Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks killed 2,977 people and transformed the United States and the world, America faces a new challenge: preserving the memory of 9/11 for generations too young to remember it.

Twenty-five years since the attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, 9/11 casts a shadow over a nation that just can’t seem to agree on anything any more.

As we approach the 25th anniversary of that terrible day, this week’s haftarah (Isaiah 61:10-63:9) offers a powerful perspective on destruction, rebuilding, and memory.

Many things have changed in the world of public opinion since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City.

This act of terror made us all suspicious of each other, where people’s looks, accents and clothes acquired a political meaning