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Ben K ๐ฎ๐ฑThe entire time Jews lived in Europe they were considered foreigners native to the Middle East and not true Europeans. It was taken for granted that they were part of the same people as Mizrachi Jews. Now that their descendants live in Israel, people are like: "No, don't live there, you're Europeans, come back to Europe, we won't genocide you this time, we promise."
Basically, wherever Jews live, we are told we don't belong. This even happens on a micro scale in the U.S. where Jews were historically accused of invading classically white, Christian neighborhoods and today when Jews are accused of "gentrifying" neighborhoods inhabited by other minority groups, even when the Jews moving into these neighborhoods are often quite poor themselves.
Elisheva Meira โก๏ธ ๐@benkap Also, come live here so we have local Jews we can protest against whenever we're upset about another country, even though by living here that country is one step closer to River to sea, al arabiya.
It is so exhausting.
@emmaaum It is very ironic that many of the same people who say Jews don't belong in Israel are also the ones who are making diasporic Jews feel so unsafe in the countries that they are living in.
Bam@benkap When I moved to pensioner housing two years ago I thought I was over reacting by putting the mezuzah inside rather than out. Now I'm relieved I did. Only one person in this city who knows I'm a Jew knows where I live.
This is Scotland, 2024 and I hide something which is so much a part of a me.
ืจืึทืฃ ๐ฃSurely the banning of shechitah doesn't send mixed messages from the European countries over their commitment to keeping Jewish people safe /s