r/JewsOfConscience 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/AH_Sam Israeli for One State Aug 11 '24

As an anti-Zionist Jew in Israel, I feel ya. I have about 2 close friends I can talk freely with about this topic.

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u/echtemendel Jewish Communist Aug 11 '24

היי, אני לא יודע עד כמה את/ה מכיר עוד אנטי-ציונים, אבל אם את/ה רוצה להכיר עוד - שלח/י לי הודעה, אני יכול לנסות לחבר אותך עם חבר'ה שעדיין גרים שם.