I'm not sure I like it here any more.

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34. We have to push through anyway. Ruth Marcus wrote today about how even her Jewish family

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is divided about this, with most of the division along generational lines.

We are a family here, and we have to keep listening to each other.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/21/israel-palestine-hamas-thanksgiving/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzAwODAyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzAyMTg0Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDA4MDIwMDAsImp0aSI6IjgwMzhkYmZkLTZkOWEtNGIyNy1iMTlmLTMwNjM0OWU2ZWI4YSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDIzLzExLzIxL2lzcmFlbC1wYWxlc3RpbmUtaGFtYXMtdGhhbmtzZ2l2aW5nLyJ9.iNUg73GHOzO4CyQz7ZeEjpU3PKNiV6rxTSCaImUHe3g&fbclid=IwAR0aMf-IiLGtVekh6kONI7_rEiYua2pGW2riVH2j6WbAlcQskt-KxoE6mZg

My children grew up in a different environment — more honest about the contours of the conflict, more complex in the nature of the political discussion, and more fraught. They have scarcely known an Israel without Netanyahu, which is to say an Israel whose aggressive settlement policy that has made a two-state solution increasingly unattainable, and an Israel that fails to treat Palestinians with fairness and dignity.

It is, in short, an Israel that has made itself hard to love. My love for Israel is strong enough to survive my exasperation with the policies of its current government. It might be unrealistic to expect the same of my daughters. It is hard to demand that Israel constitute a central part of their Jewish identity when Israel’s behavior, during their conscious lifetimes, has been so impossible to defend.

So, we confront the events of Oct. 7 and its terrible aftermath, including the bloodshed in Gaza, from different baselines, clashing perspectives that have generated painful conversations, and tears on both sides.