Jeffrey Hart, a Dartmouth Professor of English wrote: "I conclude that Israel is literally sacred to much or almost all of Jewish opinion. And I mean sacred taking the term with full literalness... I understand why Israel in fact has become sacred. The history of the 20th century is, to put it mildly, unique. The Holocaust is a sort of hole in the cosmos, a guarantor of the existence of evil. It is an equivalent for Jew son the Crucifixion. Israel then became the equivalent of the Redemption."
“Between 1305 and the early 1800’s. the House of Taxis ran a form of pony express service all over Europe…. Its couriers clad in blue and silver uniforms, crisscrossed the continent carrying messages between princes and generals, merchants and money lenders.” –Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave We may think we are the first generation consumed by rapid communication but we are not. Throughout our history it has been a priority. Of course, now in the 21 st century we must ask: are we better or worse for it?
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