Page 6 | AIBU to post solidarity with the Jewish community here?

HobGobblynne · 03/05/2026 21:05

drspouse · 03/05/2026 20:58

Well, I could have stopped working with my Israeli colleague but I don't. It could impact who else is prepared to have me work with them.
Is that performative or is that about my livelihood? Or is it just a very very small gesture of solidarity with a friend.

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I think the difference is whether the action is mainly symbolic or whether it involves an actual personal choice with consequences attached.

Deciding to continue openly supporting or working with someone despite possible backlash is a real life action that could materially affect you, so I wouldn’t call that purely performative.

Posting “I stand with X group” on an anonymous forum isn’t a bad thing but it is mostly symbolic. It doesn’t cost the OP anything or require them to act differently in real life, which is why it’s being described it as performative.

scoobysnaxx · 03/05/2026 21:02

PoorEileen · 03/05/2026 19:57

There is some disgusting antisemitism that is rife currently. My grandmother was Jewish. My mother and I weren’t raised Jewish but I still have strong feelings to the religion. I have a Jewish surname, I love my heritage and stand with solidarity always against antisemitism. I was one of two children in my entire secondary school with a Jewish surname and I had some certainly very questionable things said to me, once by a teacher, this was 30 years ago now so I dread to think what would be said now. My DC don’t have my surname, they have their fathers.
I also think some people are being accused of antisemitism for being critical of the Israeli government. That is not being antisemitic. Showing support to Palestinians, is not antisemitism. Being opposed to the death of 1000s and 1000s of babies and children is not antisemitism. People getting called antisemitic for having views or opinions waters down completely the genuine meaning of antisemitism and it stops it having any real meaning. I hate the fact that in these times my grandmother would fear leaving her home, a woman who was evacuated, would have had to have lived in fear because of her religion from the start of her life until the end. Hatred for another person because they have different beliefs from yourself is so strange to me.

100% this

Glenthebattleostrich · 03/05/2026 21:02

Absolutely horified by some of the posts on here recently.

And whilst i fully support peoples right to protest, yoy can't use that to intimidate people of a religion which has been persecuted for centuries. Rather sad that attitudes of some haven't moved on from Shakespearean times when it comes to antisematism.

ShamrockShenanigans · 03/05/2026 21:02

AcquadiP · 03/05/2026 20:59

Sending solidarity to the Jewish community who have lived peacefully on this island for
centuries. This is your home, you have as much right to be here as anyone else.

Seconded

BlakeCarrington · 03/05/2026 21:01

AcquadiP · 03/05/2026 20:59

Sending solidarity to the Jewish community who have lived peacefully on this island for
centuries. This is your home, you have as much right to be here as anyone else.

And so say all of us!

Igmum · 03/05/2026 20:59

So sorry you felt you had to leave Mumsnet Rochelle and welcome back.

I’m horrified that I now live in a country where a 76 year old is stabbed while waiting at a bus stop because he looks Jewish or a father is killed for attending synagogue. Yes, solidarity with Jewish people in the UK on Mumsnet and beyond. We want you safe from this sort of harm and from the fear of this sort of harm.

AcquadiP · 03/05/2026 20:59

Sending solidarity to the Jewish community who have lived peacefully on this island for
centuries. This is your home, you have as much right to be here as anyone else.

drspouse · 03/05/2026 20:58

cantstartagain · 03/05/2026 20:42

This is all very performative.

Well, I could have stopped working with my Israeli colleague but I don't. It could impact who else is prepared to have me work with them.
Is that performative or is that about my livelihood? Or is it just a very very small gesture of solidarity with a friend.

ShamrockShenanigans · 03/05/2026 20:58

cantstartagain · 03/05/2026 20:42

This is all very performative.

Yes, and naming nomas was out of order.

The OP wasn't 'chased away' by anyone.

But if I remember rightly, her motives in starting so many threads that many considered performative, was called into question at one point.

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RochelleMajerKrich · 03/05/2026 20:55

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Just to add to the ‘genuine vibe’

My previous usernames were sunflower2210
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BlakeCarrington · 03/05/2026 20:50

In contrast, threads bashing Jewish people are a dime a dozen, so how great to have one reassuring them how loved they are 🥰

BlakeCarrington · 03/05/2026 20:48

cantstartagain · 03/05/2026 20:42

This is all very performative.

No @cantstartagain, it isn’t. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a previous thread inviting me to express my solidarity for my Jewish friends, so I am taking the opportunity to tell them I love them.

Feel free to move to another thread if this one isn’t your thing.

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cantstartagain · 03/05/2026 20:42

This is all very performative.

