As an American Jew, I’ve been going through a process I think is common among people like myself. I’ve always been a liberal left-wing Jew. I’ve long stood for the rights of the Palestinians. I’ve acknowledged unjust policies in Israel, although at the same time I’ve known enough to realize the situation is far more complicated than many people think. Most importantly, I’ve stood up for my Arab friends in their stand for Palestinian rights.
Again, and again, you speak out when so many remain silent. That the DNC was so diligent in suppressing your candidacy to ensure that the majority of Americans not hear your vision for a better America has been a tragic loss for this country. There are many of us who heard you, Marianne, and pray that you continue to speak out. God bless you.
I hear you and stand with you in prayer for peace, love and honoring of all people, of all races, and of the intrinsic holiness of each life and every person. ♥️♥️♥️🙏♥️
Yes, it's Netanyahu who has done the genocide. He isn't Israel. It's foolish to blame American Jews for something a far-right Israeli leader overseas is doing, Even the hostages HAMAS captured weren't Netanyahu's people. I understand most of them were the peaceful farmers in kibbutz communes, left-leaning. Breaks my heart. I think a lot of hatred of Jews down through the centuries is pure jealousy. They have the "smarts" and the drive for education leading to accomplishments in spheres of art and science. Culturally ascendant. Why be jealous of someone's accomplishments, instead become accomplished yourself. If you can't beat them, emulate them. How difficult is that? I'm venting my rage here. And I'm biased -- I've always been biased TOWARD the Jews. They are admirable.
It is fair we feel anxious though when the one Jewish State in the World is engaged in wiping another state off the map. Not nice but maybe it is right
Although for each of us, our identity and individuality serve us, we may so easily forget that a higher identity exists. When identity divides us, we are wise to seek that higher common identity that calls us out, and lays bare our own fear based perspective. Only then do we have an opportunity to see our own need for inner work, before we judge others. It is in that moment of awareness that we must decide, to perpetuate the idea of separation and fear or seek love and higher guidance.
Do the labels we place upon ourselves and others, Arab, Jew, democrat, republican, Christian, atheist limit our thinking? Labels can create polarity, and polarization is self perpetuating. Can we find higher ground for civic discourse? Can we begin and stand for reestablishing human dignity and sanctity before politics?
We need not look far for our role models and examples, Martin Luther King Jr., Mandela, Gandhi… resistance without fighting. They did not live a peaceful technique, rather, they mastered their own inner warring. They embraced inner peace before they sought outer change.
As we are tempted to rail and rant against the other, are we equally tempted to trade inner peace for self righteousness? As we see injustice are we tempted to meet it on equal terms?
Today I seek inner peace so that I may be an instrument of peace and healing in my thoughts, emotions, and deeds. Help me, oh God, to see others as you do, eschewing all labels, except one, “my beloved.”
I am so sorry Marianne to you and the Jewish people. I naively thought my generation was being taught inclusivity and that we in turn were passing that open heartedness to our children ( I'm 68).
Then came Donald Trump who opened Pandora’s box.
I pray, that we as Earth citizens, come to our God given senses- to do no harm to anyone- mineral, plant, animal, human. And I pray for courage to stand up and speak against injustice when I encounter it. May God bless you, illuminate you, protect you and make your life flourish in the Divine service.
Thank you. Many saw this starting on October 8 before the IDF had shot one retaliatory shot. The rape and violence denial. The blame Israel for bringing this on themselves.
Then once retaliation began the exaggeration ( it’s brutal and tragic but it’s not genocide). The acceptance of Hamas propaganda including the Hamas ministry of health BS numbers of dead especially women and children.
The calls for Israel (Jewish) surrender, using the words “ceasefire now” but no mention of returning hostages or forcing Hamas to stop rocket fire or acknowledging that Hamas broke the ceasefire on October 7.
Blaming Israel solely for Gaza being an open air prison and the plight of Gaza’s residents while Hamas turned well meaning given aid into weapons, terror tunnels and billionaire lifestyles in Qatar.
This has all been Jew hate masquerading as anti Zionism.
