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- LETTERS, Page 4Temple Reconstruction
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- Since critical eyebrows were raised at my opposition to the
- construction of the Third Temple in Jerusalem (RELIGION, Oct.
- 16), may I bring to your attention none other than our
- prophets' and sages' protesting building temples and sanctuaries
- when the miniature temples of society -- our families, streets,
- schools, political and social institutions -- do not conduct
- their day-to-day affairs with the sanctity reflecting humanity,
- which was created in the image of God. Were Isaiah to scan
- TIME's weekly reportage of the enormous ailments of society,
- would he not exclaim once again, "What need I of all your
- sacrifices?"
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- Rabbi Pesach Schindler, Israel Director United Synagogue
- of America Jerusalem
-
- One need not be a fanatic to appreciate that the security
- of the Al Aqsa Mosque, which occupies a site near that proposed
- for the Third Temple, is as sacred to Muslims as the security
- of Israel is to Jews. Failure to understand is to deny the
- reality of a situation that is already dangerously volatile.
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- Abdul Cader Asmal, President Islamic Center of Boston
- Wayland, Mass.
-