Within Us
Parshat Nitzavim-Vayeilech (Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30)
Parshat Nitzavim-Vayeilech (Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30)
OK, let\’s get it over with. Normative Islam today cannot make a peace treaty with a Jewish State in the midst of the Islamic world. It just doesn\’t make it, not in terms of historical precedent, cultural expectations or religious law. Islamists simply trump liberal Muslims on this.
According to my son, Disney\’s \”The Lion King\” is the greatest film ever made. He saw it three times in the theater,and insisted on playing the soundtrack every morning on our way to school. All the way to kindergarten, we sang the film\’s stirring theme song, \”The Circle of Life,\” until, one morning, I listened to the words.