For Such a Time as ThisFor Such a Time as This

For Jews today, the attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, a vicious assault that killed more Jews in one day than any time since the Holocaust, has drawn a clear and irreversible demarcation in time. The Jewish community woke to an unrecognizable new reality on the 7th, witnessing first the horror and sheer brutality of the atrocities in Israel, followed immediately by the stark and unprecedented rise in antisemitism in its aftermath. In the wake of what is often referred to as the world's oldest hate, American Jews are experiencing a shared and disorienting whiplash, wondering where this antisemitism came from and, more pressingly, for a people whose existence is marked by generations of trauma, where it might lead. But the Jewish community is also experiencing something profound and beautiful in this existential moment: even in this dark hour, they are discovering a deep, abiding connection to community, culture, and faith. Drawing on the rich trove of Jewish history and tradition, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, one of today's most influential spiritual guides and thought leaders, helps listeners make sense of this fraught and trying time.--