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A post Oct 7th community helping Jews and allies move from pain to strength.
Community, support & connection
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50,000 of us.
Less than seven months ago I shared a story about losing a friend.

So many of you whispered back: me too.

We are done with the silence, the gaslighting, and the propaganda.

So we built a tribe.,

If you’re new here, follow the Tribe. @foundatribe

Join our Wednesday support calls, details here foundatribe.org

Jews and allies are here for one another.

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We are living through a propaganda war. Distorted headlines, historical erasure, and repeated false accusations aim to exhaust us, confuse us, and make defending Jewish existence seem immoral. But there is nothing immoral about defending the Jewish people.

Created by the team behind Found A Tribe, a global peer-support nonprofit supporting those who lost friends, careers, and communities after October 7, this handbook equips readers with knowledge, confidence, and practical advocacy skills amid rising antisemitism.

It has four parts:

THE CALLING

EMOTIONAL REGULATION

THE FACTS

THE PRACTICE

Designed for independent study and complemented by Found A Tribe’s online workshops, this handbook helps readers turn knowledge into confident advocacy. @foundatribe

#oct7books #oct7library #israel

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Some friendships didn’t survive October 7th.
Not because you changed.
Because they did.
You tried to explain.
You showed the facts.

You reminded them who you are.
And still, they chose a narrative over you.
That pain is real.
But staying stuck in it only costs you more years.

You don’t need to keep proving yourself to people who already decided.
There is a community of people who see you clearly.

Who don’t need the explanation.

Who already know.
You’re not alone in this
and we may buy you flowers

Follow @foundatribe

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You don’t have to be alone. Come be with the Tribe @foundatribe

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Not every community starts with a business plan, some start with heartbreak.

Found a Tribe started because one honest story opened the door for thousands of others. People who thought they were the only one. The only one questioning friendships, feeling politically homeless, the only one who no longer felt safe wearing a Star of David. The only one who couldn’t explain why life felt different after October 7.

They weren’t. And that realization changed everything.

Today, Found a Tribe is no longer just a conversation.
It’s weekly Zoom gatherings.
In-person meetups.
Resources.
Book clubs.
Events.
New friendships.

A place where people don’t have to spend the first thirty minutes explaining why they feel the way they do.
A place where people know there’s no such thing as a genocide in Palestine.

If you’ve recently joined this community... Welcome.
If someone came to mind while reading this... Please send them this post.

Sometimes finding your people begins with someone else saying,
“I think this is for you.”

📍 Follow @foundatribe

🌐 Visit foundatribe.org to explore upcoming events, join a Wednesday Zoom, find resources, and discover everything happening inside the Tribe.

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Family is supposed to be the a safe place.
For too many of us, anti-Zionism has made that impossible.
A divide between siblings, grown children, and even, inside marriages.

If this is your reality, you don’t have to keep holding it alone.

Join the Tribe 🗓️ Thursday, September 10th at 8:00 pm ET.
All the details are at foundatribe.org.

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It’s strange, isn’t it?
How someone you’ve never actually met in person can already feel like home.

Sarah and I spent months building this Tribe together from CT and LA. Hundreds of Zoom calls. Thousands of messages.

Conversations that started with, “Do you have five minutes?” and somehow ended two hours later.

We built Found a Tribe @foundatribe long before we ever shared a cup of coffee.

Then, a month ago... this happened.
I don’t think either of us expected that first hug to say so much.

Or the second.
Or the third.
The laughter.
The screaming.
That feeling of, “You’re real.”

People often ask us what Found a Tribe is. This.
This is Found a Tribe.

It’s what happens when people who have lost so much refuse to stop believing in connection.

So many of us came here because we lost a friend.
Or ten.
Or an entire community.
None of us would have chosen that.

This hug wasn’t just ours. It belongs to every person who showed up to a Zoom call feeling completely alone and left realizing they weren’t.

More from our first coffee together is coming soon.
And yes... we talked for hours.

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Shabbat with 10 strangers. We met through @foundatribe . Thanks @abbybrody for all you do!
Strangers no more! 💙

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One of the most unexpected things we’ve witnessed inside the Tribe is how many non-Jewish allies have experienced loss too.

Friendships ended.
Professional relationships changed.
Communities became uncomfortable.
Some were told they had “chosen the wrong side.”

Others simply realized that standing with Jews came with a cost they never expected.

If that’s been your experience, we want you to know something:
We see you. Your support has mattered more than you probably realize.

That’s why we’re creating a monthly gathering specifically for our non-Jewish allies.

A place to connect, share experiences, ask questions, and meet other people who understand what this journey has looked like.

Because community isn’t only about receiving support.

It’s also about making sure the people who stood beside us know they don’t have to stand alone.

Learn more and register at foundatribe.org.
Join us tomorrow, July 21st. Link on the website.

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The newly revealed testimony does something valuable: it cuts through the fantasy that Israel was created in comfort.

According to Isser Harel’s recording, Ben-Gurion was warned that declaring the state would trigger an Arab attack and that America would not lift a finger. Harel also recalled the uncertainty around Jordan’s Arab Legion — considered the best-trained Arab force at the time.

This is why the story matters now.

Jewish statehood was not granted by a friendly world. It was declared while surrounded by risk, pressure, doubt, and abandonment.

The easy version says: Israel was given.

The historical version says: Israel was decided.

And that decision changed the fate of the Jewish people.

#IsraelHistory #JewishSovereignty #HistoryMatters #MiddleEastHistory #ReceiptsMatter

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One of the biggest gifts the Tribe has given me is language. Before this year, so many people told me:

“I don’t even know how to explain what I’m feeling.”

Now I hear different words.

“I’m exhausted.”
“I don’t recognize myself.”
“I miss who I was before.”
“I feel like everyone else moved on.”

What struck me about Jessica Zmood’s article in The Times of Israel wasn’t just the idea that grief changes shape.

It was the recognition that for many Jews in the diaspora, this isn’t simply grief over a single event.

It’s living with a persistent awareness that something fundamental has changed.

How you move through the world.
How safe you feel expressing your identity.
How you interpret silence.
How you evaluate friendships.
How you imagine the future.

One of the reasons Found a Tribe exists is because healing doesn’t begin when someone tells you to “move on.”

It begins when someone says,
“I know exactly what you mean.”
That’s why every Wednesday we gather.

Thank you to Jessica Zmood and the team at Gesher Community Care for putting words to an experience so many people have struggled to describe.

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Before October 7, this kibbutz wasn’t known for war.

It was known for its annual Kite Festival and for its commitment to building relationships and pursuing peace.

Every year, white kites filled the sky as a symbol of hope.

It’s easy to reduce people to headlines.

It’s much harder once you know their story.

This was a community that believed peace was possible.

I pray we never stop seeing people as image bearers, even when the world encourages us to see labels before people.

🎙️ Full conversation with Abby Brody:
https://youtu.be/qr8wUpkdpag

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