End of Golden Age?

Submitted by Peter Waldstein (United States), Aug 8, 2006 at 17:23

I'm curious why Daniel Pipes says the attack represents the end of the Golden Age of American Judaism. It's not that I doubt that some day the Golden Age will end, and perhaps that day has already arrived. But why does this particular murder signal the end?

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