Dena Moses

The gifts of the past seven months

Amidst all of the noise, the antisemitism, the betrayal of our friends and communities, Jews have access to our global community as we never have before


Dena Moses is a handweaver and entrepreneur living in Putney. You can find her at vermontweavingsupplies.com.


PUTNEY-As a Jew living in Vermont, I find myself working to process all that has happened since Oct. 7. It hits on many fronts ... the massacre itself, and then the shock and disbelief in the aftermath.

While we were deep in grief and trauma, friends whom we had loved and trusted turned their backs on us, claiming to know more than we do about our own history, about our people, and about what is and is not antisemitism.

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