In this dialogue, The Post October 7th Jew, the Michelle Gary z”l Lecture at the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Community Leadership Program, Senior Fellow Yossi Klein Halevi and author and speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz explore the deep crisis facing the contemporary Jewish narrative in the wake of October 7th. They unpack how the post-1945 era of Jewish empowerment and unconditional diaspora acceptance is currently under severe assault from both political extremes. In this discussion, Yossi and Sarah examine:

• Why teaching that antisemitism is just “powerful people hurting weak people” has dangerously backfired.
• The painful reality of “conditional acceptance” for Jewish students on college campuses today.
• Why the Jewish community must boldly reclaim the word “Zionist” as an act of spiritual defiance.
• How the transcendent resilience of 1945 survivors offers a blueprint for overcoming today’s global anxieties.

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