Repost from @micahbazant • My Jewish people. Friends. I have a plea. Israel’s attacks haven’t stopped and neither should we. Will you share this image of the unstoppable @jvpny activist Shatzi Weisberger, aka “The Peoples Bubbie”? Will you help more of us speak out against apartheid & genocide? . . Shatzi is a 90 year old anti-zionist, abolitionist & proud Jewish lesbian. She is my possibility model. As a trans Jew who lost most of my family to genocide and transphobia, who longs for anti-zionist Jewish elders and family, Shatzi means the world to me. It was truly a k’vod and a mechayeh (an honor & a pleasure [yiddish]) to paint her. . . So many of us are privately ashamed & repelled by Israeli apartheid, but afraid to speak out, afraid to upset friends, family, community. We persuade ourselves that it has nothing to do with us, and we can only focus on “domestic US issues.” We are complicit through our silence. . . But the more of us who speak out, the easier we make it for others to do the same. We can live in our truth with power and humility. We can support each other to reclaim our beautiful ancient culture. We can be like Shatzi 💓✨🇵🇸✊ . . ✨Printed posters & free downloads now available at jvp.org! (Link in bio) If you’d like a signed archival print, go to micahbazant.com. . . Our ancestors are singing to us: fighting genocide and apartheid is holy, is Jewish. Anti-zionism is holy, is Jewish. Speak out. Speak out. . . Image description: watercolor painting of 90-year-old Jewish anti-zionist lesbian Shatzi Weisberger. She holds a sign saying: “I have been alive for longer than Israel has existed. Judaism beyond zionism is possible.” She is smiling and wearing a red shirt. In the background are NYC buildings. . . #FreePalestine #Jews #ShatziWeisberger #ZionismIsRacism #ApartheidIsrael #SaveSheikhJarrah #SaveLifta #SaveSilwan #BDS #ZionismIsGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #SanctionIsraelNow #Palestine #Gaza #jewsagainstapartheid #jewsforpalestine #Judaism #palestineunderattack #israeliapartheid #boycottisrael #boycottdivestmentsanctions #humanrights #jewishvoiceforpeace #ifnotnow https://www.instagram.com/p/CPquPeRsIRZ/?utm_medium=tumblr
