In Israel, a struggle to reconcile grief and joy as Sukkot and Oct. 7 coincide

George Mihalcea

On the second anniversary of the Hamas massacre, Israelis grappled with how to mark the date that overlapped with the first day of Sukkot, when Jewish tradition requires festivity.The government postponed official remembrances until the day after the Simchat Torah holiday that bookends Sukkot rather than the Gregorian anniversary. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came under fire for initially failing to acknowledge Oct. 7 directly, posting a social media message that simply read “Happy Sukkot.”

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