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Cara Drook, Reclaiming La Belle Juive, (2022 –).
'"La belle Juive" translates to "the beautiful Jewess." It is an archetype of Jewish women that is repeatedly shown in paintings and media throughout history. "La belle Juive" is rooted in antisemitism and misogyny. My goal with this collection is to have Jewish women take control of their narrative and reclaim "La belle Juive." I want to return dignity to the subjects and show what truly makes Jewish women beautiful.'
one of the interesting pop culture phenomenons I’ve recognized is how little regard anyone gives to antisemitism from revered artists - and I know many other prejudices and abuses are responded to this way, so I’m not dismissing that at all, especially when it comes to famous men - but someone can be completely upheld, especially posthumously, as a nearly deified figure, as someone who was all about peace, love, and humanity, and if anyone brings up the fact that one of these idolized figures expressed deep seated hatred of Jews, utilized antisemitic language and stereotypes, or was openly hostile to Jewish people, it gets handwaved away. “nobody’s perfect!” well, I agree, I don’t think we should expect anyone to be perfect, humans are flawed and make mistakes, and can still be good and kind, and can make amends if they choose. I just think it’s curious that “nobody’s perfect” is a response towards antisemitic attitudes in a specific way. “he was all about peace, love, and humanity, despite the antisemitism” says to me that you think peace, love, and humanity inherently excludes Jews.
nowadays, it’s even worse, because where this used to be dismissed or excused, it’s now gleefully justified. “did you know he hated the zios?” “he did not like the 🧃.” “he was Noticing before anyyyy of us.” “so based of him to be against the J’s.” “he was trying to tell the world about them.” “he knew and that’s why they took him out.” (these are all actual comments I’ve seen. about more than one person.) where before, the antisemitism was unfortunate but not disqualifying, it is now seen as an attribute, an admirable character trait. in fact, even minimal anti-Jewish sentiment is used to further conspiracies that certain public figures understood “the truth” about Jews. even apologies that may have been issued about this by the artists themselves are wholly rejected by fans in favor of applauding the anti-Jewish bigotry instead.
the flip side of this is the demonizing of deceased Jewish artists or allies as “Zionists (slur),” which, first of all, doesn’t quite make sense, because it’s very weird to blame people who are not here, some of whom have been gone for decades, for the current situation in the Middle East. no consideration is given that many of the celebrities who were outspoken in favor of supporting the Jewish community, and even of Israel, were people who lived through WWII and witnessed the aftermath of the Holocaust personally. many of the Jewish artists of that time were from immigrant families who faced discrimination in the early 20th century US and then saw their people suffer industrialized murder in Europe. it’s rather obvious why their opinions would be what they were, and why they believed what they did. modern politics cannot be grafted onto the generations who lived before us. and yet, iconic Jews and allies are smeared as “zionazis” and “genocide enablers,” and the rest of their legacies cease to matter, even if they were devoted humanitarians and did positive work for the world. you will not see them defined as being about peace, love, and humanity. don’t be silly. Jews and those who stand with Jews are never representative of peace, love, and humanity. so it goes.
Inside a Jewish house in Fez, Morocco circa 1920.
Questlove continually stoking antisemitic conspiracies and it showing up in my feed on multiple occasions is crazy work
this is like half a dozen times now that I’ve seen him do this. it’s one of those “if you know, you know” situations where it’s clear what he’s alluding to, and there are always people who get exactly what he means, which leads me to think he’s probably getting into it even more in other places.
it’s actually been hard to see all the normie gentiles celebrating the World Cup, and talking about how “unifying” it is and how it’s brought together the whole world and has the global community uplifting each other etc, because the Jewish side of the internet has witnessed nothing but nonstop unhinged antisemitic conspiracies placing blame for every outcome they don’t like and incidents like Morocco fans chanting “Jews to the gas” at The Hague when they lost…yes, it’s been wonderfully unifying, and few things unify various countries like their violent hatred of Jews :)
and we never get a break from this anymore. movie releases, album releases, whatever other pop culture news is happening, sporting events from the Olympics to the Superbowl to the NBA Finals to the World Cup, natural disasters, it’s all accompanied by this repugnant trend of attaching it to the ever trendy Judenhass.
