It has come to this. When the Shavuot festival starts on Thursday night, I will be both celebrating and worrying about what is happening in Jewish communities around the world – what’s happening in Israel and the global village in general. Simchat Torah, a festival that should be particularly joyous, will forever be associated with the Iranian-funded, Hamas-led invasion and mega-atrocity on October 7, 2023, when 1,200 were murdered, 251 abducted, and thousands wounded.