ELDER OF ZIYON
TIME columnist finds it easier to explain murdering Jews than killing other French people
November 29, 2015

Vivienne Walt, a Time magazine writer, has written how difficult it is to explain the Paris terror attacks to her child. She writes: In January it had been relatively simple to explain to my child, who was then eight, why the cartoonists had been the target, and why a Jewish supermarket was attacked—grim as the details were. ….Answering questions over dinner on Sunday was more difficult, however. The targets this time were young people having fun on a warm Friday night; people, in fact, who were his age not all that long ago. Really? It is easier to explain why terrorists would murder Jews than to explain why they would murder other Parisians? I wonder how Ms. Walt explained the January attacks in a way that her son would understand. Are Jews considered natural targets in the Walt household? READ MORE