When Life Hands You Lemons, You Make Lemonade

Making lemonade out of a lemon?

I am sorry to report about yet another deadly attack against the Jewish people. It happened yesterday in Australia. Because of the international dateline it was the first night of Chanukah. As of now 11 Jewish souls were snuffed out  in the virtual blink of an eye in what authorities there are calling a targeted terrorist attack specifically against the Jewish people. 

Once again heart goes out to the families of the victims who are suddenly in an unexpected state of morning. As I have said too many times when incidents like this occur, I cannot imagine the kind of deep pain these families suddenly now experience. 

It never ends Sadly I’m not even sure what can be done to prevent something like this from happening again anywhere in the world where the Jewish people can be found. This makes what I am about to say more difficult. But it does not change my views.

In a recent post I presented my perspective on how the Mamdani mayoralty will affect the Jewish community. Which essentially agreed with Rabbi Michael Broyde’s perspective. My freind Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein took issue with both of us. The following is my response to that. 

I completely understand Rabbi Adlerstein’s perspective and why he is so upset with Rabbi Broyde and my disagreement with him about the dangers of the incoming city administration.

Nor do I even disagree with his warning that we can “expect more frequent, and more lethal, violence directed their way.” I essentially said as much in the Substack article he references. Indeed we have to be vigilant about that. 

However...

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