In the Wake of Oct. 7, More and More Jews are Going Tribal
Jews feel cheated by the world. At the lowest moment of modern Jewish history, when we could have expected a sea of global sympathy, we got the opposite.
Jews feel cheated by the world. At the lowest moment of modern Jewish history, when we could have expected a sea of global sympathy, we got the opposite.
The studio version of “Now and Then” omits the “I don’t want to lose you” bridge that touched on the frightening possibility of Lennon losing the love of his life.
After the bewildering and surreal darkness of Oct. 7, followed by the biggest burst of Jew hatred in recent memory, the great majority of Jews have picked a side. Their own.
Israel is in ugly combat with barbarians who hide behind civilians. We need to attack and publicly humiliate these cowards and strip them of all pretense of nobility.
“I am letting you know that the Jewish parents at Cornell and the Jewish people all around are not going to be placated by lack of moral clarity and let this continue.”
By bringing Jews of all backgrounds together, the existential crisis coming out of October 7 has reminded us that we are, above all, a people.
October 7 was so horrific it threatened to ambush the Palestinian cause. So they did what people have done for centuries: They changed the subject and blamed the Jews. That always works.
It’s as if all the victims of the October 7 massacres have lodged themselves in my brain.
While Jews were mourning the atrocities of October 7, progressive Jew haters were panicking at the potential loss of their foundational narrative.
That’s a hard pill to swallow: 1300 Jews get massacred and it’s the Jewish students who are not feeling safe. The upside is that I’ve never seen such a show of Jewish unity.