By: Moshe Dann – The Jerusalem Post
Jewish historical memory is focused on several fundamental experiences, among them: hurban – the destructions of the First and Second Temples, and korban – ritual temple sacrifice, both of which are grounded in the Land of Israel.
I thought of this when I was recently told of a tour of the Temple Mount on a Sunday morning. I hesitated. The last time I’d been at the site was just after the Six-Day War. I had joined a group of volunteers who came to Israel from all over the world in response to what the Arabs and the media predicted would be another Holocaust.
Israel’s victory turned the situation into a huge party.Not observant then, I joined thousands of people who thronged into Jerusalem’s Old City for the first time in almost 20 years, walking through dust and rubble to witness the devastation and visit the site that is the center of Jewish consciousness: the Temple Mount.
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