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{weblog_name} - Rosh Hashanah And Burning Korans
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It’s just a few hours before the sun dips below the horizon, and I’m doing my best to reflect on the past year and set goals for 5771.  As a people, we pray for peace. But it feels as if the harder we pray, the more distant the reality of peace becomes. The Israelis and Palestinians are finally back at the table, and expectations are extremely low for any substantial outcome. Meanwhile, the traditional media and the new social media are all abuzz over the Muslim cultural center to be built in the vicinity to Ground Zero.  It shows that anti-Islamic backlash is becoming a real issue in this country. One innocent Arab American cab driver was stabbed by a drunken idiot in Manhattan. Now Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, is planning a Koran burning… read more