How do you deal with antisemitism?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm typically not personally/directly experiencing antisemitism in my everyday life. I'm not quiet about the fact that I'm Jewish and take opportunities to teach others about Judaism. I have a Jewish job, so anytime I'm talking about my work, it comes up. I give in Jewish amounts (multiples of 18) to end of school collections for teacher gifts, which most recently prompted a whole conversation with another parent about gematria (the number/letter system in Hebrew that ultimately leads to the idea that 18 = life). So, if someone is going to be antisemitic around me, I've established myself as someone who is going to teach something about Judaism when given the opportunity.

I see antisemitism not directed at me pretty regularly. There's a mom at my child's elementary school who wears a keffiyah and a hat with the outline of Israel in a watermelon pattern at school pickup everyday. I don't know her and my kid doesn't know her kid, so I leave it alone (I do give her some side-eye when she's not looking). Similarly, there was a family at a small local music festival last week wearing t-shirts with bombs over a watermelon Israel who I side-eyed and then ignored (beyond knowing where they were in relation to my family in case they became a safety concern).

For a few months after October 7, I was seeing antisemitism masquerading as antizionism from some of my college friends online (stuff like "from the river to the sea" and calling the 10/7 attack "resistance"). They have mostly unfriended me at this point, which is fine. Don't read the comments from internet strangers, especially on Instagram; it's just a cesspool of antisemitic hate that will make you spiral and lose all faith in humanity.

Antisemitism in the news (like the DC shooting and the Boulder fire-bombing) is hard, because it's not something I'm experiencing personally or directly, but it feels like an attack on us anyway. I usually share some news on my social media about it to raise awareness among the people who know me that this stuff is happening to Jews. There's not really more that I can do.


For what it's worth, I personally would not consider the bolded line to be an example of antisemitism, though I probably also wouldn't see much point in discussing my (complicated and largely extremely critical, but rooted in Judaism) opinions about Israel with this person.

That's a fair point and in a vacuum, they probably aren't. I think the keffiyah and watermelon Israel outline are symbolic of an ideology that calls to remove Jews "from the river to the sea" and to "globalize the intifada" - both of which are calls for violence against Jews worldwide. Without talking to the woman to get a sense of the nuance of her position, we'll probably never know. Given our current climate, I tend to err on the side of it being antisemitic if I were to try to scratch the surface, and just keep my distance.


I have a keffiya, and probably have the same watermelon sweatshirt (but I'm not the person in pp's comment). I have also removed vile posters by Patriot Front that were posted in my neighborhood - some of their posters were explicitly anti-Semitic. I took them down. They made me angry and sick.

My keffiya was given to me by a former roommate that was an international student from the West Bank, a couple of decades ago. I wear it in honor of her and with respect to Palestinians.

My watermelon sweatshirt with the outline of Israel... I mean look, I do not think Israel should have ever been created. Creating a new country that disregards the living population - and their land and rights, was an awful thing to do. I do not support theocracies, period. The idea of recreating an "ancestral homeland" from thousands of years ago is ludicrous. As is thinking you have some entitlement to that land because of alleged ancestors from thousands of years ago. I include my own ancestry in that - who also faced violence, war, and persecution. I find it insane to think that I should have a right to that land and resources, dozens of centuries later. Even 1-2 centuries later. But Palestinians? Those people are still there. It is still their home.

I support the right of Jews to be free, safe, and respected everywhere, just as i support the right of all people to be free, safe, and respected everywhere. I am aware that real anti-Semitism exists (ie, Patriot Front), and we should be working to combat that kind of awful hatred. Isolating people into respective, divided "homelands" is not a lasting solution towards peace. It is the opposite of what achieves peace. We all have to learn to live together.

If Israel were a democracy that had fully equal rights and rules for ALL people, that would be wonderful. But that's not what it is, and I will never support the country it is now, or was created as.


There is an astounding level of ignorance in this post. However, it doesn’t address the topic of this thread, so I hope it gets deleted.
Anonymous
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm typically not personally/directly experiencing antisemitism in my everyday life. I'm not quiet about the fact that I'm Jewish and take opportunities to teach others about Judaism. I have a Jewish job, so anytime I'm talking about my work, it comes up. I give in Jewish amounts (multiples of 18) to end of school collections for teacher gifts, which most recently prompted a whole conversation with another parent about gematria (the number/letter system in Hebrew that ultimately leads to the idea that 18 = life). So, if someone is going to be antisemitic around me, I've established myself as someone who is going to teach something about Judaism when given the opportunity.

