Tuesday, December 10, 2024
The everlasting politics and battles in the Middle East have set the background for a very uneasy First Day of Hanukkah (on December 25) this year. I’ve been considering the chaos possible on continents far away. And now, in America too, after the cold-blooded murder, in broad daylight and on a crowded street, of a corporate executive.
The Middle East battles and general social divisiveness have made me decide not to continue wearing a visible Star of David. This year, too, I won’t publicly wear one of my “Happy Hanukkah” T-shirts.
The relatively quick capture of that competent, clever, elusive shooter might stop some would-be copycats. But the entire episode has opened dreadful possibilities that most of us wouldn’t have imagined.
Straight to here, too, the small Central Oregon city where I live, and now fear expressing some individualism.
Dear Friends: Ours is increasingly an unfunny “Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” Diana
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