Caring for Syrians . . . in Israel

received an email last Wednesday from the Rabbinical Council of America. It said: “Pray for Aleppo.” I received another email from Amaliah, an organization I had been informed of only the night before. It said: “Video of Syrian women and children being treated in Israel is going viral.” I will return to this. It is extremely important. In context, however, it is small comfort. In which context is it small comfort? Not of a viral video, but of the real virus. Make that plural, viruses: Russian cruelty. Assad’s cruelty. The United States of America’s indifference. ISIS’s rejoicing. Iran’s glee. The glee of Iran’s ally Hezbollah. Remember, this massive carnage in Syria and refugee flood from Syria to Europe did not start under George W. Bush, […]