The whole thread rages pretty hard from the OP lmao:

I am f*cking tired of constantly needing to check if everyone I interact with hates Jews

I'm Jewish, Zionist, live in NYC, but not very active in Jewish circles (mostly bc I have social anxiety, imposter syndrome, and yes, I should find a therapist)

I am constantly vetting every event I attend, and every date I may potentially go on. I am tired of being surprised by someone's IG post about the "brave students" in the encampments, after they had the gall to come to my Hannukah party. I am tired of checking with my newly engaged friend about the guest list of their wedding. I am tired of wanting to go on a camping trip with my friends, but since I have not personally asked every single person about their stance on Israel I don't know if it will be a safe space. I am tired of watching in apprehension when people look at my Magen David. I am tired of being excited about a friend coming to visit, and wondering if I should ask them about their views now, or wait till I see them in person. I am tired of assuming everyone is a latent anti-Semite who is just hiding their views from me. I am tired of needing to explain why Jews have a right to exist and a right to a homeland.

Edit:

Thank you everyone for your posts! It is helpful (but depressing) to hear that other people are struggling the same way. I don't think my non-Jewish friends understand how I am feeling at all.

and to the person that thinks I have ADHD, and to the pathetic, repetitive, anti-Semitic incel from the UK who is obsessed with BeckiJones and slipped into my DMs - go f*ck yourself.

A whole generation of nerds that didn't get bullied enough

  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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    2 months ago

    Definitely depends on your synagogue and movement. Most Progressive and Reform Jews are either anti-Zionist or pro-palestinian or at the very least hand-wringy over the genocide (you'll see the "everything bad in Israel is solely Netanyahu's fault just like everything bad in Russia is Putin's and when we finally get them out it will be okay" bullshit from older people.)

    Conservative Jews are, well, conservative and you're a lot more likely to see them being in this crowd of "everyone is an anti-Semite for not agreeing with my enthusiastic support of this totally not a genocide and also my wishes for this to actually become a genocide" nonsense.

    Orthodox Jews are a lot harder to categorize on this, and you'll see substantial variation in opinion from community to community.

    --

    There's a major sort of undercurrent in the backs of the minds of many diaspora Jews in North America, that as conditions continue to worsen and actual antisemitism continues to rise, that we will either have to or be forced as a whole group to leave our homes and go to Israel, which would in this hypothetical be the only safe country on the planet for Jews. This colours some people's opinions towards essentially being "Zionism-neutral," heavily critical of Israel's government and culture, but ultimately unwilling to be firmly against the continued occupation of Palestine. This is something that the Israeli government is actively pushing for, both in terms of popularizing these brainworms and in actual practice, deliberately supporting antisemitic movements and politicians in the hopes of effectively forcing the diaspora's hands to move to Israel.