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Academics and others redefine terms for their own political purposes, warping the minds of young people in the process.The post ‘Palestine’ and the energy of colonization appeared first on JNS.org.

A number of years ago, after hailing a cab in Jerusalem and settling in for the ride, I noticed the driver’s name: Chaim Ben Attar.  Chaim Ben Attar?! “Are you a descendant of the holy Ohr HaChaim?” The sainted Rav Chaim ben Attar, originally of Morocco, eventually of Jerusalem, and now resting on Har Hazeitim (the Mount of Olives), is known to all who study his epic Torah commentary as the Ohr HaChaim Hakadosh.