Hi, I'm Nome Weisman, and you're listening to unpacking Israeli history, the

podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense, historically fascinating,

and often misunderstood events and stories linked to Israeli history.

Like the last episode, this one is going to be different.

As I record this, we're 53 days out from the day that changed everything.

53 days of shock and grief and pain, but also rare sparks of joy.

It's been 53 days of learning how to hold on to multiple conflicting truths.

Sure, you can say that holding on to multiple truths is kind of a basic tenet of this podcast.

But the scale has changed since 10-7.

The truths we're reconciling are massive and all of us are walking this tight rope

together. 9 million Israelis, 15 million Jews, 14 million Palestinians, every single one of us holding onto two undeniable facts.

Number one, we can't go back.

The world before 10-7 is gone.

And number two, life continues. Yes, our world is upside down now, but moving on

means that we're all learning to live with our feet on the ceiling, our heads

pointing towards the floor. So in a few months we're going to the multiple perspectives, the detailed bibliographies, maybe a mini-series or two.

None of these episodes will be about October 7th, and all of these episodes will also

simultaneously be about October 7th.

There they are again, those multiple conflicting truths.

But we're not there yet.

I just returned from Israel a But we're not there yet.

I just returned from Israel a whirlwind two days with other organization leaders spent meeting survivors and evacuees. Two days of playing soccer with kids whose homes were destroyed, whose parents were shot, whose lives are disrupted.

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