Tel Aviv Diary: Karen Alkalay-Gut

We seem to be getting a lot of flak lately. Some with good reason, some really not deserved. Take the rededication of the Hurva Synagogue, for example, which has created a “Day of Rage” on the part of Arab residents. According to Wikipedia, this synagogue was around for a very long time before it was destroyed by the Jordanians in 1948 and there is a good reason to rebuild it and rededicate it. But there is no reason to do it right now, when tensions are so high about building in Jerusalem. No synagogue is that important that it can’t be moved, delayed, or just quietly used.