Cooperation between Palestinian and Jewish Israelis is the only model for a peaceful future.
Being a Jew on the left right now feels like being torn apart.
I work for two British Jewish communal organisations and I’ve been involved in the Jewish community all my life.
Being a Jew on the left right now feels like being torn apart.
I work for two British Jewish communal organisations and I’ve been involved in the Jewish community all my life.
These are dark times and I share the worry that, sooner or later, the growing wave of anti-Semitic incidents in this country will have deadly consequences. I’ve also spent significant time in Israel, I speak Hebrew and have family and friends in the country. I am mourning those who were killed on 7 October and I am desperate for Hamas’s Israeli hostages to be returned unharmed.
Yet while I can share these feelings of loss and trepidation with much of the UK Jewish community, I also feel like an interloper. I am constantly fretting that if I make one false step – one ill-advised tweet or blog post – I will be cast out.
My fears may or may not be justified but I still feel the need to be cagey about what I believe.
Yet while I can share these feelings of loss and trepidation with much of the UK Jewish community, I also feel like an interloper. I am constantly fretting that if I make one false step – one ill-advised tweet or blog post – I will be cast out.
My fears may or may not be justified but I still feel the need to be cagey about what I believe.
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