Comments on: The War, Tisha B’Av, and a Season for Self Assessment http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/07/30/the-war-tisha-bav-and-a-season-for-self-assessment/ A Journal of Jewish Thought and Opinion Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jewish Observer http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/07/30/the-war-tisha-bav-and-a-season-for-self-assessment/#comment-64028 Jewish Observer Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:05:03 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/07/30/the-war-tisha-bav-and-a-season-for-self-assessment/#comment-64028 "How are we to act?" Not without some trepidation, I did my part, or part of my part, yesterday. I put my 13 year old on a plane to Israel and did not cancel his (or our) planned trip, despite rumours of daas torah saying not to come. My thinking is that if we are not in Israel doing the military thing, the least we can do is the civilian thing, by not piling on to the demoralization by canceling or avoiding going. “How are we to act?”

Not without some trepidation, I did my part, or part of my part, yesterday. I put my 13 year old on a plane to Israel and did not cancel his (or our) planned trip, despite rumours of daas torah saying not to come.

My thinking is that if we are not in Israel doing the military thing, the least we can do is the civilian thing, by not piling on to the demoralization by canceling or avoiding going.

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