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Hey, I know this is the "lovingly bullying your friends" website but please make sure that your friends are actually okay with the jokes you make about them and the things you tease them about, even really innocent things like making fun of typos or pronunciation because that shit is fine for most people but VERY hurtful for others.

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The Light in Hidden Places: Read an Excerpt!

The extraordinary story of Stefania Podgorska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by hiding thirteen Jews in her attic during WWII, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sharon Cameron.

One knock at the door, and Stefania has a choice to make…

It is 1943, and for four years, sixteen-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemysl, Poland, singing her way into their lives and hearts. She has even made a promise to one of their sons, Izio – a betrothal they must keep secret since she is Catholic and the Diamants are Jewish.

But everything changes when the German army invades Przemysl. The Diamants are forced into the ghetto, and Stefania is alone in an occupied city, the only one left to care for Helena, her six-year-old sister. And then comes the knock at the door. Izio’s brother Max has jumped from the train headed to a death camp. Stefania and Helena make the extraordinary decision to hide Max, and eventually twelve more Jews. Then they must wait, every day, for the next knock at the door, the one that will mean death. When the knock finally comes, it is two Nazi officers, requisitioning Stefania’s house for the German army.

With two Nazis below, thirteen hidden Jews above, and a little sister by her side, Stefania has one more excruciating choice to make.

This remarkable tale of courage and humanity, based on a true story, is now a Reese’s Book Club YA Pick!

READ AN EXCERPT

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i judge you by the way you talk about orthodox jews btw

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*sighs, visibly frustrated* let me put this in words you can understand: meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow

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hate when people are like "trust your gut! listen to your intuition!" like okay well my gut is telling me every person i lay eyes on is hunting me for sport and my intuition is saying i should find a secluded cave and live there forever so what do you suggest i do with that information

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“You’re not Jewish or Israeli, why do you care about the hostages?”

Well, because they’re human beings who have been held by a terrorist group away from their families for over a year, and from survivor testimonies, have been subjected to unimaginable treatment, including torture, repeated sexual abuse, and forced labour.

The better question is “why DON’T you care?” The fact that the world at large can’t seem to muster an ounce of compassion or care about these people, which includes Holocaust survivors and infants, is an absolute travesty and a very clear indication of just how unimportant and disposable Jewish lives are viewed.

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(lights a cigarette) nobody even wants to play toys anymore. (puts the cigarette out on a play-dough ashtray) because of work.

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There's so much fucking antisemitism everywhere all the time.

When I've done things to show support for black antiracist movements, nobody ever told me that I'm black and pretending to be white.

When I've done things to show support for Muslims experiencing Islamophobia, nobody ever told me that I'm Muslim and pretending not to be.

When I've done things to show support for Ukrainians, nobody told me that I'm secretly Ukrainian.

When I've done things to show support for Asians experiencing anti-Asian racism, nobody told me that I'm secretly Asian.

Yet, when I've done things to show support for Jewish people experiencing antisemitism, people have accused me, on multiple occasions, of being Jewish.

Jewish people are portrayed as unreliable narrators of their own experiences. Collective gaslighting has convinced many people that antisemitism is overblown. All while statements that would be immediately flagged as racist, if said about any other group, are tolerated if said about Jews.

It's so plain to see. I mean, if I (a non-Jew) have been accused of being Jewish in order to discredit me, what does that suggest about how people frame the reliability of Jewish people?

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Jewish Holidays

Links (Encyclopedia Britannica):

Hanukkah Passover Purim Rosh Hashana Yom Kippur

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Not including conversion:

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Ft. a mini menorah we found today at Walgreens

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[Image Description: A black color block and pink color block in a vertical row with text that reads “protect queer jewish people / don’t allow antisemitism to exist in queer spaces”]

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Chanukah night 4, it's always at this point that I feel like time is flying by and I want to grab onto these nights and make them last twice as long.

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The "you can't use the term Nazi to refer to a Jew" rule applies even when they are helping Nazis.

But good news for you! We already have a term for a Jew who collaborates with Nazis.

They're called a kapo.

Have a great day.

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scientists in the 1990s, putting a Get More Purple gene attached to a harmless plant virus into an already purple petunia: please get more purple

the petunia, sensing an apparent honest to god Get More Purple Disease, using the previously undiscovered RNAi antiviral ability to shut down all other purple genes along with it just in case: you put VIRUS in petunia? you infect her with the More Purple?? oh! oh! her children shall bloom white! jail for mother, jail for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!

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Chag sameach from the most picturesque latkes I've ever made