Jews, Not Just Israelis: A Mother Returns to God after October 7

Beatriz W. de Rittigstein. Last week was of inaugurations, because in several cinemas in the United States a documentary was released with the label October 8, made by Briarcliff Entertaiment and the filmmaker Wendy Sachs; almost at the same time, a book was presented under a title that constitutes a real warning: “For our freedoms (before it is too late). Keys to understanding the Middle East and the obscurantism that is coming in the West”, by…

Jews, Not Just Israelis: A Mother Returns to God after October 7

“They were murdered because they were Jews, not because they were Israelis.” This realization struck Anat Elkabetz with absolute clarity as she huddled for 19 hours in a safe room on October 7, 2023, while Hamas terrorists rampaged through Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Her 23-year-old daughter Sivan was among the more than 50 residents murdered that day. The October 7 attacks have forced many secular Israelis to confront a truth they had long sidestepped: t…