“That diversity is used by people of ill-will to cherry-pick the bad as exemplars and ignore any examples that might depict Jewish national self-determination in a good light. There’s a word for that behavior. But anyways.” 💯 I’m a proud Zionist
I am definitely a Zionist! I remember when someone (an old colleague) slid into my DMs and said, “Since you are such a humanitarian, you should be advocating *only* for Palestinians right now.” Hmmmm, interesting. This person had NEVER posted about any other humanitarian issue before this time.
Despite all those things being true for me, I struggle with a deeper objection which is that I believe the state should be completely separated from religion.
Jewishness is more than a religion. It is a nation and a peoplehood. Judaism is a religion. Jewishness is something broader, with Judaism at its historical core. I will write about this soon. Thanks for reading.
You may want to check what Sam Harris has said on this specific point; basically, while that has been his stance until now, because of the rampant antisemitism in current time, an exception to this tenet is warranted. The inextricable relation of Jewish ethnicity and religious backdrop when it comes to persecuting Jews, makes it that Israel is justified in embracing a hybrid mode of government that includes this non secular aspect. It also helps that Judaism does not proselytize or seek to impose its ways on others by force or any other means really. So you can have a modern state without many/most of the encumbrances of a religious rule.
I'm not Jewish but I am a Zionist.
Me too!
Me 3
And, truly, thank you.
And me 🙋🏼♂️
Definitely a Zionist! 😊👍
Guilty as charged, m'lud
can I still be one if I'm not Jewish? Asking for a friend.
Of course! If the friend believed Israel has a right to exist, he or she is a Zionist🇮🇱💕
“That diversity is used by people of ill-will to cherry-pick the bad as exemplars and ignore any examples that might depict Jewish national self-determination in a good light. There’s a word for that behavior. But anyways.” 💯 I’m a proud Zionist
I scored high on all of these points . I’m definitely a Zionist and very outspoken here on Substack .
Although not Jewish and I don’t practice any religion, I’m definitely a Zionist and I stand with Israel!
I am definitely a Zionist! I remember when someone (an old colleague) slid into my DMs and said, “Since you are such a humanitarian, you should be advocating *only* for Palestinians right now.” Hmmmm, interesting. This person had NEVER posted about any other humanitarian issue before this time.
100! My mum will be proud!
Then I’m proudly a zionist💙🇮🇱🤍🇮🇱💙
Despite all those things being true for me, I struggle with a deeper objection which is that I believe the state should be completely separated from religion.
Jewishness is more than a religion. It is a nation and a peoplehood. Judaism is a religion. Jewishness is something broader, with Judaism at its historical core. I will write about this soon. Thanks for reading.
You may want to check what Sam Harris has said on this specific point; basically, while that has been his stance until now, because of the rampant antisemitism in current time, an exception to this tenet is warranted. The inextricable relation of Jewish ethnicity and religious backdrop when it comes to persecuting Jews, makes it that Israel is justified in embracing a hybrid mode of government that includes this non secular aspect. It also helps that Judaism does not proselytize or seek to impose its ways on others by force or any other means really. So you can have a modern state without many/most of the encumbrances of a religious rule.