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7 October 2023 Book I: Jewish Reflections from Around the Globe
| Author: | Brettschneider, Marla Sussman, Bonita | |
| Year: | 2024 | |
| Pages: | 332 | |
| ISBN: | 1-4955-1283-5 978-1-4955-1283-4 | |
| Price: | $219.95 | |
7 October 2023 Book I
Jewish Reflections from Around the Globe offers a glimpse into some of the many perspectives on the horrors of Hamas’ 7 October massacre in Israel and events in Israel, Gaza, and Palestine since. This book is intended to reflect an historical moment of “the year of” 7 October 2023. The contributors in this book were drafting their pieces between 7 October 2023 and May 2024. We hope that this book will be helpful to people— including ordinary and suffering people, scholars, peacemakers, policy influencers, haters, empathizers, and all combinations of people—as the “now-ish” timing of the first six months after 7 October 2023 passes and particularly as more people, groups, institutes, movements, and governments claim that they have correctly assessed the period.
Jewish Reflections from Around the Globe offers a glimpse into some of the many perspectives on the horrors of Hamas’ 7 October massacre in Israel and events in Israel, Gaza, and Palestine since. This book is intended to reflect an historical moment of “the year of” 7 October 2023. The contributors in this book were drafting their pieces between 7 October 2023 and May 2024. We hope that this book will be helpful to people— including ordinary and suffering people, scholars, peacemakers, policy influencers, haters, empathizers, and all combinations of people—as the “now-ish” timing of the first six months after 7 October 2023 passes and particularly as more people, groups, institutes, movements, and governments claim that they have correctly assessed the period.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction Page 1
Acknowledgments Page 6
I Can’t Write Page 7 Anonymous
An International Conversation: Indonesia, Nicaragua, Page 8 Madagascar, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, US, Canada, and Israel
Speechless: A Sermon on Parshat Bo Page 27 Dianne Cohler-Esses
Sudanese Refugee Camp: Ethiopian Jewish Displacement Page 38 Kes Adane Mekonen & a Woman Community Member
History Stops for No One: During the First Year After Page 51 7 October, 19 April 2024 Irena Klepfisz
Rabbi Capers Funnye: Reflections Page 61 Capers Funnye
The All-But-Invisible Page 69 Mira Rivera
The Day After Page 75 Beth Martin
An Open Letter to My Friends Who Signed “Philosophy Page 78 for Palestine,” 4 November 2023 Seyla Benhabib
No Guilt Page 87 Ronnie Ben-Aron
Calaniot (Poppies) Page 91 Melody Meisel Klein
Ethiopian Jewish Advocacy: Letter of Support Page 93 from the Jewish Community in Addis Ababa to the Israeli Embassy
Comforting and Grief: Lessons from a War Page 94 Frimet Roth
In Memorial: From Campus to Kibbutz, Vivian Silver’s Legacy Page 102 Gila Axelrod
Skipping Shul this Shabbat Page 113 Yesoschar Katz
Rude Awakening Page 115 Judith Margolis
Ghanaian Jewish Advocacy: Message and Letter to the Israeli Consulate
Shomrei N’gi’ah-Do Not Touch Page 119 Sonja Pilz
Iraqi Farhud Survivor: I Survived a Pogrom in Iraq 82 Years Ago Page 125 Joseph Samuels
Toffee Migrations: Feminism in Times of Crisis 130 Robin Hackett
Jewish Pakistanis Respond Page 138 Curated by Z Karachi, Pakistan
What’s an Editor to Do? Page 157 Clare Kinberg
Federation des Juifs Noir: A French Jewish Response I Page 174 Guershon Nduwa
AmIFarafina: A French Jewish Response II Page 178 Hortense Tsiporah Bilé
I am Not a Politician: Return & Reconciliation Page 180 Aliza Arzt
Blog Posts Page 184 Joelle Novey
Who Would Have Thunk It? Page 195 Bonita Nathan Sussman
Côte d’Ivoire Documents Page 198 The Impact of 7 October 2023 on the Danite Community of Côte d’Ivoire Page 199 Paul Mette
Declaration of Support for Israel from the Jewish Communities of Côte D’Ivoire, 1 November 2023 Page 210
