#dr jew

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doing another doctor who rewatch but this time everyone’s jewish

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Yo Gentiles! Looks like I'm going to need to give some of you a crash course on what antisemitic language looks like, because I've been seeing entirely too much of it from some of you here on Tumblr.

Now, I think it's time for a Jewish history lesson, because I've been seeing way too many Nazi-related conspiracy theories going around. If you hear contradictions to the basic information that I am about to share (i.e., if you hear someone saying that the Jewish people are "a race that originated in Europe"), it is likely that you are hearing a white supremacist, anti-Jewish conspiracy theory.

So, here's the basics of Jewish history. Jews are indigenous to the Levant have been there for thousands of years. The Levantine people that Jews descended from have been in that area of the Levant since the Bronze Age. Jews as a distinct people have been there since the Late Bronze Age. Before it was Palestine it was the Kingdom of Judah, then Judea, and then Judaea, and that is literally where we are from. The word Jew means "a person from the Kingdom of Judah." The Romans renamed the area Syria-Palaestina (which they borrowed from the Greek name Palestina) in the 2nd century CE after destroying the Second Temple in Jerusalem and leading another campaign to try to eradicate the Jewish people (guess what, we're still here, motherfuckers).

And even after the Romans tried to annihilate us, even after they scattered many of us into European diaspora, many Jews came back, again and again over the ages, and there have nearly always been Jewish communities in the region throughout history.

And if you come for me or try to dispute any of this history with white supremacist bullshit, I am a Jew who has studied way more Jewish history than you. And as politely as possible, you can take your white supremacist conspiracy theories and fuck off into the sun.

Okay, with all that out of the way, let's get into it!

Gloves are coming off, because this is just a sampling of the Nazi dogwhistles I've been seeing here on Tumblr about the Jewish civilians who were tortured, murdered, and worse:

- If you say shit like, "The Jews got what they deserved"...

GUESS WHAT? You're talking like a white supremacist, and you need to fucking check yourself.

- And if, on the other hand, you say shit like, "The reports were probably overblown. I think those were paid actors. I don't think those Jews were murdered. No Jewish children were killed. No Jewish bodies were desecrated" blahblahblah...

GUESS WHAT? You get to sit with the Nazis at their table for lunch.

- If you tell Jews "go back to Europe where you came from"...

GUESS WHAT? Not only are you telling the descendants of Jewish refugees to go back to the Spanish Inquisition, the Russian pogroms, and the Nazi gas chambers, as I explained in this post, but you are also repeating a white supremacist conspiracy theory about the origins of European Jews.

Jews are a Levantine people from the area of the Middle East currently called Israel (formerly called the Kingdom of Judah, and then Judea). While there was some emigration to Europe during the late Roman Republic and the early days of the Roman Empire, the first mass migration of Jews to Europe was a forced migration. Gentiles from the Roman Empire dragged us there as captives after 70 CE, the year Rome destroyed the Second Temple.

- And if you're telling yourself that there are "good Jews" and "bad Jews," and those Jewish civilians were "bad Jews," so they deserved to be tortured and killed...

GUESS WHAT? You're spouting white supremacist ideology.

Antisemitism takes a long time to deprogram.

A lot of gentiles grow up with anti-Jewish ideology that they have never questioned.

And a lot of Christians are kept ignorant about Jewish history because preachers and priests fear it would make Christians question the many inaccuracies in the Bible.

But the first step in noticing antisemitic beliefs is to notice when you start singling people out *because* they are Jewish.

And I have been seeing some of you gleefully celebrating the murder of Jewish civilians *because* they are Jewish.

And that is antisemitism.

That is one step closer to the next generation of Jews getting shoved into the gas chambers. And there are only 16 million of us left in the entire world. We're 0.2% of the world's population. And we cannot afford another Holocaust.

And if your response to me saying that is, "Well, those Jews deserve it."

Guess what. You are making it easier for Nazis and white supremacists to spread hatred and commit acts of violence against Jewish people. And you will have to live with that blood on your conscience.

So...

If you are a gentile, and you see other gentiles repeating these kinds of white supremacist dogwhistles about Jewish people, here's how you can help:

1. MOST IMPORTANTLY: Help them direct their focus away from attacking random Jewish people online and towards helping Palestinians.

Actions that people can take right now are contributing to verified charities and relief organizations that help the people of Gaza. Some organizations that are verified by CharityNavigator.org and CharityWatch.org are:

Anera (92% rating on Charity Navigator)

Palestine Children's Relief Fund (97% rating on Charity Navigator)

Doctors Without Borders (98% on Charity Navigator)

2. Call that shit out. Tell people that they're being antisemitic, and explain that Jew-hatred is dangerous to Jewish people. Antisemitism gets Jews attacked and it gets Jews killed. In the US, many synagogues require round the clock security to protect against white supremacists who want to murder Jews. In Pittsburgh, my old home town, a group of Nazis from north of the city planned the murder of Jewish congregants at Tree of Life Synagogue, and so far only one of them (the gunman) has been arrested and convicted of the murders. The others are still at large.

3. Explain to them that it is antisemitic to celebrate someone's death *because* they're Jewish. ALSO, it is antisemitic to blame a random Jewish person for the actions of ANY government, whether that be the Israeli Government or the US Government.