I see antisemitism not directed at me pretty regularly. There's a mom at my child's elementary school who [b]wears a keffiyah and a hat with the outline of Israel in a watermelon pattern [/b]at school pickup everyday. I don't know her and my kid doesn't know her kid, so I leave it alone (I do give her some side-eye when she's not looking). Similarly, there was a family at a small local music festival last week wearing t-shirts with bombs over a watermelon Israel who I side-eyed and then ignored (beyond knowing where they were in relation to my family in case they became a safety concern).

For a few months after October 7, I was seeing antisemitism masquerading as antizionism from some of my college friends online (stuff like "from the river to the sea" and calling the 10/7 attack "resistance"). They have mostly unfriended me at this point, which is fine. Don't read the comments from internet strangers, especially on Instagram; it's just a cesspool of antisemitic hate that will make you spiral and lose all faith in humanity.

Antisemitism in the news (like the DC shooting and the Boulder fire-bombing) is hard, because it's not something I'm experiencing personally or directly, but it feels like an attack on us anyway. I usually share some news on my social media about it to raise awareness among the people who know me that this stuff is happening to Jews. There's not really more that I can do.[/quote]

For what it's worth, I personally would not consider the bolded line to be an example of antisemitism, though I probably also wouldn't see much point in discussing my (complicated and largely extremely critical, but rooted in Judaism) opinions about Israel with this person.[/quote]
That's a fair point and in a vacuum, they probably aren't. I think the keffiyah and watermelon Israel outline are symbolic of an ideology that calls to remove Jews "from the river to the sea" and to "globalize the intifada" - both of which are calls for violence against Jews worldwide. Without talking to the woman to get a sense of the nuance of her position, we'll probably never know. Given our current climate, I tend to err on the side of it being antisemitic if I were to try to scratch the surface, and just keep my distance.[/quote]

I have a keffiya, and probably have the same watermelon sweatshirt (but I'm not the person in pp's comment). I have also removed vile posters by Patriot Front that were posted in my neighborhood - some of their posters were explicitly anti-Semitic. I took them down. They made me angry and sick.

My keffiya was given to me by a former roommate that was an international student from the West Bank, a couple of decades ago. I wear it in honor of her and with respect to Palestinians.

My watermelon sweatshirt with the outline of Israel... I mean look, I do not think Israel should have ever been created. Creating a new country that disregards the living population - and their land and rights, was an awful thing to do. I do not support theocracies, period. The idea of recreating an "ancestral homeland" from thousands of years ago is ludicrous. As is thinking you have some entitlement to that land because of alleged ancestors from thousands of years ago. I include my own ancestry in that - who also faced violence, war, and persecution. I find it insane to think that I should have a right to that land and resources, dozens of centuries later. Even 1-2 centuries later. But Palestinians? Those people are still there. It is still their home.

I support the right of Jews to be free, safe, and respected everywhere, just as i support the right of all people to be free, safe, and respected everywhere. I am aware that real anti-Semitism exists (ie, Patriot Front), and we should be working to combat that kind of awful hatred. Isolating people into respective, divided "homelands" is not a lasting solution towards peace. It is the opposite of what achieves peace. We all have to learn to live together.

If Israel were a democracy that had fully equal rights and rules for ALL people, that would be wonderful. But that's not what it is, and I will never support the country it is now, or was created as. [/quote]

This. Israel is an apartheid state. I don’t feel much pride being associated with it
Anonymous
Luckily I rarely encounter it in my personal life, but I did have one acquaintance posting vile antisemitic stuff on social media (supporting the October 7 attacks as justified, saying antisemitism doesn't matter because Jews are white and can hide that they are Jewish, obsessively posting lists of Jewish celebrities and Jewish-owned businesses). I sent her a long text message calling her out. She never apologized but her socials have gotten much more moderate.
Anonymous
I had to google the watermelon, I had no idea . It started with Israel banning the flag of the Palestinian state. I don’t know why they did that?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:When confronted by antisemitism in everyday life how do you respond?


