Hi all,
My life feels like it turned upside down since Oct 7. While I knew not to expect the world to suddenly side with Israel, I at least thought that my “friends” would extend support for me as an individual. Something in the form of “I’m sorry, I hope your family is safe” or “Are you okay?”.
Most of family lives in Israel, and I have very strong ties there. I am also just one generation away from the deep antisemitism my parents escaped, so the trauma is real.
What I actually got was deafening silence and pretending nothing is happening when seeing each other in person while seeing their opinions posted on Instagram. They don’t have to agree with me on the politics, but like…can you be my friend? Why is being supportive to your Jewish friend against your principles?
The only friends that I feel supported by are Jewish. The majority of my colleagues and friends are not Jewish, however, so every day I find myself feeling a deep distrust of the people around me and it’s isolating me and eating me inside out. I wish this nightmare would be over, but I am realizing that I will have to learn to cope with this new reality because I can’t function at the moment.
It makes me wonder – how did Jews cope when their friends and neighbors turn a blind eye in Germany?
Any tips on how to deal with this so that I can still live my life productively?
Thanks in advance.
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