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I'm struggling with a friends reposting of content

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Mummabear04 · 18/05/2025 22:26

Just to say I'm not Jewish but my Grandad was and I have a strong tie to the Jewishness in my family. I don't tend to tell people about my heritage really because I feel a bit of an imposter in the Jewish community but I do wear a shema necklace every day that my Mum gave me, my cousins are Jewish and I even have relatives in Israel. I have a friend who has been very vocal about being pro Palestine but she's never spoken about it in person, just reposting things on social media which I've felt uncomfortable about but the topic has never been brought up in actual conversation and I'm not a big social media user anyway so I've maybe avoided it up until now. She is a mum friend who I was very close to when our children were babies but we don't see eachother very often, every few months at most. Tonight she has posted really antisemitic content basically showing photos of children who survived the Warsaw ghetto alongside photos of children of Palestine. I'm shocked tbh because she prides herself on being well read and informed in terms of race and will stand up for any minority it would seem apart from Jewish people. She's actually a GP and I'm shocked she would repost this kind of thing. I'm not quite sure what I'm trying to say here, I'm sure you all deal with antisemitism often and here I am not quite sure how to go about navigating this friendship or if I should even bother? I'd appreciate your thoughts to help me see the wood from the trees.

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Diamond82 · 19/05/2025 06:49

Hi @Mummabear04 sorry you have been experiencing this with your friend. I think a lot of people Jewish or not have experienced losing friends over the last 18 months or having to distance themselves at least. I know I have.
I think it depends on what you feel comfortable in doing about this.
Were you thinking of saying something to her? There’s no right answer in how to deal with someone like this. I would definitely mute/block her on social media though.

Comedycook · 19/05/2025 08:42

I understand op. A lady I know has started posting things on sm comparing the Gaza situation to the holocaust...I am currently sitting on my hands.

quantumbutterfly · 19/05/2025 11:04

Do you think it impacts her professional impartiality? If you are unable to speak to her as a friend she may need someone at her practice to talk to her about how social media posts impact her patients confidence in her.
Reminds me of the South Asian teacher photographed with a placard calling Rishi Sunak & Suella Braverman coconuts.
We are all thoughtless arseholes sometimes, hopefully we live and learn.

PurpleThistle7 · 19/05/2025 11:43

I have had to distance myself from some people as well - actually in a variety of ways as there are some chilling things being said on many topics. It's an exhausting world just now!

I think I'd personally send a PM saying that these sorts of tropes are really damaging and that it made you upset to see it. And then hide her on social media. I probably personally wouldn't 'unfriend' her in real life if she's important to you, but it's worth her remembering that what she does has impact, particularly in her profession.

But there's no great answer here to be honest :-(

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MovingBird123 · 05/06/2025 22:09

I feel like I lost all of my non-Jewish friends after Oct 7. Even if we don't speak about it, their silence, not asking if my family/friends were OK, was loud enough. I don't expect them to think drastically differently from the rest of my generation/demographic. We have nice times together, but there's a big chasm between us.

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