Museum of Tolerance Special Report Time to Bury the Project With the Bones
A quick glance at the plans for the Museum of Tolerance makes it clear why the huge area allotted and inconceivable investment in titanium and glass have sparked a protest among people who care deeply about Jerusalem.
The world is full of graves. The world is full of remains. The world is full of skeletons metaphoric ones, too. If you dig deep enough, there will always be a reasonable chance that beneath every building or park or highway, ghostly memories from the past will be unearthed, which are only waiting for the right moment to arise from their slumber. When they reach the surface, you can depend on them to spur a scandalous affair, to foment an uproar. Power struggles, national conflicts or political interests that have some legitimacy and are often subsumed under the rubric of religious sensitivities provide endless golden opportunities for memories to emerge from their place of rest and air their grievances.