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Graveyard of our enemies

started with the disturbing UN resolution that, by America’s calculated abstention, disgracefully allowed to pass. “Abstain.” It sounds harmless. But it was precisely what the anti-democratic, autocratic leadership of the UN needed. What did we do? We came home, and standing with the reflection of the glass windows before us showcasing the bare cold wintry world outside, and we lit a candle. It seems like every day since that resolution, more and more upsetting news stories are being churned out quicker than you can read them. And with each one, we come home as night sets, strike another match, and light another candle. A Chanukah candle. I wish it weren’t so, but to me this Chanukah doesn’t feel limited to celebrating a past historic event. […]
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Tehilla Goldberg

IJN columnist | View from Central Park


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