r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • Oct 02 '24

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/IWantFries21 Non-Jewish Ally Oct 03 '24

I know I'm asking this pretty late, but it's still Wednesday for me and I only just saw a video about this. I remember Simone Zimmerman making a comment in Israelism about the "hot IDF soldier" thing, and I just saw a video on Instagram talking about the sexualization of the IDF(the account was called uncivilized.media). I don't feel like I know enough about this to have a coherent opinion, so I was just curious if anyone here has any thoughts, opinions on this, or experiences where you witnessed it?

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u/Blastarock Jewish Communist Oct 03 '24

Never went on birthright, but the pressure to do so for the purpose of finding a match is very real. ANd the hot idf soldier stereotype is real as well, whether you're pushed to marry an idf soldier or become one to become attractive