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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I actually think your resistance to going is more because of your heritage and the sort of "expected reverence" that you seem to imply your family expects of you WRT Israel. Israel is HIGH on my travel list bc everyone I know who goes (FWIW I have a bunch of family who each ended up going in the last few years, none of whome are Jewish) raves about the sites, scene, culture, etc. I think if you viewed it like you might traveling to Spain, Croatia, or somewhere else without the more emotional /family back story to it, you might realize it's a great opportunity to go on a fun extended family adventure[/quote]

That's easy to say, but if OP is like many of us and has limited vacation time, she has other vacations she'd like to take, and going on this one means missing a week of vacation with her family, at a place of their choosing.  Not to mention airfare and other expenses associated with making it a real vacation.  And I don't pull my kid out of school for vacations, so the timing matters, too.

Also, I don't respond well to emotional blackmail.  If OP was just asking if she should go, that would be one thing, but we already know that her mother and brother are being dicks about it.  [/quote]

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