Tuesday 17 March 2015

On being close to the land


Benny himself was conscious of the long history that tied him to the land where he lived... I was with him in Britain when a Jewish man asked him how long Benny's family had lived in Israel. He mishread Benny's reply and said "A hundred and twenty-seven years? That's a long time!"... "No," said Benny, "127 generations."

Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms ch. 5: Samaritans.

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