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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 10:19 AM Jul 2012

Temple Mount Tackiness

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/temple-mount-tackiness/260460/


Today is Tisha b'Av, the ninth of Av, a Jewish day of fasting and mourning. It is on this day that the First and Second Temples were destroyed. The Western Wall, in Jerusalem, is a retaining wall of the Second Temple. It is, especially on this day, a locus of prayer and reflection. It is also, on this particular Tisha b'Av, the location of a very important photo opportunity for an American presidential candidate.

How vulgar is this?

Very.
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Temple Mount Tackiness (Original Post) xchrom Jul 2012 OP
Photo Mitt Twitted from the Wailing Wall Berlum Jul 2012 #1
Leave it to Mitt... The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2012 #2
So Mitt stages a photo op at the kotel ON tisha b'av? Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #3
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