I wrote about Jonathan Glazer's willfully ignorant critics, Trump's recent comments about Jews who vote for Dems, and the pathological need for some people—especially within the religion—to decide who is and is not a Good Jew.
I hope you'll give it a read.
I'd actually like the question put to more people in the debate if only to get them on the record that they don't think anyone should ever criticize Israeli policy, which would at least be a direct position rather than a fake meta-debate
Probably 10 years ago, the rabbi at the temple we belonged to gave a sermon in which he said that the Palestinians deserve whatever happens to them because they voted for hamas. I found that objectionable on so many levels. I never returned to that temple
Gah, I recall all the Seder arguments between my ex and I and her family about the occupation and her being called a bad Jew. And this was over 20 years ago! It’s only gotten worse (or maybe more mainstream?) since then
In sum, "common sense" which has been proven to not be common. This is a terrific template for so many things, because at the root, we just have a lot of humans who spend too much time criticizing others in irrational ways. What's the point? We don't need more divisiveness. IANAJ. Thanks, M.
Thank you, Marisa! While trying to understand all the varied perspectives of this conflict, Hollywood denouncing Glazer's speech nearly broke my brain trying to understand; I asked myself: "Wait, why are Jews turning on Jews now?" Your article has cleared up so much of the confusion for me. ✌️🫶
Well written. I tend to bounce off of any sort of orthodoxy which many times also puts me in opposition to people on the left. I'm just an atheist of all things.
Good read. I'm an atheist in part because so many organized religions assert political authority so brutally. I do see the dilemma between "cease fire now" and Hamas holding civilian hostages. Sadly, the US is complicit in the deaths of Palestinians because of our continued military aid to Israel
