The annual Herzog College Bible study seminar at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut – attended recently by over 6,000 men and women, young and old, religious and secular – is a magnificent enterprise, an intellectual treat, and an exhilarating spiritual experience. Yet the Israeli press regularly ignores this uplifting event, year after year. The military censor itself couldn’t have done a better job of blocking news of the conference.
Why? Probably because Israeli journalists are embarrassed by the Bible’s popularity. They’re petrified that so many people feel that the Bible is relevant.
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