The Uncomfortable Truths of October 7
and Modern America
Posted By: Moritz55, 12/15/2023 4:57:17 PM
Jews across the globe knew that Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack was different. The scale and the planning it took. The medieval approach and butchery. The trauma inflicted. The sexual atrocities. But what we couldn’t have expected was how deeply the attack, and the ensuing fallout, would be felt here in America. It’s hard to think of any event — especially one that occurred several thousand miles away — that has caused more consideration of the facets of American society than 10/7 has. This terrorist attack has unsettled key orthodoxies that have guided us since as far back as the Constitution. It has rattled us to our core
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Though Jessica Tarlov is a liberal, she makes some valuable points in this article.