Good discussion on @jewishcurrents.bsky.social about the Israel Day Parade, how Smotrich's visit was a welcome distraction from the rest of the fascist rogue's gallery marching and how this parade forecloses any meaningful celebration of Jewish culture in lieu of Israel propaganda.
Jewish Currents discusses the shameful New York City pageant.
"The prospect of healing from intergenerational trauma addresses none of the positive feelings of Zionist attachment. In fact, it threatens to take them away."
jewishcurrents.org/does-the-jew...
Seven scenes from the anti-anti-Zionist symposium. jewishcurrents.org/scenes-from-...
Deep dive and must-read. Challenges the idea of Jewish violence as product of Jewish trauma, traces the lineage of Jewish trauma discourse, and rejects the idea of Zionism as “trauma response today."
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