I have been searching high and low for something that so succinctly and plainly states what I’ve been feeling. I have literally never felt so Jewish as when taking up the cause of Palestinians. Deeply grateful.
It's personal stories like this, one by one, especially from Jewish people, that will make change. This was also just so interesting to read. As a non-Jewish person with a life long love of Jewish people, I recognized the authors I love, the friends I've made, in your words. In middle school I read so many Jewish authors bc they were in my home, so I started on the infamous- and not exactly Jewish beloved- author Philip Roth, who really gave me this first impression of Jewish people as having a specific flavor of independence of mind and humor, which really resonated with me. And this was cemented after almost a decade of working with Jewish colleagues, two years at an Orthodox Jewish preschool. I just am so happy to see the way so much of the Jewish community has risen to speak out on this. Thank you, and nice to meet you! New subscriber here.
The Jewish people stand for justice, and the expulsion and extermination of innocent people is not just.
But I don't understand the claim that ethnonationalism is goyish. In its prime, Israel was an ethnostate, and this was the will of God. Why conciliate yourself with a state of exception?
Really needed to read this. Grew up in a very similar space and have been feeling very confused lately as I’ve watched many liberal, secular-ish Jewish role models of my life posting Zionist stuff. What you’ve said here is so true and some of the big tenets of Jewish education are a deep & thorough intellectual honesty, a confidence in digging into complexity, and (very sharply in youth Holocaust education) a courageousness to not look away when there are horrors right in front of your eyes. Thank you for laying it out so clearly (and for plugging it on your tt!).
I have been searching high and low for something that so succinctly and plainly states what I’ve been feeling. I have literally never felt so Jewish as when taking up the cause of Palestinians. Deeply grateful.
Thank you for this!
Oh this is excellent, sharing it with friends now.
It's personal stories like this, one by one, especially from Jewish people, that will make change. This was also just so interesting to read. As a non-Jewish person with a life long love of Jewish people, I recognized the authors I love, the friends I've made, in your words. In middle school I read so many Jewish authors bc they were in my home, so I started on the infamous- and not exactly Jewish beloved- author Philip Roth, who really gave me this first impression of Jewish people as having a specific flavor of independence of mind and humor, which really resonated with me. And this was cemented after almost a decade of working with Jewish colleagues, two years at an Orthodox Jewish preschool. I just am so happy to see the way so much of the Jewish community has risen to speak out on this. Thank you, and nice to meet you! New subscriber here.
The Jewish people stand for justice, and the expulsion and extermination of innocent people is not just.
But I don't understand the claim that ethnonationalism is goyish. In its prime, Israel was an ethnostate, and this was the will of God. Why conciliate yourself with a state of exception?
Really needed to read this. Grew up in a very similar space and have been feeling very confused lately as I’ve watched many liberal, secular-ish Jewish role models of my life posting Zionist stuff. What you’ve said here is so true and some of the big tenets of Jewish education are a deep & thorough intellectual honesty, a confidence in digging into complexity, and (very sharply in youth Holocaust education) a courageousness to not look away when there are horrors right in front of your eyes. Thank you for laying it out so clearly (and for plugging it on your tt!).