Letter from Lhasa, number 157. (Segal 2006): In Those Days At This Time
by Roberto Abraham Scaruffi
Stahl, E., In Those Days At This Time. Holiness and History in the Jewish Calendar, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2006.
(Segal 2006).
Eliezer Segal
This book is a journey through the Jewish calendar with historical and cultural comments.
“Only in recent years have the Jewish communities of the United States and Canada become aware how our governments, while maintaining public postures of liberality and benevolence, were in fact hard at work suppressing all reports of Nazi genocide, and ensuring that no Jewish refugee would find refuge on our hospitable shores. At the same time, Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom was making additional efforts to keep Jews out of Palestine, for fear of alienating their Middle-Eastern allies.” (Segal 2006, p. 137)
There are, naturally, more interesting and meaningful considerations than the historical-political one just reported.
Stahl, E., In Those Days At This Time. Holiness and History in the Jewish Calendar, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2006.
