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Bring Them Home By: Liz Breier / This & That My first Vegas Voice article appeared in the August 2020 issue. I recently looked back on the topics I have discussed over the past 3 plus years and considering the last few months, I realize how fortunate we were. In retrospect it all seems so unimportant. Little did I know how my (our) world would change in the literal blink of an eye. Just like going from the innocence of childhood to the responsibilities of adulthood, I woke up on October 7 and realized that the world had changed. Maybe not changed, but revealed itself to me in a way that was so unexpected, and sadly, not a world that I thought I lived in. I am not so naïve that I was unaware of the hatred, jealousy, racism, antisemitism and Islamophobia and all the other crazy hatreds people dream up to blame someone else or some other group for their own misfortunes. However, I was not aware that beheadings and rapes and burning of children would receive applause from the allegedly sane and educated of the world. Who would contemplate that society could deteriorate to such depths of depravity? If someone told you a few months ago that people would applaud barbarism, could you believe it? Would you think such a thing was even possible? Condoning and celebrating the atrocities seems almost as ugly as the actual acts of brutality. I must temper my relief at the release of some hostages as they are returned in the most agonizingly slow trickle. Of course, I am thrilled that they are reunited with their families but am frightened for their future. Is it even possible to live a normal life again? How carefree can those children ever be? What will haunt them in their dreams? Will they even recover physically from the torments? If you have ever been unfortunate to suffer a trauma, you know that you never fully recover. What those hostages have endured is far worse than most experiences any of us can imagine. The long-term effects of the Hamas attack reduce me to tears for Israel as it will live on in the hearts and minds of the victims, their loved ones, and the entire country. Jews everywhere are now living in an alternate universe. We must now suffer the daily torrent of hatred spewed at rallies calling for genocide. Hamas proudly broadcast their rape and murders and yet there are deniers. Municipal leaders are denying Jewish religious symbols and lighting of menorahs to avoid showing “favoritism.” Ivy League university presidents are claiming that a rally calling for the mass murder of Jews is not hate speech (unless or until action is actually taken because it depends on the “context”). One such individual, Sally Kornbluth, is herself a Jew – I am embarrassed and ashamed of her. Perhaps, keeping the Saudi funds coming into the University coffers is more important than standing up for what is right by condemning individuals (students and professors) who are bullying and intimidating Jewish students. I cannot comprehend how individuals with so much education can be so ignorant. I fear that the worst is yet to come. While we remain hopeful for the freedom of all the hostages, I can foresee that Hamas will never want to release the women to attest to the brutality they suffered or any of the remaining hostages because they are a security blanket for Hamas. I pray I am wrong – I would never be so grateful to be mistaken. Peace is not likely to come to Israel any time soon. Hamas has declared that they would gladly attack again as they did on October 7 and that they would do it repeatedly. Jews outside of Israel go about our days with friends and family and all the mundane errands we must perform to survive, but never, ever is the thought of our brothers and sisters far from our thoughts. They are always in our hearts as we pray to Bring Them Home. 34 January 2024 Liz Breier is an ex-New Yorker who retired to Florida for 24 years before deciding that Nevada means home to her. You can contact Liz at: bluesky090372@gmail.com.
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