'There are no words': When what's not said is what hurts the most

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Rabbi Angela Buchdahl delivers her sermon on Oct. 13, 2023 at Central Synagogue in Manhattan. Courtesy of Central Synagogue. Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl is senior rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City. She was the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi in North America, and before that the first ordained as a cantor. She is also a member of the Forward Association.

Ein milim, ein milim — there are no words. This is what I hear over and over from Israeli family and friends since the largest, most vicious massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.

Ein milim. How can mere words describe the barbarism of hundreds of Hamas terrorists streaming into Israel with no other purpose than to hunt down and murder Jews — in their homes, at bus stops, at a music festival — while gleefully livestreaming their rampage to exultant crowds?

What words can you say to a father witnessing a video of his 20-year-old daughter, petrified, screaming, as Hamas terrorists motor her off into the abyss.

What words can convey the horror of Hamas terrorists storming into “safe rooms,” slaughtering parents before their children’s eyes, and then dragging those children down into the tunnels below the Gaza Strip?

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For those who don't recognize her: Texas synagogue gunman spoke twice to Rabbi Angela Buchdahl in New York City

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