A Letter to the Liberal Jews of 2024
Yearning for nuance in the face of unmitigated evil.
November 6, 2024
Yearning for nuance in the face of unmitigated evil.
One of the phenomena Wertheimer discusses in that essay is the people who call themselves “October 8 Jews” to describe “their transition from slumbering complacency to vigilant activism.” But there is no small number of American Jews who slumber on, or remain half-awake, unable to process fully events that run deeply contrary to their assumptions about the world. John Podhoretz addresses this group:
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UNIFIL’s dismal record.
If Tehran is planning another missile attack, Jerusalem shouldn’t have to wait until after the U.S. elections to act.
A nation that has forgotten how to mourn.
Bernie Marcus, z”l, co-founder of Home Depot.