אני קושית יפה/I’m a Cute Black Girl Pg 88

Just across the road from my work is a lil tuckshop  that I often pop into during work… Grab a lil midday snack, drink and when I started to go there I never felt uncomfortable.

Of course I was just some  needing to be served.

But then I converted and started wearing my Magen David necklace…  Still I felt fine walking in there. I mean even though it was a Muslim owned and run tuckshop, they still served me with a smile and I would smile back, we greeted each other, everything has always been cordial.

But then  happened.  was on the rise. But still I wore my Magen David necklace proudly and over the past almost  since the war broke out I have been wearing more Jewlery symbolizing my Jewish Identity  (Bought that from Shlomit Ofir Shlomit Ofir | Designer Jewelry | Online Shop – Shlomit Ofir) and  (Got that from a friend as a Conversion Gift) and  (I got from my sister) and  I wear around my wrist.

I wear all this proudly and am prepared to stand up for it should I ever be confronted. But for some reason today I felt a bit conscious going into the tuckshop. Over the past 6 months I have been going in there and I have noticed them glance over my jewelry, but they have never said anything. Maybe it is because yesterday there was a PRO-PALESTINE demonstration outside my shul and tomorrow there will be one in Sandton JHB at the US Embassy…that got me feeling a lil shaky…but I was craving some  so I went in there. And I am generally a smiley and cheerful person so I will smile and greet everyone that I pass. As I walked in there, and the Muslim Cashier glanced at my necklaces and saw my wrist band he just smiled back at me and wished me a good day after I paid and left.

Even though I hate what is going on in Gaza/Israel right now, I don’t hate any innocent person. May they be Muslim, Atheists, Jewish, Christian or of any other religion. Just as long as you don’t want hurt innocent people or follow a terrorist group I will hold nothing against you!

I can’t believe it has been  since Israeli/Jewish youngsters went to the desert to dance in  . It has been that 134 Israelis have been kept in tunnels and in houses which are not theirs.  of having been RAPED! emotional and physical ABUSED!

Just like every other Shabbat since the 7th of October 2023 I will light a Yahrzeit Candle l I hope many others will be doing the same too. This war needs to end! The Hostages need to be released and returned to any home left for them.