Daniel Gordis has an article in Friday's Jerusalem Post entitled "The Ground Zero mosque - what US could learn from Israel. He makes some excellent points, and I heartily recommend everyone read the article. The lesson, that Gordis tells us Israelis have learned and that Americans would be wise to learn, is that "the first necessary step in defending yourself is acknowledging that someone is out to destroy you."I must take issue, however, with the premise of one of his opening paragraphs:The freedom-of-religion argument suggests that if Jews sought to build a synagogue at Ground Zero (or anywhere else, for that matter), they would be within their rights. That's the American way. The opposing view suggests that while not every Catholic was guilty in the Holocaust, and not every Muslim perpetrated the crimes of 9/11, sensitivities still matter. Pope John Paul II had the decency to force the Carmelite nuns out of Auschwitz, and Muslim leaders, too, ought to relocate their...(Read Full Post)