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Hamas has made me hate. How can I pray for peace?

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Marc Katz reflects on the complex emotion of hatred, which has surfaced in him and his congregants following the brutal acts of Hamas, including murder and abductions of Israelis. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HatredHamasJewish EthicsForgivenessPeaceAmalekCongregantsRabbi Marc Katz

Places mentioned

Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Hamas terrorists prepare to give bodies of the Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz, Israelis abducted on Oct. 7, 2023, and later killed, to the Red Cross in Gaza, Feb. 20, 2025."
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
"Ive often admired the compassion and love shown by members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, who forgave Dylann Roof for shooting and killing their fellow parishioners."
Israel
"The Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S."

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