Not In My Name

Israel says it is just rooting out Hamas. But Hamas does not explain why apartment buildings collapse on entire families, why bakeries and universities are bombed, why water plants are targeted.

Illustration by Riley Levine

In case this is your first time reading a column from me — or you didn’t see the first edition of my Lincoln Square newsletter, The Lincoln Logue — allow me to introduce myself: My name is Charles Penneys; I go by C.J. Penneys. I am from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, my pronouns are he/him, and I am a secular Jew.

My whole life …