not the 25K views on this
are people just getting more stupid by the day
except you literally just made that up
what is happening
beyond parody
not the 25K views on this
are people just getting more stupid by the day
except you literally just made that up
what is happening
I know I've said it before but it's insane how entitled people feel to the Holocaust and how smug they get when they condescend to people about it, as if the dastardly and selfish Jews are hogging their own genocide
actor Bryan Cranston joins the lovely Borrowed Spotlight project, but there’s something that should be noted: his comments are full of “free Palestine” and the usual emojis/gifs.
read the caption. nowhere does it say “Jewish” nor even “Holocaust.” you have to know this is a photograph with a Holocaust survivor to even make the connection because of how carefully (cautiously?) he worded it, using only the words “survival” and “war,” never overtly stating anything else. I commend him for taking part in this, yet notice how guarded he had to be to post it.
this elderly man, who lives in the United States, who survived the Holocaust, has nothing whatsoever to do with the conflict in the Middle East.
every single person harassing Bryan Cranston with “free Palestine” is making something clear - and it’s not care for Palestinians. it’s relentless, obsessive hatred of Jews.
Israel is mentioned way too many times in the world cup tags considering we didnt even fucking qualify
Yall are really fucking obsessed, get help you fucking weirdos and just enjoy the football
Smith, who is facing Aug. 4 primary challenges from two anti-Israel activists, said that those who “engage in this type of behavior model a dangerous form of corrosive politics that seeks to intimidate those who disagree with them.” He argued that the moment instead calls for “civil discourse” and “respectful engagement” in order to solve difficult problems.
“I also recognize that many of those who want the U.S. to completely abandon Israel do not support Israel’s right to exist and are willfully blind to the dangerous, violent, extremist beliefs of Hamas and others who threaten Israel,” he said.
Smith, who has been a vocal critic of the actions of the Israeli government, also said his vote was an effort to “get the attention of the Netanyahu government” in hopes they may “change their actions.” The Washington lawmaker noted in his statement that he disagreed with Israel’s approach to the war in Gaza, as well as its actions in the West Bank and Lebanon.
Really not a fan of proving that violent threats and operating off vibes gets rewarded and will be reinforced.
Also, what lesson is Netanyahu supposed to take from this? Help ratfuck Democrats even harder and they'll give him exactly what he wants on a silver platter?
Fire every Democratic staffer and start from scratch.
this post just popped up in my feed from Australia:
it’s not surprising that the idea of refusing products because of any association with Israel translated to harassing Jewish owned businesses and is now extending to any association (real or perceived or conspiratorial) to Jews whatsoever.
An Israeli soldier has drawn penalties for appearing with the "looksmaxxing influencer."
why on earth is anyone trying to give abusive losers like this any credibility whatsoever? it was bad enough when random influencers were trying to defend him visiting Tel Aviv for clicks, but why is AOC, an elected official, inserting herself to beg this guy for something he has no authority to be speaking about, and when nobody should be courting him for attention regardless? (I know why she did this, but it's pathetic.)
*banging pots and pans, grogger in my mouth which i’m periodically spinning but it’s kind of tricky cause my hands are full with the kitchenware*:
NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED THAT MAINSTREAM EXPOSURE OF JEWS IN MEDIA IS SO RARE, BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE TIME IT HAPPENS, PEOPLE SEEM TO FIND A MYSTERIOUS, LOGICAL REASON TO HATE AND DERIDE THAT JEWISH CHARACTER/ACTOR/DIRECTOR. das all
I think it’s kind of insane to think that blocking defensive aid like Iron Dome would mean that Israel would be *less incentivized* to engage in military offenses, or be more restrained in what it does.
