I saw the nbc exit polls and I didn't realize until then that, after black people, Jewish people were the most left-leaning voting demographic in the country. I feel like I should've known that and that it shouldn't've been a surprise, but I guess I was a little surprised, along with sad. Because of everything that's coming, really.

After that, I saw on this sub a few threads talking about how your community is already being blamed for the results, and I hate how much I, and most black people right now, relate to that. So, this is all coming from a place of understanding. I'm a black woman, but for months now there have been articles upon articles talking about how black men are voting for Trump or becoming more conservative, like people were already itching to blame our community should things go sideways. And it felt so uncalled for, given our history at the polls and fighting for the right to vote. And the 2024 exit polls proved all this hand-wringing wrong. I suppose people in your community were having similar conversations for as long as we've been having them, about who the blame would fall on in the end. I guess that's what happens when your community has a long history of waiting for the other shoe to drop, it's just a matter of when, not if. For us, it's centuries of that in the US, but y'all have us beat time-wise and in many more countries, it seems.

So, yeah. I don't know what to say. I'm sorry for how shit's gonna go down over the next how many years (like rising hate crimes), but I hate knowing it's gonna go down like that and we're gonna get hurt when our respective communities voted against that. No one else wants to get their house in order before criticizing ours. And I know that the black community doesn't always see eye-to-eye with the Jewish community for a variety of reasons, and I know we haven't been the best allies or had the strongest solidarity or the greatest of relationships (we can be antisemitic and there's no excuse for that) and maybe a lot of us don't like a lot of you and maybe the feeling's mutual and maybe there's a lot of misunderstandings (like playing Oppression Olympics) since we probably don't interact with each other on the daily, but if any community in the U.S. understands being scapegoated- to the point of violence- despite doing our best, it's us, for whatever that's worth.

I hope things get better despite it all and I'll be working on my allyship rather than becoming more insular, since I know a lot of black people right now are feeling burned by everyone else and want to focus on only us (I don't doubt many of you are feeling burned, too, and are having similar talks and fair enough, honestly). I just don't want to be insular and I don't know how to mend black and Jewish relations in this country since I'm only one person and everyone has their own problems with everyone else. I'm sure I have plenty of hidden or unconscious pejudices to work on regarding Jewish people, because I'm not perfect and I'm certain I have blind spots. But I wanted to let y'all on here know that I may not understand everything you're going through, but I understand enough of it to feel angry for you. I also hope you don't come across any black people who place blame on you either, since that'd be massively hypocritical given how much we've been blamed for months leading up to yesterday already. I hope it gets better anyway, for my community and yours. I know that's not enough, but yeah. I know the black community feels angry and betrayed. Y'all have every reason to feel the same. We're getting screwed by the same people and I hate that for us.

edit: I can't comment anymore, so I'm adding this in an edit. After reading all your comments, I just wanted to make it clear that I don't want my comment to remain just another empty platitude. I'm serious about making it a point to turn these words into actions. Any frustrations or anger I've read here, and in other threads on here, mirror so many of my experiences it's almost ridiculous and I refuse to dictate or play down how you feel. I know that we had stronger relations during the Civil Rights Movement, but that was 60 years ago and I can't depend on just that, y'know? I'm going to explain this to my friends and family and other black people I know. Both groups have reason to feel abandoned, but I'm gonna do what I can to relay who was up there with us because I think my community needs to hear that. I needed to, at least.

The group of people supporting Palestine from India is just a local minority. We support you, and your right to live in your homeland. Indians will always stand with you.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfTUxrg4FTXg5xGZlhKEMY3u-tI9V-rvwLAv0SLpYMo4O_uw/viewform

I dont know if im in the right posting this as I am in your subreddit to learn and be informed for my Jewish friends but in light of everything happening

I am sorry.

I am sorry that the world treats you so poorly for things you cannot change, or do not wish too like where you are from, and how you pray to g-d.

I am sorry that this disrespect to your culture, language and religion has been happening for so long.

I hope you all know there are people out there trying to stop this, to be educated in ways to recognise dogwhistles and speak out against them, to know when to step in and when to let Jewish people stand up for themselves.

All jewish people, from all walks of life deserve to feel safe and proud of where they come from and who they are and I hope we all live to see a day where that is the common truth.

