For the sin of donating to my antisemitic alma mater;
For the sin of laughing hysterically at the Hezbollah pagers explosions;
For the sin of not doing enough to get rid of antisemitic members of Congress;
For the sin of not doing all I could to get rid of an antisemitic “charity” in my backyard;
For the sin of not lobbying my government to label Hamas a terrorist group;
For the sin of not lobbying my government to defund the United Nations;
For the sin of failing to educate children that the oppressor/oppressed narrative does not excuse people to act immorally;
For the sin of allowing myself to get pulled by the empathy swamp regarding Gaza to condemn Israel’s defensive war;
For the sin of not clearly calling out ‘woke’ profound antisemitism;
For the sin of not signing petitions to defund and abolish UNRWA;
For the sin of allowing ‘Intifada’ to be normalized;
For the sin of not calling out the antisemitic genocidal intent of Gazans;
For the sin of rewriting history;
For the sin of not demanding the firing of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres;
For the sin of watching Israel slowly get demonized and isolated without doing anything;
For the sin of not reporting antisemitic incidents;
For the sin of not believing people’s comments about Jews;
For the sin of pretending that Palestinian leadership does not want the destruction of Israel;
For the sin of excusing chants against Jews in ways I would never excuse similar chants against other groups;
For the sin of believing the whataboutery and red herrings of allies and preferred media;
For the sin of believing in the decency of my neighbors too much; for believing in them too little;
For the sin of seeking too few allies; for seeking too many allies;
For the sin of pardoning my government for not fighting enough for the Jewish people;
For the sin of talking about Israel at work too little; for talking about it too much;
For these things related to the Jewish world, please pardon us
For the sin of waiting for someone else to say Psalm 119 in Tehillim chat groups;
For the sin of doubling up my recitation of the same Tehillim chapter on different WhatsApp groups;
For the sin of taking two handfuls of mints at restaurants;
For the sin of not mentoring enough young people;
For the sin of not putting ‘AsAJew’ people who put Jews directly in harms way in herem;
For the sin of not defending AIPAC from ridiculous slander;
For the sin of claiming anti-Zionism is not antisemitism;
For the sin of dressing up extremist and divisive positions as merely “progressive”;
For the sin of believing that the Biden-Harris administration has been effective at controlling the nation’s borders;
For the sin of believing in Kamala Harris the moment she became the presidential nominee when I had believed her utterly incompetent for three and one-half years;
For the sin of not believing that Donald Trump is a megalomaniac;
For the sin of wasting time debating Trump-Harris for hours, when I live in a deeply blue or red state;
For the sin of not speaking to as many Holocaust survivors as possible;
For the sin of thinking about Israel too much; for thinking about it too little;
For the sin of not volunteering for community security service;
For the sin of not fighting to neuter harmful “Jewish” charities;
For the sin of obsessing about peace in a time of war;
For the sin of not thinking about the hostages in Gaza every day;
For these sins related to community, please pardon us
For the sin of giving away the Wordle answer to someone who hasn’t completed it;
For the sin of watching Instagram videos of dogs while in bed instead of paying attention to my spouse;
For the sin of using ChatGPT to make R-rated content;
For the sin of not writing to the media when they print something full of antisemitic lies;
For the sin of believing The New York Times;
For the sin of reading The New York Times and not writing to them about every article related to Israel;
For the sin of not contacting Marvel to ensure that antisemitism and anti-Israel narratives don’t flood the screen;
For these sins related to media and social media, please pardon us
For the sin of playing the lottery weekly without my spouse’s knowledge;
For the sin of letting dishes soak when it’s my turn to clean up;
For the sin of “borrowing” a Netflix account;
For the sin of believing in my children too little; for believing in them too much;
For the sin of not visiting parents enough;
For these sins related to family, please pardon us
For the sin of blogging instead of exercising;
For the sin of reading emails while driving;
For the sin of sneaking desserts at 5AM;
For these sins related to health, please pardon us
For the sin of not subscribing to blogs I enjoy;
For all these things, please pardon us
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