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Do I believe that there are questions that should never be asked?

Do I believe that there are questions that should never be asked?

An effort to not disappoint my Jewish mother.

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Jamie Lauren Keiles
Nov 07, 2023
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We as Jews are people of the book. In America, we often talk about ourselves as belonging to a “culture that values education.” My relation to Israel/Palestine changed when I experienced being told that general critical thinking skills (the skills that I went to my “good college” to learn) were somehow not applicable to the conflict. My mother, who I lo…

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