Miriam, I understand what you are saying, I have questions though (shock for a group of Jews discussing something, right?)... I'm not willing to be quiet about who I am. I'm not the type to slap people in the face loud about being Jewish, but I don't shy from mentioning it if it's appropriate to the conversation. Further, being an infantry veteran of American wars, theirs a certain in-your-face attitude that I've developed, or maybe always had. I have a Mogen David necklace of course, but how do I tell the world I will stand for mine in no uncertain terms? Not everyone can or is willing to be an Elie Wiesel or Simon Wiesenthal, but some of us are willing to fight anti-Semitism in a personal and direct way - even without knowing it or suffer the consequences. How do we do that without marking ourselves openly?
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Miriam, I understand what you are saying, I have questions though (shock for a group of Jews discussing something, right?)... I'm not willing to be quiet about who I am. I'm not the type to slap people in the face loud about being Jewish, but I don't shy from mentioning it if it's appropriate to the conversation. Further, being an infantry veteran of American wars, theirs a certain in-your-face attitude that I've developed, or maybe always had. I have a Mogen David necklace of course, but how do I tell the world I will stand for mine in no uncertain terms? Not everyone can or is willing to be an Elie Wiesel or Simon Wiesenthal, but some of us are willing to fight anti-Semitism in a personal and direct way - even without knowing it or suffer the consequences. How do we do that without marking ourselves openly?