Jody, your essay stopped and moved me. Like so many Jews, I've been struggling to balance my feelings of sadness and horror over the pain and destruction in Gaza while feeling a sense of solidarity with Israel and Jews the world over that's stronger than I realized. "The skin of my kin" stopped me in my tracks, as did your obvious devotion to your grandfather. For the first time in my life, I know what it is to feel afraid, fiercely proud and deeply conflicted., all at once. You managed to make me both think and feel - and to see things from a new perspective. Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts with eloquence, honesty and sensitivity.