Zionism was never a promise that nothing terrible would happen to Jews again. It was the promise that, whatever happened, there would still be somewhere to go home to and celebrate our holidays.
We need to remember 10/7/23, the Hebrew date on which it occurred: Simhat Torah 5784. Our opponents are co-opting 10/7 on college campuses and in the public square.
We remember Israeli Independence day on the Hebrew date; we remember the Yom Kippur War on the Hebrew date; and we remember our Bar/Bat Mitzvot by the parsha
Our Jewish world, especially in the diaspora, has also changed significantly since then. It’s hard to believe Israel had relative normalcy before October 7th. The world despises Israel and Jews 10x more today
My mother’s cousin made Aliyah in 1971. She recently wrote to us in a family email that this was the first year since 10/7/23 that her family decided that putting up the sukkah felt like the right thing to do. She said that it’s finally beginning to feel like Israel is turning a corner, and slowly they’re getting back to an “Israel normal.”
Wow Justin what you wrote is hard to take after reading Joshua’s beautiful post about the people on the plane wanting to go “home.” Try kindness next time. There are many allies of ours in the diaspora who love us. I know them.
We need to remember 10/7/23, the Hebrew date on which it occurred: Simhat Torah 5784. Our opponents are co-opting 10/7 on college campuses and in the public square.
We remember Israeli Independence day on the Hebrew date; we remember the Yom Kippur War on the Hebrew date; and we remember our Bar/Bat Mitzvot by the parsha
This brought me to tears of joy. Never in my life have I felt more proud to be a Jew.
Our Jewish world, especially in the diaspora, has also changed significantly since then. It’s hard to believe Israel had relative normalcy before October 7th. The world despises Israel and Jews 10x more today
My mother’s cousin made Aliyah in 1971. She recently wrote to us in a family email that this was the first year since 10/7/23 that her family decided that putting up the sukkah felt like the right thing to do. She said that it’s finally beginning to feel like Israel is turning a corner, and slowly they’re getting back to an “Israel normal.”
Wow Justin what you wrote is hard to take after reading Joshua’s beautiful post about the people on the plane wanting to go “home.” Try kindness next time. There are many allies of ours in the diaspora who love us. I know them.