All Trauma Is Valid… Unless You’re an Israeli Jew
Naomi Klein has written a 6260-word essay in the Guardian, accusing Israelis of “weaponizing” the trauma of October 7.
Naomi Klein has written a 6260-word essay in the Guardian, accusing Israelis of “weaponizing” the trauma of October 7.
Recognizing and celebrating Jewish diversity is an important first step to greater understanding the experiences of Jewish people and their many different cultures and ethnicities historically and today, and how Jewish people both manifest diversity and contribute to it.
Violations of human rights and civil rights that start with Jewish people are unlikely to end there.
Since the October massacres by Hamas, a range of Jewish UC Berkeley faculty have experienced exclusion, prejudice, and discrimination on account of their Jewish identities.
Given the extent to which UC universities have neglected to uphold the civil and human rights of their Jewish students —specifically their rights to study and live free of harassment, abuse and discrimination — restoring trust is a long-term process.
UC Berkeley speaks a lot about championing diversity, equity, equality, inclusion and belonging. But it systematically fails to include Jews in a meaningful way in that purported promise and commitment.