Seeing October 7 Through the Long Arc of the Jewish Story
Rabbi Sacks reminds us that all these extremities of Jewish life are part of our story. They have shaped us into we are.
Rabbi Sacks reminds us that all these extremities of Jewish life are part of our story. They have shaped us into we are.
As hostility grows, a group of concerned alumni offers seven concrete steps to protect Jewish students that can apply to any college.
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.