I don't have an experience with antisemitism but as a muslim who faces Islamophobia and as a person of SouthAsian origin who faces Brownphobia, I can somewhat relate to your experience. Just be good, do good and walk in your lane. You can't change whole world at once but you can touch enough hearts with your goodness to be part of the change.

No matter you are a common person or Moses, Jesus or Muhammad, no one was/is spared from hatful people. If God does didn't protect them then odds aren't in Him acting in anyone else's favor.

That being said, its unfair, sucks and I feel for you.
Anonymous
A lot of this is politics.
You are assuming that the people who oppose the war are antisemitic and assume that people who are not in agreement with Zionism are against you at some level.
On the other hand, a person from Palestine who sees your bracelet, t-shirt or scarf could also assume that you want all Palestinians to disappear
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm typically not personally/directly experiencing antisemitism in my everyday life. I'm not quiet about the fact that I'm Jewish and take opportunities to teach others about Judaism. I have a Jewish job, so anytime I'm talking about my work, it comes up. I give in Jewish amounts (multiples of 18) to end of school collections for teacher gifts, which most recently prompted a whole conversation with another parent about gematria (the number/letter system in Hebrew that ultimately leads to the idea that 18 = life). So, if someone is going to be antisemitic around me, I've established myself as someone who is going to teach something about Judaism when given the opportunity.

I see antisemitism not directed at me pretty regularly. There's a mom at my child's elementary school who wears a keffiyah and a hat with the outline of Israel in a watermelon pattern at school pickup everyday. I don't know her and my kid doesn't know her kid, so I leave it alone (I do give her some side-eye when she's not looking). Similarly, there was a family at a small local music festival last week wearing t-shirts with bombs over a watermelon Israel who I side-eyed and then ignored (beyond knowing where they were in relation to my family in case they became a safety concern).

For a few months after October 7, I was seeing antisemitism masquerading as antizionism from some of my college friends online (stuff like "from the river to the sea" and calling the 10/7 attack "resistance"). They have mostly unfriended me at this point, which is fine. Don't read the comments from internet strangers, especially on Instagram; it's just a cesspool of antisemitic hate that will make you spiral and lose all faith in humanity.

Antisemitism in the news (like the DC shooting and the Boulder fire-bombing) is hard, because it's not something I'm experiencing personally or directly, but it feels like an attack on us anyway. I usually share some news on my social media about it to raise awareness among the people who know me that this stuff is happening to Jews. There's not really more that I can do.


For what it's worth, I personally would not consider the bolded line to be an example of antisemitism, though I probably also wouldn't see much point in discussing my (complicated and largely extremely critical, but rooted in Judaism) opinions about Israel with this person.

That's a fair point and in a vacuum, they probably aren't. I think the keffiyah and watermelon Israel outline are symbolic of an ideology that calls to remove Jews "from the river to the sea" and to "globalize the intifada" - both of which are calls for violence against Jews worldwide. Without talking to the woman to get a sense of the nuance of her position, we'll probably never know. Given our current climate, I tend to err on the side of it being antisemitic if I were to try to scratch the surface, and just keep my distance.


I have a keffiya, and probably have the same watermelon sweatshirt (but I'm not the person in pp's comment). I have also removed vile posters by Patriot Front that were posted in my neighborhood - some of their posters were explicitly anti-Semitic. I took them down. They made me angry and sick.

My keffiya was given to me by a former roommate that was an international student from the West Bank, a couple of decades ago. I wear it in honor of her and with respect to Palestinians.

My watermelon sweatshirt with the outline of Israel... I mean look, I do not think Israel should have ever been created. Creating a new country that disregards the living population - and their land and rights, was an awful thing to do. I do not support theocracies, period. The idea of recreating an "ancestral homeland" from thousands of years ago is ludicrous. As is thinking you have some entitlement to that land because of alleged ancestors from thousands of years ago. I include my own ancestry in that - who also faced violence, war, and persecution. I find it insane to think that I should have a right to that land and resources, dozens of centuries later. Even 1-2 centuries later. But Palestinians? Those people are still there. It is still their home.

I support the right of Jews to be free, safe, and respected everywhere, just as i support the right of all people to be free, safe, and respected everywhere. I am aware that real anti-Semitism exists (ie, Patriot Front), and we should be working to combat that kind of awful hatred. Isolating people into respective, divided "homelands" is not a lasting solution towards peace. It is the opposite of what achieves peace. We all have to learn to live together.

