"If everyone knows the historical record is safe, might that create space in our collective consciousness to start thinking about how we rebuild?"

Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis · Apr 3, 2024 · 43m

By now, everyone has heard the obviously correct comment that the atrocities of October 7th were the most documented pogrom in Jewish history.

But who is collecting the thousands upon thousands of video clips, still photos, and WhatsApp conversations between parents and their children about to die? And how does one even get those WhatsApps? And who should be able to hear them? Now? What about in twenty years?

October 7th changed many things for the National Library of Israel. It was just about to open its new, breathtakingly beautiful building. The official opening ceremony was just days…