Thank you for the sad reminder that the urge to polarize the nations and communities in which we live has always been baked into our humanity. As a feature within the broad intertwined, categories of good and evil, it has always risen to disrupt the better angels in all of us. But perhaps that is part of a larger plan; a reinforcement of the underlying message of Judaism, which is that the outcome of each of our actions is the result of choice. For better or for worse, it confirms our human identity.
Thank you for the sad reminder that the urge to polarize the nations and communities in which we live has always been baked into our humanity. As a feature within the broad intertwined, categories of good and evil, it has always risen to disrupt the better angels in all of us. But perhaps that is part of a larger plan; a reinforcement of the underlying message of Judaism, which is that the outcome of each of our actions is the result of choice. For better or for worse, it confirms our human identity.