HEADS OR TAILS

In Gaza, Israel and America are upending the usual script, delivering food aid directly to the people and bypassing Hamas’s stranglehold. Yet the critics howl: “You’re weaponizing aid!” “You’re manipulating hunger!” Rabbi Dunner cites Parshat Nasso, where the nazir is described as breaking away from the crowd, refusing to play along. Sometimes doing what’s right—like feeding the hungry—means going against the mob.