bibliophile20 replied to your post: question for fellow Jewish peeps: So about a year...
Short version: The fate of the Jewish population in the Handmaid’s Tale is detailed in chapter 31. Yoinking from SparkNotes: In the early days of Gilead, Jews were accorded special status as “Sons of Jacob,” and they had the choice of converting or emigrating to Israel. Some people pretended to be Jewish and escaped Gilead that way. Many Jews left, but others pretended to convert or refused to convert; now those who did not truly convert are hanged when caught.
Also, in the Epilogue, Professor Pieixoto reveals that many of the emigrating Jews ended up being dumped into the sea while on the ships ostensibly tasked with transporting them to Israel, due to privatization of the “repatriation program” and capitalists’ effort to maximize profits.
I mean on the one hand it sounds like something goyim would do cause you know how they love to kill us, but on the other hand makes me super uncomfortable and can’t really explain it
