I grew up in a similar sort of community and I still have relatives who feel that way. I can't talk with them anymore about politics, about Israel. It's pointless.

Years ago, I attended the first Jewish Film Festival in Seattle, and in the theater lobby, a local orthodox Jewish radio station had set up a table from which they were broadcasting live. They were looking for people who had seen several films to interview. They picked me. When I started talking about one of the films, which had prominently featured sympathetic Palestinian characters, the DJ started talking about how they weren't human. He was serious. That's when I politely disentangled myself and walked away.