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This is your daily reminder that if you are jewish and live in an area with a decently sized jewish community (especially an orthodox one) and you are struggling

YOU CAN GET HELP

Speak to the rabbis of the shul/shuls

There are Gamachs for food, clothes, medical tools, judaica, furniture etc and most of these places will either be free or pay what you can

Many shuls give out packages of expensive specialty foods that you may need for yomim tovim like wine and matzah.

If you need money for rent, medical costs, school etc shuls will raise tzedaka for you if you reach out

Many communities have people in them who do car repair, home repair, plumbing etc and if you ask the rabbi those people may do that work for you at a decreased rate

There are specialty organizations if you need help with mental health services

If you need help with post mortem care for a loved one or elder care

SPEAK TO A RABBI

REACH OUT

YOU ARE NEVER ALONE

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We can talk about how there’s definitely a racism/Islamaphobia issue in a lot of Jewish communities without…*flips through notebook* literal saying Jewish people should assimilate and give up their Jewishness (ie cultural genocide)

These antisemites are getting way too comfortable and I don’t like it

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leverage has always been a profoundly unserious show (except for when it is actually deadly fucking series) and the bits have always come first but after the recent trend of 2000s shows getting dark and gritty reboots let's all take a moment to appreciate that one of the changes that redemption did actually make to the original formula is that whenever parker hits someone with a taser the editors now add a flashing cartoon skeleton silhouette

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fyi if we're mutuals you have full consent to be as feral as you want in asks and dms

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I’m out of practice at controlling my expression

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If you’re not Jewish, you can kindly shut the fuck up about the following:

The Talmud

Zionism

What is or is not antisemitism

The word “goy/goyim”

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I hate how much any rebellion/revolution plotline in media has been ruined for me. Not because of the story itself. Because I can't help but think about the people who must associate themselves with the story, and me with the villain in it.

I hope I don't get stuck in this mindset. I want to enjoy stories of hope and action-packed catharsis. Other people shouldn't get to decide that for me.

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"Right-wing politicians are exploiting fears of antisemitism to advance their own agendas" yeah they definitely are doing that

"This is proof that those fears of antisemitism are illegitimate" wrong. incorrect. never communicate again

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The bodies of deceased hostages Ofra Keidar, Yonatan Samerano, and Shay Levinson were recovered yesterday by the IDF and returned to Israel.

50 hostages remain; 22 believed alive and 28 deceased.

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i have a lot of feelings about the slew of WW3 jokes I’ve seen from USAmericans in the last couple days and I am actively putting effort in to prevent myself from writing a novel-sized angry rant about it

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i don’t know how to tell you that i don’t feel safe

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The Holy Trinity

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I noticed an interesting pattern of erasing ethnic minorities on Wikipedia that is not exclusive to Jews. We all know how suddenly, especially since late 2023, Jewish actors, singers and historical figures/figures of interest became anything but Jewish on Wikipedia, with their Jewish background being hidden in 1 or 2 sentences spread out in the article. This also seems to be happening with Druze people. For example, I looked over at the wiki page of Farid al Atrash, who is basically the middle eastern equivalent of Paganini, and he is described (in English) as being "Syrian-Egyptian". His Druze background is only mentioned in his Early Life section, described as "being born to a Druze family". Bro is neither Syrian nor Egyptian, he is Druze. Syria didnt even exist when he was born, but his large community of Druze people in Jabal al-Druze did. In the Hebrew version of his article he is described properly as Druze, and later as Egyptian, after receiving Egyptian citizenship. His mothers wiki page suffers the same fate, she is not referred to as Druze but rather, "born to a Druze family". Every single notable Druze figure I saw on Wikipedia in the world of music, acting, literature etc is not described as Druze, in any of the English articles. In the Hebrew articles however, they are all first and foremost recognized as Druze. Pretty crazy imo

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I think the last few years have turned me into a warhawk.

I'm sorry but sanctions and diplomacy didn't fucking work on Putin, it hasn't worked on Iran. Appeasement doesn't work. Pussyfooting around and hoping they give up on their imperial ambitions doesn't work.

I think that maybe sometimes the only way to eliminate a threat is, well, to eliminate it.

People are already crying WWIII because being able to cry "genocide" every time someone dies has fried their brains and they can't think of anything in terms other than extremist language.

I certainly hope that targeted air strikes in Iran won't drag the US into a long war. I sincerely hope that these strikes destroy their nuclear capabilities and cut the head off the snake.

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if you’re claiming that the act of correcting (inaccurate, intentionally inflammatory) misinformation is propaganda, then you’re cooked, charbroiled, crème brûléed.

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parker could retire into a career as an auctioneer and rock it, I swear.