On Monday I had the honor of attending the Bris circumcision ceremony of baby Levi Yitzchak Spiero in Great Falls. The Simcha was so special; celebrating with relatives (me, Devorah Leah Spiero’s mom Sarah, and the Mohel Rabbi Rivkin of Kirkland, Washington are all first cousins), meeting so many beautiful local Jews, and reveling in what the Spiero’s have accomplished at Touro and the greater community. Later in the day, while still on a high, I had a heartfelt chat with a local woman who is struggling because she can’t reconcile the atrocities of October 7th and its continued aftermath with having a relationship with a “benevolent” G-d. it was a loving conversation, filled with empathy, understanding and lots of heartbreak. I could hear the love in her voice, she’s internalizing the pain of our people.