I too am a left leaning Jew and I have felt like we are alone. I too am not a Bibi fan.
I know fans you have already lost because you didn’t say this sooner before you pivoted to talking of ceasefire.
Thank you for finally addressing the blatant antisemitism going on since October 8. Thank you for nuance about the war.
I live in a fairly large upstate NY city. I have a friend who makes documentary films about the modern aftermath of the colonial experience. She's a privileged woman with a good education, married to a medical specialist. I've been to her elegant, upscale house for film in preview screenings, gone to her openings, supported local visual artists whose work she has displayed in her home. Real painters, whose work goes for $$$$$$.
No matter where she lives, it's in the best neighborhoods.
She travels, extensively. Has a huge online following.
Makes good movies, actually.
Shortly after the Hamas attacks on Israel, she turned into someone I barely recognized. Posting obvious propaganda against Jews. Promoting Hamas talking points. Feeling sorry for herself and others in the Pakistani/Palestinian communities because they had been "othered".
LIKE THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
I addressed the distortion in her thinking *once, but when I realized that it was impossible to reason with her, I muted her account. I haven't unfriended her yet, but we are no longer friendly.
This is someone I have treasured and admired.
But she fell for a line of BS that I cannot and will not support.
I check in with her from time to time to see if she's softened her stance.
But I don't comment on her pages anymore, and I will not go to her next film opening.
There is no daylight, in my view, between standing for the rights of Arabs and for the rights of Jews. Anti-Semitism, coming from Arabs is a curious thing, as Arabs themselves are Semites. My late wife and her father were Jewish. Our son is thus 1/4 Jewish, as is our family, on his mother's side. There is not an ounce of rationality, as you say, in animus towards Jews. Nor is there any, in animus towards Arabs.
I am a Jew myself . . and have been and now more intensely than ever, engaged in some deep introspection around all of this. Some thoughts . . contrary to current hysteria-narratives . . . the Jews stand out as having never really been colonial or empire-aspiring people . . the Christians, Muslims, Arabs, Chinese, Mongols, British, French, Americans, Belgians, Spanish, Portuguese, Aztecs and so so many more have all been, in their time, severely imperialistic, conquesting peoples . . . the consequence of that being that amongst almost all peoples in the world, there lies layers and layers of deeply unrectified collective material around all of this . . . as we now, what do we typically do with this shadow material??? (if we don't rectify and reconcile it) . . . we project it out, onto and into others. That has been, is seems to me, the collective 'physiological' role played by Jews for millenia . . if you watch the virulent rage, its forest-fire like spreadability, whether in the United Nations, among human rights organisations, Universities, the press . . . its a rage and there is no rationality to it . . it bears all the hallmarks of shadow projection . . and for Jews, the experience is one of gaslighting-on-steroids from a relationship with a psychopath. What is being called for, whether Christian or American or British or Muslim or Arab or Spanish or French . . is to turn away from this hysterical hyper focus on Israel and the Jews . . to turn in . . into the shadow and rectify and reconcile centuries of internalised guilt, shame, pain and trauma around colonisation, imperialism, conquest and domination of the other.
I agree with a lot that you're saying, in terms of shadow work. But I also see that the "hyper focus on Israel' , for US citizens, at least, is that our tax dollars are paying for this genocide. I think most people would be standing up against it otherwise, too, but the fact that the US govt is sending bombs to Israel with no conditions while Israel continues the slaughter is a fact that amplifies people's (including a lot of Jewish people's) anger and resistance.
