Many years ago, in 1974, I talked with an elderly Rabbi from Novgorod (Russia). He appeared saddened and disappointed as he shared his thoughts with me: “Our people have not wielded a weapon or organized an army for almost two thousand years.” At that time, I was young, and our discussion revolved around Israel’s involvement in one of the various wars and acts of violence In 2023, after half a century, most Holocaust survivors have passed away, and many of their children have also left us, leaving behind a generation of grandchildren and great-grandchildren who have not experienced the tragedy […]