The Chevruta column by Jewish Currents delves into the act of self-immolation by Aaron Bushnell, a US Air Force member, outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, as a protest against US complicity in the assaults on Palestine.

The text tells the story of a deep and enduring friendship between two Jewish scholars, Itzhak and David, who met in a Talmud class with Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik in Massachusetts.