“There have been so many erasures of the Jewish experience on and since 10.7 that I increasingly feel I have a calloused outer layer formed by my outrage fatigue. These instances are so constant, starting with the anti-Israel protests on October 8 and continuing through the denial of the sexual violence on October 7 and the global disregard for the fate of the hostages, that even optimists like me have had to adjust some of our understanding of the world to take more seriously the endurance of Jewish existential otherness to make sense of this present. It has taken a lot of work to try to wrestle with my own anger and outrage over these few years, much of which is unproductive. I try now to ignore most of what I see from those w deny our experience and focus on trying to build something for the future of Jewish life, which needs more of our attention than the thirsty present.

But this, below, took my breath away—a screenshot sent to me by a colleague about a “pro-Palestinian” event in Sydney, scheduled for 10.7, under the banner: “Don’t let Israel steal the date.” I’ve been tracking this phenomenon since, and it should not surprise you that this phenomenon of anti-Israel groups seizing on 10.7 as the day for their protests and organizing is gaining traction. Within Our Lifetime and Students for Justice in Palestine are gathering at City Hall in NYC; Haverford College’s DSA chapter is using 10.7 to launch its “art campaign in solidarity with Palestine,” marking “3 years of genocide, 78 years of resistance.”…”

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