Over the weekend, I was speaking to the CEO of a small company who, like me, has friends and colleagues in Israel who are impacted by the war. I asked her if she was planning to talk about the events in Israel with her leadership team and staff. “I don’t think so,” she said. “Because it likely isn’t on anyone’s radar the way it is on mine. Besides, I don’t have anyone on the team who is Jewish, and they may not even know that I am Jewish.”
That might indeed be the case. And she surely knows her employees better than I do. But it also might be the case that her team members are watching the news and are aware, might be confused or concerned, or have a different perspective on the war than my Jewish client does. But, for anyone who does know that my client is Jewish, or knows that she’s deeply invested in current events, they may want to check in with her but not know how.
