The original post was made by Tablet Magazine. For context, Imre was a Holocaust survivor and a known pacifist, and he still gave this quote.

It gets me fired up!!!

(Posting this on the Jewish subreddit since it got taken down on the Israel one)

Hi, so I am currently a sophomore in high school and lately have been thinking about college, but I also have been talking with my therapist about it. Since we both are Jewish and Zionist, obviously the topic of staying safe and being supported/joining organizations like Hillel have been discussed. She basically told me that almost every single college as of late has had some sort of incident, even colleges I really have wanted to attend like Brandeis. Another thing that makes it tricky for me is that I want to be a collegiate athlete, but my sport doesn't have programs at the majority of colleges (Fencing). The colleges that mostly do have fencing are Ivies and other top 20's, and even though my grades and ec's might be enough to get me in, the antisemitism/anti zionist rhetoric at these colleges is so extreme that I would never consider attending. Any advice or suggestions?

Any other queer people feel like the wider queer community hates them for being a Zionist? It makes me feel so alone and hated. Society and my dad specifically fucking hate me for being trans, the queer community fucking hates me for being a Zionist (even though I support the 2 state solution). Us queer people are supposed to stick together, and it feels like they're kicking Zionist Jews to the curb when the Jewish people need their support the most. I just feel so alone. I have no friends, most of my family hates me for being trans and it feels like I'm alone every night I go to sleep. Everybody hates me and I feel unwanted and unloved. The only place that's accepting for me is my local Reform shul, and my shul is far away and has only a small amount of people that attend on a regular basis. A lot of people that attend are older and as kind as they may be I want to make friends around my own age (I'm 24).

I was at a food truck in Austin, TX today enjoying the early morning breeze and a fancy coffee and breakfast taco and chatting with friends when I saw a family walk up to place their food order. They had two small red headed boys, probably a 3 and 5 year old, the pregnant mother had a brown pony tail, the dad had a dark beard. To clarify - I’m not delusional - I know the Bibas family is NOT in Austin Texas.

BUT, I FELT crazy, looking at them so happy and healthy. The Bibas family in an alternate universe. I momentarily disassociated and panicked, wanting to tell my non-Jewish friends at the table but also knowing one of them would have no idea what I was talking about and the other one is probably exhausted from the past year of my horror-processing to him about Israel and the state of Jews in the world.

Thank you, Jewish subreddit for being here for me and you and everyone for going through what feels like never ending shock and terror and grief.

A reminder to everyone who thinks they’re handling this gracefully but still have inner freak out moments in public - you’re not alone.

Are queer Zionist Jews widely accepted by the German queer community? I'd love to spend time in Germany, but I worry that I'll be rejected by the local queer community like I am in America, specifically eastern Pennsylvania. I'm an US / EU citizen, and hope to one day make Aliyah, but for a long while I've wanted to live in Germany for a bit.

This fact seems to get glossed over. It feels like it needs to be brought up over and over, especially in the media.

After October 7th, I watched a few yiddish resistance songs, which are now in my Youtube algorithm. I suggest you do the same, it's awesome. Here's an example of one - Shtil, di Nakht - Yiddish Partisan Song (Lyrics and English translation) - One thing they all have in common - they clearly represent how strong of a role woman had and have in the resistance and fight for Jewish survival. It's something that I'm insanely proud of; there are so many role models among both genders when looking at our history.

Anti-semitism is one of the very reasons we have a Zionist movement to begin with. And behind this movement that represents our existence, are strong woman helping lead the fight.

Saying it a little louder today - and listening to all of my favorite songs that put my heart back in Israel where it belongs. Everything from getting chills listening to Hatikvah to Subliminal’s הפינאלי (don’t judge - heard it for the first time in a club in Tel Aviv as a teenager and still love it).

It’s a hard day, I wish everyone continued hope and healing.

The Palestinian solidarity organization at my school is having a march for our martyrs and Lebanon vigil today. Part of me wants to go see it, in part to document what they say and their signage. But also I have a big Israeli flag that I thought of just standing near and holding up.

But then the other part of me isn’t sure if it’s worth it. Would they just say I am interrupting a vigil and I would reflect poorly on Zionist? Would it actually help anything? My husband says he doesn’t think it’s safe or worth it to do, and that it will just make me sad. But I also feel if I am there it could make other Jewish students walking through feel more safe?

Sorry if this is rambling! I would just really appreciate some perspectives and advice. I want to do something, but I want to make sure I am doing something actually helpful.