There is NO genocide going on in Gaza. That is an absurd statement. And Israel hasn't occupied Gaza since 2005. And Hamas is not a resistance organization. Another absurd statement. It is a genocidal death cult whose charter calls for the murder of all Jews and 'infidels'- meaning the WEST- and who truly believe that they will be martyred by killing infidels (all non-Muslims) and so they will sacrifice their women and children in the name of their sick maniacal beliefs.
well . . . first of all, it is not a genocide. It just is not. That is rhetoric and its hysterical. Yes, it is war and that is always horrible. Horrible. But it is not genocide. Second of all, a HUGE amount of American aid funds the Iron Dome which is 100% defensive, saves lives and over the years has held Israel back a LOT from attacking back . . . do you realise rockets have been raining on Israel from Hezbollah DAILY since October 7. The Iron Dome is VERY expensive. That one day last week from Iran cost about a billion Iron Dome dollars to defend against. And also, a very large amount of American (and European) (and interestingly NO Arab) tax dollars over the past years were supposed to build vibrant Gazan infrastructure and instead built 400 miles of terror tunnel infrastructure in Gaza . .
Oh, lord. Where do I begin. Even if I bought your premise that this isn't a genocide (which I don't) I would still be against the occupation and apartheid. That is the cause of the resistance. Israel is committing war crimes daily and we shouldn't be helping them do it.
I find your rhetoric bullies out of the picture any discussion or constructive opening . . . 'war crimes daily', 'genocide', 'the cause of the resistance', etc etc . . . my original response to Marianne was written NOT to Israelis or to Palestinians . . it was written to YOU.
Shadow is called 'shadow' for a reason. The collective shadow being projected onto the Israeli-Gaza conflict is on steroids and only doing one thing and one thing only . . . fuelling the conflict and suffering on all sides.
Please explain the justification of Israeli's settling in Palestinian territory that I have learned that hadn't been legally appropriate under the original formation of the state?
Dear Marianne; Thank you for being such a powerful voice in these turbulent times. It’s so hard to understand what is presently going on. Young Jewish being told to stay home from university for their own safety??? I, too, thought that we had moved past this terrible insanity. I wish I had some answers, but all I know how to do is pray. As a 71 year old woman, it seems that we have truly failed the younger generations. Pete Seeger had it right in 1955 with “Where have all the flowers gone?” Yet, we must not give up hope. I love you!
I believe if you don’t love everyone, you don’t love anyone. Am I there? No, but that doesn’t change the truth of it. I can’t hate the Jew or the haters, but I’m rooting for Jews. Their plight is everyone’s plight. Their pain is everyone’s pain and their release is everyone’s release.
I am a Jew. I am a proud Jew. We are no better but no worse than anyone else. We know the ancient curse of antisemitism, and we know the historical horrors with which it has erupted repeatedly for millennia. It is a mysterious, irrational animus. I pray with all my heart that Jews and non-Jews alike will awaken to its dangers, not only in the past but right here right now and will take a stand.
In whatever way you can, for the sake of all that is good and true, please stand.
Marianne, I will stand with you to fight antisemitism in all of its forms. God bless you and God bless all Jews.
I have so much love, respect and honor for you Marianne. We go way back...to the 80's when I found you and your teachings. You inspired me and have been an important influence in my life. I read ( all) of your books. Read and listened to A Course in Miracles. Every morning I read your morning meditation that comes to my inbox. Because you embraced All people, your brilliant mind and wise heart have unified a divided world. The legacy you embody in this lifetime shines into eternity. Thank you, in love and gratitude ~ Betsy🙏
I am Standing!! For all humanity as I/we learn the truth together. In the name of all that is holy, All people count. Thank you Marianne for standing for us, our well-being, our transformation to the sacred and for this awesome planet. May healing truth prevail and sacred choice and goodness be our human priority. AMEN!
I've lived in the DC Metropolitan area for more than 40 years. My profession has been in house keeping/cleaning. Most of my clients are Jewish. They have been some of the BEST PEOPLE I HAVE EVER KNOWN! I was raised in an evangelical home[ dad was an evangelist preacher man] I was taught to love Israel and its people. I still do. Yes, the outrage at the suffering of the Palestinians is real. I stand with you Marianne. Shalom 🕊
Again, and again, you speak out when so many remain silent. That the DNC was so diligent in suppressing your candidacy to ensure that the majority of Americans not hear your vision for a better America has been a tragic loss for this country. There are many of us who heard you, Marianne, and pray that you continue to speak out. God bless you.
