March 29, 2026 9:58 pm
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I Am an October 8 Jew
Olivia Reingold
April 1, 2026
Since October 7, I’ve found myself in some of the most hostile spaces to “Zionists” imaginable. At a conference in Chicago, I watched a room full of Marxists and anarchists chant “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” in Farsi. I had to file a police report against anti-Israel activists after they shoved me, tore up my notebook, and caused me to temporarily lose hearing in an ear. I’ve uncovered internal Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) discussions about whether a Star of David is a “de facto hate symbol.” That some of the most prominent advocates in this moment are Jews themselves turns out to be a painful yet familiar dynamic that emerges whenever Jew-hatred does. As some are pulled toward our people, others have embraced a revolutionary ideology that casts Jews, and the Western world, as oppressors. This delusion has claimed many of the Jews I grew up with. READ MORE
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Categories: Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tags: October 7, October 7 massacre
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