The connection between our matriarch Rachel and the assassination of Rabin teaches us a lesson we have yet to internalize | Liora Minka
Liora Minka draws a connection between the day of our matriarch Rachel's death on the 11th of Cheshvan and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin on the same date, calling for internalizing the lesson about brotherly hatred and social violence.
Liora Minka writes an opinion article linking the day of our matriarch Rachel's death, the 11th of Cheshvan, with the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, which occurred on the same date. The article quotes Rachel appearing in the Book of Jeremiah as one who weeps for her children and refuses to be comforted, paralleling this to the national weeping over the assassination and the social rift. Minka argues that in state-religious schools, they tend to mark mainly Rachel's death and not the assassination, due to complex relations between the religious-national public and general Zionism. She calls for recognizing the commonality between the events, understanding the roots of discord and violence, and working toward social repair through a discussion on the boundaries of protest and public responsibility.