fellow jews, where no one looked at me as other. and what has happened over the weekend, but really, what started in charlottesville, is that i have come to recognize just how naive i was. that this was always there. it just never had been surfaced. and we can get into a debate over why it is surfacing now. i happen to think that the current administration plays a role. but it is very discomforting to see it presented to you, just this clearly, to watch 11 people die, and especially during the performance of a bris. a bris, for those who are not affiliated, is the ceremony of circumcision that accompanies a son when he is eight days old. in this case, it might have been a baby naming, in which case it was a daughter. but for me, my kid's bris was, i was overcome with tears in that moment. it was so profound. it was so difficult, the joys and the fears of fatherhood just confronting you, but also the