Written on 30 August 2022<\/p>\n
By: Wima Brahmantya<\/p>\n
This morning ALON - the Argentinian intern said goodbye to De Karanganjar.<\/p>\n
Over dinner at home, learning that his full name was \"Alon Liwsky\", I asked him: \"Are you Jewish?\"<\/p>\n
\"Yes. I am Jewish. My ancestors are from Poland.\"<\/p>\n
As I expected. It's not a typical Argentinian name that smells of Spain - Italy.<\/p>\n
Argentinians are easy to get along with. They are friendly, open. Especially when discussing Maradona or Messi.<\/p>\n
Last night we had an in-depth conversation about \"Jews\". He has travelled around the Middle East and now Southeast Asia, and Alon realised that Jews and Muslims are very similar in many ways. For example \"kosher\" food, which they call \"kosher\". So Jews don't eat pork either. And he recognises that Muslim-majority countries are very friendly and nice people.<\/p>\n
With one exception, her internship in Malaysia ended badly. She was 'suddenly antagonised' by her boss, a middle-aged Malay couple. She didn't know what the reason was. She was even cursed at by the boss's mother right to her face, while \"my mother never treated me like that.\"<\/p>\n
\"Is it because you're Jewish?\" I asked.<\/p>\n
\"Mm... I was going to say that actually. But I don't want to be prejudiced.\"<\/p>\n
\"At the beginning of the job, did they already know about your gayness?\"<\/p>\n
\"They only found out after I worked for a week.\"<\/p>\n
\"Now that!\"<\/p>\n
Then we discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Alon admits that he is a supporter of Zionism, in the context of \"supporting the idea that the Jewish people should have their own state\".<\/p>\n
Then I asked: \"Are you willing to let Palestine become independent?\"<\/p>\n
\"Of course! They have the right to independence. We can disagree about the conflict at first. But at the end of the day when it comes to humanity, I think the Palestinians also deserve to be free.\"<\/p>\n
Yes, that is the fact. There are Jews who are pro-Israel and hate Palestine. There are Jews who reject Israel and support Palestine. Tonight I heard from a Jewish Zionist who also supports an independent Palestine.<\/p>\n
This morning we parted ways. I said: \"Shalom aleichem\".<\/p>\n
And Alon replied: \"Waalaikumsalam..\", while hugging me.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ditulis pada 30 Agustus 2022 Oleh : Wima Brahmantya Pagi ini ALON – anak magang asal Argentina pamitan dari De Karanganjar. Saat makan malam di rumah, mengetahui bahwa nama lengkapnya adalah “Alon Liwsky”, saya bertanya : ” Apakah kamu Yahudi?” “Ya. Saya Yahudi. Leluhur saya dari Polandia.” Sesuai dugaan saya. Memang namanya bukan nama khas Argentina yang berbau Spanyol – Italia. Orang Argentina memang gampang diajak berteman akrab. Mereka ramah, terbuka. Apalagi kalau ngebahas Maradona atau Messi. Semalam kami terlibat pembicaraan mendalam terkait “Yahudi”. Dia sudah berkeliling ke Timteng dan sekarang Asia Tenggara, dan Alon menyadari bahwa di antara Yahudi dan Muslim itu mirip sekali dalam banyak hal. Misalnya makanan “halal”, yang mereka sebut “kosher”. Jadi orang Yahudi juga tidak makan babi. Dan dia mengakui negara mayoritas Muslim orang-orangnya sangat ramah dan baik. Ada perkecualian, pengalaman dia magang di Malaysia yang berakhir buruk. Dia ‘tiba-tiba dimusuhi’ oleh bosnya yang pasangan paruh baya beretnis Melayu. Dia tidak tahu alasannya apa. Bahkan dia dimaki Ibu Bos tepat di depan wajahnya, sementara “ibu saya saja tidak pernah memperlakukan saya seperti itu.” “Apa karena kamu Yahudi?” tanya saya. “Mm .. saya mau bilang begitu sebenarnya. Tapi saya ga mau berburuk sangka.” “Di awal kerja apa mereka sudah tahu ke-yahudian-mu?” “Mereka baru tahu setelah saya kerja seminggu.” “Nah itu!” Lalu kami berdiskusi soal konflik Israel – Palestina. Alon mengakui bahwa dia adalah pendukung Zionisme, dalam konteks “mendukung ide bahwa orang-orang Yahudi harus punya negara sendiri”. Lalu saya bertanya : “apakah kamu rela jika Palestina merdeka?” “Tentu saja! Mereka berhak untuk merdeka. Soal konflik awalnya kita bisa berbeda pendapat. Tapi pada akhirnya ketika berbicara kemanusiaan, saya kira orang Palestina juga berhak untuk merdeka.” Ya demikianlah faktanya. Ada Yahudi yang pro-Israel dan membenci Palestina. Ada Yahudi yang menolak Israel dan mendukung Palestina. Malam ini saya dengar sendiri seorang Zionis Yahudi yang juga mendukung Palestina merdeka. Pagi ini kami berpisah. Saya katakan : “Shalom aleichem”. Dan Alon menjawab : “Waalaikumsalam ..”, sembari memeluk saya.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meneer-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekaranganjar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekaranganjar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekaranganjar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekaranganjar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekaranganjar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dekaranganjar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekaranganjar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekaranganjar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekaranganjar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekaranganjar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}