Reply from the Israeli Ambassador in Abidjan to Juifs CIV Pour Israel Regarding 7 October Support Page 214 Rony Yedidia Clein
If Not With Others…How? Page 215 Denni Liebowitz
Dawn of a New Era Page 217 Gerald Sussman
A Jewish American Says “Not in My Name!” Page 222 Penny Rosenwasser
Refusing to Give a “Word:” On the Liturgical Absence of an Afro-Palestinian Rabbi Page 230 Walter Isaac
Fifteen Ways I’m Angry, 7 October 2023-April 2024 Page 238 Debra Cash
Forgotten Historical Parallel and Ideological Precursors Page 243 Jason Guberman-P
Antisemitism in Paradise Page 253 Viva Hammer
From My Journal Page 263 Deborah Greniman
Who's the Fool who Told you Boys Don't Cry? Personal Reflections on 7 October Page 270 David Breakstone
How I Learned to Listen to the Other Side: A Personal Reflection on the Israel/Palestine Conflict Page 275 Sarah Silberstein Swartz
Appendix: Call for Papers Page 284 About the Editors Page 291
Introduction Page 1
Acknowledgments Page 6
I Can’t Write Page 7 Anonymous
An International Conversation: Indonesia, Nicaragua, Page 8 Madagascar, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, US, Canada, and Israel
Speechless: A Sermon on Parshat Bo Page 27 Dianne Cohler-Esses
Sudanese Refugee Camp: Ethiopian Jewish Displacement Page 38 Kes Adane Mekonen & a Woman Community Member
History Stops for No One: During the First Year After Page 51 7 October, 19 April 2024 Irena Klepfisz
Rabbi Capers Funnye: Reflections Page 61 Capers Funnye
The All-But-Invisible Page 69 Mira Rivera
The Day After Page 75 Beth Martin
An Open Letter to My Friends Who Signed “Philosophy Page 78 for Palestine,” 4 November 2023 Seyla Benhabib
No Guilt Page 87 Ronnie Ben-Aron
Calaniot (Poppies) Page 91 Melody Meisel Klein
Ethiopian Jewish Advocacy: Letter of Support Page 93 from the Jewish Community in Addis Ababa to the Israeli Embassy
Comforting and Grief: Lessons from a War Page 94 Frimet Roth
In Memorial: From Campus to Kibbutz, Vivian Silver’s Legacy Page 102 Gila Axelrod
Skipping Shul this Shabbat Page 113 Yesoschar Katz
Rude Awakening Page 115 Judith Margolis
Ghanaian Jewish Advocacy: Message and Letter to the Israeli Consulate
Shomrei N’gi’ah-Do Not Touch Page 119 Sonja Pilz
Iraqi Farhud Survivor: I Survived a Pogrom in Iraq 82 Years Ago Page 125 Joseph Samuels
Toffee Migrations: Feminism in Times of Crisis 130 Robin Hackett
Jewish Pakistanis Respond Page 138 Curated by Z Karachi, Pakistan
What’s an Editor to Do? Page 157 Clare Kinberg
Federation des Juifs Noir: A French Jewish Response I Page 174 Guershon Nduwa
AmIFarafina: A French Jewish Response II Page 178 Hortense Tsiporah Bilé
I am Not a Politician: Return & Reconciliation Page 180 Aliza Arzt
Blog Posts Page 184 Joelle Novey
Who Would Have Thunk It? Page 195 Bonita Nathan Sussman
Côte d’Ivoire Documents Page 198 The Impact of 7 October 2023 on the Danite Community of Côte d’Ivoire Page 199 Paul Mette
Declaration of Support for Israel from the Jewish Communities of Côte D’Ivoire, 1 November 2023 Page 210
Reply from the Israeli Ambassador in Abidjan to Juifs CIV Pour Israel Regarding 7 October Support Page 214 Rony Yedidia Clein
If Not With Others…How? Page 215 Denni Liebowitz
Dawn of a New Era Page 217 Gerald Sussman
A Jewish American Says “Not in My Name!” Page 222 Penny Rosenwasser
Refusing to Give a “Word:” On the Liturgical Absence of an Afro-Palestinian Rabbi Page 230 Walter Isaac
Fifteen Ways I’m Angry, 7 October 2023-April 2024 Page 238 Debra Cash
Forgotten Historical Parallel and Ideological Precursors Page 243 Jason Guberman-P
Antisemitism in Paradise Page 253 Viva Hammer
From My Journal Page 263 Deborah Greniman
Who's the Fool who Told you Boys Don't Cry? Personal Reflections on 7 October Page 270 David Breakstone
How I Learned to Listen to the Other Side: A Personal Reflection on the Israel/Palestine Conflict Page 275 Sarah Silberstein Swartz
Appendix: Call for Papers Page 284 About the Editors Page 291