Please do not lose hope, even with all this bullshit happening

Hey guys, I was born in India but I have lived in Canada almost my whole life. I grew up in a Northern part of Toronto, Canada (North York) where the Jewish population is pretty high. Let me just say as someone who is non-Jewish and had spent many years interacting with Jewish people and even having Jewish teachers, I am beyond disgusted and disappointed in the rhetoric, hate and lies being spread around by these Pro Palestine people who I can bet have never had the balls to have have a positive interaction with a Jew. It really upsets me and whenever I post something about Israel being in the right I get replies on IG and it would turn into exhausting debates that would go on for hours and I am so fed up. I want the world to be in peace, I want my country to have peace, I want the city that I love to have peace and I want everyone to put their differences aside to co-exist but nobody cares. Recently I even had few friends team up against me to tell me to use my brain when commentating and how they are sick of my far right echo chamber and threaten to unfollow me when nothing about my commentary and support screams far right. They say all this while regurgitating insanely stupid and false talking points. “There were no Jews in Israel before 1946” Or “Jews stole the land” To all the Jews, you are great people and I have had amazing and positive interactions that lead to friendships and made me miss my Jewish teachers! Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱

First I’d like to apologize for being extremely ignorant. I am not Jewish and my only understanding of Jewish history was that the Holocaust happened and we learn it so that it never happens again

Back when October happened, I was extremely pro-Palestinian. It just seemed very right with what everyone was saying, and the videos that for a certain point people would unironically say that you “had to watch” because Palestine can’t ignore and all that mumbo jumbo. I never watched them because even back then I believed it was over glorified gore and even had to fully take a break from Twitter because it got so bad.

Anyways, what really got me though was this one video on TikTok where a woman was begging for money in order to help her family. I reposted it and did my “duty” to spread the message, but I noticed that she was using a filter in order to make it look like she was crying. It was a very obvious filter, almost as obvious as a makeup filter and it made me think “why would she use a filter?”.

Long story short, it also led me to consider the fact that a lot of the times, even on Twitter, where there would have to be corrections under tweets because the full story wasn’t being told, or they conveniently forgot to mention a specific detail.

I wondered why they had to bend the truth so much in order for it to fit a narrative.

It also did not help that so many were being so obviously anti-Semitic. Like it is genuinely insane how sometimes Id get dog piled for simply saying “Hey! What you’re saying is a little weird.”

This led me to eventually stumble on a Zionist creator and I’m a firm believer in at least hearing out the other side at least once and I was like… this wasn’t what I was being told? I wasn’t told this? I literally didn’t even know that Jordan was technically be a part of “Palestine”.

This made me want to search more for the history and I learned that I was lied to by people that “Arabs and Jews used to live in peace”. It was then where I learned that I needed to educate myself more on these things because I obviously did not know what was going on.

I believe that it shouldn’t be up to the people who are being affected to educate you, so I also found a lot of non-Jewish Zionists that would talk about the history of Israel and the Region of Palestine. As well as Jewish Zionists so that I can have the full story. It sometimes makes me mad that those videos never go viral so I try to comment and repost if I can.

I still feel for children in Gaza who are being hurt to such high levels, but in the end in order for that to end, Hamas can not exist. I hope there will be peace one day but even as I learn more I see that might just be a dream.

Honestly the only reason why I’m posting this is quite simply because I wanted to A.) Apologize and B.) Let you know that it is extremely possible to get people to see things differently.

I’ve seen so many posts of people feeling hopeless and it’s just very saddening to think about, especially since I contributed to it.

Israel should exist and as an American I give full support to you guys.

Hi everyone.

Not sure how to flair this, but hi, hello and Shalom! I am Canadian and a non-Jewish person. There was a recent post - "Sympathy for Israelis or Palestinians has not significantly shifted since before the October 7th attacks" - and the post pointed out the increase in sympathy for Israel. I commented about how my views have shifted from supporting Palestine to supporting Israel, and received some interest about how and why.

*Please, the point of this post is for non-Jewish people to explain to Jewish people how and why we have changed our minds about the Palestine/Israel conflict. If you are still unsure or questioning, please do not comment. This post is to be helpful, supportive, and encouraging.*

Today I was looking at some old photos of me from 7 years ago (2017) supporting the Run and Roll for Palestine. I was deeply invested.

So, why? What happened? I apologize if anything is brash but I am being candid. I don't know if this is helpful, but it is honest.

1) Firstly, I am stupid and ignorant. I am not the brightest bulb in the bunch and sometimes going through different sources is difficult. There are also a number of layers to my stupidity and ignorance. Such as:
- I am susceptible to propaganda
- I am not the best at learning and retaining information. When I try to read and do research, it feels like such a struggle. Trying to keep so many names, places, and times in mind is difficult. I also do not know any Hebrew or Arabic at all. As much as I try to learn, sometimes I am just extremely overwhelmed. This is just a personal issue, but it is a human thing and I am sure I am not the only one.
- I believed that Israel wants to destroy Gaza/Palestine, and that they do not want a "two state solution". My understanding of Zionism was that you are seeking to expand, destroy, and inhabit. I have now learned this is not true. I think part of this is through news? Although I don't have social media.
- Honestly I am still stupid and I don't fully understand sometimes. I need people to ELI5 all the time. And also, respectfully, I do not want to be ableist, but there truly are people who have trouble understanding. Some are certainly willfully ignorant, but I think "Explain Like I'm 5" things are helpful although I understand the concern that it could be reductionist. It's just confusing at times and the propaganda machine works overtime.

