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Where was God on October 7?
By
Benjamin Porat
There is a path out of hopelessness and it does not go through notions of divine punishment, divine plan or divine mystery
Hannah Wacholder Katsman
Comfort among the mourners
When Hamas murdered my son Hayim z”l, I knew the grieving would be a public affair. I did not know it would console others
Cheryl Levi
Catering to terrorists
The US has put Israel in an impossible position, forcing it to feed Hamas in order to obtain arms it needs to fight Hamas
Is there hope for 2024?
By
Sherri Mandell
It is not optimism or a good attitude, but a sense of purpose that you work at and build. We all can create hope
Michael Fertik
This war will bolster Israel’s stature as an AI powerhouse
The conflict with Hamas is lots of things: terrible, sad and also fertile ground for massive and rapid technical innovation
Julie Sandorf
Safeguarding Israeli journalists
Among the first to view Hamas’s October 7 atrocities, reporters and photographers are now dealing with the trauma; Shomrim has a fund to help
Gimme shelter
By
Jason Fredric Gilbert
It’s not the reinforced walls or blast door that protects the people as much as it is their impossible optimism
Benjamin Blech
Why do they hate us?
I first asked this question when I was a young boy, fleeing the Holocaust on the last boat out of Europe. Now I have an answer
Nimrod Dweck
Judicial overhaul is still a danger – we must fix the cracks
Alongside a nationwide process of soul-searching, the protest movement must channel work toward passage of 2 critical laws
Sleeping with Kafka
By
Henry Greenspan
There is nothing I can do. It doesn’t matter what sin I committed. Or didn’t. It has been decided. I have to leave.
A tin of love and cookies
By
Jeremy M Staiman
Nothing compares to my mom’s recipe – given the chance, I even ate my brother’s portion. But I bet my sons serving in Gaza will share
Top Ops
Susannah Dainow
My dad is right to the left of me
My father’s moral interrogation makes me confront difficult questions: Is Israel doing all it can for Gazan civilians?
Sarah Bronson
The cracks in my plates
Since October 7, so much of who I am – my beliefs, my character, my values, my inner world – has become subject to change
Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
We must determine what went wrong, so we can make it right
If Israel doesn’t ask the hard questions now, how will the people in power whose errors led to October 7th avoid them?
Eliezer Finkelman
The fire hose and the trickle: Humanitarian aid to the population of Gaza
Hamas leaders explain that the terror organization elected to govern Gaza is not responsible for providing for anyone but its fighters
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