Like countless American Jews, I grew up celebrating "Jerusalem Day" in school. The violence of this day was always just below the surface, but we were taught to venerate the IDF and Israel's military might. Looking back on it all, it horrifies me.

The brutality meted out by Israeli forces against Palestinians in Jerusalem these last few weeks is what "Jerusalem Day" has always meant for Palestinians. The ugly truth is that American Jewish communities have abetted, justified—and rejoiced in—this violence for decades.

If "Yom Yerushalayim" was part of your upbringing, now is the time to betray everything about that holiday and to stand in solidarity with Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah, the Old City, the rest of Jerusalem & all of Palestine. It's their homes & livelihoods that are at stake.

And if you are new to following what's happening, here's a list of Palestinian journalists, analysts, and intellectuals on the ground and in the diaspora to follow: https://twitter.com/LaraFriedmanDC/status/1391043957170352129