Letters to the Editor
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A positive move
I wish J St every success and I'm glad they're around. Such organizations help me reconcile the extremely high number of close Jewish friends I have with the fact that I have come to uniformly dislike every elected Jewish official I know of, without exception, even ones I formerly (and ignorantly) voted for. I am not a friend of Israel at all, though I used to be a supporter. I do support the right of Jews to live in Israel safely, securely, with self-determination, only not at the expense of Palestinians' right to the same. My father was abducted as a forced laborer for the Nazis and barely survived while my grandfather and two uncles died in Soviet camps, so it burns me up to see people USE the holocaust as an excuse to keep others in camps. It's disgusting and makes me despise Israelis. I hope they all work it out and live happily ever after (and indeed believe someday they will), but I will never like or respect them (or Hamas) and will never EVER again vote Democrat (or Republican). Hey, it's an emotional issue, what can I say.