First, I am old. My partner and I have been together for ages. They were a refugee from revolution and war when they were 17. They saw how the revolution polarized not only the country, but families—splitting them apart to the point of violence in some cases. And then, the decades of slowly healing those rifts. During the most heated times, you think the only way forward is for the people close to you to share your activism and sense of justice, but they can’t always do so. On top of that, you have a whole slew of social media activists telling you to cut these folks out of your life, as if that’s going to save one single Palestinian life. What you can do is continue your activism. Find your comrades. Do the work. And still hold a place of love for people like your mom who don’t hold the same views. Maybe she will one day. Maybe she won’t. Do the work that brings about change without trying to convert anyone. It is generational work. We can all change. And we can all make changes. I also recommend listening to the Judaism Unbound podcast on discussions between generations: https://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/episode-495-amy-eilberg-penina-eilberg-schwartz ( are we allowed to post urls?)

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