I am Jewish
By Andrew Lustig
I am the collective pride and excitement that is felt when we find out that that new actor, that great athlete, his chief of staff… is Jewish
I am the collective guilt and shame that is felt when we find out that that serial killer, that Ponzi schemer, that wife beater… is Jewish
I am the Jewish star tattooed on the chest of the teenager who chooses to rebel against his parents' and grandparents' warnings of a lonely goyim cemetery by embracing that same Judaism and making permanent his Jewish identity
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