Yeshayahu Leibowitz Quote

The rites at this Western Wall are revolting. This lighting of candles, the notes...It is a farce that they go up there and blow shofars. The greatest dramatist of all, Shakespeare, understood the trick. In the most horrifying and dramatic moments of his works - in Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, the buffoon appears. Apparently in the most dramatic moment in the history of the Jewish people, the buffoon must also enter, blowing the shofar and making these tasteless and demeaning gestures.

Interview with Ha'aretz 1968