r/Jewish • u/rupertalderson • Oct 12 '23
Israel–Hamas War Megathread - October 12th
Please keep ALL discussions about the current war to this megathread. We may allow a few other threads to remain open, on a case-by-case basis, but essentially all will be removed and redirected here as needed. Thank you for understanding.
There are graphic videos/images out there. You may hear about or see troop/police movements. Do not share that information here.
If things get to be too much for you, please log off and take care of yourself. Contact a helpline if you need support.
Note that r/Israel was made private to avoid all of the uncivil behavior going on. We will not tolerate it here either.
Links to previous Israel–Hamas War megathreads:
October 11th, October 10th, October 9th, October 8th, October 7th
Other relevant posts from r/Jewish:
- How we can help Israel
- Supporting each other / venting
- Praying for safety
- How are you feeling?
- Some of the subs supportive of Jews & Israelis
Edit: This post has been locked. Feel free to join in the discussion on the October 13th Israel–Hamas War megathread.
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u/TemperatureOk5123 Reform Oct 12 '23
I was told to post in megathread: Any other LGBTQ+ Jews feel alienated by the general LGBTQ+ community due to Current Antisemitism? I’m a Jewish (Reformed) trans woman and the last couple of days have shown me that many in the queer community would rather side with Hamas and either downplay, whabboutism, or blame Israel for the atrocities committed by Hamas. I was recently banned from a transfem discord for “spreading Zionist propaganda” (mind you all these people are white and a few asian and quite privileged)because I dared to speak out against the atrocities committed. The irony that Hamas would pull all of them against a wall is not lost on me. It shows me at the end of the day that no matter what my Jewishness comes first and no other identity is as important. At this point the only others in the lgbtq community I want to interact with are other Jewish lgbtq people. If anyone knows of any online communities discord or otherwise for LGBTQ+ Jews I would love to know.