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Alex Olshonsky

Alex Olshonsky, an independent writer living in Oakland, is the co-founder of an addiction nonprofit and a practitioner of somatic psychotherapy. You can follow his writing here.

  • At left, soldiers of the Military Rabbinate unit open a container filled with bodies killed during the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, as the process of identifying the dead continued at the Shura army base on Oct. 24. At right, pro-Palestinian demonstrators march in Bay Ridge, New York, on Oct. 21.
    At left, soldiers of the Military Rabbinate unit open a container filled with bodies killed during the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, as the process of identifying the dead continued at the Shura army base on Oct. 24. At right, pro-Palestinian demonstrators march in Bay Ridge, New York, on Oct. 21.
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    Hamas Killed My Wokeness

    I’ve found a home on the progressive left for years—even after I noticed a common blind spot around Jewish issues. But the reaction to the murderous attacks on Israeli civilians was the final straw.

    byAlex Olshonsky
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