I went to a Jewish day school until 8th grade and, similar to @SethRogen and @MarcMaron, I feel like I was taught a lot of lies about Israel. It wasn’t until I did a semester in college at the University of Cape Town that I realized just how skewed my education was.

When I was growing up, they didn’t tell us about the Palestinian people that were there. That was conveniently glossed over.

The first time I heard the concept of Israeli apartheid, I was mad and defensive. It was 2012 and I was studying abroad in Cape Town. Pro-Palestinian students made a wall on campus. Thankfully, a new friend of mine was one of the students and was able to break things down for me.

That was the moment I realized everything I thought I knew about Israel was wrong.

I don’t know what the solutions are. I really don’t. But here’s what I do know: we aren’t going to get anywhere if our education is grounded in one-sided propaganda. We aren’t going to get anywhere if we continue to uphold a culture of propaganda in our communities.

We have to have the ability to ask tough questions and challenge each other. Isn’t asking questions at the core of Jewish traditions?

I appreciate @SethRogen and @MarcMaron doing their part to shift the conversation. Not gonna lie, it's scary! Asking challenging questions around Israel comes with a very real risk of losing friends and family. But it's past time to stop being scared. The culture needs to shift.

Though it might not always seem like it, I know there are many of us out there who are asking tough questions and challenging our communities to think beyond propaganda.

If this is you, you are not alone. Keep asking the questions! And yes, this is a reminder to myself as well.