tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27139233.post845843715092450137..comments2023-12-22T19:01:28.512-08:00Comments on Holy Nativity Orthodox Church: Reading Messianic Prophecy (As a Christian)Fr. Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16981965403145920704noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27139233.post-8539983113895682362009-12-15T14:14:44.914-08:002009-12-15T14:14:44.914-08:00Re: your last paragraph: I almost never read the n...Re: your last paragraph: I almost never read the news or political commentaries because I 1. am a skeptic about journalism and 2. usually find it boring, if not overwhelmingly depressing - but, I atypically picked up this book the other year:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Ambivalence-Adventures-Palestine-Jonathan-Garfinkel/dp/0393066746<br /><br />I realized as I read it that I had preconceptions that were somewhat similar to the author's before he went to Palestine. Where had I picked up these ideas? I think mostly from Christians who believed that Israel as a state *had to* exist, in order for the "end times" to arrive.<br /><br />I think Garfinkel presents a fair and balanced report on what he found in the Middle East. It is, of course, a personal account flavoured with his own dashed expectations, which may be why I found it easier to read than a news report. Not for younger readers, but I recommend it.<br /><br />Do you know about the group called Zochrot ("to remember" in Hebrew)? They're a group of Israelis who put up monuments to show places where Arab villages once were or where Arabs were killed.Mooshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737446370723825187noreply@blogger.com