Six months after Oct. 7, Israelis pray for the safe return of the hostages in services that range from pilates to Orthodox liturgy.The post ‘Hostages Square’ in Tel Aviv is
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Our youth have left the chamber.
We continue to commit such a disservice to our youth, putting them on the frontline to fight for
our right to exist, carrying the weight of 2,000 years of exile, when they themselves don’t even know the aleph-bet of their own existence – let alone – Israel’s. Why should a teenager on their way to college, managing their academic work-load, a part-time job, perhaps a relationship – while simultaneously discovering their own place in this world – now take on the responsibility of defending the modern nation-state of Israel with her own set of complexities, identity crises, and growing pains?