As the world watches the situation in Gaza crumble day by day, Rabbi Jill Jacobs writes an op-ed in the Washington Post calling for ‘radical empathy’ as a way to bridge the divide.
She defines radical empathy as opening oneself up to the pain and suffering of the other, at the moment when you have the most fear of them. As examples, she offers the Palestinian and Jewish parents who comforted each other upon the loss of their children, and Jews and Muslims who fasted together for peace.
The whole article, well worth a read, is here.