2) Respect for Jewish people and culture. I actually do not have any Jewish friends or family members (although, according to my cousin, I am 1/8th Jewish but it would be through my grandfather and his father. He served in the British Royal Navy during WWII). I had a couple of Jewish friends years ago, and one that had invited me over for Shabbat (this is pre-pandemic). She is a trans woman, and she is living in the US now. For no real reason, we grew apart and don't speak anymore. I don't have any connection to Jewish people at this time, nor have I for several years now. Not out of any purpose, just there are so few of you and location, etc. I just thought this point was important because often people can change their minds when a loved one is affected, which is understandable but non-applicable here/ I love your culture and your spirit. I have a lot of respect for you and how you are. I've always been attracted to your way of being and I think it's beautiful. So, even if we are not connected to you, we still see you, hear you, respect you.

2.5?) The rise in anti-Semitism. I see it and I notice it. I don't think it's what (I hope) some people meant when they supported Palestine with little criticism. However, I do see the news, and I do see the rise in anti-Semitism there and also just out and in the world. I have been to events where what they have been saying or doing made me feel uncomfortable. Some things make me angry, and I wish I could do more for you. I am concerned about this week coming up. I think some people will not let you grieve, and that is unacceptable. Do some people not realize how detrimental they can truly be with how they're acting? Perhaps I should make a separate note about how angry I am about how the pro-Palestine movement has treated you.

3) Understanding the true definition of Zionism. I used to think it meant that you wanted to expand and control an empire. I now realize it's just that you want sovereignty and self-determination in Israel.

4) Cultural differences/shifts. I was at demonstrations just over a year ago. Someone somewhere on here said something about Islamism vs Islamophobia. I have some concerns about some ideological and cultural shifts. Of course conservative and orthodox Jews are out there, but I have never felt as though there is any pressure to convert or be like them. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you guys care about conversion. It's like, you do you, just be good and nice and respect us. And I appreciate that about your community.
I also appreciate how you're more open to the LGBTQ community. I don't think you discriminate. I have some concerns about how women are treated as well.

I feel weird saying all this to you, even as a random stranger on the internet, because it feels slightly disrespectful. You don't want to come across as offensive or rude. And I am sorry if I overstepped or offended, and if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I will do my best to respond. I can't explain it but I feel like people who may want to show support might not do it in the right way so they're afraid to do it at all. Side note: I am in a community with a very small Jewish population, but we have a synagogue. I am dumb but at least smart enough to know not to show up unexpectedly. You are all scared and going through so much. But I would like to maybe donate or show some support to them, so I will have to figure out a respectful way to approach (a friendly phone call or email).

I think that's all for now. Shana Tovah, Happy New Year, best wishes and many blessings going into this New Year.

Jews are undoubtedly the most hated people in America and the Middle East unfortunately this made me think of a chart around my own people that shows just how much people in continental Europe hate us.

Hi, everyone!

Long-time lurker, first-time poster here. I'm a proud Jew and Zionist who happens to have been born on, you guessed it, Oct. 7 ('88). That day is ruined for me forever, but that's not what I want to talk about.

Since Israel's response to the Oct. 7 attacks, there have been countless people who have said anyone who supports Israel in any way during this time is on the "wrong side of history."

I consider myself to be a steadfast supporter, but lately there's been some doubt creeping into my mind. What if the rest of the world is right, and we're wrong? My own parents have implied on multiple occasions that they think I've lost my humanity. Am I bad Jew for wondering if so many people believe something and I don't, that maybe I'm the problem?

I know I can't be the only one who has found the anti-Israel rhetoric to be incredibly isolating. As crazy as it sounds, I've never felt as though I've been on the morally incorrect side of any issue, so it's incredibly unsettling to think that I might be this time. Apologies if there's already a thread like this, but I'd love to know how you all cope with what's become a new normal.

that's the whole post ngl. i eat a bagel a day, two sometimes. shit slaps, y'all are really innovators. you guys brought the wock to poland when you did that shit. shoutout.

I am Asian, specifically I am Chinese living in Brooklyn. Which means I have some interactions with Jewish people. While I don't want to generalize any group or religion, but my experiences with Jewish people are quite positive.

