There are some ‘new mitzvot’ that many Jews follow—and they aren’t pretty

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There are some ‘new mitzvot’ that many Jews follow—and they aren’t pretty

The concept of a mitzvah goes well beyond good deeds and, given current circumstances, has come to encompass some very ugly deeds. How and whether Jews observe these obligations are intricately bound up in one’s sense of what it means to be a Jew. And in fact, as the tragedy in Gaza and the West Bank intensifies, no less than the soul of Judaism is at stake.