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When religious authority conflicts with moral conscience

My rabbi said that questioning Israeli policies is a form of self-hatred and I feel like my spiritual leader just disowned the part of me that cares about Palestinian suffering.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You are experiencing the isolation that comes when spiritual guidance contradicts your ethical convictions about human dignity.

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