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a weirdly common phenomenon is that when i mention that i study the soviet union, a lot of people's first question is whether i'm going to visit russia. and it's like. man i'm jewish, queer, and study (among other things) the treatment of national minorities under stalin. there is no possible way that would go well

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When the pharaoh is being a bitch so you bring out the tzefardea

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i can kind of get behind joint chanukah/christmas celebrations in concept even though i personally am a little hater because they're both somewhat secularized and share the premise of light during the darkest part of the year, but for joint pesach/easter celebrations it's like. oh you mean pogrom time? the time of year when there's still a spike in antisemitic violence? you're right, let's have a brunch

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turns out it's cheaper to buy a 5-pack of matzah than 2 individual boxes so i will be eating matzah for approximately the next 5-10 business weeks

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Got yourself some kosher holiday dishware, call that a beseder plate

Unfortunately you need to know some Hebrew to understand this pun, otherwise it might pass over you

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the real affliction in bread of affliction is how many grocery stores i have to check before i find one that sells matzo

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treating "historians" not only as this unified group but also as a coherent socio-political entity w unified ideas, ideals, goals and methods is actually the reddest possible flag. thats a tell-tale sign that this person doesnt know what the fuck theyre talking about. capital h Historians arent lying to u. capital h Historians arent hiding stuff from u, they dont want u to believe anything, bc Historians isnt an organization or a political affiliation. u know the old saying, 2 jews, 3 opinions? historians r like that too

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i do not mean this in an insulting way at all because no one can know all things about all subjects and i'm sure i've done this myself, but sometimes stumbling across theory posts about your area of study is like good point! in fact such a good point that we've been having this debate for the past 30 years

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I think people mean well when they insist that America isn't a Christian country but it just obfuscates the situation and makes it more difficult for minorities to frame their experiences. America is a fundamentally, structurally, ideologically Christian country from top to bottom. It's exhausting, it's suffocating, and it's the truth. Nearly all political forces, pop culture phenomena, and major life philosophies here are either built on Christianity or propped up as subverting Christianity in a way that is, of course, still entirely about Christianity. Leftwing movements here that are ostensibly hostile to Christianity still ultimately structure their worldviews around their own versions of salvation, rapture, original sin, eternal judgement, heaven, and hell. Most people here fail to see Christianity all around them, influencing every facet of American life, for the same reason that a fish can't see water.

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i feel like there's a joke in there somewhere about purim and the ides of march being like two days apart this year. two-for-one political assassination deal?

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that poll going around about if you think that anyone has ever had a crush on you and 29% of people voted that in their opinion no one had a crush on them in any grade… like in the gentlest way your self hate has made you delusional. it doesnt matter who you are or what you look like undoubtedly as a human being on this earth at one point someone has been buying what you’re selling. you may not have known but beauty like all art is a deeply personal and variable experience and i promise you somewhere on this green wide earth someone wants to fuck you nasty style. trust and believe in yourself baby girl

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being jewish is so much fun. sometimes you're watching a show and then surprise! it's the world jewish conspiracy again

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Too many guys who claim to be into history, but what they’re really into is just the aesthetics of the Roman Empire and strategy games with maps of medieval Europe, and they haven’t picked up a nonfiction book about history since middle school

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Happy seventh night folks!

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if you love Christmas but also want to be kind and inclusive toward people who don't, or simply don't celebrate, here's my #1 tip.

stop lying about Christmas.

if the only "holiday" your holiday party includes is Christmas, call it a Christmas party.

if your "holiday" fandom event only uses Santa and Christmas graphics and is centered around the date of Christmas, call it a Christmas event (that is, presumably, open to non Christmas-celebrating fans).

if your "holiday" fic recs only contain Christmas fic, call it a Christmas rec list.

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