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RochelleMajerKrich · 03/05/2026 20:33

GetMeATomCollins · 03/05/2026 20:29

Thank you 🙏

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😭😭❤️

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RochelleMajerKrich · 03/05/2026 20:32

Dilbertian · 03/05/2026 20:24

That would be supportive, not appropriative. ❤️ But be prepared to deal with the potential fallout.

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Thank you, we’re at the stage where we are prepared to deal with whatever.

I saw Zach Polanski being interviewed by Trevor Phillips today (this morning) and he was an absolute disgrace

I wish/ hope that everyone who contemplates voting for the Greens takes a minute to think about it…

Just because Zack Polanski is Jewish, doesn’t mean he can’t also be antisemitic

The two aren’t mutually exclusive

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drspouse · 03/05/2026 20:31

I have a very lovely colleague who is Israeli. She has no other country to go to. This makes her, and me, Zionist. I don't mind being called that and I think all chants that call for violence against Jewish people and elimination of Israel should be robustly policed. You can debate the existence of a country but you can't walk down the streets shouting that it should be wiped off the map or that all people of one ethnicity should be killed.
I can't imagine what it feels like to be ostracised in every country in the world and then told you have no right to the one country you have escaped to.

GetMeATomCollins · 03/05/2026 20:29

RochelleMajerKrich · 03/05/2026 19:16

I deleted my previous account (due to poor mental health) but I’m back.

Solidarity with the Jewish community.

Much love to you all.

I will always support you.

Thank you 🙏

Dilbertian · 03/05/2026 20:24

RochelleMajerKrich · 03/05/2026 19:45

😭

I want to stand with the Jewish community..my heart is hurting when I think of what they’re going through

I want to set an example but I don’t want to ‘culture appropriate’ which makes me wonder if wearing those pins my husband ordered might be offensive

it’s so hard to know what’s right

at the end of the day we both just want to let Jewish people know that you are no alone

we stand with you

and we hate all the whataboutery which always raises its face when it comes to antisemitism

So so much love to the Jewish community here and abroad

❤️❤️❤️

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That would be supportive, not appropriative. ❤️ But be prepared to deal with the potential fallout.

Echobelly · 03/05/2026 20:23

Thanks @PoorEileen - I'm Jewish and it is important we do allow legitimate criticism of Israel, to do otherwise doesn't actually help Jews.

I will say I have always felt and continue to feel very welcome and safe in the UK and think most people aren't antisemitic. But it's something always to be on guard against as there are always a few people trying to subtly or not so subtly slip it into discourse.

BlakeCarrington · 03/05/2026 20:17

YANBU OP. Big love to our Jewish brothers and sisters from me. Everyone I know detests what is happening and is outraged at the anti-semitism you are suffering in the UK. I am totally ashamed of those people. It is only a minority of arseholes who feel that way. We love our Jewish friends and neighbours and will fight back against it with you ❤️❤️Xx

Anyahyacinth · 03/05/2026 20:16

PoorEileen · 03/05/2026 19:57

There is some disgusting antisemitism that is rife currently. My grandmother was Jewish. My mother and I weren’t raised Jewish but I still have strong feelings to the religion. I have a Jewish surname, I love my heritage and stand with solidarity always against antisemitism. I was one of two children in my entire secondary school with a Jewish surname and I had some certainly very questionable things said to me, once by a teacher, this was 30 years ago now so I dread to think what would be said now. My DC don’t have my surname, they have their fathers.
I also think some people are being accused of antisemitism for being critical of the Israeli government. That is not being antisemitic. Showing support to Palestinians, is not antisemitism. Being opposed to the death of 1000s and 1000s of babies and children is not antisemitism. People getting called antisemitic for having views or opinions waters down completely the genuine meaning of antisemitism and it stops it having any real meaning. I hate the fact that in these times my grandmother would fear leaving her home, a woman who was evacuated, would have had to have lived in fear because of her religion from the start of her life until the end. Hatred for another person because they have different beliefs from yourself is so strange to me.

Similar jewish background ..I hate how anti semitism is being weaponised to reduce the right to protest

HeyThereDelila · 03/05/2026 20:16

Well said, OP.

Solidarity from this Christian to my Jewish brothers and sisters.

FailedToLaunch · 03/05/2026 20:13

Welcome back op! Thank you for standing tall and fighting the good fight. It's so important to let our Jewish friends they're not alone and won't be cowered by antisemites. They do not represent the majority view; they are just very very loud and very very brainwashed.

ButtCheeks · 03/05/2026 20:07

I agree OP. I am not Jewish by blood but I was raised celebrating Jewish holidays with my pseudo-family (long story) and they are very close to my heart. I will always stand with the Jewish community.