You are right Mr. Anonymous...I don't have true Jewish blood in me, but the love I feel for this country and how I choose to support it are Jewish through and through. Just because I wasn't born to a blood Jewish mother, doesn't mean that all of my growing up and my grandparents who are German/Russian Jews, makes me any less than anyone else who would convert or what have you. I was born Jewish and have remained so my whole life. I have known nothing else and I don't want to. I'm proud of my heritage and no one will tell me otherwise.
I don't agree with anyone, (this includes Palestinians and Arab Israelis - whichever you would like to call them) getting kicked out/forced out/pushed out of their homes. I believe that everyone has the right to live their lives, in the homeland of their choice, and that everyone has the basic right to life and their own thought processes. I do not claim to be a true Zionist, I don't claim to be the best Jewish person at all, and I especially don't claim to be this special person who moved here just to make a political statement. I moved here because I feel in love with how I feel when I'm here, and the amazing people (Jewish and non) that I meet on a daily basis, and the opportunity to do my career (which is my life) in a place where it means so much more.
So if you would like to get into a political argument, feel free to voice your opinion, but don't expect me to join with you. However, I would join a conversation if you have genuine questions for me and not inflammatory ones. Trust me darlin', I deal with enough actual fire on a daily basis, to let your comments like that get to me. :)
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You are right Mr. Anonymous...I don't have true Jewish blood in me, but the love I feel for this country and how I choose to support it are Jewish through and through. Just because I wasn't born to a blood Jewish mother, doesn't mean that all of my growing up and my grandparents who are German/Russian Jews, makes me any less than anyone else who would convert or what have you. I was born Jewish and have remained so my whole life. I have known nothing else and I don't want to. I'm proud of my heritage and no one will tell me otherwise.
I don't agree with anyone, (this includes Palestinians and Arab Israelis - whichever you would like to call them) getting kicked out/forced out/pushed out of their homes. I believe that everyone has the right to live their lives, in the homeland of their choice, and that everyone has the basic right to life and their own thought processes. I do not claim to be a true Zionist, I don't claim to be the best Jewish person at all, and I especially don't claim to be this special person who moved here just to make a political statement. I moved here because I feel in love with how I feel when I'm here, and the amazing people (Jewish and non) that I meet on a daily basis, and the opportunity to do my career (which is my life) in a place where it means so much more.
So if you would like to get into a political argument, feel free to voice your opinion, but don't expect me to join with you. However, I would join a conversation if you have genuine questions for me and not inflammatory ones. Trust me darlin', I deal with enough actual fire on a daily basis, to let your comments like that get to me. :)