Guerre and Shalom

Guerre and Shalom

Yehoshua was a Jew

How one word created a fractured world

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Daniel Clarke-Serret
Dec 05, 2023
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I love languages.

I teach languages.

But languages divide as well as unite.

And language misused has brought interminable war to our world.

If I call Shlomo by the name Solomon or Suleiman or if I call Moshe by the name Moses or Musa I am doing more than translating a word. I am making a choice. A choice that has huge ramifications for peace in the world. …

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