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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm pretty darn secular, but here's what advice I'm giving my own HS senior, applicable to everything:

Don't operate in a vacuum. Find community, and if you can't find it, build it. We're not the first group of people to be on the wrong end of hate/discrimination/etc. Not by a longshot. And frankly some of our friends have been dealing with worse in more recent history for longer. Be an ally. Learn what that means. Show up for people. Do that, and they show up for you. [/quote]

I don't think you understand what the OP is asking. It almost sounds like you're diminishing the discrimination Jews have faced, which really is pretty insensitive. We're not talking about allyship here; we're talking about what it's like being part of a discriminated minority. [/quote]

Hi. I did not intend to diminish the discrimination. I'm sorry that's how it came across. It is the furthest thing from my intention. I'm saying that LOTS of folks besides us (ME) have experienced this. And fostering allyship is a concrete way to combat it. I mean that. Not as a feel-good platitude. I mean it because I've personally found it to give me a sense of hope and community, opportunities for productive discussion, and feeling like we're actually doing something about it. [/quote]

Ok. But OP is asking about how to advise Jews. In this case, non-Jews would be the allies, not Jews ourselves. [/quote]

I think the pp is saying if Jews are allies to other minority communities, those communities will in turn be allies for Jews.  I think it makes sense. [/quote]

That’s funny. We’ve been allies to blacks and yet many tell us to shut up when we talk about our discrimination. Moreover, why is the answer to anti-semitism “just be nice to others.” Would you tell black people to just be nice to white people and then it’ll be ok? Don’t the other communities have a responsibility to not attack us?[/quote]

Jews haven't been allies to blacks in a long time.  Don't kid yourself.[/quote]

Explain, please. How have we abandoned black people? [/quote]

How about you guys move your debate to the politics forum?  The issue here is not to adjudicate historical disputes about which group did what to whom (and even just writing that points out the stereotypical thinking this type of debate triggers) but to figure out how a student can navigate a potentially adverse social environment.  That could apply to anybody if they move around enough and live long enough... Are there any good strategies?
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