Egyptian gods and Greek Jews

The unidentified individuals who beheaded and dismembered statues of Isis and Osiris at the Sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods at Brexiza, near Marathon, remain unknown. The unidentified individuals who vandalized the Holocaust Memorial in Thessaloniki, which has been targeted before, remain unknown.

The culprits must be arrested and punished - but even more important is the need to understand that the river of hate that inspires such acts is deeper and wider than we like to think. It flows among us.

Among the many divisions that mark Greek society is one between acceptance of the new and insistence on the old. Often, this "dialogue" leads to a synthesis, as when a researcher discovers something which benefits the whole of society, including those who tried to obstruct progress - or like when a successful member of the diaspora pays for the refurbishment of the church...