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An Invitation To Be An Exemplar
I Stand With You Israel, Plus Ways To Help
“We may like your posts that say, “never again,” but we never fully believe it.” — Josh Gilman
It isn’t “just” about the current war in Israel, it’s about what it is like growing up Jewish.
“When you are Jewish, you are always aware that there is a large population in the world that wants to kill you.”
I am not Jewish myself, so I didn’t grow up with this mindset.
I did not play, “Hiding from the Nazis” instead of “Hide and Seek”.
To be worried about where you may need to hide if the worst happens.
To live every day wondering if today is the day, someone, somewhere, is going to try to kill you.
It happened to them on October 7th.
“More Jews died in one day than any day since the Holocaust. And the reality is that while we felt shock, we didn’t necessarily feel surprise.”
Can you imagine?
All your life you grew up thinking this was a possibility, and when it happens, you are not surprised?
