On American university campuses, the Israel-Gaza conflagration has inflamed anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, sparked violent acts and threats, and led Palestinian and Jewish students to fear for their physical safety and professional futures. With rare exceptions, conversation that aspires toward mutual empathy for Jewish and Palestinian precariousness and loss has been avoided. Some hold that such conversation is impossible. Might there be a way forward, toward caring, inspiring dialogue that models difficult conversation for students - and for America more generally?