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We are still waiting for someone to say: We failed you
By
Aron Troen
My sister and brother-in-law were murdered on October 7. Their children survived. No government representative has ever come to look us in the eye and take responsibility
Yehuda Beinin
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves
The government’s politics of vengeance and dehumanization will not bring my son-in-law back from the dead. It will only create another generation of hatred
Linda Lovitch
An oasis of unity and comfort in Hostages Square
Amidst the post-October 7th discord and divisiveness, the Masorti Movement’s daily singing and prayer circle was a safe place of comfort and unity for all
From the blogs
Israel must defend itself — without defending the indefensible
By
Donniel Hartman
Rejecting false accusations against Israel must not mean denying its real moral failures. To reclaim our voice, we need to learn to do both
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I wish
I want to rewind to a time before my son’s childhood friend was buried on Mount Herzl
From the blogs
Taking ownership of October 7
By
Daniel Chamovitz
We need to ask not only who failed to prevent the catastrophe, but what our leaders did once it began — and whether they have taken responsibility since
Katie Posey
To Israel, from your Christian allies: We stand beside you
In the past, our community persecuted the Jews, but now some of us are grateful and celebrate the light you bring to the world. Evil does not get the final word
Avi Lewis
The airstrikes we canceled: What NAZA leaves out
The film has it backwards: I worked with the IDF’s casualty estimate system. It’s a brake on civilian deaths, not a license to kill
October 7: What I wrote then, and what I know now
By
Tuvia Book
Three years later, I look back at Kfar Aza and Be’eri, the soldiers beside me, and what this war has taught me about courage, loss and who we are
Nim Shapira
I made a film about hostage posters. I was accused of centering ‘whiteness’
It takes a particular habit of mind to look at a grainy photo of a kidnapped person and start by asking what color they are
Barry Finestone
What I want my non-Jewish friends to see this October 7
Protest Israel’s policies all you like. But when people mark a massacre of Jews by celebrating its perpetrators, something else is happening
5 reasons to be upset about Mamdani’s October 7 tweet
By
Ruthie Hollander
If only New York’s mayor had stopped his message after the first 40 words of sympathy for Israeli victims. But no
Nir Asch
Three years on, fare well
In war, we learned to carry one another despite our differences. Now I am trying to bring that way of being together home
Shimon Sheves
Flydubai: Luck is not a security policy
A bathroom trip, a wounded captain and a few brave passengers prevented a catastrophe. That should trigger an investigation, not a photo op
From the blogs
Flydubai Flight FZ1073 and the indomitability of the Jews
By
Michael Oren
We love life in ways that will always outpace the death-cult of those who would destroy us and we will always rise up to defend it – even if we had somewhere else to go
Shahar Varon
Israel needs repair, not a return to normal
My generation stepped up when the government failed. Now we deserve a country where service is shared, sacrifice is honored and leaders are held accountable
Dan Illouz
October 7th could have been prevented
Very few people in Israeli politics can say that had they been prime minister, October 7th would not have happened. Avigdor Liberman can
Alan Abrams
The best educational system in the world — at 34,000 feet
The passengers who saved Flight 1073 showed an Israeli talent for acting fast and working together — a hidden curriculum learned from childhood
Baseless hatred
By
Peter Buchsbaum
The repeated attacks on Reform synagogues should alarm all who care about Israel. Hatred that divides Jew from Jew betrays both Judaism and Zionism.
Neta Patrick
What Gloria Steinem can teach us about the Cornell 7
If we teach boys from a young age to be strong without controlling others and to refuse to stand idly by if their peers get violent, we can prevent sexual violence
Chana Svei
I’m an ultra-Orthodox woman whose Jewish experience changed on October 7
At first, I hid my identity, but when I encountered a group spouting anti-Zionist propaganda, I spoke up – and discovered I needed a police escort to my car
We studied American Jews’ mental health after Oct. 7. They’re not OK
By
Becky Reed
From fear of antisemitic attacks to being demonized by institutions where they’d felt at home, Diaspora Jews are in pain
Top Ops
Jonathan Jacoby
An open letter to Jonathan Greenblatt: This time, choose engagement
The ADL praised Trump while criticizing parts of his antisemitism policy. Why not take the same approach to Mamdani’s new plan for safeguarding Jewish New Yorkers?
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
Simchat Torah: Where there’s change, I find hope
Dancing with the Torah was once a hard sell for many Orthodox women, but it’s the default for the next generation in my shul – a quiet revolution on the women’s side
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