Is Crusade a word to avoid? – News from Jerusalem

Let’s look at this whole scene from Jewish eyes and re-think the whole thing. One sign of a good ambassador and guest is that they avoid topics that are issues of controversy around their hosts and that they respect in advance the feelings of all concerned. The Crusades are such a topic. Christian pilgrims and tourists read much before they board the flight to make their aliyot to The Land. They will envelope themselves in the Bible, travel guides, history books that cover everything from Egyptian Pharaohs, Assyrian and Babylonian armies, Roman emperors and legions, Muslim Caliphs and Sultans and Crusaders.
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