r/JewsOfConscience • u/ray-the-they Ashkenazi • Apr 23 '24
Discussion Being a Jewish Anti-Zionist feels exhausting.
First off, I’m an American and I am aware of exactly how much privilege that affords me.
But at the same time I feel like I’m fighting on all fronts - I’m fighting my own people, sometimes my own family, who cannot even bring themselves to acknowledge the crimes against humanity being committed. Heck even if I censor myself and my true feelings about Israel (that it was made as a monument to antisemitism, not a place to fight it) I’m a “traitor”
And then when there is actual antisemitism if I call it out, I get attacked for it and called a zionazi.
I am just so tired and worn out emotionally from all this. It feels like the group of people I can rely on or trust is very small.
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u/Being-of-Dasein Non-Jewish Ally Apr 23 '24 edited Apr 23 '24
Unfortunately, this is the price for taking a moral stand. The thing that keeps me going is that I want to be able to face myself in the mirror and be able to say that my principles matter. I could not abide being a moral coward, no matter how much simpler that would make living in this corrupt world.
In addressing you, and other Jewish people like you, personally, however, I would say your role is absolutely crucial to the anti-zionist movement. Without you, we would be labelled as anti-Semites as a way to delegitimise us. We need you. Solidarity in the struggle, comrade.