4. Explain to people that they're not going to solve this conflict by posting antisemitic statements and memes online. All they will do is alienate the Jewish people in their lives and make those Jews feel scared and unsafe. And they will contribute to this current wave of antisemitism.

Antisemitic hatred doesn't help Palestinians. All it does is put Jewish people around the world in danger.

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a very niche vibe

but is there anyone out there who does extensive work on the jewish ghettos in eastern europe who doesn't mutter "fucking Rumkowski" whenever his name comes up??

Like

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'Son of Hamas' Tackles University Antisemitism, Exposes Hamas 'Holy War' to Wipe Out Jews

Mosab Hassan Yousef - His father is a co-founder of Hamas. So he knows what he is talking about.

I urge people that appreciate truth over lies and bullshit to watch this.

He cares more for Palestine than anyone else.

Quite an eyeopener.

He answers questions at some point after a brilliant introduction. It starts around 21:00

I cannot believe these people have the audacity to think they know more about Hamas and Palestine than the son of a Hamas co-founder. Mosab was also in Hamas by the way.

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Dr. Phil on the current outpouring of antisemitism coming from our elite Ivy League universities.

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🤔 … I’m thinking god made a huge mistake here! Maybe his only one?

“The expression “Chosen People” primarily refers to the Jewish people or the nation of Israel.

It is also true that God has chosen individuals to become Christians and somtimes we call them chosen, too. As a result we (some — NOT ME) look at Israel as God’s chosen people.” … 🤔

@hrexach

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Yaniv Pohoryles

Can one be Spanish, Moroccan and Jewish at the same time while living under French influence? The story of the Jews of northern Morocco, mainly from the Tangier region, is one of the most complex and intriguing stories of the Jewish community in the region.

According to Dr. Aviad Moreno, a faculty member at the Ben-Gurion Institute at Ben-Gurion University, the National Authority for Ladino Culture, and representative of the Royal Spanish Academy in Israel, the majority of Tangier and North Moroccan Jews are descendants of the expelled Jews from Spain who settled in the region after the expulsion and established Sephardic Jewish communities.

“The Jews in Northern Morocco preserved and developed the Judeo-Spanish language they brought from Spain even centuries after being expelled from the Iberian Peninsula, blending it with local Arabic and Amazigh linguistic elements," says Moreno.

"In this aspect, they differed from other Jewish communities in Morocco that did not maintain the Spanish language, even if they originated from Spain.

The region itself underwent various transformations, and when Spain occupied the area, its representatives encountered these Jews who spoke the language they identified as their own. There have been attempts to assimilate them and use them as agents of modernization, fueled by great curiosity towards the language they preserved and a desire to reconnect them with their Sephardic Spanish heritage."

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Don't worry!!! I know it was about American Fundamentalism, but I'm simply SO SO SO SO tired of people throwing all that shit at CHRISTIANITY as a whole when it's this very specific form. ;)

Same as "Christians are all homophobic" - nah, dude, that's totally UNCHRISTIAN. ;) Says so in the new testament. You cannot be Christian and hate on other people. And the verses from the Old Testament (or the thora) are nowadays interpreted in the specific historical and social context. As far as I know, there are Jewish folks who interpret them similarly, with organisations like Kheshet, etc.

All fine!! ❤️❤️

No, but you do have a point. We're so used to hating on American fundamentalism, that we forget it's not the norm. You're correct for not wanting to be lumped together with those people.

And yes, there are many Jews who interpret the torah similarly. For example, it's only male homosexuality that's mentioned in the "old testament". Lesbians, and transgender people aren't mentioned at all, and thus aren't forbidden (also, Judaism has (what seems to be from my perspective) a more complicated relationship with the idea of predeterminism. So the idea of "this is the body god meant for you to have" doesn't catch quite as hard as in many christian communities). There are also people who believe the "shall not lie with another man" (paraphrasing) refers more specifically to the practice of male prostitution other nearby cultures had. But to be honest, this one is more controversial, and there doesn't seem to be one agreed upon interpretation to the verse.

That being said, while there are many Jews who are LGBT+ allies, and see allyship as a part of their Judaism (yes, even in orthodox communities), I have to acknowledge There is still a lot of homophobia in Jewish communities. I'm not willing to let us completely off the hook yet!

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hamlet, heinrich faust, and dr. henry jekyll make up the trio of characters that fall into the category of, "you're absolutely NOT meant to be seen as jewish in the source material, but there's something that adds a lot of interesting thematic stuff to toy around with if i made you jewish in my retelling and personal interpretation".

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Love that my wife makes me feel not crazy when I talk about being upset and sad that my friends seem to have no backbone/are incapable of forming their own opinions.

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invited my friend who’s a Sacred Harp singer to the pittsburgh lingua show, now possibly they’ve invited even more singers? world’s worst jew now very excited/nervous for the hymn set lmao

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness spoilers below

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I’m honestly glad now that Wanda wasn’t made Jewish in the movies. I’m fine with Jews being villains sometimes, but having the FIRST Jewish superhero in the MCU turn into such a supervillain for a while wouldn’t have been the best thing. I’m happy having Kate Bishop (who is played by a Jewish actress!!) and Moon Knight. I do hope that both of the characters’ Jewishness will be more thoroughly explored in the future though

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you know i guess i am in a losing battle against people who think their favorite medias agree with their ideologies

[bloghrexach]

WORD!! #StopTheGenocideInGaza