As the Trump administration weaponizes accusations of antisemitism to justify repression, the Jewish left is rising up.
It was the weirdest thing being raised Jewish in the 1980s
Constantly reminded of the holocaust and to be on alert for fascists.
But then Israel and Zionism?
None of it added up.
“Next year in Jerusalem” my grandparents said this their whole lives.
“Why don’t we just go there?” I would ask
Having Jerusalem wasn’t enough.
They wanted to exterminate Palestinians.
How is that different than the holocaust?
It’s not. Zionism is antisemitism
Another Lemmy comment I read the other day explained it that “never again” meant “never again against us.”
“Why don’t we just go there?”
“Shutupshutupshutupshutup”
lol the amount of times that was the response to my questions
What am I not understanding here? Did they not want you to see the treatment of the Palestinians or something
Religions do not want the children they’re grooming to think critically.
That is not typically how Judaism works though. At least for the Jews around me, Judaism is a culture centered around asking critical questions. God doesn’t even enter the equation for a great many Jews, that’s not the point. The point is using the tradition, the rituals and the community to remember and better understand the past and to use that understanding to prevent the same kind of tragedy in the future.
Anyway, that’s the kind of thing we talked about at my sedar.
That’s a load of hooey dude. I was raised Jewish.
God is the first thing. And the last thing in that tradition
Come on dude. Don’t tell a lie like that.
It’s so demonstrably false.
You’re both wrong! Judaism is a culture centered around matzo ball soup.
Great that the Jewish communities are speaking up against Trump using them as a reason to deport people… Great.
But where were all the jewish communities’ demonstrations about the actions of Israels government in their name?
I know a lot of Jewish people do not support them. But by not speaking up, they are allowing it to keep happening.
They have been. Jewish voice for peace has been protesting Israel since before most people have been born, and most Orthodox Jews have always protested zionism, since it’s an anti Jewish religion.
Could more protest? Sure, but that’s true of any group. Why did Americans protest American border policy for under trump but not Obama or biden.
