Summary: <p>If a picture paints a thousand words, then a screen shot I saw this week conveys a truth that we need to reckon with. The screen shot shows the different realities of New York City and Israel on New Year’s Eve. New York: fireworks. Israel: taking fire, the glare of missiles and rockets that Hamas still manages to fire into Israel. New York: people on the streets, reveling, counting down in anticipation, 5-4-3-2-1, Happy New Year! Israel, another night in the bomb shelter? </p> <p>What do we do with this asymmetry? </p>
