Rewriting Noah and the The Al-Aqsa Flood

Article from The Jewish Exponent:

October 18, 2023

“Rewriting Noah: The Al-Aqsa Flood”

Rabbi Lance J. Sussman

Parshat Noah

My original intention was to write a very different column about this week’s Torah portion, Noah. But the massive, barbaric attack by Hamas on Oct. 7 made any other discussion seem trivial and almost frivolous, if not irreverent.

So, I decided to do a total rewrite to connect the major theme of this week’s parsha, Noah, to the dominant theme of Jewish life in the wake of the unspeakable crimes against the Jewish people and humanity just two weeks ago.

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