Mark Harris

Nov 19, 2023 | nymag.com | Simon van Zuylen-Wood |Zaina Arafat |Mark Harris |Esther Wang

The water in the Washington Square Park fountain, dyed red as part of a pro-Palestinian demonstration on October 18. Photo: Mackenzie Jamieson At workplaces and in restaurants, on university campuses and in playgrounds, over Instagram and along lampposts, the war in Gaza has shifted something in the psyche of New York. Family members are confronting the vast distance between one another’s sense of justice. Friend-group chats that were once warm and boisterous are turning bitter and quiet.