Редакция:
– Если позволите, такой вопрос: как Вы пришли к Православию и почему именно Православие?
Шамир:
– Мой путь ко Христу тоже начался издалека. Я переводил Агнона, известного израильского писателя, и обнаружил у него мотивы, которые иначе как крипто-христианскими не назовешь. Я написал об этом пространный комментарий – его можно прочесть на моем сайте:
www.israelshamir.net/ru/agnon.htm
Издавался он и книгой несколько раз, последнее издание было довольно давно, в московском издательстве «Республика». Потом я часто думал о судьбе палестинского народа, страдавшего, как страдал Христос. Я писал об этом по-английски:
Easter greetings to you from Israel Shamir
Today is a beautiful day, a day of new hope and new promise. Two thousand years ago, the first joust of two spirits, the spirit of brotherhood of Man and the spirit of Master-Slave domination, was over. Jesus taught, love your neighbour as yourself, even if he is a traditional enemy of Jews, a Samaritan. That is why he was hated by the Jewish supremacists of his time. He said: you can not worship God and Mammon, the god of greed, you have to choose. That is why he was hated by supply-side economists and bankers of his day. They sentenced him to death and the Empire obliged and carried out the execution, in order to keep peace with these all-important forces. Our fathers did not dare to speak against their leaders. The spirit of domination scored a victory, but the spirit of brotherhood did not vanish.
I received the Easter message of Naim Ateek, a priest from Jerusalem. He writes, «Here in Palestine, Jesus is again walking the Via Dolorosa. It only takes people of insight to see the hundreds of thousands of crosses throughout the land, Palestinian men, women, and children being crucified. Palestine has become one huge Golgotha, the place of the skull’.
The Jewish supremacy forces and the greed worshippers united again to crucify Christ. The US, this New Rome, again gives hand and agrees to become the executioner. Now it is our turn to decide.
History gave us an incredible luxury, Take Two, as they say in the movie production. We can now repeat the mistake of our fathers and silently connive with the plans of our self-appointed leaders. We can correct this mistake now, and stop the crucifixion.