A comment (by Shlomo) posted on Tony Karon’s Rootless Cosmopolitan blog on 16 September, just after the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana – which fell on 12-13 September this year), made these observations about a major change in worldview or ethos since the early days surrounding the creation of the State of Israel (14 May 1948):
“When I was at Rosh Hashana services, the congregation said a prayer for Israel, as is customary. However, the prayer book was over fifty years old, so it was not what I was used to. The main focus [then] was on a just state and a “brotherhood of humanity” – in short, moral strength. This is very different from the modern version, which is predominantly a prayer for conquest, “shielding us from our enemies”, etc – in short, military strength. Both of these prayers were by and for religious Zionists. My, how times have changed”
The comment is made to this post on the Rootless Cosmopolitan blog.