If Israel were a democracy that had fully equal rights and rules for ALL people, that would be wonderful. But that's not what it is, and I will never support the country it is now, or was created as.


So you’re not Jewish?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm typically not personally/directly experiencing antisemitism in my everyday life. I'm not quiet about the fact that I'm Jewish and take opportunities to teach others about Judaism. I have a Jewish job, so anytime I'm talking about my work, it comes up. I give in Jewish amounts (multiples of 18) to end of school collections for teacher gifts, which most recently prompted a whole conversation with another parent about gematria (the number/letter system in Hebrew that ultimately leads to the idea that 18 = life). So, if someone is going to be antisemitic around me, I've established myself as someone who is going to teach something about Judaism when given the opportunity.

I see antisemitism not directed at me pretty regularly. There's a mom at my child's elementary school who wears a keffiyah and a hat with the outline of Israel in a watermelon pattern at school pickup everyday. I don't know her and my kid doesn't know her kid, so I leave it alone (I do give her some side-eye when she's not looking). Similarly, there was a family at a small local music festival last week wearing t-shirts with bombs over a watermelon Israel who I side-eyed and then ignored (beyond knowing where they were in relation to my family in case they became a safety concern).

For a few months after October 7, I was seeing antisemitism masquerading as antizionism from some of my college friends online (stuff like "from the river to the sea" and calling the 10/7 attack "resistance"). They have mostly unfriended me at this point, which is fine. Don't read the comments from internet strangers, especially on Instagram; it's just a cesspool of antisemitic hate that will make you spiral and lose all faith in humanity.

Antisemitism in the news (like the DC shooting and the Boulder fire-bombing) is hard, because it's not something I'm experiencing personally or directly, but it feels like an attack on us anyway. I usually share some news on my social media about it to raise awareness among the people who know me that this stuff is happening to Jews. There's not really more that I can do.


For what it's worth, I personally would not consider the bolded line to be an example of antisemitism, though I probably also wouldn't see much point in discussing my (complicated and largely extremely critical, but rooted in Judaism) opinions about Israel with this person.


I don’t want to start another Israel post as there are many so may I ask why you use the word complicated? I only hear ‘it is complicated’ from Jewish friends when it comes to the depopulation agenda instituted by the Israeli government (with Israeli citizen support). What part is complicated?


Since you are not Jewish you don’t understand how it is complicated.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm typically not personally/directly experiencing antisemitism in my everyday life. I'm not quiet about the fact that I'm Jewish and take opportunities to teach others about Judaism. I have a Jewish job, so anytime I'm talking about my work, it comes up. I give in Jewish amounts (multiples of 18) to end of school collections for teacher gifts, which most recently prompted a whole conversation with another parent about gematria (the number/letter system in Hebrew that ultimately leads to the idea that 18 = life). So, if someone is going to be antisemitic around me, I've established myself as someone who is going to teach something about Judaism when given the opportunity.

I see antisemitism not directed at me pretty regularly. There's a mom at my child's elementary school who wears a keffiyah and a hat with the outline of Israel in a watermelon pattern at school pickup everyday. I don't know her and my kid doesn't know her kid, so I leave it alone (I do give her some side-eye when she's not looking). Similarly, there was a family at a small local music festival last week wearing t-shirts with bombs over a watermelon Israel who I side-eyed and then ignored (beyond knowing where they were in relation to my family in case they became a safety concern).

For a few months after October 7, I was seeing antisemitism masquerading as antizionism from some of my college friends online (stuff like "from the river to the sea" and calling the 10/7 attack "resistance"). They have mostly unfriended me at this point, which is fine. Don't read the comments from internet strangers, especially on Instagram; it's just a cesspool of antisemitic hate that will make you spiral and lose all faith in humanity.

Antisemitism in the news (like the DC shooting and the Boulder fire-bombing) is hard, because it's not something I'm experiencing personally or directly, but it feels like an attack on us anyway. I usually share some news on my social media about it to raise awareness among the people who know me that this stuff is happening to Jews. There's not really more that I can do.


For what it's worth, I personally would not consider the bolded line to be an example of antisemitism, though I probably also wouldn't see much point in discussing my (complicated and largely extremely critical, but rooted in Judaism) opinions about Israel with this person.