I hear you and stand with you in prayer for peace, love and honoring of all people, of all races, and of the intrinsic holiness of each life and every person. ♥️♥️♥️🙏♥️
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There is no more and no less of anti SEMITISM in say North America t
Jewish + Palestinian Lives Matter.
Netanyahu needs to stop the genocide. NOW. Two wrongs never made a right. Very sorry for the anti-semiticism you are experiencing and witnessing. ☮️💜
Yes, it's Netanyahu who has done the genocide. He isn't Israel. It's foolish to blame American Jews for something a far-right Israeli leader overseas is doing, Even the hostages HAMAS captured weren't Netanyahu's people. I understand most of them were the peaceful farmers in kibbutz communes, left-leaning. Breaks my heart. I think a lot of hatred of Jews down through the centuries is pure jealousy. They have the "smarts" and the drive for education leading to accomplishments in spheres of art and science. Culturally ascendant. Why be jealous of someone's accomplishments, instead become accomplished yourself. If you can't beat them, emulate them. How difficult is that? I'm venting my rage here. And I'm biased -- I've always been biased TOWARD the Jews. They are admirable.
It is fair we feel anxious though when the one Jewish State in the World is engaged in wiping another state off the map. Not nice but maybe it is right
Your analysis is incorrect.
Although for each of us, our identity and individuality serve us, we may so easily forget that a higher identity exists. When identity divides us, we are wise to seek that higher common identity that calls us out, and lays bare our own fear based perspective. Only then do we have an opportunity to see our own need for inner work, before we judge others. It is in that moment of awareness that we must decide, to perpetuate the idea of separation and fear or seek love and higher guidance.
Do the labels we place upon ourselves and others, Arab, Jew, democrat, republican, Christian, atheist limit our thinking? Labels can create polarity, and polarization is self perpetuating. Can we find higher ground for civic discourse? Can we begin and stand for reestablishing human dignity and sanctity before politics?
We need not look far for our role models and examples, Martin Luther King Jr., Mandela, Gandhi… resistance without fighting. They did not live a peaceful technique, rather, they mastered their own inner warring. They embraced inner peace before they sought outer change.
As we are tempted to rail and rant against the other, are we equally tempted to trade inner peace for self righteousness? As we see injustice are we tempted to meet it on equal terms?
Today I seek inner peace so that I may be an instrument of peace and healing in my thoughts, emotions, and deeds. Help me, oh God, to see others as you do, eschewing all labels, except one, “my beloved.”
And so it is…
I love you, too.
Thank you! Reading this restored my peace - somewhat. Remembering our higher, common identity, as you say ... the 'beloved' ...
I am so sorry Marianne to you and the Jewish people. I naively thought my generation was being taught inclusivity and that we in turn were passing that open heartedness to our children ( I'm 68).
Then came Donald Trump who opened Pandora’s box.
I pray, that we as Earth citizens, come to our God given senses- to do no harm to anyone- mineral, plant, animal, human. And I pray for courage to stand up and speak against injustice when I encounter it. May God bless you, illuminate you, protect you and make your life flourish in the Divine service.
Thank you. Many saw this starting on October 8 before the IDF had shot one retaliatory shot. The rape and violence denial. The blame Israel for bringing this on themselves.
Then once retaliation began the exaggeration ( it’s brutal and tragic but it’s not genocide). The acceptance of Hamas propaganda including the Hamas ministry of health BS numbers of dead especially women and children.
The calls for Israel (Jewish) surrender, using the words “ceasefire now” but no mention of returning hostages or forcing Hamas to stop rocket fire or acknowledging that Hamas broke the ceasefire on October 7.
Blaming Israel solely for Gaza being an open air prison and the plight of Gaza’s residents while Hamas turned well meaning given aid into weapons, terror tunnels and billionaire lifestyles in Qatar.
This has all been Jew hate masquerading as anti Zionism.
I too am a left leaning Jew and I have felt like we are alone. I too am not a Bibi fan.
I know fans you have already lost because you didn’t say this sooner before you pivoted to talking of ceasefire.
Thank you for finally addressing the blatant antisemitism going on since October 8. Thank you for nuance about the war.
