I enjoy speaking to people, eliciting their thoughts, opinions, hopes, and fears. And while anecdotal evidence is not scientific, it is often very reliable.

In Yiddish, people would call me a “shmoozer” — a professional conversationalist. I call the many informal conversations I have “informal polling.”

Of late, Jews in my sphere have been speaking about how sad, upset, and even frightened they are while witnessing pro-Hamas, anti-Jewish rallies on campuses across the United States.

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