For my 9,999th post: We are stuck in the middle (Posted in the Jewish Alliance Group) [View all]
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9,999 is a significant number in Judaism. Each letter in the Hebrew alphabet has numeric significance. the 18th letter is Chai, which means life. So 9999 is Chai doubled.
This is a topic I have been struggling with. At times, I have considered leaving the democratic party, a party I have been totally loyal to since before I could vote - a very long time ago. It was always the party that resonated the most with Jewish values and morality, until recently.
Oh, yes, many of the values are still the same. Yet in its various forms, antisemitism seems to be where the party has been headed. Can I go to a demonstration where the chanting of River to Sea and Globalize the intifada and Death to the IDF are the background chants? No. Not only can I not support that, but it could put me into a life-threatening situation.
It gets worse. Can I vote for a democrat who wants the nation of Israel to be destroyed, either de facto or by neutering its Jewishness? I cannot. Can I vote against a candidate who wholeheartedly supports Israel, even though they are a republican while their democratic opponent supports the other side? I don't know, and I dread that situation.
I could go on, but the video attached says so perfectly what I have been feeling over the last couple of years.
I would love it if we discussed this as I really don't know how to reconcile these insane contradictions we are being forced into as Jews.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLszHPYigpf/
I hope that this doesn't offend anyone to the point of reporting it to the admins, and then gets deleted.
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