Comments on: Closing Ceremonies http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/history-community/closing-ceremonies/ Mixed Multitudes Mon, 1 Dec 2008 20:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Solomon2 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/history-community/closing-ceremonies/#comment-991 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:55:36 +0000 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/history-community/closing-ceremonies/#comment-991 <i>I pray that my children will feel inclined to type away on their wrist-embedded computer chips when Saudi, Iranian, Syrian, Palestinian and Indonesian speakers address future conferences because of the tikkun we do to render Muslim-Jewish relations kinda boring. </i> Perhaps ultimate success will be realized when everything is so normal that one's contribution is forgotten, just as several Conferees forgot, or never learned, how much respect King Juan Carlos deserves, as thirty years ago he stood proud for democracy when a fascist coup was attempted in his name. BTW Mr. Alexander, the CoA mailbox is full. I pray that my children will feel inclined to type away on their wrist-embedded computer chips when Saudi, Iranian, Syrian, Palestinian and Indonesian speakers address future conferences because of the tikkun we do to render Muslim-Jewish relations kinda boring.

Perhaps ultimate success will be realized when everything is so normal that one’s contribution is forgotten, just as several Conferees forgot, or never learned, how much respect King Juan Carlos deserves, as thirty years ago he stood proud for democracy when a fascist coup was attempted in his name.

BTW Mr. Alexander, the CoA mailbox is full.

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