What a thought-provoking essay. Wonderful, and so honest. Thank you, and for your courage. The story about the man who just got out of jail brought tears to my eyes; this kind of connection does so much to heal what is wrong in this world.
I, an intentional liberal Jewish woman, put on a kippah at the end of 2016 as a act of defiance and to out myself. It has never come off. I wore it while running for city council, then serving on council. I wore it in right-wing spaces and left-wing spaces. I wore it walking through Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
I'm old and, as the saying goes, have no f--s left to give. People want to come at me? Whatever. It's still an act of defiance and pride.
What a thought-provoking essay. Wonderful, and so honest. Thank you, and for your courage. The story about the man who just got out of jail brought tears to my eyes; this kind of connection does so much to heal what is wrong in this world.
Love this! My husband has a lot of the same struggles and perspectives.
And I’d say that being hyperconscious of being judged as a Jew and thus a stand-in for all Jews while wearing a kippah is a feature, not a bug.
I, an intentional liberal Jewish woman, put on a kippah at the end of 2016 as a act of defiance and to out myself. It has never come off. I wore it while running for city council, then serving on council. I wore it in right-wing spaces and left-wing spaces. I wore it walking through Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
I'm old and, as the saying goes, have no f--s left to give. People want to come at me? Whatever. It's still an act of defiance and pride.
Go, girl!
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Very impressed with your honesty.
If things keep going the way they seem to be going, go back to wearing a baseball cap.