The Distance We Have to Travel: Snapshot of an Intergenerational Conversation after October 7th

Jason Francisco, Jerusalem/al-Quds, June 2023

I am very pleased to share the publication of this article that my daughter, Penina Eilberg-Schwartz, and I have written about the war in Gaza and the language we use to describe it. The piece is written in the form of letters that my daughter and I exchanged a year ago, in the spring of 2024. Although much has changed on the ground (for the worse!) in the intervening year, we still think the piece conveys some of the complexity and possibility of intergenerational conversation about Israel/Palestine, across ideological difference.

I hope you find it helpful.