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[tikkunolamresistance]

West Bank Palestinians are tearing down Israel’s apartheid wall following Iran’s counter attacks.

Full glory to the resistance.

source.

[kosmic-apothecary]

[etz-ashashiyot]

So like Am Yisrael Chai and all that, don't get me wrong I'm so grateful for the superhuman resilience of Israelis (and really the whole Jewish people) because it's necessary

but damn, like

Could it just, for once, not be?

[aguineapigcouldntdothis]

"lol jews find so many loopholes in their own religion they must hate being jewish" damn just say you're uncreative and have never examined your own religious texts further than the exact words written down on the paper. just say you take everything at face value and you never enjoy reading between the lines to gain a new understanding of something. it's ok, we all see it already

[charleezard]

By the way. While many people are now cheering for Iran for attacking Israel, people who like to think of themselves as a spokesperson for justice. Do you still remember Mahsa Amini? Or any of the other countless women in Iran killed, or living in fear, or fighting for freedom? Do you all have short memory, or do you just refuse to acknowledge who it is you're supporting as long as they keep killing Jewish people?

This is a rhetorical question. I do not want an answer. I want you to take a hard look in the mirror and think about what you're doing.

[nimas-li-kvar]

It’s really bizarre watching western leftists bend over backwards to support the Islamic regime. The regime that killed Mahsa Amini. The regime that repressed the protestors by killing and torturing men, women, and children. The regime that remains one of the top enforcers of the death penalty—for things like apostasy or being gay. The regime that tortures, rapes, and kills political prisoners. That has very limited freedom of speech and imprisons journalists.

If you’re able to praise the Iranian regime as “the resistance” then you’ve completely shown that you don’t actually care for any of the people in the Middle East. You only care about your edgy western leftist street cred.

[that-rad-jewish-girl]

If your activism involves defacing a Holocaust memorial, you are not, in fact, “just anti-Zionist”.

[applesauce42069]

I find myself trying to justify to myself why I think it’s bad that Iran attacked Israel and then i realized. I don’t fucking have to.

I don’t want my family to get blown up. I don’t want them to have to run to bomb shelters in the middle of the night.

Simple as fucking that. If you’re celebrating this attack, this attempt at destruction of human life, fuck you.

Without the Iron Dome, the destruction would have been terrible. So Baruch Hashem for the iron dome.

[elder-millennial-of-zion]

Praying for Israel

Praying for the Jewish people around the world

The antisemitic, anti-Israel victim blaming for Iran’s attack has already begun. Give yourself permission to ignore it and to shut it out. The opinions of people who have never cared and will never care about our humanity don’t matter. All that matters is supporting each other and remembering that we are a beautiful people, stronger and more resilient than our enemies can possibly imagine.

No nation or empire in three thousand years has succeeded in wiping out the Jewish people. They have all tried and they have all failed.

We will outlive them

עם ישראל חי 🇮🇱

[matan4il]

I think one of the worst things I've heard from the head of Yad Vashem's International Education Department (YV is the Holocaust research and education center dedicated to the Jewish POV during that time, the IED is in charge of seminars for teachers and educators on the subject of the Holocaust from all over the world), is that some teachers and educators are no longer teaching the Holocaust since Oct 7. A part of them decided on this of their own accord, others because they say the students / principals at their schools refuse to have it taught.

It reminded me of that time when in YV's IED survey of UK teachers and educators, many chose to answer the question, "Who was Anne Frank?" with "A girl hiding for her life from the Nazis." When asked about the omission of the specific reason why Anne had to hide (meaning, why did they leave out that she was a Jew and was in danger because of it), their replies indicated that if students hear that Anne Frank was Jewish, then they're no longer interested in learning about her. I'll admit, I was shocked by this. If you leave out that Anne was a victim of specifically antisemitism, because of the students' antisemitism, what are you even teaching them anyway?

Similarly, in YV's IED international surveys of teachers and educators, when asked to choose a definition for what the Holocaust was, the most popular answer is the one that doesn't mention Jews.

Basically, the anti-Israel crowd isn't the start of the All Lives Matter'ing of the Holocaust, erasing Jews out of the story of our own persecution and genocide (which you can see even in the fact that too many don't realize 'The Holocaust' is a term coined to specifically talk about the Nazis' crimes against the Jews, and that there are other terms for the Nazis' crimes against other populations). But the anti-Israel crowd isn't just hijacking the Holocaust, it's also actively weaponizing it to be used against Jews, and it is even actively preventing Holocaust education altogether.

This should infuriate everyone.

(for all of my updates and ask replies regarding Israel, click here)

[mifletzet]

Shoutout to those who can't get rid of chametz this year.

