Israeli/American Professor Adina Friedman chose to mark this October 7 with her HIST 3811 class (covering the Middle East through WWII), in an educational and forward-looking manner. She and Palestinian/American colleague Hakam Takash, spoke to a class of 30 students from diverse American and international backgrounds—including Arab, Jewish, Iranian, and Turkish. Acknowledging that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict did not begin on October 7, 2023, they shared some of the ways in which Palestinians and Israelis have experienced this particularly violent past year. They spoke about current dynamics “on the ground,” possible ways forward, reasons Americans and internationals should care, and ways interested students could constructively engage. Friedman and Takash hoped that beyond sharing their experiences and thoughts and addressing students’ questions, by modeling Israeli-Palestinian friendship and dialogue they could show students that it is possible to engage, even when issues are contentious, painful, and challenging. Two students expressed what seemed to have been the overall sentiment after class: “I thoroughly enjoyed today’s discussion. Incredibly insightful considering the wealth of relevant experience both of you have” and “I enjoyed today’s class and want to thank you for bringing a guest and starting a healthy dialogue on a very tragic day.”