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Jonathan Levy's avatar

Yeah i agree on JVP—of course the rank and file are very sincere but I’m wondering about the name, Jewish Voice for Peace. Why Jewish? Peace is a long-desired “goal” of Israel as in the “peace process”. It’s like Jews leading the charge is somehow more valid as if Jews are expected to have this allegiance to Israel. I get that it decouples Jews from Zionism but now that I’ve dropped my own phony ID as a Jew by birth I’m not so down with calling these folks Jews. Mostly I suspect they’re not religious at all but secular. Perhaps it’s high time to start a new organization called “Leaving the Jew Club” or “Leaving the Jew Cult”. Ultimately Zionism is partly fueled by secular Jews, whatever the f they are. They’re not at all Jews. These Jews often view the religious observant Jews as carrying a torch of sorts for “the Jews” as if they are a family, a race. It’s a load of shit. If Jews like me left en masse, that could take a big chunk out of Zionism, exposing this impostor people, as it were, leaving the fanatics on the island they ought to be. In other words, Israel is not a stain on my people. I’m not of these people at all and they are frauds.

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Rabbi Menachem Levine's avatar

For Jewish Anti-Semites, A Cautionary History Lesson

https://substack.com/home/post/p-151338295

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