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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or been killed. We now live in a country where we are free to practice and anyone who is accepting of that is a-okay in my book.

I have a Christian high school classmate who sends me a private FB messanger text every year wishing me a happy Rosh Hashanah, Chanukah, and Passover. She was always a sweet girl, and we were in a club together but were not really friends. Although it is not expected or necessary (much closer friends of mine do not do this), I know she is being kind by sending me those messages. I always give her a kind response in return. Who knows if she will be the next person to stand up to her school board when they try to schedule homecoming on Yom Kippur?

I've had people ask me about my Jewish church (I live in the South) and have had several say, "Oh I had a Jewish friend back in college." They are trying to relate to me and possibly learn more about me, and again, I take it in the spirit in which it was given.[/quote]

look, the personal message is fine - i also have acquaintances who send messages for birthdays and holidays, but we don't communicate other times. those messages are copy/paste and easy enough to reply "thanks" to - it's fine. people who truly don't know anyone jewish - i give them some more understanding. i used to live in a place where i really was the first jewish person many people had met - it was a very "you people killed jesus" sort of place. there, sure, any acknowledgement, curiosity, or understanding, was terrific.

but i think we can have higher expectations for many other people. people living in dc, have met jews. being jewish is not some exotic new thing to people in dc. i don't think that we should have to think: at least they didn't kill us. none of the "is this weird" people are choosing between an awkward holiday message and concentration camps, i don't think - and i hate that we have to think about it in these terms.

also, i would just like to add again - i do not find these messages anti-semitic. they aren't hostile. obviously they are well-intentioned. they're just a little weird! that's it! things aren't either the holocaust or THE BEST. sometimes something isn't the holocaust, and is also just a little strange! and also we don't all have to agree!! [/quote]

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