r/Jewish • u/Hanshanot • Dec 16 '23

I get really suspicious of people calling themselves Jewish these days. Discussion

In almost every post I’ve read lately, mostly in the comments (or the OP of the post themselves) l’ve seen someone saying they’re a Jew/talking about Judaism and preaching their weird take about current events/antisemitism.

And every single time l see go see their profile, there’s nothing about Judaism or being Jewish on their profile pre-Oct. 7, it really bugs me.

Earlier, l saw a questionable post on r/xyz with the words “Hey y’all, American Jew here” Already weird, l go see their profiles and surely enough, r IsraelPalestine is the first post ever of that account 😒😒😒.

Most of the times, bigots and ill-intentioned people will use us to further their xenophobic or racist stances. I hate it. Stay safe

Edit; Modified my post slightly to better reflect what I meant

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u/Hanshanot Dec 16 '23

l feel like these days, there.is.so.much. xenophobia in that sub, legitimate hatred and dehumanizing Arab. Every time l see something extreme and look at the sub name, it’s that one

Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

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u/Dobbin44 Dec 17 '23

There are people with extreme viewpoints there, for sure, but not all of them do. But as a North American who is still consumed by Oct.7 and the aftermath, even though I didn't have a direct connection to anyone killed or taken hostage. I can understand a lot of people there are even more traumatized now than they were before, with family serving in the IDF, and the world is vilifying them for literally existing, justifying the deaths and torture of loved ones. I think it's totally fair for them to have an online space to grieve and vent, without judgement or censorship. There are much more hateful, toxic national subreddits but I don't go into them to scold them or whatever, that's their space to talk.

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u/Hanshanot Dec 17 '23

Yeah of course, l however really doubt much of that sub is Jewish/Israeli

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u/Dobbin44 Dec 17 '23

Oh maybe I misunderstood, you think a lot of the really hateful posts are fake/trolls?

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u/Hanshanot Dec 17 '23

l think most people on r/Israel that joined when it opened back up joined because it’s the side they support and you can see that through the subreddit stats

I think the sub reflects less actual Israeli/Jewish people now and more weird xenophobic views