Writing by Dr. Dannielle Blumenthal

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The Truth Is Not Binary

If you are a truth seeker, one of the things that you must accept is that the truth is not binary. It is not black and white. It does not fit an ideological mold. It will force you to backtrack, to apologize, to iterate on what you’ve learned, to be humble. Jewish people are under unprecedented attack right now.

Since the Holocaust, we have not seen this kind of focused, deadly anti-Semitism. But at the same time, we must avoid trying to act like we never had a hand in anything, like we were never guilty of anything. We need to stick with the truth, and the truth really will set us free. And we have to have faith in God.