The October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel has reverberated in alarming ways in Israel and all over the world. Here are thoughts:
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Geography Now! ISRAEL
A well-rounded format for students that addresses the controversy head on from each perspective.
The Cries of Isaac and Ishmael
Senior Rabbi Angela Buchdahl speaks about the war on empathy and the painful way the Jewish community has become divided since October 7.
ISRAELI PERSPECTIVE
What Israelis Fear the World Does Not Understand
A discussion of Halevi’s unusual education as an Israeli Defense Forces soldier in Gaza during the first intifada, the “seminal disconnect” between how Israel is viewed from the inside versus from the outside. Author, most recently, of “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor." Nov 10, 2023 The Ezra Klein Show
PALESTINIAN PERSPECTIVE
Israel vs Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran
David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker. Remnick has been reporting from Israel for decades and has a deep familiarity and history with both the region and the politics and the people who are driving it.
consequences
consequences
Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi dissect the cascading consequences of the conflict
HOPE
Although Rabbi Buchdahl speaks about hope in the face of the Colleyville Synagogue Hostage Crisis, her message is wise and valuable.
Edited slide presentation on "hope" for the end of my 6th grade class on Israel/Palestine.
RESOURCES
Resources from AJC's Center for Education Advocacy for parents and students
"To think about Israel today I think you have to hold three thoughts in your head at the same time."
One way to
The One True Narrative of Israel
by Rabbi Gil Steinlauf | September 27, 2014
Organizations
The Massacre in Israel and the Need for a Decent Left
by Michelle Goldberg | Oct. 12, 2023
A Tale Of Love And Darkness
by Amos Oz and Nicholas de Lange | Nov 1, 2005
Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
by Matti Friedman | Apr 5, 2022
The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream
Has Obstructed the Path to Peace
bby Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf | Apr 28, 2020
Two things needed
The first is is the acceptance of the indigenousness of the Jewish People in this land.
The second is the practical application of a Jewish majority state.
Without these, trying to destroy the last best hope of the survival of the Jewish People.
Most Gazans trust nether Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority.
The People of Israel Are a Mixed Multitude
The People of Israel Are a Mixed Multitude
January 19, 2024
Israel’s ‘Morally Impossible Situation’
Israel’s ‘Morally Impossible Situation’
Oct 20, 2023
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