The Year American Jews Woke Up

New York Times - Bret Stephens - 04 October 2024

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"American Jews were aware, before the pogrom of Oct. 7, 2023, that antisemitism was once again a problem in our collective life... We were aware. But unless we had been directly affected by it, the antisemitism didn’t feel personal. The calls were in the news, but not quite in our lives.

After Oct. 7, it became personal. It was in the neighbourhoods in which we lived, the professions and institutions in which we worked, the colleagues we worked alongside, the peers with whom we socialized, the group chats to which we belonged, the causes to which we donated, the high schools and universities our kids attended. The call was coming from inside the house.

It happened in innumerable ways, large and small."