Since that dark morning in October, the ground has shifted beneath us. The chants in Western capitals, the applause for atrocity, the professors and neighbors who turned overnight into apologists for murder—October 7 did not change the world; it revealed it. For a brief moment, the masks slipped. The message was unmistakable: the Jew who believes geography or goodwill can protect him has learned nothing from history.
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove’s sermon at Park Avenue Synagogue may go down as the last sermon of American Judaism.
He spoke with moral clarity, warning that mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani “poses a danger to the security of the New York Jewish community.” He was right—but he spoke into a void.