Thank you for a well-articulated narrative that too few are hearing.
I live in a fairly large upstate NY city. I have a friend who makes documentary films about the modern aftermath of the colonial experience. She's a privileged woman with a good education, married to a medical specialist. I've been to her elegant, upscale house for film in preview screenings, gone to her openings, supported local visual artists whose work she has displayed in her home. Real painters, whose work goes for $$$$$$.
No matter where she lives, it's in the best neighborhoods.
She travels, extensively. Has a huge online following.
Makes good movies, actually.
Shortly after the Hamas attacks on Israel, she turned into someone I barely recognized. Posting obvious propaganda against Jews. Promoting Hamas talking points. Feeling sorry for herself and others in the Pakistani/Palestinian communities because they had been "othered".
LIKE THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
I addressed the distortion in her thinking *once, but when I realized that it was impossible to reason with her, I muted her account. I haven't unfriended her yet, but we are no longer friendly.
This is someone I have treasured and admired.
But she fell for a line of BS that I cannot and will not support.
I check in with her from time to time to see if she's softened her stance.
But I don't comment on her pages anymore, and I will not go to her next film opening.
She lost my respect over her reaction to Oct 7.
It may be a long time before she gets it back.
Thank you Amyloiuse for your compassion and common sense!
Here's some more on history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrcYQyudLzY&t=16s
There is no daylight, in my view, between standing for the rights of Arabs and for the rights of Jews. Anti-Semitism, coming from Arabs is a curious thing, as Arabs themselves are Semites. My late wife and her father were Jewish. Our son is thus 1/4 Jewish, as is our family, on his mother's side. There is not an ounce of rationality, as you say, in animus towards Jews. Nor is there any, in animus towards Arabs.
I am a Jew myself . . and have been and now more intensely than ever, engaged in some deep introspection around all of this. Some thoughts . . contrary to current hysteria-narratives . . . the Jews stand out as having never really been colonial or empire-aspiring people . . the Christians, Muslims, Arabs, Chinese, Mongols, British, French, Americans, Belgians, Spanish, Portuguese, Aztecs and so so many more have all been, in their time, severely imperialistic, conquesting peoples . . . the consequence of that being that amongst almost all peoples in the world, there lies layers and layers of deeply unrectified collective material around all of this . . . as we now, what do we typically do with this shadow material??? (if we don't rectify and reconcile it) . . . we project it out, onto and into others. That has been, is seems to me, the collective 'physiological' role played by Jews for millenia . . if you watch the virulent rage, its forest-fire like spreadability, whether in the United Nations, among human rights organisations, Universities, the press . . . its a rage and there is no rationality to it . . it bears all the hallmarks of shadow projection . . and for Jews, the experience is one of gaslighting-on-steroids from a relationship with a psychopath. What is being called for, whether Christian or American or British or Muslim or Arab or Spanish or French . . is to turn away from this hysterical hyper focus on Israel and the Jews . . to turn in . . into the shadow and rectify and reconcile centuries of internalised guilt, shame, pain and trauma around colonisation, imperialism, conquest and domination of the other.
I agree with a lot that you're saying, in terms of shadow work. But I also see that the "hyper focus on Israel' , for US citizens, at least, is that our tax dollars are paying for this genocide. I think most people would be standing up against it otherwise, too, but the fact that the US govt is sending bombs to Israel with no conditions while Israel continues the slaughter is a fact that amplifies people's (including a lot of Jewish people's) anger and resistance.
There is NO genocide going on in Gaza. That is an absurd statement. And Israel hasn't occupied Gaza since 2005. And Hamas is not a resistance organization. Another absurd statement. It is a genocidal death cult whose charter calls for the murder of all Jews and 'infidels'- meaning the WEST- and who truly believe that they will be martyred by killing infidels (all non-Muslims) and so they will sacrifice their women and children in the name of their sick maniacal beliefs.
well . . . first of all, it is not a genocide. It just is not. That is rhetoric and its hysterical. Yes, it is war and that is always horrible. Horrible. But it is not genocide. Second of all, a HUGE amount of American aid funds the Iron Dome which is 100% defensive, saves lives and over the years has held Israel back a LOT from attacking back . . . do you realise rockets have been raining on Israel from Hezbollah DAILY since October 7. The Iron Dome is VERY expensive. That one day last week from Iran cost about a billion Iron Dome dollars to defend against. And also, a very large amount of American (and European) (and interestingly NO Arab) tax dollars over the past years were supposed to build vibrant Gazan infrastructure and instead built 400 miles of terror tunnel infrastructure in Gaza . .
