Being a Jewish Anti-Zionist feels exhausting.

[u/ray-the-they]

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.

[u/SirNurtle]

I can't say I can relate fully, but I am half Russian (Moms Russian, dads mixed race and I look very Caucasian so many just say that I am Russian) yet am also vehemently anti-Putin and as a result I received alot of hate/criticism, I am either seen as a westoid propagandist or just recieve hate because I'm half Russian, and Russia is big bad.

Keep on what you are doing, during times like these you have extremists on both sides who try and paint/pin all the blame on the other side(?), in this case there are sadly many Pro Palestinian supporters I have seen that are extremely anti Semitic and use Israel's actions as a way to say that all Jews are evil.

But try and take a break every now and then, keep your chin up and try whatever you can, it may not change much sadly but you can make your voice known and more importantly, inform your average Joe that not all Jews support Israel and that there are infact many Jews that are Anti-Zionist