Feeling tokenised on this sub

[u/Jche98]

I've been getting the impression lately that so much of this sub is becoming posts like "as jews of conscience, what do you think of X?" or "as real jews who believe in real judaism, what do you think of Y?" These questions are from non-jews. I appreciate non-jewish allies taking part in this sub but lately it's feeling that it's just people trying to paint us as "the good jews". This sub is about being jewish and anti-Zionist and the struggles that come with that. It's not a sub for us to parade around claiming to be the "true jews" or for people to parade us around like that. We are jewish and we oppose Zionism but the Zionist jews are also jewish. We're no less or more jewish than they are. And we're not here to justify judaism in the face of Zionism. There are a million (very important) subs where there is general discussion about Palestine and the genocide in Gaza. But I feel like this sub should be something for us.

[u/Various_Ad_1759]

As a non-Jewish member of this sub,I apologize for the way such questions make you feel.While there is no way for me to know the intentions of people who post such questions, I wish to share a perspective as to why such question make a lick of sense to me, personally.

It is not a matter of tokenizing anybody, however, being in many subs where zionist are trigger happy and fast to reply with the most vile and disgusting claims and accusations, it is understandable to be inquisitive about some of the claims zionist make regarding judeasm to someone who will not automatically label you as antisemitic or downvote you to hell.

This sub is amazingly unique in the manner by which people here conduct themselves. It is full of open and indearing discussions, and sometimes non-Jewish people would find it as a safe place to better understand Jewish perspective and opinions. Zionist incessantly claim to speak for all Jewish people, and it is disheartening to think people find their claims acceptable without question for the fear of being labeled or lambasted unfairly.

I wish this was helpful.

[u/Jche98 → u/Various_Ad_1759]

Thank you for that insight

[u/Various_Ad_1759 → u/Jche98]

Your more than welcome, my friend. In a safe environment like this one, it is easy for people to put their guard down, and with that, people will sometimes ask inappropriate questions. It is equally important to call those questions out in order for people to continue feeling safe here.