Bradley Burston writes regularly for Ha'aretz. He has been visiting Rome, includingthe church of St. Peter in Chains, which houses Michelangelo's magnificent statue of Moses. Running with a metaphor, he contemplates Moses, the ten commandments, the Israelis and Palestinians, and the occupation of the West Bank.Burston: "I decided to do the very last thing the Jewish People needs: start a new Jewish organization."The inspiration was the unassuming but sublime church of San Pietro in Vincoli [St. Peter in Chains]. Tucked into a back corner of the city, it is home to Michelangelo's monumentally wistful marble of Moses."Rest here:http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1079369.html
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