Oh, lord. Where do I begin. Even if I bought your premise that this isn't a genocide (which I don't) I would still be against the occupation and apartheid. That is the cause of the resistance. Israel is committing war crimes daily and we shouldn't be helping them do it.
I find your rhetoric bullies out of the picture any discussion or constructive opening . . . 'war crimes daily', 'genocide', 'the cause of the resistance', etc etc . . . my original response to Marianne was written NOT to Israelis or to Palestinians . . it was written to YOU.
Sorry, I have to call it as I see it. It doesn't help anyone to sugar-coat it.
Shadow is called 'shadow' for a reason. The collective shadow being projected onto the Israeli-Gaza conflict is on steroids and only doing one thing and one thing only . . . fuelling the conflict and suffering on all sides.
Please explain the justification of Israeli's settling in Palestinian territory that I have learned that hadn't been legally appropriate under the original formation of the state?
Dear Marianne; Thank you for being such a powerful voice in these turbulent times. It’s so hard to understand what is presently going on. Young Jewish being told to stay home from university for their own safety??? I, too, thought that we had moved past this terrible insanity. I wish I had some answers, but all I know how to do is pray. As a 71 year old woman, it seems that we have truly failed the younger generations. Pete Seeger had it right in 1955 with “Where have all the flowers gone?” Yet, we must not give up hope. I love you!
Yes, indeed, "when will we ever learn, when will we ever learn..." Seeger.
Standing just as the tree of life stands.
Rooted, vertically aligned, home to all.
Thank you, Marianne. Your light, our light.
I stand with Marianne and all Jewish people and all people.
I believe if you don’t love everyone, you don’t love anyone. Am I there? No, but that doesn’t change the truth of it. I can’t hate the Jew or the haters, but I’m rooting for Jews. Their plight is everyone’s plight. Their pain is everyone’s pain and their release is everyone’s release.
I am a Jew. I am a proud Jew. We are no better but no worse than anyone else. We know the ancient curse of antisemitism, and we know the historical horrors with which it has erupted repeatedly for millennia. It is a mysterious, irrational animus. I pray with all my heart that Jews and non-Jews alike will awaken to its dangers, not only in the past but right here right now and will take a stand.
In whatever way you can, for the sake of all that is good and true, please stand.
Marianne, I will stand with you to fight antisemitism in all of its forms. God bless you and God bless all Jews.
I stand with you.
I have so much love, respect and honor for you Marianne. We go way back...to the 80's when I found you and your teachings. You inspired me and have been an important influence in my life. I read ( all) of your books. Read and listened to A Course in Miracles. Every morning I read your morning meditation that comes to my inbox. Because you embraced All people, your brilliant mind and wise heart have unified a divided world. The legacy you embody in this lifetime shines into eternity. Thank you, in love and gratitude ~ Betsy🙏
I am Standing!! For all humanity as I/we learn the truth together. In the name of all that is holy, All people count. Thank you Marianne for standing for us, our well-being, our transformation to the sacred and for this awesome planet. May healing truth prevail and sacred choice and goodness be our human priority. AMEN!
I've lived in the DC Metropolitan area for more than 40 years. My profession has been in house keeping/cleaning. Most of my clients are Jewish. They have been some of the BEST PEOPLE I HAVE EVER KNOWN! I was raised in an evangelical home[ dad was an evangelist preacher man] I was taught to love Israel and its people. I still do. Yes, the outrage at the suffering of the Palestinians is real. I stand with you Marianne. Shalom 🕊