Created Equal: Metro Detroit Jewish leaders reflect on Oct. 7, one year later
Downtown Synagogue Rabbi Ariana Silverman and David Kurzmann from Jewish Federation of Detroit joined the show to share their thoughts and reflections a year after the Hamas attack on Israel.
Members of the Jewish community gather at a park in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, as mourners marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack.
Exactly one year ago, more than 1,200 Israelis were killed by forces of the terrorist organization Hamas, and more than 200 were taken hostage into Gaza.
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It was an act of violence that had been unheard of for decades in the Middle East, and it has changed everything in the region’s geopolitics. The war in Gaza that grew out of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack has claimed more than 40,000 Palestinian lives, and now spread to multiple fronts — enflaming tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Metro Detroit is home to a large and flourishing Jewish community that is still trying to make sense of what happened last October and the ongoing violence and growing humanitarian crisis in the Middle East.
Today on Created Equal, host Stephen Henderson was joined by two local leaders within the Detroit Jewish community to talk about what happened, what has happened since, and what struggles the region and the global Jewish community may be facing as a result.
Guests:
- Ariana Silverman has served as the rabbi of Detroit’s Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue since 2016.
- David Kurzmann is the senior director of community affairs at the Jewish Federation of Detroit
Listen to Created Equal with host Stephen Henderson weekdays from 9-10 a.m. ET on 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand.
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