Lauryn Smith

“muster, I explained to her the post-October behavior of her Jewish families, making sure she knew she had a resource in me, should she ever need one.”
― Elliot Cosgrove, For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today

“October 7th, American Jews became Exodus Jews, our Jewish identity shaped by our instinct for self-defense, in response to events tragic, traumatic, not of our choosing, and beyond our control.”
― Elliot Cosgrove, For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today

“people. Esther didn’t choose her moment; it chose her. And when the moment came, she put herself on the line, threw her lot in with her people, and rallied them to action. A heroine for her time. A heroine for our time.”
― Elliot Cosgrove, For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today

“As a people of Genesis and Exodus, we must stand up and stand tall in defense of our people and never lose sight of the joy and the privilege that comes with being a Jew today. Our Jewishness comes from both the push and the pull. Neither one nor the other but the two together must inform who we are and what we will be in such a time as this.”
― Elliot Cosgrove, For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today