Those who can't clean as thoroughly as they'd like, either from sharing a living space with others or just not having the energy or ability to do so.

Those whose safe foods aren't kosher for passover.

This has been such a stressful year, and I know for me cleaning is exhausting when I'm at my best (and this year I Am Not)

So if you're stressed and anxious about cleaning, struggling with the idea of losing access to safe foods for a week, experiencing the anxiety inertia of "oh no why haven't I done anything yet and why can't I bring myself to", or just don't have the energy needed to clean, know that you're not alone 💛

[avi-on-jumblr]

today i learned that there is MATZAH THAT ISN'T KOSHER FOR PASSOVER??? WHY. WHY. IT HAD ONE JOB. I AM LOSING MY MIND. WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA.

[ecoamerica]

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[wine-effectao3]

My goy friends: 'wHy don'T You WaNt tO Go OUt aNYmooorE?!'

Me:

[xclowniex]

I hope everyone in Israel is safe.

I'm worried about my own family in Israel. I'm worried about my friends in Israel. And I'm also worried about every single person in Israel.

Am Yisrael Chai

[vaspider]

Hi there! Hope you’re having a good day mama spider. Just dropping by to ask for some info on an addition to a post about Judaism you made. I chose to ask you and not op because i’ve sent you an ask before and know that you answer them. So real quick, why did you type out G-d rather than God or god? Does it have something to do with Judaism? Is it just for the faithful to follow and not goyim? As an atheist who was formerly Catholic i just wanna learn more and be respectful of others’ religions whenever i can. I know next to nothing about Judaism, even though they’re a good portion of my county’s population. Hope this ask isn’t insensitive in any way, and thanks for taking the time to read this <3

This isn't insensitive to ask. It's actually a great question, and I'm glad that you asked if you're curious.

Since those articles cover your asks pretty well, I'm gonna give you some free bits of info to help your quest for respectfulness, which is pretty rad, btw: we don't really use phrases like "the faithful" bc Judaism doesn't require faith in G-d. There is no conflict between Judaism and atheism & there are a lot of Jewish atheists and agnostics. Judaism is an ethnoreligion and a people in a way that a lot of religions aren't, and in fact, the symbolism for one of my favorite holidays emphasizes that we are not complete without all kinds of Jews:

The functions of the four species are defined by both their smell and taste, or lack thereof, along with some interesting imagery from the Midrash (Vayikra Rabbah 30:12): The etrog has both taste and smell, representing people who both perform good deeds and have Torah (knowledge). The lulav has taste but no smell, representing those who do not use their knowledge to perform good deeds. The hadass (myrtle) has smell but no taste, representing those who perform good deeds but lack the knowledge to excel at them. The aravah (willow) has no taste and no smell, representing those who lack both.

"Good deeds" here doesn't just mean "being nice to your neighbors" but refers directly to performing mitzvot/mitzvahs, the 613 commandments that observant Jews observe to varying levels of specificity and intensity.

It's not offensive to use a phrase like "the faithful," just isn't ... correct, you know? Instead, you'd just say Jews or Jewish people. If you're trying to refer specifically to Jews who are religious or believe in G-d... there isn't exactly a phrase for that, I guess you'd say "observant," because there are a lot of Jews who are observant but also atheists, since observant Jews may be observing mitzvaot for any number of reasons that have nothing to do with belief in the existence of G-d.

Anyway, there you go, with some bonus info. As always, I don't speak for everybody, 2 Jews 3 Opinions, etc.

[ancestralsurvival]

Dear “Queers for Palestine,” et al:

I’m sorry you were rejected by your childhood church or friends or family.

I’m sorry you have had to organize for your rights to simply love and live as you choose.

I’m sorry you have become hypervigilant to perceptions of injustice.

And I’m deeply sorry that you’ve taken all that and used it to punch down, to inflict hurt, to join the antisemitism of your upbringing to the untrue buzzwords of today in order to injure:

the only democracy in the Middle East

a haven for LGBTQ+ rights in the Middle East

a nation that would legally protect your right to life and joy that is fighting a terror organization that kills queers and anyone else who disagrees with its hateful goals that include a genocide of all Jews, everywhere

diaspora Jews who are only trying to live peacefully as a minority, something you should know about

Zionism is the belief in Jewish right to self-determination in our ancestral homeland, our place of indigenousness: Israel. Zionism isn’t hatred for anyone. In fact, many Zionists want a two-state solution so Israelis can live in peace with Palestinians.

I’m sorry you either didn’t know that or didn’t care before reading this far.

I’m sorry your hatred for Jews might be so ingrained that you won’t unlearn it even though you may have been willing to unlearn other biases.

I’m sorry the people who most need to read this probably won’t.