Serge from Babka on Nostr: Being in Israel is evoking such complex feelings in me. I've been here before, but ...

Being in Israel is evoking such complex feelings in me.

I've been here before, but for the first time, I'm thinking "...I could live here." even though I know I'd find the situation difficult, maybe even impossible.

But there's one experience I can't escape here.. I walk down the street and I don't think about being hated for being Jewish.

That weight, which really didn't exist for me until 2016 or so, simply doesn't exist here. It's a weight on me that I hadn't even realized the extent until it's not there and I'd pay a lot to have...

There's a lot I don't like here, but that feeling of liberation is one I haven't felt in almost a decade.

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