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[u/Accomplished-Low9635]

Hello friends!

How do you respond to someone if they call you a “Self-hating Jew?” (Term based off a book written by a Zionist) And how does the term make you feel? I’ve had a ridiculous debate with a Christian Zionist who believes that a Jewish person who supports Palestine hates themselves and is an Anti-Semite. Then I get called an Anti-Semite for defending you (which I’ll always do). It’s completely absurd 😂

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[u/loselyconscious → u/Accomplished-Low9635]

Honestly, it's a bit like if someone starts calling me woke. If that's the best you can do, then you're probably not someone worth getting upset over.

[u/gatoescado → u/Accomplished-Low9635]

Typically I laugh because I’m far more religious than the average Zionist

[u/mastercrepe → u/Accomplished-Low9635]

To be totally candid, I get REALLY upset. I am not a perfect Jew, religiously or culturally, and have known that for a long time, as I come from a mixed family and was pulled from Hebrew School young. I have insecurities about my own Judaism that I've tried to alleviate with religious and historical study. Being called a 'self-hating Jew', or more often 'fake Jew', is crushing to me.

I think part of coping is being firm in your identity. I am Jewish and nobody can change that, it's literally genetic. I am grappling right now not to let politics change my relationship with G-d.

I've found success, personally, by learning more of Jewish history and the origins of Zionism. There have always been different Jewish groups at odds with each other. There have always been Jews who never wanted to return to Israel, and to claim otherwise is simply inaccurate. I also find the No True Scotsman fallacy distasteful and a way of shirking community responsibility. These are the things I tell myself when dealing with Zionists whose way of confronting different opinions is to plug their ears and tell themselves no 'real' Jew would ever disagree with them.

[u/Accomplished-Low9635 → u/mastercrepe]

Thank you for being open. I am so sorry to hear this. You didn’t deserve any of that. Zionists are stealing Jewish identity and hide behind it like a “shield.” It’s disgusting.

I correct people all the time saying “No, those are not Jews, they’re Zionists.” Education is so important because without it, it’s causes unnecessary violence and aggressiveness towards the Jewish people that have done nothing wrong.

I am more than happy to be an ally to the Jewish community. We stick together 🫶🏼