On a visit to Israel, I learned to curb my certainty and listen to our complicated people - opinion
At 9 a.m., they learned that Hamas fighters were inside Nir Yitzhak, and Ariel, an experienced military veteran, was afraid like he had never been before.
Scenes from a trip to Israel with New York City's Temple Emanu-El, including a Shabbat table installed in Tel Aviv with some 200 empty chairs for the Israelis kidnapped by Hamas, January 13-18, 2024. (photo credit: Joshua Davidson)ByRABBI JOSHUA M. DAVIDSON/JTA