Today’ s threat comes not with catapults, But in algorithms. Not in sieges, But in soundbites. Not in exile, But in erasure. And those among us who believe the lies Vocally shame our people who’ ve been forced, yet again, to fight.
We hate what has been inflicted on us. This hatred is not baseless. It is“ based.”
Based on massacres and abductions. Based on their deception. Based on their distortion. Based on false narratives crafted to divide. And when we fail to name it, to resist it, Or worse, actively propel it, We become complicit in our own undoing.
So how do we honor Tisha B’ Av?
We do not rebuild the Temple with stone. We rebuild with courage, with clarity. with compassion. with accountability for every word.
Tonight we weep for who was lost and for what was lost, and for what we are still losing. But in the ashes, we find the blueprint: Commitment to truth, Acts of love,
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