I don’t want to start another Israel post as there are many so may I ask why you use the word complicated? I only hear ‘it is complicated’ from Jewish friends when it comes to the depopulation agenda instituted by the Israeli government (with Israeli citizen support). What part is complicated?


I mean your use of depopulation agenda is pretty loaded, so asking Jews to do your emotional labor for you is an interesting choice.

If Jews are indigenous, Arabs, Alawites, Druze, Armenians are also indigenous. If Jews are “settler colonialists,” Palestinians are also settler colonialists. Jews lived in the area before Zionism. They were mass-murdered, kidnapped, raped, etc. before Zionism in the Levant. Many Jews immigrated to the land of Israel beginning in the 1800s. Many Palestinians immigrated to the land of Israel beginning in the 1900s. Many people calling for free Palestine are calling for depopulation of Jews. Some are not. Each side needs to do a better job of controlling its crazies. Each side needs new leadership. Neither side likely has your immense privilege.


+1 PP doesn’t want to talk about Al Andaluz
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:A lot of this is politics.
You are assuming that the people who oppose the war are antisemitic and assume that people who are not in agreement with Zionism are against you at some level.
On the other hand, a person from Palestine who sees your bracelet, t-shirt or scarf could also assume that you want all Palestinians to disappear


who is this imaginary “you” here? It’s interesting that your knee-jerk assumption is that anyone talking about their experience of antisemitism is lying.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:A casual acquaintance mentioned "Jewing somebody down" and I just cut her out of my life, after saying, "Wow! What did you just say?!" and she replied, " Oh, calm down! It's just an expression!" I wish I had said more.


"Jewing somebody down"

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jew_down

this was so common a term in the 70's when I was in high school.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm typically not personally/directly experiencing antisemitism in my everyday life. I'm not quiet about the fact that I'm Jewish and take opportunities to teach others about Judaism. I have a Jewish job, so anytime I'm talking about my work, it comes up. I give in Jewish amounts (multiples of 18) to end of school collections for teacher gifts, which most recently prompted a whole conversation with another parent about gematria (the number/letter system in Hebrew that ultimately leads to the idea that 18 = life). So, if someone is going to be antisemitic around me, I've established myself as someone who is going to teach something about Judaism when given the opportunity.

I see antisemitism not directed at me pretty regularly. There's a mom at my child's elementary school who wears a keffiyah and a hat with the outline of Israel in a watermelon pattern at school pickup everyday. I don't know her and my kid doesn't know her kid, so I leave it alone (I do give her some side-eye when she's not looking). Similarly, there was a family at a small local music festival last week wearing t-shirts with bombs over a watermelon Israel who I side-eyed and then ignored (beyond knowing where they were in relation to my family in case they became a safety concern).

For a few months after October 7, I was seeing antisemitism masquerading as antizionism from some of my college friends online (stuff like "from the river to the sea" and calling the 10/7 attack "resistance"). They have mostly unfriended me at this point, which is fine. Don't read the comments from internet strangers, especially on Instagram; it's just a cesspool of antisemitic hate that will make you spiral and lose all faith in humanity.

Antisemitism in the news (like the DC shooting and the Boulder fire-bombing) is hard, because it's not something I'm experiencing personally or directly, but it feels like an attack on us anyway. I usually share some news on my social media about it to raise awareness among the people who know me that this stuff is happening to Jews. There's not really more that I can do.


For what it's worth, I personally would not consider the bolded line to be an example of antisemitism, though I probably also wouldn't see much point in discussing my (complicated and largely extremely critical, but rooted in Judaism) opinions about Israel with this person.

That's a fair point and in a vacuum, they probably aren't. I think the keffiyah and watermelon Israel outline are symbolic of an ideology that calls to remove Jews "from the river to the sea" and to "globalize the intifada" - both of which are calls for violence against Jews worldwide. Without talking to the woman to get a sense of the nuance of her position, we'll probably never know. Given our current climate, I tend to err on the side of it being antisemitic if I were to try to scratch the surface, and just keep my distance.


I have a keffiya, and probably have the same watermelon sweatshirt (but I'm not the person in pp's comment). I have also removed vile posters by Patriot Front that were posted in my neighborhood - some of their posters were explicitly anti-Semitic. I took them down. They made me angry and sick.

