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Sam Kastel
Sam Kastel is a rabbi at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in Staten Island, New York and a hospice chaplain at VNSNY Health (formerly Visiting Nurse Service of New York).
Articles by Sam Kastel
Members of the Jewish community gather at a park in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 7, as mourners marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
A rabbi’s response to the Oct. 7 attacks—and how the conflict has evolved since
Sam Kastel
Israel was forced into this impossible situation by those who planned and executed Oct. 7. Yet we have been confronted with denials, justifications and even glorifications of the Hamas attack.