To your credit, you are the only writer who has compelled me to comment anywhere on the internet.

Things that happened 1,700+ years ago are stilling impacting Jews today—that’s why they are systemic. That is the ongoing, and mutating legacy of millennia of Jew-hatred. It’s not a sole identity, but it is what we carry. It's what we've adapted to in the diaspora to survive as a people.

To be clear, I am not defending what Israel is doing, its government, or policies. Like many American Jews, supporting Israel is about supporting it's right to exist as a Jewish homeland in a small fraction of its biblical footprint, along side a sovereign Palestinian nation.

I live in the U.S. There's more than enough crap to fix here, and opportunities to be an example of how people can live peacefully as neighbors, regardless of their differences.

Anyway, I'm closing out with this post. Hit me up for sushi and beverages if you're ever in the Baltimore/DC area.