I didn't seek to out her. Didn't know at all about her until yesterday. But when I learned about this remarkable woman, I just had to explore more about her.
I may have left that aspect alone if she did not spread the horrific lies being spun against Israel. I was going to expose her hate even before I discovered she's likely a Jew.
Before I saw the Jew-hate, I was impressed with her and her incredible rehabilitation.
I read about Rachel Dozelal as a witness with no personal connection to the story. This one touched me personally.
So because she is spreading what you allege are "horrific lies being spun against Israel", you feel it's important to highlight the fact she is a Jew herself?
Did I get that right?
Do you think it's ok in general for a Jewish person to speak out against Israel or even outright proclaim they hate it?
You say I allege that she is spreading horrific lies against Israel -- I suggest you go look at her "X" page and see for yourself.
No. In the process of writing the article about her lies about Israel, I discovered that she is likely a paternal Jew. I was intrigued by that fact and why she lies about being an Arab.
Jews can hate Israel -- they have free choice. And they can speak out against Israel. But when they lie, I will call it out.
Aside from whatever her lineage is-essentially a mix of quite a lot of European and Middle Eastern DNA- if she’s ‘Indigenous Mexican’ because some of her family were early Spanish settlers-then I’m an Indigenous white North American. A reality I would gladly shove right up the noses of all those jackasses who keep braying about ‘decolonizing’ this continent. Isn’t simply time to accept responsibility for who each of us is on our own 2 feet, and how we account for our own impact on humanity?
Couple of things, Sheri, coming from someone who has been reading you for months with interest and appreciation, if not always full agreement:
1. "Arab" and "Jew" are not mutually exclusive identities; are you using "Arab" in place of "Muslim?" I have not delved deeply into this woman, your article is the first I've heard of her. I'm not sure she's been 'hiding' her Jewishness as much as struggling with it mightily especially since 10/7 (and likely long before that), and she's obviously highly and at times problematically critical of Israel, but I think you should be clear about Arab-Jewish identity. Jews who are Lebanese, Iraqi, Tunisian, Moroccan, Egyptian and more are all Arabs too.
2. The Nov. 21 post you quoted with "due diligence" wasn't as hard to parse for me - it's a response to a comment about an earlier post (https://x.com/Emilferrisdraws/status/1727076879465844811), and the due diligence part was about the comment referencing that calling for "ceasefire" in the Israel-Hamas war was always one-sidedly pointed at Israel and ignoring Hamas's continued aggression, firing rockets and holding hostages.
Further, while the sentence about her grandmother might be a bit awkward, I understood it to mean that her grandmother was never outwardly, observantly Jewish (substitute "obvious" for "pronounced" to read it that way). When followed immediately by "Hence I've always been proud of the fact that there is an Israel" we learn a. that her grandmother's "subtle" Jewishness was still strong enough to communicate and pass on to Emil herself, and b. that Emil is, in fact, something of a Zionist.
1. There is controversy regarding the use of the term "Arab Jew" and in Israel, Jews are not the only ones to have rejected being referred to as Arab something. Note that Shadi Haloul worked hard to gain recognition for certain Christians to be identified as Arameans as opposed to Arabs (which, as Maronites, they are not). They are Arabic-speaking Christians, not Arab Christians. That can also be said for Arabic-speaking Jews. Today, it would be much more common for someone from an Arab country to call themselves Lebanese Jews, Syrian Jews, Yeminite Jews, etc. I wonder why you insist that Jews from Arab countries "are all Arabs too." Not all Moroccans are Arabs (the Amazigh), not all Egyptians are Arabs (the Copts), so why would all Jews from these countries be Arabs? Many of the Jews were in these places before the Arab Conquest. It is not straightforward.
It appears that outside Israel, anti-Zionist Jews from Arabic-speaking lands often refer to themselves as Arab Jews, but Ferris does not. She refers to herself as an Arab. Period. And she is VERY anti-Israel.
2. Thanks for your opinion about what she meant by "due diligence." However, as her posts got more and more viciously anti-Israel, I don't see any due diligence in the sense you saw.
I understood what she meant in the grandmother sentence. What I was getting at was questioning how a talented writer writes such an awkward sentence. I got a bit psychology-minded here and wondered if it was due to of stress related to the subject of her gm being Jewish (a fact that made her father Jewish and her Jewish enough for Hitler).
While she had that one sentence of being "proud of the fact that there is an Israel," I do think she would probably delete that phrase now, given how she has carried on during this war Israel is fighting for its survival.
This is how I see it, in any case.
And finally, I am glad you find my work interesting and I am glad you do not always agree. That would be boring.
Why is it important if she is a Jewish person (whether "self-hating" or not as you put it) describing herself as arab?
