romans went to Judaea, took over its religion, and continue to run their own version of it today.
But that’s just crazy talk. Time to wake up and drink the tea.
white pebble 