Godwrestling
Arthur Waskow
1978
My own efforts to wrestle with the Ishmael story came from my fierce fears and hopes for modern Israel, my urgency to discover how Israel could live in peace, my efforts to talk with angry, fearful, and despairing Jews about what could be done. But as I struggled with these questions, that still more intimate struggle of my life—my wrestle with my…
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