r/JewsOfConscience • u/jewraffe5 LGBTQ Jew • Sep 02 '24
Opinion Need to vent/seeking support
Flaired as opinion but lmk if I need to delete/change flair...sorry I'm new here.
Basically just need to vent - it feels impossible to discuss the situation in Israel/Palestine with my parents and I feel like it's made our already somewhat shallow relationship even more so...
Backstory is I'm Ashkenazi and was raised modern Orthodox and went to private Jewish schools from pre-K until 12th grade. In case that doesn't make it obvious, the Pro Israel indoctrination was STRONG. It's only been in more recent years, and frankly this current "war" (is it a war when it's this one sided? I still have a hard time using the word genocide bc of Holocaust associations but...) has broken me in terms of Israel and honestly pushed me away from the thin shred of Judaism I've been holding on to.
I feel disconnected from my family who is still so blindly pro-Israel, thinking this war is justified in anyway and never mentioning the thousands of Palestinians brutally murdered or any other wrongdoing Israel and the IDF do. It does not feel worth the stress of engaging with my parents about this topic and then I feel guilty for having the privilege of avoiding discussing this "issue" while real lives are being TAKEN by a country doing it supposedly "for my sake".
I'll cut this off here before it gets longer, but are other folks dealing with this with family members? It sucks.
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u/deadlift215 Jewish Anti-Zionist Sep 02 '24
I feel for you. Although not as heated I can’t really talk to my Reform parents about it either and I have some relatives who aren’t speaking to me at all now because of my criticism of Biden and Israel. Several friends and acquaintances as well. You should look into joining JVP or IfNotNow so you can at least meet some other Jews who understand and if you want you can become politically active with those organizations so you don’t feel like you are just watching all of this with no actions taken.