I may be 7000 miles away but my heart is in Israel 🇮🇱💔 It’s a place I’ve been three times covering two full months, and full of friends and their families who I’ve met at camp, in Boston, through the running community, and even here in Boulder. I’ve been at the edge of bursting into tears for 72 hours now; a weird combination of extreme sadness mixed with anger. I have friends who have been recalled to the military, picking up their weapons to go fight back against terrorism. I have other friends who have friends and family that have been killed by these recent absolutely disgusting attacks. Yet at the same time, life seems to be moving right along, at least here in America, but to some of your Jewish friends, this feels quite a lot like 9/11, except this time we’re adults and have a stronger understanding of what’s happening. I’ve felt compelled to share about this on here and reshare a lot of other stuff. I don’t think I’m going to convince anyone who’s out there shouting FREE PALESTINE (Palestinians deserve safety and security just like anyone else) because those people seem to be set on using historical events to justify a terrorist act (mind you, from a group of people, Hamas, who hates gays and disrespects women, to name a few of their attributes). I know there are people who will read this who have shared things like that before and please know I’m not speaking about you; I’m referring to the false equivocation happening right now in NYC, SF, etc. I’m interested in bringing awareness to those of you who might not really know what’s going on or maybe don’t know many Jewish people in their communities. Just a simple 🇮🇱 or a reshare of a story/post on the topic goes a long way in showing your support because yet again, it seems like mainstream society supports just about every social justice issue except for anything related to Jews. Check on your Jewish friends; we’re not okay. 💔