Jeffery Levine, Times of Israel, May 30, 2025
As Shavuot approaches, our thoughts turn not only to the giving of the Torah and the Ten Commandments but also to the pressing moral questions of our time.
This year, our hearts are heavy with the memory of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim—two staffers at the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, brutally murdered in cold blood in the capital of Western democracy. We are also anguished by the 58 hostages still held by Hamas, while a ceasefire agreement is being tabled that does not guarantee their return.
To this, we add the daily missile attacks from the Houthis in Yemen, disrupting lives and prompting airlines to cancel flights to and from Israel. Where is the UN resolution condemning this? Meanwhile, Israel continues to battle both Hezbollah and Hamas, who seek to reposition themselves. And amidst all this, there is virtually no media coverage of the war and death in Sudan.
And yet, despite all of this, something remarkable is unfolding: