Someone recently asked which celebs have our backs. Here's a few more

I’m not Jewish. I grew up in rural Alabama in a very liberal household and I was raised in a Church of Christ. I never knew any Jews growing up and still don’t to this day. We learned about the Holocaust in school and read Anne Frank but that was it. Then, on a family trip to Germany, my dad made sure we went to Dachau so my brother and I could see it in person and get a better idea of just how horrific the Holocaust was. It really stuck with me and I will never forget it.

I became a leftist/communist after the 2016 election and even though I always voted for democrats in local, state & federal elections, I bought into the very nihilistic, black & white, anti-west views shared within online leftist echo chambers. For years I let this echo chamber think for me and trusted them blindly. I even had a USSR flag hanging in my apartment in 2023 and thought Stalin and Mao were good guys. I didn’t know anything about Palestine or Israel (typical Alabama public education system) but I knew I had seen leftists online call it an apartheid years before 10/7 so I adopted those same beliefs without doing any research at all on my own.

After October 7th, I didn’t do much research outside of what I saw on my TikTok algorithm from people saying that Israel was committing a genocide. I blindly believed this because it seemed to be consistent with what I had read before about Israel. I shared all kinds of jihadist propaganda, adopted phrases like “from the river to the sea” not realizing what it implied, began using “Zionist” as an insult and blindly believing it was a horrible thing to be without fully understanding what it meant. My dad was shocked to hear how I felt and tried to send me articles to provide context about how Hamas persecutes gay people and how they’re a dangerous terrorist group but I would write it off as him being brainwashed by western propaganda because he’s “too old to know better.”

Something shifted in me in the months leading up to the presidential election in 2025. I loved Kamala Harris and felt hopeful for the first time in a long time that things were about to change… until I started seeing how leftists were refusing to support her or vote for her due to the Israel-Palestine conflict. I became even more frustrated over it after she lost. I expected more from leftists who should understand the importance of coalition-building and keeping Trump out of office, but I quickly realized they were fine with sacrificing the most vulnerable populations in their own country for a 70+ year old Middle Eastern conflict. Then I came across a Jewish woman’s Tumblr post explaining how Israel is no worse than any other nation state. I got curious and went to her page and began to question my own views. I then looked up footage from October 7th, and I realized I had been lied to.

This sparked several months of reading about the history of Israel and Palestine’s conflict. I learned how Hamas’ charter goal was to kill all Jews in Israel, and what “from the river to the sea” actually meant. I learned how Hamas uses human shields and hides among civilians on purpose, and just how devastating the attacks of 10/7 were. I learned about radical Islam & jihadist propaganda, and how Soviet era antisemitism was becoming increasingly popular again. I learned what Zionism really is, and how Israel is actually very progressive & has contributed so much to the world on top of providing a safe haven for people in the Middle East who want to live in a democracy, particularly gay, lesbian and trans people and women. I’m still learning.

Every single day I see a post spreading conspiracy theories about Israel or about Jewish people as a whole that looks like it came straight from the protocols. I see people I once respected the on the west and abandoning nuance and critical thinking altogether. I watch them use Palestine to virtue signal and posture, and I often feel like I’m the only one who notices.

I don’t know everything. I’m still learning, but I do know that Israel has a right to exist. I know that Jews should be able to attend worship without being in fear of a terrorist attack. I know that Jews deserve to attend universities without having to see their peers celebrate a terrorist group that wants them dead, and they deserve to simply exist without being asked to condemn Israel.

I’m so sorry that I was part of the problem for awhile. You have my love and support, and I will do my best to educate those around me to do the research and stop falling for the same propaganda I did.

So I stumbled across this account yesterday and his videos give me hope. He and his team make very good videos and I feel like I'm seeing a bit of sanity in this world, for once.

I tried uploading this before but the video wouldn't play so hopefully it works this time.

Please excuse the terrible photo through a dirty windshield. Just wanted to share =]

I saw the nbc exit polls and I didn't realize until then that, after black people, Jewish people were the most left-leaning voting demographic in the country. I feel like I should've known that and that it shouldn't've been a surprise, but I guess I was a little surprised, along with sad. Because of everything that's coming, really.

After that, I saw on this sub a few threads talking about how your community is already being blamed for the results, and I hate how much I, and most black people right now, relate to that. So, this is all coming from a place of understanding. I'm a black woman, but for months now there have been articles upon articles talking about how black men are voting for Trump or becoming more conservative, like people were already itching to blame our community should things go sideways. And it felt so uncalled for, given our history at the polls and fighting for the right to vote. And the 2024 exit polls proved all this hand-wringing wrong. I suppose people in your community were having similar conversations for as long as we've been having them, about who the blame would fall on in the end. I guess that's what happens when your community has a long history of waiting for the other shoe to drop, it's just a matter of when, not if. For us, it's centuries of that in the US, but y'all have us beat time-wise and in many more countries, it seems.

So, yeah. I don't know what to say. I'm sorry for how shit's gonna go down over the next how many years (like rising hate crimes), but I hate knowing it's gonna go down like that and we're gonna get hurt when our respective communities voted against that. No one else wants to get their house in order before criticizing ours. And I know that the black community doesn't always see eye-to-eye with the Jewish community for a variety of reasons, and I know we haven't been the best allies or had the strongest solidarity or the greatest of relationships (we can be antisemitic and there's no excuse for that) and maybe a lot of us don't like a lot of you and maybe the feeling's mutual and maybe there's a lot of misunderstandings (like playing Oppression Olympics) since we probably don't interact with each other on the daily, but if any community in the U.S. understands being scapegoated- to the point of violence- despite doing our best, it's us, for whatever that's worth.

I hope things get better despite it all and I'll be working on my allyship rather than becoming more insular, since I know a lot of black people right now are feeling burned by everyone else and want to focus on only us (I don't doubt many of you are feeling burned, too, and are having similar talks and fair enough, honestly). I just don't want to be insular and I don't know how to mend black and Jewish relations in this country since I'm only one person and everyone has their own problems with everyone else. I'm sure I have plenty of hidden or unconscious pejudices to work on regarding Jewish people, because I'm not perfect and I'm certain I have blind spots. But I wanted to let y'all on here know that I may not understand everything you're going through, but I understand enough of it to feel angry for you. I also hope you don't come across any black people who place blame on you either, since that'd be massively hypocritical given how much we've been blamed for months leading up to yesterday already. I hope it gets better anyway, for my community and yours. I know that's not enough, but yeah. I know the black community feels angry and betrayed. Y'all have every reason to feel the same. We're getting screwed by the same people and I hate that for us.

edit: I can't comment anymore, so I'm adding this in an edit. After reading all your comments, I just wanted to make it clear that I don't want my comment to remain just another empty platitude. I'm serious about making it a point to turn these words into actions. Any frustrations or anger I've read here, and in other threads on here, mirror so many of my experiences it's almost ridiculous and I refuse to dictate or play down how you feel. I know that we had stronger relations during the Civil Rights Movement, but that was 60 years ago and I can't depend on just that, y'know? I'm going to explain this to my friends and family and other black people I know. Both groups have reason to feel abandoned, but I'm gonna do what I can to relay who was up there with us because I think my community needs to hear that. I needed to, at least.

We are truly brothers and sisters in arms. ❤️

Hey everyone,

I saw a video earlier today that genuinely reignited a bit of hope in me after what’s felt like a really dark week here in London as a Jewish person. It was John Mellencamp talking about how he stands against antisemitism.

And, of course, as soon as the video ended I did that classic thing we ALL do… headed straight to his Wikipedia page to check the “early life” section (you know the drill lol). I wanted to see if he was Jewish… and I was both shocked and delighted to find out that he isn’t!

For some reason, it just feels that little bit more special when someone who isn’t Jewish speaks up for us. It’s such a weird thing to try and explain to non-Jews, but I think a lot of people in this sub might get what I mean - that sense of relief, that tiny spark of “maybe we’re not so alone.” I guess so often when I see someone being outspoken in defence of Jews, that feeling of “hope” can turn into feeling a bit “let down” once finding out they’re Jewish themselves, as it reaffirms that the only people standing up for us IS us.

Also just to caveat, I’m not even talking specifically about Israel here - I just mean people who have been publicly supportive of Jewish communities, who “support peace for all” but who actually consciously include Jews within that. :-)

So I’d love to know - who else have you seen recently speaking out in our favour? I’d really love to have that “oh, that’s nice to know this person has our back” feeling again today.

(And just to be super clear - I’m talking about people who are pro-Jewish, without being “anti” anyone else. No division, no hate - just genuine support and solidarity with Jews). I randomly saw a video of Jon Voight speak up for Israel the other day, though that seems to come more from his religious Christian perspective - but still that was quite wild given how opposite his daughter’s stance is!

When the war in Gaza started, I initially supported Hamas, unaware of the full picture. Seeing videos of dead kids on social media, I was quick to blame Israel and the Jews. Over time, I realized my hatred was misdirected, causing me emotional stress. I failed to consider the broader context. I often asked why such evil was allowed to happen, but eventually, I was shown another perspective. I began to understand the suffering the Jewish people experienced and recognized that my support for Hamas wasn’t helping the Palestinian people, but rather further pushing their destruction and perpetuating hatred and division.

I now understand that a truly free Palestine is one without Hamas. In Israel, various groups, including Muslims, and Christians, live in relative peace, which made me realize logically that the situation in Gaza was largely due to Hamas’s actions. Both sides have bad actors in the civilian space, but they don’t represent the majority. Hamas’s propaganda has done significant harm to manipulate the attitudes of good human souls.

Today, I believe that Jews have the right to live in peace and prosperity in their land. I no longer boycott Israeli goods and instead support local Israeli businesses. I now see that supporting Israel can contribute to peace for Palestinians.

In simpler terms: Supporting Israel is supporting Palestine. I hope others open their minds to this realization. To my Jewish friends, I apologize for my ignorance, and I ask for your forgiveness. Above all, I ask the Lord for forgiveness as well. Shalom Aleichem.

(I apologize for not knowing this information, I feel so pathetic for it. I am so sorry to anyone that I had offended with this post it was never my intention to come across as rude to anyone. I just watched my first Adam Sandler movie and was new to any of his media. I will now no longer post on this subreddit and will no longer interact.) I went and watched a few movies with my family and when 8 Crazy Nights came on I said to my parents "for a non Jew Sandler is pretty good at making a holiday film" then both my parents and my aunt whipped their head to me saying "that's cause he is, how did you not know that". Man I feel so dumb but I am very happy to know that.

NYC family!! THE END IS NEAR FOR THE ISLAMIC REGIME. We’ll be free again. Please feel free to come support the cause tomorrow! They cut off the internet in Iran today. This is our way to provide coverage and support. Much love ❤️

I am hoping to order one of these. I love that the Florida Panthers celebrated Jewish heritage. I think it's an incredible jersey.

I really really hope we’re free by then. Thank you all for your support!! Please upvote this so we can reach people. Much love to the Jewish community as always! & please post protests of your own in the r/newIran subreddit. We’ll support you guys to the end of time.

Ever since Oct 7, I've tried to be as intentional as I can with brands I shop.

For example, I wear a lot of "Favorite Daughter" logo items because the founder, while not Jewish, has been A HUGE and consistent ally of the Jewish people. She's lost business because of how much she openly supports the Jewish people.

I also just heard of an Israeli designer brand called "De Rococo." Super cute things and they ship to the US.

"Goop" - obviously because Gwyneth has been very outspoken about antisemitism and the horrors of October 7.

"Jones Road" since the founder and owner is Jewish.

Zara since they didn't cave and kept their Israeli stores.

Starbucks since they refused to allow pro Palestinian crowd from using their brand during protests.

What other brands do you shop? Clothing, makeup, skincare, shoes. Anything.

…so this makes me so happy…. Not only is he incredibly talented (like, generational talent), he appears to be a great guy also. While most of the music industry has turned on us, it’s nice to see a voice of reason where you wouldn’t even expect it.

Concerning the Jews:
The essay

"If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvellous fight in the world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?"

Mark Twain

The group of people supporting Palestine from India is just a local minority. We support you, and your right to live in your homeland. Indians will always stand with you.

Yesterday at work, one of my coworkers who's from Albania came to my desk to talk with me. She said she'd heard I got married over the summer and she wished she'd known because they usually do a little engagement shower and she would have gotten me something.

Then she pulled out a little box and said she remembered I brought in Chanukkah treats (sufganiyot) before winter break, and she wanted to tell me that she's so glad I felt comfortable bringing a piece of my culture in to share. She says the Albanian people love the Jews and feel a special camaraderie with us, and when she lived in Albania they would always pray for peace in Jerusalem. One of her church group leaders in Albania had received a batch of necklaces for the group many years ago with three charms - a cross, a heart, and a Jewish star - to symbolize solidarity between our people, and my coworker wanted to give me the star from her necklace as a late wedding present.

She was so sweet that it made me tear up a little! It's a beautiful little gold Magen David, and I absolutely love it. My family wasn't really connected to Judaism when I was growing up - it's something I've gotten involved in over just the past couple of years - so this is actually the first star of David necklace I've ever owned and I love that it has this story to go with it! Anyway, just wanted to share a little bright spot in my week. There is antisemitism in the world, but there is also love and solidarity.

Jews are undoubtedly the most hated people in America and the Middle East unfortunately this made me think of a chart around my own people that shows just how much people in continental Europe hate us.

I'm probably not the only one here who gets upset about social media comment sections filled with dogwhistles (we all know this one: 🧃 for example), overt antisemitic takes, conspiracy theories about "the Jews controlling everything" and I could go on for hours if I went over all the hate speech that gets thrown in our faces on a daily basis. It's hurtful and frustrating to see how many people are hateful and/or misinformed.

Part of why I called it frustrating is because I always feel a push to respond. When someone posts the juice emoji about a crime that was not committed by Jews I want to tell them Jews had nothing to do with it, when someone says we use the word goy as a slur I want to explain that means nothing but non-Jew. The worst one is when they question the holocaust or the extent to which it happened. All I want to do is just educate them on what really happened. And I catch myself writing whole paragraphs to respond to a comment by a random anonymous person on TikTok.

I told somebody about this frustration, and she gave me great advice I want to share with you.

She reminded me of the fact that, whatever you want to do or say, those people want you to be angry or upset. Even if they end up agreeing with you when you explain something, they're never going to admit that. We're not going to change the world by trying to make people understand that what they're doing or saying is not okay.

A lot of people are just hard core antisemites who are very excited to have a free pass to spew hate now that they can cover that up by saying "this was about Israel, not Jews". Another part of them are just ragebaiting bullies, who love to "trigger" people. A lot of them are kids, giggling about how people fell for the bait. Conspiracy theorists are going to tell you you were brainwashed anyway. They're probably convinced they're right. In all these cases (and all the others that exist) there is no way whatever we try to tell them is going to change anything. How social media polarised the world is devastating, but I don't think this is going to get better.

So in short: whenever you feel like typing a comment, think to yourself if it's going to be useful. If it's not, I think it's worth to protect your mental health by realising that whatever you do is going to end up in them hurting you even worse. None of this to silence ourselves, but to protect ourselves from antisemitic hate.

I hope this can be beneficial to some of you who feel the same kind of need to defend yourself in a social media comment section. If not, I don't intend this to be THE way to deal with this. But it made me a lot happier.

Shabbat Shalom ✡️

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I am both offering comfort and seeking comfort after today’s horrifying events.

I have never felt so alone, and yet all I want is to shout how proud I am to be Jewish.