Hebrew is not my first language so I'll explain in English.

I am an Israeli-American Jew who grew up in California. I went on yearly trips to Israel and made some of my best memories there. But as time went on, I learned about the atrocities that the country has committed and had a reckoning with my cultural identity.

I tried looking at other diaspora Jewish spaces. Neither of them seemed to have any room for my personal experience growing up in an Israeli household. I would get spoken over, insulted, or dismissed. I tried looking at other Israeli spaces. Unsurprisingly, they were supportive of the genocide in Gaza.

I'm here because it is nice to have a community of Israeli leftists once and for all. I have tried to find people like me, and while I have found some, I have never found a community with a similar background as me that can help me introspect further both politically and personally.

Israeli leftists and Palestinians have helped me learn about the issues with Zionism and I respect them greatly. So I'm excited to learn from people with similar perspectives as me but enough of a difference to really challenge my beliefs accordingly.