This is one of those moments when one has to make a choice.

A choice whether or not to dive into the messy public arena where we seem to have fallen into some kind of reality distortion field mixed up with a hall of mirrors element which makes public discourse nigh on impossible.

But I'm going to try to be as coherent as I am able.

I am not here to defend all the positions of Charlie Kirk. The man was fully capable of defending himself, which he did hundreds of times in the face of some very emotional opponents.

But I am here to eulogize a person who spoke his truth. With patience and compassion. That is if you listened to WHOLE exchanges. Not edited or taken out of context.

The part about this whole horrific event that has taken me aback is the glee expressed by so many at his brutal and public murder.

What has happened to people that they can rejoice in the death of another human being?

In Judaism, we are forbidden to rejoice in death, even the death of our enemies. And as a matter of fact, it is written that God Himself forbade the angels from rejoicing when Pharoah and his army drowned in the Red Sea. So, it is particularly difficult for me to hear that anyone would rejoice in this righteous person being assassinated.

But the thing that comforts me is the outpouring of support from all kinds of people, all over the world. There seems to be a kind of Christian revival happening too.

It's funny, Jews generally don't have 'revivals' .... we are usually in the 'survival' end of things. But I have seen many Jews online eulogizing Charlie. The Righteous of the Nations are to be honored, no matter what your religion. There are some things that reach beyond dogma, straight into the clear cut and laser like clarity of Humanity in relationship with the Almighty. At that level, all dogmas sound petty.

Did you know that Charlie Kirk advocated that people keep Shabbat?

No?

I'll let him speak for himself... it's only about 5 minutes long.

And as he mentions in this video, he wrote a book about it that will come out in December.

Anyway, I wanted to write this post to help me deal with the great sorrow I feel at the loss of this man. And as a prayer of hope that his death will bring healing, more civil discourse, and unity, for which he himself worked so tirelessly.

May he rest in Peace.