Investing my kids with a cultural identity that is both Jewish and pro-Palestinian is a constant balancing act.

Dec. 27, 2017

Read at the Jewish Forward

Excerpt:

…As our kids settled down to hear ‘P is for Palestine’, four uniformed members of the Jewish Defense League moved into position behind them and started filming and harassing them. The JDL is an armed right-wing Israel group that has bombed civilians. Last March, they beat up Palestinians and Jews marching together in Washington DC. Now they were menacing a children’s Hanukkah party. Those of us who fight white supremacy and violence in our daily lives have plenty of beloved community, but bringing our kids together is rare and sweet. At a kids’ party, conflict and the threat of violence was unexpected. Without hesitation, the parents, mostly strangers to each other, formed a line between the JDL and the children…