The overwhelming sorrow and dread we felt when we learned that Hersh was kidnapped is a terror I hope to never experience again and which makes the Goldberg-Polins’ horror almost unfathomable.
Of course, all overseas Jews are touched by the Simchat Torah massacre in very intimate and highly personal ways. And yet nothing compares to being with our brethren in person and in Israel.
At congregations throughout our community, members are deciding in droves to withdraw their membership, and, in turn, are causing some congregations substantial financial hardship.
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