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· 29 Elul 5786 (Friday 11 September 2026) · 0 minutes to read

The Lessons of 9/11 We Forgot After October 7th by

Michael Geist

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown tonight. This year, it falls at the same time as the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks and weeks before the third anniversary of the October 7th attacks, offering an opportunity for reflection that extends beyond the past year. I’ve written about when I first learned about the Hamas terror attacks on October 7th, but not about 9/11.

On September 11, 2001, I was working at my desk at home when messages about a plane hitting the World Trade Center popped up on an Internet law email list. I had moved to Ottawa from the New York City area a few years earlier and immediately rushed to turn on the television for what would become hours of panic and fear. My particular focus was a friend who worked at the Twin Towers. Marc Zeplin, whom I had known for years before I moved to New York, worked at Cantor Fitzgerald on the 104th floor of the north tower, a few floors above where the first plane hit. He was 33, with a wife and two young sons. Several weeks later, I would fly back to New York for a memorial service.

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Amanda CAARSON

· 27 Elul 5786 (Wednesday 9 September 2026) · 0 minutes to read

A disguised Shimon Peres sneaked into King Hussein's palace, paving a path to peace with Jordan

Archives reveal how a disguised Shimon Peres met King Hussein in Amman in 1993, initialing the memorandum that paved the way for the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty.

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