r/JewsOfConscience • u/ContentChecker Jewish Anti-Zionist • Oct 27 '24

Discussion Cultural exchange with /r/Arabs!

Hi everyone,

Today we will be having a cultural exchange with r/Arabs - beginning at 8AM EST, but extending for about 2 days so feel free to post your questions/comments over the course of that time-frame.

The exchange will work similarly to an AMA, except users from their sub will be asking us questions in this thread for anyone to answer, and users from our sub can go to a thread there to ask questions and get answers from their users!

To participate in the exchange, see the following thread in /r/Arabs:

https://old.reddit.com/r/arabs/comments/1gd9eb3/cultural_exchange_rjewsofconscience/

Big thanks to the mods over at /r/Arabs for reaching out to us with this awesome idea! Thanks to MoC for posting the original post.

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u/TheRealMudi Oct 27 '24

Hello everyone! I have a question: How is it to be an anti zionist Jew? What are some hardships that come with it? Do you have falling outs with family members? I would think it's not that easy depending on where someone might live!

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u/ComradeTortoise Jewish Communist Oct 27 '24

I can't convert. I am of Jewish (Ashkenazi) ancestry, I feel Jewish, I've been studying for years (idiosyncratically, on my own) and religiously I have a Jewish relationship with Hashem to the extent of my ability while practicing alone. Granted I will never be very Frum... But I cannot convert because locally, every synagogue is either Orthodox (And I'm gay so that won't work), or incredibly Zionist.

I'm gonna look into doing everything virtually through Tzedek Chicago I think.