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[fromgoy2joy]

I sat next to the protest today.

I wrote fan-fiction about two gay jewish dads raising children to the play list of the chant- "No peace on stolen land!" on an American college campus. It isn't a name brand one either, nor does it have any legitimate ties to Israel. The anger is just there- it has rotten these future doctors, nurses, teachers, and members of society.

I don't even know what to call their demonstration- it was a tizzy of a Jew hatred affair. At points, there were empathetic statements about Gazans and their suffering. Then outright support of Hamas and violent resistance against all colonizers. Then this bizarre fixation on antisemitism while explaining the globalists are behind everything.

"Antisemitism doesn't exist. Not in the modern day," A professor gloated over a microphone in front of the library. "It's a weaponized concept, that's prevents us from getting actual places- ignore anyone who tells you otherwise."

"How can we be antisemitic?" A pasty white girl wearing a red Jordanian keffiyeh gloats five minutes later. "Palestinians are the actual semites."

"there is only one solution!" The crowd of over 50 students and faculty cried, over and over.

"Been there, done that," I thought, then added a reference to a mezuza in the fourth paragraph.

Two other Jewish students passed where I was parked out, hunching and trying to be as innocuous as possible. We laughed together at my predicament, where I am willingly hearing this bullshit and feeling so amused by this.

"Am I crazy? For sitting here?" I asked them. My friends shook their heads.

"We did the same last week- it's an amazing experience, isn't it?”

We all cackled hysterically again. They left to study for finals. Two minutes later, I learned from the current speaker that “Zionism” is behind everything bad in this world.

Forty-five minutes in, a boy I recognized joined me on my lonely bench. He came from a very secular Jewish family and had joined Hillel recently to learn more about his culture. His first Seder was two nights ago.

He sat next to me, heavy like the weight of the world was on his shoulders. There was just this despondent look on his face. I couldn’t describe it anyone else, but just sheer hopelessness personified.

“They hate us. I can’t believe how much they hate us.” He said in greeting.

And for the first time all day, I had no snarky response or glib. All I could do was stare out into the crowd, and sigh.

[morganas-simp]

IT WAS ONE GIANT FROG

🐸

[thatjewishzionistscout]

There’s something interesting about this.

I don’t consider myself Roma, despite having Roma blood, considering I grew up far from the culture, but that’s not important here.

I appreciate this post, and post like this, loving on a community that has been historically oppressed, killed, and victimized.

But the tags are the important thing. Most are normal, but why is “free Palestine” there?

It serves no purpose, this is about the Romani people, not Palestinians. So why is it in the tags?

I think this all ties back to the need to have Palestinians at the center of everything, and that ultimately no one can take their eyes off of it. Even if they want to focus on another oppressed group.

Obviously it’s not the main focus of the post, and I still appreciate Romani appreciation at all, but ultimately this wasn’t needed and just felt like something thrown in their that serves no purpose to this one post.

This is just some narcissism in the pro-Palestinian movement.

[david-goldrock]

I will tell you the reason: they are lacking meaning in their lives and it is fulfilled by protests

Imagine if they used half that energy to help their community: clean the streets, go to city planning meetings, organized a party or literally anything that would improve their and their friends' lives

[leviackermansjewishwife]

A Jewish woman posts a sweet but deep video about Shabbat and how Jews have continued to live through everything, the replies,

[thatmezuzaluvr]

i’d argue the majority are antisemitic.

[myszalowska]

I'm a bit late, but anyways.

[winnifredburkle]

Insults will be their own poll lol

[jewishpackages]

From here

[drawn-and-talk-of-peace]

If your Jewish friends invite you to join them for some Chanukah festivities, there's a few basic things you should keep in mind. When I say "basic," I mean really basic. If it's listed here, it unfortunately means I've seen/heard someone do or say it.

Don't make Holocaust jokes.

Don't make thinly veiled antisemitic comments. Antisemitic "jokes" aren't funny.

Dreidel is pretty much a game of chance. Losing isn't the end of the world. Everyone loses dreidel at least once a year (usually more than that).

Staying with friends doesn't mean your friends are supposed to fund your vacation (this honestly goes for staying with anyone, not just your Jewish friends). They're saving you the cost of a hotel already.

If you don't want to participate in a holiday tradition, don't make a big thing out of it. Respectfully decline and move on instead of calling Jewish traditions "weird" or something along those lines.

Have fun! Chanukah is a beautiful holiday with some really cool and beautiful traditions. Enjoy your time with your friends.

[fromgoy2joy]

They’re singing about martyrs, resistance, the “one solution” and intifada in the Quad today. Normal college freshman experience!

[kodiescove]

Hey Jewish Tumblr,

Do you have any good books I can read to better understand antisemitism and the Jewish experience in modern day?

Before you say to Google, I'm not knowledgeable on researching nonfiction enough to know what's a good resource and what's not, and I'd rather ask real, living Jews than blindly trust Google. I'm afraid if I just Google it, I'll accidentally get something that's actually antisemitic and I don't want to give am antisemite my money. I'd rather give a Jewish scholar/author my money.

Anything from a scholarly book, to memoirs. Anything that you think is a good resource to explain antisemitism to someone who's never experienced it first hand.

Thank you for your time and consideration, and I hope you have a wonderful day 💜

[david-goldrock]

עוד נדע ימים טובים מאלה

עוד נדע ימים טובים פי אלף

שורשינו יעמיקו סלע

כמו ארזים בהר

We will know better days than these

We will know days a thousand times better

Our roots will deepen into the rock

Like cedars to the mountain

[leviackermansjewishwife]

Yeah, no bro, you’re completely normal, I just can’t tell you I’m Jewish.

[thatmezuzaluvr]

there won’t be such a thing as a ‘good jew’ and a ‘bad jew’ when we’re all gone.

as we get closer to purim and remember Mordechai’s words, this lesson becomes more and more clear.

source: sefaria