Just Me’s Reviews > Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning > Status Update

It was by encountering Palestinians that I realized the depths of the dehumanization I had been carrying inside. And gradually—as the defensiveness and disorientation subsided—I felt myself being remade. Conversation by conversation, Palestinians helped me think differently about what it means to defend my people. They helped me redefine Jewish honor. They changed my understanding of what it means to be a Jew.