A Musing

This speech was recorded, so you can watch it here too:  https://youtu.be/97s7zfwczYc In times like these, we may have several different instincts. No matter how close we are to the victims, no matter how close we were to the congregation, nor to the city, nor to the country, nor even how close one may be to Jewry. Some will wish to curl up and cry: close himself off to the world be it with increasing armed security and growing increasingly jaded and suspicious of others, be it by staying in on holy days for fear of identification: fear violent reactions to preconceptions. And yet what good will this alone do? That murderer wins if we do this; the work of a terrorist is to take a small attack and to allow the rest of us to spiral out because of it. If we fall for this ploy, we do his work for him. Some may wish to flee: to return to the land of Israel where Jewry is by no means safe. We see reports every day of Jews being attacked or threats of violence sent...