That's Not Even Close
What the hell was he thinking:
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, former chief rabbi of Israel and leading halachic authority in the religious Zionist camp said this week that the tsunami that wracked South East Asia was retribution for supporting the disengagement plan.
I'm skeptical as to the extent to which most of the victims - people from towns and villages without telephones - had been able to form the kind of nuanced understanding of Israeli politics required to literally bring down the wrath of God for being wrong. Then again, I'm no theologian.
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, former chief rabbi of Israel and leading halachic authority in the religious Zionist camp said this week that the tsunami that wracked South East Asia was retribution for supporting the disengagement plan.
I'm skeptical as to the extent to which most of the victims - people from towns and villages without telephones - had been able to form the kind of nuanced understanding of Israeli politics required to literally bring down the wrath of God for being wrong. Then again, I'm no theologian.
