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I am BEGGING you not to scroll past this.

Welp. It happened.

We’re going to lose our car because the payment just bounced.

We WILL lose our car if we can’t make the payment before the end of the month. Among other catastrophic events that will go down because of not being able to cover other bills.

I feel awful when I have to beg but I don’t want to lose what little I still have left, because I’ve already lost so much and made so many sacrifices just in the first half of this year alone.

Please don’t scroll past this or just leave a like. If you can donate, then donate, but if not then spread the word, because this is the end for me if I can’t fix this.

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Help a Jewish Community Buy Back Its Own Damn Synagogue!

Firsty, thank you for reading this, and I hope you’ll get through it and give us the honor of a donation, firstly, and a reblog, secondly. Maybe even a note to any friends you have outside of tumblr! 

If you don’t care about the history, skip to the bold at the end! 

This is Temple Emanu-El, in Helena, Montana. At the time it was built, it was the only synagogue between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Portland, Oregon. It was built with the hard work of the Jewish community that had come west to seek their fortune and stability, having heard that people were more willing to do business with Jews in the West, a place where social strictures were slightly relaxed. This turned out to be true, and the community thrived. 

This picture resolves small on tumblr, but you can see the love and care they put into it. It’s modeled after the great synagogues of Europe, with heavy stonework, onion domes, and intricate stained glass. The president of the congregation cried at its opening and dedication. 

As the years went on, the West became more settled, and for a series of socio-political reasons of which my History of the American West major ass is well aware but are ultimately unimportant to the issue at hand, Jewish communities left much of the interior west for metropolitan areas. By the 1930s, the Jewish community was so small that they could not justify the large and lavish worship center. 

They sold it to the city for one dollar. 

The promise made to them was that it would be used for the public good. The state readied the former temple for its new function as offices for Social and Rehabilitation Services, sandblasting of the Hebrew inscription, “Gate to the Eternal,” above the entry and removing the star-studded, painted domes.. The copper was stripped from the building and likely reused to re-clad the State Capitol’s dome at about the same time. 

That lasted all of 40 years, when the State of Montana decided to let it sit idle and decay, so they could justify the sale of the building, sold for a pittance to the public good, to the Helena Catholic Diocese for $83,000  (this is an opinion of mine, though it is not an uneducated one, and I do firmly believe it. I do not, however, represent that they allowed it to fall into disrepair to justify the sale as objective fact.) 

This is the building now

In a twist of fate, the diocese can no longer afford to maintain the building. They are selling it, and the Jewish community of Helena is trying to buy it. 

The Montana Jewish Project is being far far far nicer and more politic about this than I would be, but in fairness, they actually how to get Nice Goyim to donate, and I don’t, so. The Diocese is spinning this as selling the building for much less than its worth, which may be true, but if you bought it for $83,000, that would be $280,000 now. 

They are selling it for $925,000. And we have to have 70% of the purchase price by February 28th. Easy terms, right? 

Here’s where you come in! If the idea of Montana’s Jews getting back the building that was sold to the Diocese in spite of the original agreement appeals to you, you can and should donate to their capital campaign. They even have an option for your donation where if we don’t get Emanu-El back, your money will be returned to you instead of being used for other MJP protects and repairs. 

This place won’t just be used for the Jewish community, though I think that would be enough. They want it to be used as a museum and center for the community as well, to teach about Jewish life in Montana, with Jewish cooking classes, and social programs, and teaching non-Jews about Jewish customs and culture. 

I just want to get the cross off the top.

Donate here

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I missed the last few episodes of Middlemost Post because I've had a busy last few weeks but I'm trying to get caught up now!

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Parker is a prince

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The official Nickelodeon Instagram 

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some middlemost post fanart i made this week!

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Poor sad Cloud Baby

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To celebrate @nickelodeon 's Mega Music Fest Weekend this weekend, I drew Parker J Cloud Walking on Sunshine, while singing "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves! :D

Enjoy! :D

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Who wants to watch these Middlemost Post shorts? :D

Honestly, these are so much fun, and isn’t Parker J. Cloud the cutest? The series will premiere in July!

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I started watching Ridley Jones on Netflix and I love the show already!

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Parker J Cloud is a baby. He’s so adorable!

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If Parker was an egg

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To celebrate the premiere of Middlemost Post today, I drew Parker J Cloud drawing up some posters to put around MMP HQ and also around Somewhere Town! :D

And since MMP is a mail delivery service, "You Got Mail!" is perfect! :D

Enjoy! :D

Middlemost Post was created by John Trabbic III and is owned by Nickelodeon!

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Hey there cartoon and fan art lovin’ Cre8️⃣tiFans! The premiere of Nickelodeon’s newest cartoons, The Patrick Star Show ⭐️☕️ and Middlemost Post 🌈📦 is coming in less than 30 minutes! So, get ready for some starfish starring, package delivering fun! Stay TOONed for MORE Cre8️⃣tiPosts! Peace! ✌🏾☮️

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Mount Middlemost - #JohnTrabbic III #MiddlemostPost on #Nickelodeon (en Nickelodeon Animation) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHAK-0je3XwPBjBTa7Ovs9CbUzH0OHvGNrjyg0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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MIDDLEMOST POST

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The official Nickelodeon Instagram