r/JewsOfConscience • u/jryan102 Ashkenazi • Oct 27 '24

Discussion At a Jewish Wedding…

I’m currently outside of the wedding venue. I had to step out because they handed out little Israeli flags on the dance floor as party favors. The utter disregard and nonchalance these people display when celebrating a genocidal nation is baffling. It made me so physically ill and upset that I had to step out. Maybe I’m dramatic or I drank too much but it brought me to tears. There are real, innocent people dying and these people are celebrating their killers at some random party and for what?

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u/NewRollingWhizTicks Oct 27 '24

You think that's bad? My very close family friends brought an IDF soldier to their wedding and before the ceremony the Rabbi pointed him out like some hero and everyone started applauding him. He was sitting in my row. I almost retched.

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u/jryan102 Ashkenazi Oct 27 '24

There were (former?) IDF soldiers there. Quite a few. Mentions of Israel in the bride’s father’s speech.