Trauma myopia. It’s a term I encountered recently in the New York Times, in an article about alliances and tension between Jewish and African-American activists. The journalist, Daniel Bergner, interviewed a young non-Jewish activist named Nicole Carty, who spoke about “a Jewish propensity for ‘trauma myopia’.” “I’ve been to a lot of Passover celebrations,” she
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Trauma myopia. It’s a term I encountered recently in the New York Times, in an article about alliances and tension between Jewish and African-American activists. The journalist, Daniel Bergner, interviewed a young non-Jewish activist named Nicole Carty, who spoke about “a Jewish propensity for ‘trauma myopia’.” “I’ve been to a lot of Passover celebrations,” she […]
The post The essence of Passover is recounting our history. Or is it? Avi Finegold contemplates the concept of origin stories appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News.