Two years later, October 7 remains an ongoing trauma for Israel and world Jewry - comment

In Israel, everyone knows someone who was killed, or maimed, or has one degree of separation from those taken hostage, and for Jews abroad, the suffering of Jews is a Jewish concern.

Cleaning the Dizengoff fountain from old photographs of the victims of the Octoner 7 massacre, and placing new ones ahead of the 2 year memorial of the massacre, in Tel Aviv, October 5, 2025.

(photo credit: Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)

ByMICHAEL STARR

OCTOBER 5, 2025 21:13

Updated: OCTOBER 5, 2025 22:06

Two years later, October 7 remains an ongoing trauma for Israel and world Jewry - comment

In Israel, everyone knows someone who was killed, or maimed, or has one degree of separation from those taken hostage, and for Jews abroad, the suffering of Jews is a Jewish concern.

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Two years later, October 7 remains an ongoing trauma for Israel and world Jewry - comment

In Israel, everyone knows someone who was killed, or maimed, or has one degree of separation from those taken hostage, and for Jews abroad, the suffering of Jews is a Jewish concern.

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