Na stronie od 2026-03-17
Choosing Between October 6 and October 8
Yossi Klein Halevi, Hadassah Magazine
To be a post-October 7 Jew is to know the strangeness of Jewish fate and ponder the meaning of the Jewish story. Zionism set out to end the anomaly of Jewish otherness and return us to the community of nations. How is it possible that, in a world replete with mass murder and state repression, we are once again the symbol of evil?
And most of all: Why is it always about the Jews? This is not only a political question about the persistence of an ancient hatred but a theological one. For me, as a Jew of faith, this time only strengthens the credibility of the story we have told ourselves from our earliest origins: That we are a people consecrated to a Divine purpose, and otherness comes with a price. That no matter how hard we try to “normalize” Jewish fate, Jewish destiny intrudes. And the price, it seems, is periodic ostracism.
