recently changed my username from this-jew-is-in-your-walls || call me Noam/נועם || he/she/they || אתה/את/אתם || Israeli Mizrahi &Ashkenazi Jew || silly faggot || leftist || Hashem's sleepiest catboy || I put cat ears on stuff for shits and giggles || Am Yisrael Chai || human life is sacred || מה ששנוא עליך אל תעשה לחבריך || ביביסטים ת'זדיינו ||
(warning: political sideblog)
Acknowledging and condemning antisemitism isn’t “weaponizing” it and Al Jazeera is owned by a terrorist organization I’m so fucking sick of everything everyone fuck off
literally cannot reblog a single post by random fandom accounts on this webbed site because every single time i search israel on their blog it’s always blood libel misinformation o’clock. meanwhile they don’t have a word to say about any other geopolitical issue to have ever happened.
i know i’ve complained about this before but jesus christ
hey good faith question- do you mind elaborating on judaism’s belief of g-d not being the ‘one true g-d’ and just the ‘g-d of the hebrews?
sure, but keep in mind that I wasn't raised in a religious house, so I'm not an expert and this could be inaccurate, you could wait to see if other people would elaborate in reblogs or replies.
a lot of religions have the belief that they worship the true g-d(s) and everyone else is wrong and are worshipping (a) false g-d(s). I believe Christianity works like that.
in the Tanach, there is no claim that other religions' g-ds don't exist, in fact, there are instances were miracles from other g-ds happen, but the jewish g-d is described as unique and stronger than others.
for example, in the story of The Exodus (is that how יציאת מצרים is called in english), when Moses comes to the Pharaoh for the first time to ask to release the Hebrews, he showcases Hashem's (the Jewish g-d) strength by turning his staff into a snake, the Pharaoh's magicians(?) then proceed to also turn their staffs into snakes, but Moses's snake eats theirs. the story doesn't show their g-ds as non-existent, they gave the magicians the same powers as Hashem, but the power of Hashem was stronger and thus Moses's snake won over the other snakes.
foreign worship is banned in Judaism, not because the foreign g-ds are false, but because they're not Hashem, I don't know how to explain it but that's how it works.
I can maybe count on one hand the amount of antizionist goyim I've interacted with who were able to hold a civil conversation about politics without dismissing the other side for being "zionists" (and by that I mean, start spewing slurs and death threats)
and I've had dozens of interactions in the past 4 months.
Living in the islamic regime is like waking up every morning to the news of one more innocent person getting the death penalty because they just wanted to live and be free.
why do we even need to beg goyim to stop being antisemitic at protests???
with any other issue, it's ALWAYS "always be respectful of other cultures no matter what, don't be bigoted, being bigoted is for right wingers ☺️", why is Judaism any different???
how did leftists, who are made of so many queer and poc people, who KNOW how hard it is to be a minority and fight for rights and discrimination, get to the point where most diaspora Jews feel unsafe IN THEIR VICINITY.
fucking hell, be as much anti-Israel as you want, blame the country for the government's actions, idfc anymore, but why are you letting things escalate so much that you're chanting "there is only one solution", "go back to Poland", "globalize the intifada" and target Jewish facilities and people?????
what the fuck did diaspora Jews do??? are they personally shooting Palestinians in the head??? are they publicly calling for Gaza to be bombed to the ground??? because the only one I saw chanting for the destruction of a major city is antizionists in columbia chanting "burn Tel Aviv to the ground".
For too many people "free speech" means the freedom for yourself and the people you agree with to say whatever you want and not face any consequences whatsoever.
With the rise of antisemitism, and one of my favorite things about my Muslim faith being zakat(prescribed charity giving), what are some charities you would like me to give to in these trying times?
I've seen plenty of places to donate to help Palestinians, but I haven't seen anything to help any of you Jews that are facing antisemitism as backlash to all of this.
Forgive me if it has passed, but I know it's around Passover(I believe that's the holiday going on right around now?) And I'm sure there are Synagogues or Jewish charities that could use some donations.(at least I think. I know that Churches and Christian charities take donations around Christmas and Easter.)
I'd truly like to help all who are affected by this war. Whether it be Isreali Jews in Isreal, or diaspora Jews(I think that's the term? What I mean is, Jews who do not live in Isreal) who are struggling with increased antisemitism.
No charity is too niche, though I may not be able to donate to all of them, as I am on SSDI(a form of disability) so it's not like I have hundreds or thousands to throw around. But I know that anything can help.
Love, your friendly disabled queer Muslim with all the questions.