VA - Hoffnung - Hatikva - Hope - We Will Dance Again

October 7 has indelibly left its mark in our hearts and memories. We remember where we were, what we were doing, and the sinking sense of horror and loss on what should have been a day of celebration and joy for jewish people. Too many Israeli lives were lost; too many hostages were taken; too many families were displaced. The aftermath has unleashed one horror after another: rising waves of antisemitism in the Diaspora, widespread evacuations in Israel’s north, hundreds of Israeli soldiers fallen in battle, and tens of thousands of innocent Gazans killed because of Hamas’s actions and Israel’s response.

There are times to address each of these horrors—to demand hostages be returned home, to reckon with antisemitism all arount the world, to find peace for all people in the Middle East. But today, on the anniversary of the worst violence against Jews since the Holocaust, our task is to bear witness, to remember, and to mourn.

We like to share a compilation of a good friend, reflecting October 7 and its aftermath.

VA - Hoffnung - Hatikva - Hope - We Will Dance Again
(320 kbps, cover art included)