"The barbarous attack by Hamas on October 7 upon Israel in an effort to brutally massacre as many Jews as possible and to take some of them as hostages must not be viewed out of its historical context if we are to understand why this has occurred.  Similarly, the global surge in Anti Semitism must also be viewed in its historical context.  None of this is without millennia-deep roots.  Nor are the personal experiences that we have individually had as Jews in the past and are living through at this moment.  We will explore this as best we can and try to envision where this moment might lead us."