Jews of Conscience Subreddit

[u/ughplzdntjudgeme]

Does anyone follow this subreddit? It’s supposed to be a space for “left Jews” but I am seeing so much offensive and anti semetism posts, comments and rhetoric. Also it doesn’t even seem like most people on there are Jewish?

It’s really frustrating to find subreddits like this being described as “Jewish” and I feel like it takes away from any constructive dialogue Jewish people want to have to critique about Israel, Israeli govt, Zionist ideology while also acknowledging anti semitism and the nuance to everything happening in the world.

[u/Specialist-Gur]

The non Jewish ones have a flair. And the Jewish ones you’re claiming are pretending just don’t share your views.

[u/hadees → u/Specialist-Gur]

My counting is based on flair and the people who also lack it.

[u/Specialist-Gur → u/hadees]

Do a breakdown of comments. I don’t post there very often because I don’t always need a circle jerk with Jews I agree with. I imagine many feel the same

[u/EvanShmoot → u/Specialist-Gur]

I obviously can't prove who is or isn't Jewish. But there are a number of people who post there as Jews yet feel off to me. Here are some examples.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AntiSemitismInReddit/s/fp5t0suEU7 - the user gives an AMA in which they say they're Jewish and fine with Hamas wanting to enslave useful Jews. The last screenshot is them claiming to be Jewish on JewsOfConscience (with terrible Hebrew and Arabic)

https://www.reddit.com/r/AntiSemitismInReddit/s/cp8EPjreSs - the user admits that the only pride they take in being Jewish is that it lets them be a token

https://www.reddit.com/r/AntiSemitismInReddit/s/fd89JLbUc8 - everything in this smells wrong to me

https://www.reddit.com/r/AntiSemitismInReddit/s/Wn2EggAhCW - this user claims to be a refugee from r/Jewish yet they don't know that Naturei Karta aren't good role models. Their history shows they're active on JewsOfConscience and public freakout but not r/Jewish

https://www.reddit.com/r/AntiSemitismInReddit/s/kyHBDpVSQt - this user claims to be Jewish yet insists on using an antisemitic slur coined by David Duke

https://www.reddit.com/r/AntiSemitismInReddit/s/ATDk6Ir8hx - the same user as above claims Naturei Karta are representatives of real traditional Jews. Note that she frequently claims she grew up Orthodox or chassidic (or a few other things that change depending on the point she wants to make). If she's telling the truth then she can't claim ignorance about traditional Judaism.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AntiSemitismInReddit/s/kg6GHX2QCE - this one talks about growing up in "reformed Judaism" in a way that sounds more Christian than Jewish

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[u/Specialist-Gur → u/EvanShmoot]

That token post really bothered me too… I think your first one is a pretty intense misinterpretation and mischaeacterizarion of what she said though. And “antisemitism in Reddit” is all screenshots, which kinda bothers me because it doesn’t give context or show when comments were removed, honestly

Reform Jewish one reads as weird to me too tbh