Poland, the country where I was born and where I live and work today, has suddenly found itself at the center of a major internal and international crisis that is deeply rooted in historical tragedy, competing narratives and questions of identity.
The Palestinian civil war descended further towards disaster with the recent attempted assassination of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. The struggle between Fatah and Hamas is an important reason why the coastal territory’s nearly 2 million residents live in a situation of permanent instability and uncertainty.
This past Sunday, AJC New Jersey’s very own Assistant Director, Dena Dubofsky, was asked to speak at an Interfaith Youth Group event for over 100 local teens about combating growing hate and antisemitism today.