We are horrified, but we are not shocked

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Dec 17, 2025

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I think it might be safe to say that we are all afraid.

The Chabad rabbi at Penn invited me to their Hanukkah event. This year it’s at the big train station in town, not in a quiet store front in the neighborhood. I’m afraid to go. The crazies are out in full force all around the world, and they have guns.

I am going to follow the example of my Substack f…

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