Participants in a massive pro-Israel rally near the White House on Tuesday described a distressing sentiment they’ve been grappling with for weeks.
In summary: A sense of betrayal.
Jewish Americans said colleagues, friends and allies they so frequently agree with unexpectedly went silent after the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7.
“Nobody wants to talk about it,” said Jill Berkman, a longtime Democrat and non-religious Jew from Maryland.
“Many of my Democratic friends who’ve supported so many other groups — just don’t want to talk about this.”
