Moving Forward After Brussels
Monday’s attacks in Brussels left at least 31 dead and hundreds wounded. The rhetoric from politicians and presidential candidates, some fanning the flames of Islamophobia and some addressing only the law enforcement and intelligence aspect of the issue, seems to miss the point, says Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily.com. If we are to fight a war against violent extremism, we must do so in a way “that does not allow us to be dragged down into the wholesale hatred that our enemies practice.”