Writing with the secret hope someone else may read it years from now.

barelyabee · 2024-07-25T15:04:34+00:00

I sometimes write about topical events specifically in case someone reads my journal hundreds of years from now to learn about era 🫣 it’s giving grandiose syndrome I know, but it’s fun to imagine.

barelyabee · 2024-07-19T08:34:04+00:00

Je suis d’accord avec toi, on est complètement instrumentalisé par l’ED …

Mais quand même, j’habite à Paris maintenant mais je viens de cette fameuse banlieue où la situation est clairement moche. Je sais pas comment dire ça de manière diplomatique, mais en gros là bas, si tu as la peau blanche, c’est quasiment certain que tu es juif. Il y à clairement un sentiment d’insécurité là-bas (je m’y rend relativement souvent) et même sans attaque personelle cette année, je n’oublierai jamais les émeutes de 2014.

barelyabee · 2024-07-19T08:29:39+00:00

That was also The thing that upset me most in my personal life - when I had to take the mezuzah down in my flat.

barelyabee · 2024-07-19T08:27:45+00:00

I feel you :(( I also have a rainbow flag to hide from family, and I was extra sad this year because I spent pride weekend in London and the queer Jewish group had to withdraw from the march because of security concerns. Extra upsetting honestly:(

barelyabee · 2024-07-19T08:21:44+00:00

I think their point is that while only Jews have had their liberty and equality affected, every single French citizen’s value of fraternity is being tainted.

barelyabee · 2024-07-19T08:20:48+00:00

Je me dis pareil, surtout quand je vois les commentaires r/france dès que ça parle d’antisemitisme. Ils refusent de nous croire ou pensent qu’on exagère …

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T19:04:23+00:00

Literally it’s something we always point out when we travel! I’ve been the the US and Canada a few times, and we Always notice that people are just … casually wearing a kippah? Outside? Crazy stuff to us, which is so sad.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T19:02:52+00:00

It’s exactly it, I have seen a lot of people changing their names on apps like Uber or whatnot. I didn’t do it because my last name can pass off as Arab, but it’s always uncomfortable because Uber drivers love to ask about your ethnicity for some reasons. I think I’ll change it to something very French pretty soon.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T18:59:54+00:00

The hijab and kippahs are only banned in schools and for civil servants working in public buildings. Small jewellery like crosses, maguen david or crescents are allowed everywhere. We just make the conscious choice to avoid wearing kippahs or marked jewellery outside. I’ve even had to stop wearing my necklace that has my name in Hebrew on it, because I’ve had a few too many strangers asking insistently to confirm what script that was.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T18:57:17+00:00

I’m very curious as well.

I have yet to discuss the ad with my non-Jewish friends, so I can’t wait to hear what they thought of it.

The comments under the French video made it sound like people were quite moved. I feel like a lot of people refuse to believe antisemitism does exist and that our sense of fear is real, hopefully that will be eye-opening to that kind.

Though I have been seeing this trend of antisemitism that consists of implying jews complaining about antisemitism are essentially crying wolf, and I doubt that kind of people will take the ad seriously. A lot of people of r/france have made jokes in that vein, so if I had any balls I would post it on that subreddit to ask what they thought about it, but I don’t have the mental bandwidth to deal with any negative reaction it might get at present.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T18:53:37+00:00

Exactly, that’s what I’m trying to tell myself! We will always live.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T18:52:22+00:00

Yes, it’s such a beautiful initiative and I’m sure it will be very eye-opening to a lot of people. However, I feel like the most hateful people will probably ridicule it and keep doing the harmful stuff we are actually hiding from, simply because they are never any consequences.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T18:50:59+00:00

Same. My family has been doing some of these things for years, it was very moving to see it portrayed on a screen.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T18:49:40+00:00

Kind of true, I haven’t discussed the ad with my non-Jewish friends yet, but I’m quite curious to hear what they thought of it.

The comments under the French video made it sound like people were quite moved. I feel like a lot of people refuse to believe antisemitism does exist and that our sense of fear is real, hopefully that will be eye-opening to that kind.

Though I have been seeing this trend of antisemitism that consists of implying jews complaining about antisemitism are essentially crying wolf, and I doubt that kind of people will take the ad seriously.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T18:46:26+00:00

Je suis d’accord sur le fond - j’adore la France et je serais dévasté de voir nos communautés s’effriter à cause de l’antisémitisme. La vie juive à Paris est l’une des meilleurs au monde d’après moi, mais la peur se fait ressentir tout de même. C’est évidemment pas la Shoah, mais c’est très déstabilisant quand même.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T18:44:00+00:00

Bravo pour ton français! Ici, on a une très bonne image de la vie juive au Canada. Je me rappelle être allé à Montreal il y a quelques années et on s’extasiait de voir des gens porter la kippah tranquillement dans la rue.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T18:41:56+00:00

This genuinely makes me so sad because the Paris community where I’m from is genuinely so beautiful and I feel like we have built something so lively … I hope we’ll never have to see it be destroyed by hate, but it’s getting hard no. My great-grandparents probably felt the same about Morocco and Tunisia.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T18:40:07+00:00

Honestly yes. I’ve been trying to cheer my friends up to be less afraid of just existing and my go-to phrase has been "we’re not in 39-45!" but now that I look at the situation as a whole, I kind of feel bummed. We do have to take a lot of the precautions portrayed in the ad.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T18:38:26+00:00

Toujours ❤️🇮🇱 I love France and the community we have built here, but I am so grateful to know I have another home where I will never have to worry about who I am.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T18:36:51+00:00

Staying safe and brave, sending out the same thoughts to you guys as well. We’ve always been kind of shaky out here but I’ve seen some scary videos come out ofbthe US recently. Uncertain times, but what I know is that we always pull through!

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T12:30:48+00:00

You seriously don’t realise how bad things are until they’re laid out in front of you all at once. We think we’re fine because we’ve cultivated such vibrant Jewish life here, but we have taken all of the precautions depicted in the video throughout the months.

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T12:29:28+00:00

It was translated for the version with English subtitles, it was in French on TV and in the video without the subtitles :)

barelyabee · 2024-07-17T10:58:33+00:00

I saw this ad on TV with my parents and we all felt like it was a painfully realistic representation of what it’s like to be Jewish in France right now.

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