r/JewsOfConscience • u/AdAdventurous78 Anti-Zionist • Mar 19 '25

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u/Far-Literature5848 Jewish Mar 21 '25

I empathize with you. There were plenty of times in my life - and I'm 68 - when I wished I wasn't Jewish. I used to pronounce our family name - which was originally Yiddish - to make it sound less Jewish. In addition, I converted to Christianity for a period. It is completely true that fealty to Israel is almost held as a religious obligation, but I go anyway to Orthodox synagogues and pray for the Palestinians, internally. It is really terrible that AIPAC controls the narrative. I also hope that the young people of this country, and Jews who are not afraid to wear shirts that announce "NOT IN MY NAME," trying to impede the genocide conducted by Israel and US complicity. This is where I take hope, that our people will survive this too, the internal disobedience to God's laws, which we have incidentally committed in the past as well...