Very much appreciate this. My synagogue was firebombed last year, and my workplace was hit with antisemitic fliers. I choose to be a proud Jew but I have no illusions about the threat. It's very real.
This resonated with me so much!!! I am Catholic (Irish/Italian) born and raised in NY in the 50's-70's. I really was so used to a diverse community and worked as a nurse in a Yeshiva Hospital in the Bronx that I never experienced too much prejudice until I was married to my husband who is Jewish and I had a Jewish surname. We moved to the Chicago suburbs in the 80s. we are now retired and live in an "upscale" somewhat conservative condominium community. I am on the Condo Homeowners Association Board.and last week I think I had my first directly antisemitic experience from another Board member. It was subtle but in today's arena you know what you feel even if you don't want to believe it. Liz, I am ever grateful for your writings and so many things that you discuss keep me keenly attuned to what is going on everywhere. Yes, I will never hide my background. We have a Xmas tree and Menorah and are proud of our interfaith marriage. I have found much solace at the Central Synagogue in NYC while also practicing my own version of Catholicism. Thank you Liz.
I have been reading and respecting you for years and years. You always show up for all of the oppressed, whether or not you identify in that particular group. I worked in racial justice in a primarily white suburb and you know who *always* showed up? Jews and LGBTQ+. People of color weren't often there because they weren't represented in the population (for the reasons we understand, from decades of redlining and persecution), but of the white people who did show up, it was Jews and LGBTQ+. The silence among those of us who KNOW and UNDERSTAND the threat to Jews and LGBTQ+ and Blacks and Hispanics and ASIANS and WOMEN... WHEN will the revolution come? ...reading this back, I am a bit concerned I sound like I am underplaying the experience of Jews in an "all oppressed lives matter" kind of way. I hope you understand I am not. I just want us all to rise up together.
Another reminder of the power of words-your words-and how they can promote healing if only we listen.
Very much appreciate this. My synagogue was firebombed last year, and my workplace was hit with antisemitic fliers. I choose to be a proud Jew but I have no illusions about the threat. It's very real.
This resonated with me so much!!! I am Catholic (Irish/Italian) born and raised in NY in the 50's-70's. I really was so used to a diverse community and worked as a nurse in a Yeshiva Hospital in the Bronx that I never experienced too much prejudice until I was married to my husband who is Jewish and I had a Jewish surname. We moved to the Chicago suburbs in the 80s. we are now retired and live in an "upscale" somewhat conservative condominium community. I am on the Condo Homeowners Association Board.and last week I think I had my first directly antisemitic experience from another Board member. It was subtle but in today's arena you know what you feel even if you don't want to believe it. Liz, I am ever grateful for your writings and so many things that you discuss keep me keenly attuned to what is going on everywhere. Yes, I will never hide my background. We have a Xmas tree and Menorah and are proud of our interfaith marriage. I have found much solace at the Central Synagogue in NYC while also practicing my own version of Catholicism. Thank you Liz.
The world needs you, Liz. And it needs your words. Selfishly, I need your words, too. Thank you.
I have been reading and respecting you for years and years. You always show up for all of the oppressed, whether or not you identify in that particular group. I worked in racial justice in a primarily white suburb and you know who *always* showed up? Jews and LGBTQ+. People of color weren't often there because they weren't represented in the population (for the reasons we understand, from decades of redlining and persecution), but of the white people who did show up, it was Jews and LGBTQ+. The silence among those of us who KNOW and UNDERSTAND the threat to Jews and LGBTQ+ and Blacks and Hispanics and ASIANS and WOMEN... WHEN will the revolution come? ...reading this back, I am a bit concerned I sound like I am underplaying the experience of Jews in an "all oppressed lives matter" kind of way. I hope you understand I am not. I just want us all to rise up together.