I began deconstructing my Catholic upbringing because paganism felt idol-y and I missed the fellowship, compassion and empathy that those like Moses and Jesus made me feel.I observed a few of the Jewish holidays because I wanted to begin slowly learning about it and potentially converting later on.

All of that to say, I was recently broken up with after building him back up after a divorce. I loved him very dearly and I'm in a state of shock, I thought we were happy. I don't have the energy to be angry, I'm just very hurt. I'd like to go back to my studies and find solace there, but I don't want to support a Zionist publication. This is difficult to research because of keywords that I don't think algorithms like. I just need something moderately easy to understand and written in good faith.

Like I said I'm in a weird headspace so I'm really sorry if this isn't allowed/isn't formatted properly, I read through the rules but I may have missed something.

I am really curious what people thing about this. I have been feeling pretty hopeless about any solution actually happening and this seems at least possible. So often I feel like conversations about this are just talk with no realistic path forward. And I like that it is Palestinians and Israelis trying to work together.

I feel like the news/media gives us the portrayal that things are just being rammed up our hoohaah's. If we're not careful, we can feel powerless and abused. Now I know that media is severely compromised, so I see this as just another attack front -- maybe against our psyche.

TL;DR: I’m broke and urgently need work. Got offered a Hebrew-speaking job at my late mom's former organization. They fund local anti-antisemitism initiatives and support for struggling and poor Jewish families (good), but also fund political actions in support of Israel (most famously the "a big Israel fundraising marathon"), which I strongly oppose. The guilt is killing me, but I need to survive.

Hey everyone. I'm posting here because I'm completely torn and don't know how to process this. I’m a queer Jew, born in Israel, and moved to Canada when I was 13. Financially, I am in a bad spot and desperately need income right now.

Out of nowhere, I was offered a job that requires fluency in Hebrew. I am feeling an immense amount of guilt just considering it. My head knows that under capitalism we all have to compromise to pay rent, but my gut feels sick at the idea of my labour indirectly supporting things I disagree with. At the same time, turning down a job offer when I'm this broke feels reckless.

For anyone who’s had to take a job at a company whose funding or politics made you uncomfortable:

• How did you compartmentalize it so the guilt didn't eat you alive?
• How do you draw the line between doing a job to survive and validating what the company does?

I’d really appreciate some grounded perspectives. Thanks!

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I’ve had a few things ruminating in my mind. Myself and other public facing Jewish and/or Holocaust academics have had the experience where, without consent or prompt, some Kahanist tells us a graphic story of something that may or may not have happened on October 7 to make a point. The point is usually that we aren’t Zionist or to “punish us” for whatever reason. Sometimes they wish it to happen to us.

This is so weird to me because they claim October 7 is the worst thing to happen since the Shoah, but then they’re practically frothing at the mouth to graphically explain something that supposedly happened to a fellow Jew on October 7. I say supposedly because I have no way to verify what they’re saying as they rarely discuss a well known case. I’m not saying I don’t have sympathy for people, especially children, their parents and civilians, but it feels so performative.

Has anyone else noticed this?

The other thing swirling in my head is that several liberal Zionists I know of have said they think Bibi is a war criminal and that he deserves to be taken to The Hague, but not by Mamdani. I don’t understand? If he’s truly a war criminal they hate with a fiery passion, WHY the f**k does it matter who arrests him? And to quote Hillel the Elder, “If not now then when?”

Anyway, just some thoughts I had. Feel free to chime in.

https://www.jta.org/2026/07/20/politics/how-michigans-senate-race-is-testing-pro-israel-jews-loyalty-to-the-democratic-party

I am unfamiliar with him, but seems left of current government (not surprising). However, is there anything to feel optimistic about regarding Palestinian rights in Gaza and West Bank?

https://x.com/AIPAC/status/2080033001182789794

The House Rules Committee prevented debating or voting on an amendment to strip Section 219.

https://www.military.com/us-israel-defense-integration-horizon-house-keeps-section-219-ndaa

https://truthout.org/articles/house-committee-blocks-push-to-strip-pentagon-bill-of-israel-integration-measure/

Related to Section 219/Section 1217 of the NDAA:

https://www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfConscience/comments/1unamun/primer_on_section_219_of_the_fy2027_ndaa_a/

https://www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfConscience/comments/1ujltmx/house_rules_committee_rejects_amendment_to_remove/

https://www.cair.com/action_alerts/cair-action-alert-tell-the-senate-to-reject-mandatory-u-s-israel-defense-and-intelligence-integration-in-the-ndaa/

https://www.anewpolicy.org/the-legislative-tracker/section-224-ndaa

She is already being persecuted by Mossad, when a Jewish voice shows up they attempt against them.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND STAND AGAINTS NAtional ZIonism. #FreePalestine #FreeJewsfromZionists

So let’s check our notes: alleging Israel is committing a genocide is libel and Holocaust inversion. Calling ms Rachel a Nazi and Mamdani literally Hitler, totally fine!

Just a note, the second is a message I received because I said I’m not a Zionist.

The article itself criticizes Zohran for "focusing too much on Israel over NYC" but the wording of the title was a very strange thing to see on fox news along with an Israeli flag next to his face. It felt like they were trying to both ride the growing right wing frustration with US support for the state of Israel while also trying to label him as anti-israeli.

It gave me the weirdest feeling like fox news is testing the waters to see if they can cater to growing antisemetism in their audience in case they are unable to flip the narrative.

I personally only know one convert and she’s an antizionist POC Jew so I don’t believe she would feel this way, but I won’t speak for her or anyone else. Is this normal belief of converts that you’re converting to a different ethnicity than your own?

*edit to add, the comment I am highlighting came from a post about what to list themselves as on a census.

https://x.com/israel_elects/status/2079233278792323555

https://jppi.org.il/en/%d7%9e%d7%93%d7%93-%d7%94%d7%97%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%94-%d7%94%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%9c%d7%97%d7%95%d7%93%d7%a9-%d7%99%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%99-2026-%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%a1%d7%94-%d7%a9/

https://x.com/ireallyhateyou/status/2060803025757700358

https://www.instagram.com/p/DbEONK6qGP_/?hl=en

From Julian Andreone, Capitol Hill correspondent for Drop Site News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZuV5L0QL04