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November 27, 2018

In the Face of Persecution, Jews’ Greatest Obligation Is to Keep Living as Jews

A bat mitzvah after a massacre.

On November 3—just one week after the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh—John Podhoretz’s younger daughter celebrated her bat mitzvah. He addressed the following reflections to her on the occasion:

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November 27, 2018

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