Remembering the late Alex Dancyg, a hostage from Warsaw
On Tuesday, July 16, I and a group of rabbis traveled south from Jerusalem — to the Gaza envelope.
There, we visited the places that Hamas had ravaged on Oct. 7, 2023.
We visited the site of the Nova music festival, where we said kaddish for the young victims.
We visited Kibbutz Nir Oz. We walked through the rubble of the burnt houses, the burnt kitchen, the places where people died, and the places where people were taken hostage. One-quarter of the residents of Nir Oz were killed or taken hostage.
I have experienced many moments of pain in my Jewish life, even as I have experienced many…
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