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National Trauma Can Be Cathartic
By Micah Halpern

Monday January 9, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

Where were you when Ronald Reagan was shot? What do you remember about the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated?

National trauma is often also nationally cathartic.
It mandates reflection.
It serves as an impetus for dialogue about a nation's past goals and future vision. It is a time for collective evaluation.
It is a time to question who you are as a people and what you are as a nation.

It happened, in Israel, after the Rabin assassination.
It is exactly what is happening in Israel today.
I wish Sharon a full recovery and yet I know that because of his stroke Israelis are taking a realistic look at their past and trying to identify their vision for the near and distant future.

Nerves are raw but real discussion and analysis occurs.
I call it assessment and re-assessment.
The end result is repair and rejuvenation.

4 June 2017 12:14 PM in Thoughts


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