Genuine question.
I may have left that aspect alone if she did not spread the horrific lies being spun against Israel. I was going to expose her hate even before I discovered she's likely a Jew.
Before I saw the Jew-hate, I was impressed with her and her incredible rehabilitation.
I read about Rachel Dozelal as a witness with no personal connection to the story. This one touched me personally.
Does this make sense?
So because she is spreading what you allege are "horrific lies being spun against Israel", you feel it's important to highlight the fact she is a Jew herself?
Did I get that right?
Do you think it's ok in general for a Jewish person to speak out against Israel or even outright proclaim they hate it?
You say I allege that she is spreading horrific lies against Israel -- I suggest you go look at her "X" page and see for yourself.
No. In the process of writing the article about her lies about Israel, I discovered that she is likely a paternal Jew. I was intrigued by that fact and why she lies about being an Arab.
Jews can hate Israel -- they have free choice. And they can speak out against Israel. But when they lie, I will call it out.
Aside from whatever her lineage is-essentially a mix of quite a lot of European and Middle Eastern DNA- if she’s ‘Indigenous Mexican’ because some of her family were early Spanish settlers-then I’m an Indigenous white North American. A reality I would gladly shove right up the noses of all those jackasses who keep braying about ‘decolonizing’ this continent. Isn’t simply time to accept responsibility for who each of us is on our own 2 feet, and how we account for our own impact on humanity?
Yes. Each individual should take responsibility for his or her actions.
Interesting. Looking forward to updates.
Thanks Sheri. Your interest in this story is important.
Couple of things, Sheri, coming from someone who has been reading you for months with interest and appreciation, if not always full agreement:
1. "Arab" and "Jew" are not mutually exclusive identities; are you using "Arab" in place of "Muslim?" I have not delved deeply into this woman, your article is the first I've heard of her. I'm not sure she's been 'hiding' her Jewishness as much as struggling with it mightily especially since 10/7 (and likely long before that), and she's obviously highly and at times problematically critical of Israel, but I think you should be clear about Arab-Jewish identity. Jews who are Lebanese, Iraqi, Tunisian, Moroccan, Egyptian and more are all Arabs too.
2. The Nov. 21 post you quoted with "due diligence" wasn't as hard to parse for me - it's a response to a comment about an earlier post (https://x.com/Emilferrisdraws/status/1727076879465844811), and the due diligence part was about the comment referencing that calling for "ceasefire" in the Israel-Hamas war was always one-sidedly pointed at Israel and ignoring Hamas's continued aggression, firing rockets and holding hostages.
Further, while the sentence about her grandmother might be a bit awkward, I understood it to mean that her grandmother was never outwardly, observantly Jewish (substitute "obvious" for "pronounced" to read it that way). When followed immediately by "Hence I've always been proud of the fact that there is an Israel" we learn a. that her grandmother's "subtle" Jewishness was still strong enough to communicate and pass on to Emil herself, and b. that Emil is, in fact, something of a Zionist.
Thanks for this comment.
1. There is controversy regarding the use of the term "Arab Jew" and in Israel, Jews are not the only ones to have rejected being referred to as Arab something. Note that Shadi Haloul worked hard to gain recognition for certain Christians to be identified as Arameans as opposed to Arabs (which, as Maronites, they are not). They are Arabic-speaking Christians, not Arab Christians. That can also be said for Arabic-speaking Jews. Today, it would be much more common for someone from an Arab country to call themselves Lebanese Jews, Syrian Jews, Yeminite Jews, etc. I wonder why you insist that Jews from Arab countries "are all Arabs too." Not all Moroccans are Arabs (the Amazigh), not all Egyptians are Arabs (the Copts), so why would all Jews from these countries be Arabs? Many of the Jews were in these places before the Arab Conquest. It is not straightforward.
It appears that outside Israel, anti-Zionist Jews from Arabic-speaking lands often refer to themselves as Arab Jews, but Ferris does not. She refers to herself as an Arab. Period. And she is VERY anti-Israel.
2. Thanks for your opinion about what she meant by "due diligence." However, as her posts got more and more viciously anti-Israel, I don't see any due diligence in the sense you saw.
I understood what she meant in the grandmother sentence. What I was getting at was questioning how a talented writer writes such an awkward sentence. I got a bit psychology-minded here and wondered if it was due to of stress related to the subject of her gm being Jewish (a fact that made her father Jewish and her Jewish enough for Hitler).
While she had that one sentence of being "proud of the fact that there is an Israel," I do think she would probably delete that phrase now, given how she has carried on during this war Israel is fighting for its survival.
This is how I see it, in any case.
And finally, I am glad you find my work interesting and I am glad you do not always agree. That would be boring.