It's born of a severe lack of understanding of what motivates Israel and Israelis.
They really do believe that if not for the iron dome and bomb shelters Israel would just steamroll all over the Middle East and create the grand judean empire…
The only thing that will happen is that more innocents will die and Israel will be incentivised to more aggressively eliminate threats. The iron dome is what allows it to have MORE restraint.
But I guess it’s too much to ask AOC to actually understand geopolitics.
The amendment to block military assistance failed, but partisan split cemented the increasingly polarized view of the U.S. ally.
I left this as a comment but I wanted to add on. Without the Iron Dome Israel would need to be more aggressive not less. Israel would need to take out the governments trying to bomb them into oblivion. The Iron Dome allows them to be more moderate not less.
I keep thinking about this quote from the Politico article:
that's fine, I even agree, but it's not what's being done.
for example:
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Israel is not being treated like other countries, and not being held to a standard set for other nations, including for the United States itself. instead, it's being held to a much higher, much more exacting and demanding one, and the threats against it are minimized or legitimized as Israel itself becomes seen as a global pariah.
I don't absolve or excuse Netanyahu and his right wing government for their actions and contributions to that, but the problem is...even if he were a dovish prime minister, in the aftermath of 10/7, I believe what we've seen happen in the world would still be the response, no matter what Israel did. we saw this in the reactions beginning on 10/8. because it's not about Bibi, it's far more existential than that. if it weren't, these politicians would support defense apparatus (the Iron Dome isn't even a weapon, it's a shield. it just stops more civilians from being killed), and they wouldn't align themselves with virulent antisemites or support an isolationist's bill that would even negatively impact aid for the people they pretend to care about. the dignity and safety of Palestinians is not their driving motivation.
the symbolism here to appease the loudest of their constituents is not really about curtailing weapons or moral standards or a response to conduct in war or affordability (which foreign aid doesn't impact domestically at all) or whatever else they're pretending it is. they don't simply want Israel to "live up to standards" set for other countries, the problem they have is with Israel's existence.
“Let not your heart tremble in the heart of the sea, when you see mountains trembling and heaving, and sailors’ hands as limp as rags, and soothsayers struck dumb. When they set their course, they were full of joy, but now they are beaten back in shame. The whole ocean is yours to escape in, but your only refuge is the snare of the deep. The sails quiver and quake, the beams creak and shudder. The hand of the wind toys with the waves, like reapers at the threshing: now it flattens them out, now it stacks them up.”
— Judah Halevi, from “The Poet Imagines His Voyage”, The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse
A trans girl I know from turkeye just posted "debunking zionist propaganda" and the "propaganda" it was debunking was Being Jewish with Jonah Platt. I'm so sad. I don't want to unfollow all my friends. My face feels hot. I don't know how to react. Do I unfollow her? I love Jonah Platt. How are we ever going to fight back if our best speakers are smeared as zionist propaganda
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“How are we ever going to fight back if our best speakers are smeared as zionist propaganda” this is the point, sadly. it’s the point of utilizing the word as a slur, it’s the point of degrading and dismissing any Jew that can be targeted with it. it’s a silencing and delegitimization tactic. if our best and most effective and educated speakers can be instantly dismissed with shorthand for evil, genocidal, fascist, inhuman (which is what the usage of “Zionist” has become), then of course there’s no point in listening to them. in fact, paying them any attention at all, unless it’s to send them hate, is tantamount to a thought crime, and punishable by ostracization from the in-group as a traitor to the cause. it’s a very easy, very effective way to make sure Jewish creators will not be heard or taken seriously (unless, of course, they’re the ones who can be tokenized). making sure that it’s widely accepted that anyone who can be called (((Zionist))) is discredited is the best way to make that a reality, and it’s why we’re seeing it happen across every spectrum - the arts, academia, publishing, medicine, politics, and so on. we are not supposed to be able to fight back.