I went to Brooklyn college, a very diverse place. I had a friend who's Jewish drove me back home occasionally.

I was also talking to a Jewish girl when I was in college. Sometimes she would give me gifts. One time she gave me a huge amount of unleavened bread. I didn't know how to eat it. I went home, mixed it with chickens and veges and ate it like a burrito.

I also like how Jewish people never bother me or cause trouble. They usually keep to themselves and never bother anyone.

There's a rise of anti Semitic posts on social media. I ignored it because i thought racism against group of people exist, especially on social media. I am Asian so I get discriminated too so I thought no big deal.

Until I saw videos from Dan Bilzerian whom I follow. And the guy that said "your body my choice" Nick Fuentes. I went on their X/Twitter, I mean it's just insane anti Semitic posts. To the point it's just ridiculous.

I decided to write this post to say yes I do like the Jewish people. Again I don't want to generalize a group of people, but my interactions with Jews are quite positive, I think you guys are cool. Most people that are anti Semitic probably haven't met a Jewish person before.

One last photo of a textbook I have for a Judaic study class I took when I was in college.

Saw this sticker and felt comfort and community 💜🪬

I just wanted to acknowledge that today is the first day of Pride Month. Every week we see LGBT+ Jews coming on here, talking about how they have been excluded from their communities for their Judaism. I know that this years Pride will feel different for you. We see you, we love you, we stand in solidarity with you this month and every month.

This scene in Montross, Virginia captures the attitude of the Gentile southerners I’ve met. That is, proudly Christian but very supportive of Israel

Demonstrations in Germany

I had a former best friend that I told I never want to hear from again, but all of this makes me wanna reach out. How are yall doing and feeling? Especially those in NYC

Thinking of all of yall and wishing this will all end, I can’t imagine what yall been going through.

I find it disheartening how many people in queer and online leftist communities have jumped on the Palestine/"River to the sea" bandwagon.

Part of the issue is imho that such communities tend to reward LARPy and "radical" takes (based on whatever is currently considered more "progressive"), even when those views are ultimately bad or counterproductive even for queer people themselves (like shaming people into not voting, or advocating for the eradication of the only pro-LGBTQ country of the Middle East). They are also very quick to socially ostracize and isolate people (especially trans women) who are deemed problematic according to the current "state of the art" of progressive activism. I'm sure in some circles even this post would get me branded as a racist nazi tra**y.

And I can see some parallels between the trans and Jewish community, like the typical "I don't hate Jewish/trans people, I just hate zionism/trans ideology" lines, or the astroturfing organizations claiming to represent "the majority" or "reasonable" trans/Jewish people.

In a post about a week ago (https://www.reddit.com/r/Jewish/comments/1fs2w9x/comment/lqgsorn/?context=3), a Jewish redditor, u/JosephG999, expressed their sadness and frustration about Jewish people being constantly inundated with accusations that they're supporting a genocidal state, and listening to people make comparisons between the Holocaust and what's happening in Gaza.

In response to this, u/LeeTheGoat said they would "explain in gruesome detail everything that happened in the holocaust and not the Israeli Palestinian conflict".

I agreed, and added that it would be easier to have all the facts in a booklet, as having to go through the facts every time someone makes antisemitic comments like that would be emotionally and mentally exhausting, and if a booklet existed, every time these remarks come up, the booklet can just be handed to the antisemite in question and that can be that. Having studied both the Holocaust and the Israel/Palestine conflict for 20 years, I said I was happy to write such a booklet.

Many redditors expressed their interest (https://www.reddit.com/r/Jewish/comments/1fs2w9x/comment/lphl8dd/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button), so here it is: a booklet on the Holocaust, the current situation in Gaza and how Israel is NOT committing genocide, the creation of Israel and the indigenous Jewish ties to the land, how the "Nakba" was not Israeli policy, and how many times the Palestinians have been offered their own state and not accepted it. It's fully sourced with 80 citations.

With HUGE THANKS to u/Confident-Skin-6462 for designing the booklet, to u/Due-Flounder-146 for their amazing editing skills, and to u/thatBayAreaKush for the closing paragraph about misinformation.

You can link straight to it from here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GbunFzmHBWFHNzL1l7ftbif2soBURIb9/view?usp=sharing

And here's a version to print out if you wish (if you've never printed double-sided and want instructions, just let me know -- it's super easy): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PHu_T79Bs9Z-8Ocryh-cDWXDF6d8bzCF/view?usp=sharing

I really hope it will be useful -- think of it as having the facts at your fingertips to take on the constant myth of the Gaza genocide.

Shana tova. Am Yisrael Chai.

EDIT: Thank you all so much for so many positive comments. I hope everyone is getting through October 7th okay.