Samara Minkin was already feeling rattled when she saw a Facebook post from one of her children’s former teachers seven days after Hamas killed or kidnapped more than 1,600 people in Israel.
“The actual history of this situation is NOT COMPLICATED,” Sanidia Oliver, 37, wrote. “I will ALWAYS stand beside those with less power. Less wealth, less access and resources and choices. Regardless of the extreme acts of a few militants who were done watching their people slowly die.”
Ms. Minkin, an arts and culture consultant in Atlanta, bristled with frustration, dismayed at what she saw as another callous response to the most deadly day for Jews since the Holocaust.
But instead of continuing to scroll and stew, she did something unusual: She reached out. Although the two had rarely spoken in the nearly 10 years since Ms. Oliver taught Ms. Minkin’s twin daughters, Ms. Minkin asked Ms. Oliver if she would meet in person to talk.
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