Far from the front lines of the Israel-Gazah war that's raged on for the last eight months,

Americans are grappling with the new and old divisions the conflict has created here in the U.S.

Judy Woodruff recently visited southeastern Pennsylvania

to hear from Americans on different sides

of this difficult conflict.

Our initial plan was to interview them

as a group together, but after meeting resistance to that,

we held two separate conversations.

The story is part of Judy's ongoing series,

America at a crossroads, and was produced

with help from our friends at PBS 39 WLV TV.

The eight people we brought together, one group more supportive of the Israelis,

the other the Palestinians, the pain brought on by the attacks of October 7th and

Israel's war on Hamas was palpable. There is a life before October 7th and

there's a life after.

Ruthie Lynn, a mother of eight and an Orthodox Jew,

said her life would never be the same.

Everything from how I parent my children, how I send them to school, how I conduct myself

publicly, where I go, who I speak to, what I look at on social media.

Everything has changed.

Aliya Furman Stanger, a mom to two young children, agreed.

There is a delineation now in my life of before October 7th and after.

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