I think generational trauma also plays a big part in the reactions to Israeli politics.
Jill SolowayI said to my parents that I don't even know if there should be an Israel. And they were just so upset and hurt.
Jill SolowayI'm glad that Jewish kids are taught about the Holocaust and other stories in our history, but I wonder if there are ways that this information and narrative can be transmitted differently.
Jill SolowaySo much of the United State's political relationship with Israel is based on culture. Israel is the only Westernized culture in the region and the Middle Eastern countries bordering Israel are Arab, which is a totally different society. Even though Israel doesn't exactly feel like the United States, by comparison to its neighbors it's very Western.
Jill Soloway