This is a shitty time to be a reform Jewish American Democrat. Even some of my rabbi friends are voicing support for the embassy move along with what feel like weak-tea condemnations of the sniper attacks on Gaza.

I have always believed, and still do, that I can support the concept of Israel without agreeing with its government of the moment. It hurts like hell to be at odds with both Israel’s government and the US government. It hurts like hell to see Israel behaving in a way so completely at odds to the ideals we were taught about in religious school in the 70s. It hurts like hell to see the Israeli media being even more propagandistic than our own. (Fuck Sheldon Adelson sideways with a rusty chainsaw, in particular, for his role in all of this.)