My keffiya was given to me by a former roommate that was an international student from the West Bank, a couple of decades ago. I wear it in honor of her and with respect to Palestinians.

My watermelon sweatshirt with the outline of Israel... I mean look, I do not think Israel should have ever been created. Creating a new country that disregards the living population - and their land and rights, was an awful thing to do. I do not support theocracies, period. The idea of recreating an "ancestral homeland" from thousands of years ago is ludicrous. As is thinking you have some entitlement to that land because of alleged ancestors from thousands of years ago. I include my own ancestry in that - who also faced violence, war, and persecution. I find it insane to think that I should have a right to that land and resources, dozens of centuries later. Even 1-2 centuries later. But Palestinians? Those people are still there. It is still their home.

I support the right of Jews to be free, safe, and respected everywhere, just as i support the right of all people to be free, safe, and respected everywhere. I am aware that real anti-Semitism exists (ie, Patriot Front), and we should be working to combat that kind of awful hatred. Isolating people into respective, divided "homelands" is not a lasting solution towards peace. It is the opposite of what achieves peace. We all have to learn to live together.

If Israel were a democracy that had fully equal rights and rules for ALL people, that would be wonderful. But that's not what it is, and I will never support the country it is now, or was created as.


There is an astounding level of ignorance in this post. However, it doesn’t address the topic of this thread, so I hope it gets deleted.


zionists are pros at historical revisionism but he they get tired.

facts are hard things to argue with.
Anonymous


Back Trump. Embrace the 2nd amendment.

That's the antibiotic.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A casual acquaintance mentioned "Jewing somebody down" and I just cut her out of my life, after saying, "Wow! What did you just say?!" and she replied, " Oh, calm down! It's just an expression!" I wish I had said more.


"Jewing somebody down"

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jew_down

this was so common a term in the 70's when I was in high school.


I used to use it without thinking about it being insulting. I certainly didn't intend to insult anyone. I was a figure of speech that meant getting a good price for something.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm typically not personally/directly experiencing antisemitism in my everyday life. I'm not quiet about the fact that I'm Jewish and take opportunities to teach others about Judaism. I have a Jewish job, so anytime I'm talking about my work, it comes up. I give in Jewish amounts (multiples of 18) to end of school collections for teacher gifts, which most recently prompted a whole conversation with another parent about gematria (the number/letter system in Hebrew that ultimately leads to the idea that 18 = life). So, if someone is going to be antisemitic around me, I've established myself as someone who is going to teach something about Judaism when given the opportunity.

I see antisemitism not directed at me pretty regularly. There's a mom at my child's elementary school who wears a keffiyah and a hat with the outline of Israel in a watermelon pattern at school pickup everyday. I don't know her and my kid doesn't know her kid, so I leave it alone (I do give her some side-eye when she's not looking). Similarly, there was a family at a small local music festival last week wearing t-shirts with bombs over a watermelon Israel who I side-eyed and then ignored (beyond knowing where they were in relation to my family in case they became a safety concern).

For a few months after October 7, I was seeing antisemitism masquerading as antizionism from some of my college friends online (stuff like "from the river to the sea" and calling the 10/7 attack "resistance"). They have mostly unfriended me at this point, which is fine. Don't read the comments from internet strangers, especially on Instagram; it's just a cesspool of antisemitic hate that will make you spiral and lose all faith in humanity.

Antisemitism in the news (like the DC shooting and the Boulder fire-bombing) is hard, because it's not something I'm experiencing personally or directly, but it feels like an attack on us anyway. I usually share some news on my social media about it to raise awareness among the people who know me that this stuff is happening to Jews. There's not really more that I can do.


For what it's worth, I personally would not consider the bolded line to be an example of antisemitism, though I probably also wouldn't see much point in discussing my (complicated and largely extremely critical, but rooted in Judaism) opinions about Israel with this person.


I don’t want to start another Israel post as there are many so may I ask why you use the word complicated? I only hear ‘it is complicated’ from Jewish friends when it comes to the depopulation agenda instituted by the Israeli government (with Israeli citizen support). What part is complicated?


Since you are not Jewish you don’t understand how it is complicated.


I don't think it's that complicated.

I think there are people who think it's possibly to completely separate their Jewish identity from Israel. And then there are people who think it's not possible to separate their Jewish identity from Israel.
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