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History is not the logical unfolding of events in an orderly manner. It’s more like a kaleidoscope. One tilt and the picture changes dramatically.
We’ve experienced just such a tilt and are living an era of uncertainty and ambiguity. Ambiguity is the hallmark of facing challenges and waiting for an unknown new state of affairs to emerge. We are bombarded with conflicting information about the future. We wonder when life will return to some semblance of a new near normal. Some say June; others, mid-summer; some not until fall or even later. We don’t know who’s right. Jobs, finances, mental health, social contact – these are all on the line as the customary rhythms of life are suspended. Ambiguity breeds uncertainty, fear and anxiety.
Ironically, this lockdown is taking place while we count the Omer, the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, marking the days, making them count. Like our predicament, the daily count is a time for reflection on who we are, our core values and convictions, what keeps us going. But with counting the Omer, we know when it will end – on the 50th day, with Shavuot, the giving of the Torah. Not so with our situation however. It’s impossible to predict when “normal” life will resume. We don’t know and that ambiguity is enormously frustrating because we cannot imagine the landscape of a post-lockdown life.
Ambiguity crops up in unexpected places.
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We sense that the time we are living in is unique … but that’s not entirely true. The Exodus out of Egypt and then into the Promised Land was not just spent wandering aimlessly around the arid Sinai peninsula and the Negev for 40 years. The Israelites spent years at Kadesh-Barnea, a site likely somewhere between Eilat and Beersheva to the northwest. Like us, these ancient ancestors probably wondered when the time hanging around that oasis would end. There wasn’t much to do there amidst date palm trees and water: looking after flocks, preparing meals, scouting out better territory than rocky desert, complaining to Moses, negotiating family feuds. The older generation who remembered life in Egypt were dying off – Miriam, Moses’ sister died there for instance – just like our elderly in long-term care facilities. Boredom easily sets in – how many date recipes are there?
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Where is this Promised Land? they likely cried out. When will this harsh existence end? They didn’t know. Like us, the ancient Israelites probably hated this ambiguity full of fear and anxiety.
During this time of waiting, many of us turn to Netflix and to the suspenseful action adventure of Fauda, season 3. This immensely popular series helps take our minds off immediate problems. But as a drama it is also ambiguous. We cheer on the good guys. But who are the good guys, really? The answer is not all that clear.
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Our positioning as a Zionist News Media platform sets us apart from the rest. While other Canadian Jewish media are advocating increasingly biased progressive political and social agendas, TheJ.Ca is providing more and more readers with a welcome alternative and an ideological home.
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