{"id":58667,"date":"2014-10-04T20:59:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T04:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=58667"},"modified":"2014-10-04T20:59:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T04:59:06","slug":"as-israel-is-the-jewish-state-are-shuls-rational-targets-for-those-who-dont-like-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=58667","title":{"rendered":"As Israel is the Jewish state, are shuls rational targets for those who don’t like Israel?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I find this challenging<\/a>: “In 2004 the Board of Deputies of British Jews criticized [Gilad] Atzmon for saying, “I’m not going to say whether it is right or not to burn down a synagogue, I can see that it is a rational act<\/a>.” Atzmon responded<\/a> in a letter to The Observer that “since Israel presents itself as the ‘state of the Jewish people\u2019 … any form of anti-Jewish activity may be seen as political retaliation. This does not make it right.”<\/p>\n

Almost every synagogue has a security guard out front, and during Jewish holidays such as Yom Kippur, there’s usually an increase in security.<\/p>\n

I’ve never been to a church where there were security guards out front and metal detectors to pass through. <\/p>\n

Whenever Israel is in conflict, I notice an increase in security at shuls. Surely this increase in security is a rational act because when Israel is at war, Jews and shuls are more likely to get attacked. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I find this challenging: “In 2004 the Board of Deputies of British Jews criticized [Gilad] Atzmon for saying, “I’m not going to say whether it is right or not to burn down a synagogue, I can see that it is … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-israel","category-jews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t