My favourite newspaper is Yisrael Hayom. Maybe because its political agenda is as vague as the PM that it supports. In any case, it doesn't scream politics. It presents news from all over the country, and , the crossword puzzles are fun to do with my kids. My Hebrew vocabulary has improved temendously since my son started bringing the paper hoem most days.
Today's paper has an article (by Elad Jana) for Shiva Asar bTammuz that reminds us that we are not mourning the stones as much as we are mourning the lack of justice in Jewish society that led to the destruction of Yerushalaim and the Mikdash.
The article ends with:
"In order to rebuild Yerushalaim from her ruins and end the terrible exile, we have to first restore the walls and protection that lead to love and unity. To always remember that we can be silent instead ogettign all worked up; compromise instead of fighting,; fidn that which we have in common instead of building emotional walls between us and our brothers who might be slightly different than ourselves. Thsoe walls are the barriers that must be torn down quickly to bring us to complete unity."
(any errors in the translation are mine)
