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Source: https://theithacan.org/opinion/commentary-progressive-circles-need-to-listen-to-jewish-people/
Jews on Campus Shouldn't Have to Play the Politics of Permission
(The Ithacan-Ithaca College) Falyn Stempler - Through my college experiences as a Jewish American, I am coming to see that many just do not really care to understand or sympathize with the Jewish struggle for liberation, independence and self-determination. Jewish people are constantly told our history and identity are illegitimate. In conversations surrounding the upcoming Women's March in 2019, it has been made increasingly clear that in order for Jewish Americans to be welcomed, we have to denounce our narratives and hide our heritage. And I am not interested in the politics of permission. According to 2018 data in Moment Magazine, 70% of American Jews have an emotional attachment to Israel. Zionism is a political philosophy that advocated for and aided in the liberation of the Jewish people after thousands of years of statelessness, pogroms, exiles and genocide. It was created by Jews for Jews, and it is simply not the place of a non-Jew to have an opinion. The writer is news editor of The Ithacan.