Dissecting the Genocide Lie
First, stop playing the numbers game.
July 24, 2025
Why we worry.
Since Hamas’s invasion of Israel, hardly a day has gone by that I haven’t worried about Israel. And that’s true of many American Jews, as the survey data sugest. But does all this worrying have value? This question was taken up from a theological perspective by one of America’s greatest rabbinic minds, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, in 1958. (Video, 8 minutes. Yiddish with English subtitles. Click “CC” if the subtitles are not automatically visible.)
First, stop playing the numbers game.
Instead, young Jews are divided from their fellow Americans.
Appeasement won’t work.
Why we worry.
What, Jews worry?
Since Hamas’s invasion of Israel, hardly a day has gone by that I haven’t worried about Israel. And that’s true of many American Jews, as the survey data sugest. But does all this worrying have value? This question was taken up from a theological perspective by one of America’s greatest rabbinic minds, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, in 1958. (Video, 8 minutes. Yiddish with English subtitles. Click “CC” if the subtitles are not automatically visible.)
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