You are listening to an art media podcast. The choice right now, and I hope this is now clear to

everyone, it is not a choice between right and left. The bad people are everywhere. It's a choice

between the politics of resentment, which gets you to anti-Semitism almost as the next step.

And that's what you're seeing right now. And so it should be no surprise that in a moment of finger-pointing and looking for the scapegoat who has left housing unaffordable or has left you, you know, in a city or in a town that has suffered from fentanyl addiction or deindustrialization,

all these pathologies that are real and true, that people are looking to point the finger

and they point the finger at the Jewish people. It's 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 23rd here in New York City, it is 1 a.m. on Monday,

November 24th in Israel, where Israelis are wondering whether to prepare for another escalation

on their northern border.

Earlier today, Sunday, the IDF carried out a strike on a building in Beirut, the first

Israeli attack on the Lebanese capital in months. It's actually the first attack since July.

The strike targeted Hezbollah's military chief, Hitham Ali Tabatai, who is the number two official

in Hezbollah today, who the IDF later confirmed was successfully eliminated. For years,

Tabatabai has been responsible for the bloodshed of Israelis and Americans. The strike comes after

weeks of Israeli and U.S. concerns over the pace at which

Hezbollah has been re-arming itself. We are waiting to see if and how Hezbollah will respond.

Meanwhile, also today, IDF Chief of Staff Ayal Zemir dismissed several senior officers and censored others

over their roles in the failures of October 7th.

Finally, a development, or rather, an escalation here in New York City.

Last Wednesday evening, Park East Synagogue hosted an event with Nefish Benefish,

which in English means soul to soul. It's a non-profit organization that operates throughout the diaspora, primarily here in North America,

providing information to Jews in the diaspora that want to make Aliyah or move to Israel.

Nefish-Bepish provides basic services for these new immigrants or those considering it,

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