עם ישראל חי

ancient transqueer crip Jew ✨any/all✨ ✨בצלאל✨ ~ follows from ma***it ~

[afurioushawk]

[pagecommando]

Is it "Islamophobic" to point out that a woman-hating Jew-baiting friend of Hasan Piker who hasn't submitted his tax returns and 'isn't sure' if he's a millionaire due to family's out of country holdings might lack the temperament and judgement to be 1 of 100 Federal representatives for his specific state? Especially given his friendship and allyship with Platner and the staff they share?

[jewelleria]

“The tragedy of the pro-Palestinian campaign is that because it is so deeply rooted in these moral cartoons and serves the emotional and psychological needs of these extraordinarily privileged people who live in these moral cartoons—and not the actual needs of Palestinians—is that it primarily hurts Palestinians.”

— Haviv Rettig Gur, The Gathering Storm

[jewish-rock]

you know what fuck it if any goy wants to talk about zionism, israel, or antisemitism with me you have to get an A on the following quiz (90%+), without looking up anything:

(read more because it’s a 54 question quiz)

(the question set on the whole covers a wide variety of topics and time periods. if you don’t know any one specific thing, like questions about the torah, you can still pass.

it also does not cover everything required for a full understanding of zionism, israel, or antisemitism. this is just a test of basic background knowledge of judaism, antisemitism, and the levant.)

how old is judaism? [1 point]

briefly describe the story told in the torah, particularly from joseph onwards (though further back if you are able is good). [3 points]

describe the stories of purim and of chanukah (which are not in the torah). [2 points]

when was the first documented instance of antisemitism? [1 point]

who was jesus? what do jewish scholars believe about him? [1 point]

what is deicide? how does this affect jews? [1 point]

what figure in christian media are jews most often compared to? list at least 5 stereotypes associated with this. [2 points]

explain the basis for much of jewish law. (hint: what does the phrase “chosen people” mean to jews?) (bonus point: what is jewish belief surrounding outside observance of judaism? which ritual(s) and/or figure(s) most appear in discussions on this topic?) [1 point + 1-2 bonus points]

explain the connection between the black plague and jews. list at least 3 stereotypes associated with this event. [2 points]

define “diaspora”. how does this term apply to jews? [1 point]

define ashkenazi, sephardi, and mizrachi, and explain how each group got to the region/country to which their name refers. (bonus point: list at least 3 other countries with jewish communities, as well as when those communities were at their largest.) [3 points + 1-2 bonus points]

describe the treatment of jews in europe pre-19th century (1800s). what jobs were jews forced into? list at least 2 stereotypes associated with this. [2 points]

what were the crusades? [1 point + 1-2 bonus points for detail]

what is the protocols of the learned elders of zion? what does it say? list at least 3 stereotypes associated with this. [2 points]

describe the treatment of jews under the ottoman empire and at least one other islamic empire. discuss: how were jews treated in comparison to other religious minorities? how were jews treated in comparison to muslims? was the treatment at all related to previous tensions between muslims and goyische minority religious groups (hint: see your answer for question 13)? [4 points]

what is the history behind the names given to the land of the levant? [2 points]

what is blood libel? list at least 2 stereotypes associated with this. [2 points]

what is jewish belief on the existence of other gods? what is jewish belief on the worship of other gods, particularly by jews? [1 point]

what is jewish belief surrounding conversion? [1 point]

what happened to the land of the ottoman empire after world war i? [1 point]

what was the dreyfus affair? [1 point + 1-2 bonus points for detail]

who was theodore herzl? what did he believe and why? (hint: what event prompted his politics?) [1 point]

what is eugenics, and how did it apply to jews? list at least 3 physical traits targeted towards ashkenazim in the context of eugenics. [2 points]

what was the western world’s policy towards germany post-wwi, and how did that contribute to the holocaust? [1 point]

what was germany’s first course of action towards its jewish population? what was the result? [1 point]

what attitudes towards jews did germany share with the rest of the world? [1 point]

what was the holocaust? what beliefs were present that spurred the holocaust? list at least 3. [2 points]

what is the rough estimate of people who were killed in the holocaust? what is believed about that number? [1 point]

what is the rough estimate of jews killed in the holocaust? what is the rough estimate of roma killed in the holocaust? what is believed about those numbers? [2 points]

name every country whose jewish population dropped below 100 after 1935. (bonus point: say what happened to cause that.) [3 points, with partial credit for partial lists, + 1 bonus point]

name every country who put a limit on jewish immigration during the 1930s and 1940s. [3 points, with partial credit for partial lists]

when and how was israel formed? [1 point]

what happened when the british mandate for palestine expired? [1 point]

what did the arab world decide their policy surrounding israel would be? which arab countries have since renounced that policy, and what are their relations to israel? [2 points]

what is a two-state solution? what is the green line? [1 point]

who is benjamin netanyahu? what party does he belong to and what are their politics? how did he come to power? [2 points]

what are the gaza strip and the west bank? how are they distinct from israel? [1 point]

who governs gaza? who are they and how do they operate? [2 points]

what percentage of gaza is jewish? [1 point]

how many jews are alive today? what percentage of the global population do they make up? [1 point]

what percentage of the world’s jews live in israel? [1 point]

what percentage of israel is jewish? [1 point]

what percentage of israel’s jews are mizrachi or sephardi? [1 point]

what country was israel most recently negotiating with? what were they negotiating, and why? [2 points]

what was hamas’s motivation in invading israel when they did (hint: see your answer for question 44)? [2 points]

which jewish holidays have been interrupted by attacks on israel (by any country at any time)? [2 points]

what is the idf? what are the service requirements for the idf? [2 points]

what percentage of jews are zionists in some form? [1 point]

list at least three statements commonly made about zionists or israelis by leftists today. analyze: are the overlap between jews and zionists, and jews and israelis, significant? are there any resemblances between what is said about zionists and israelis, and antisemitic stereotypes you have identified? [3 points, 1 for each correct statement and analysis]

what is antisemitism? what is the origin and history of the term? [1 point]

what is nazism and what are their primary beliefs? how do these overlap with the views of the kkk, neo-nazis, and modern white supremacists? [2 points]

what do the following numbers stand for: 14, 88, 18, 12, 109, 110, 311? what is the general term for signals such as these numbers? [3 points]

what is kabalah? (bonus point: what common antisemitic trope uses a word derived from kabalah?) [1 point + 1 bonus point]

list at least 4 modern conspiracy theories. analyze: what roots, if any, do these share with antisemitic stereotypes? [4 points, 1 for each correct conspiracy theory and analysis]

total score: /90 + /10 bonus points

[thetourguidebarbie]

it never fails to amaze me how my otherwise intelligent kind empathetic educated curious friends and colleagues will say they're not educated enough to speak on all kinds of topics like union/labor movement history or environmental regulations or constitutional law or the cuban missile crisis or whatever the fuck and then you say one thing about Israel and suddenly they have a phd from jewsstolepalestine dot com that they expect you to take seriously and get mad at you when you ask them what they think happened during the second intifada

[iswearbyalltheflowers]

[knight-of-skyloft]

You hear the quote "they move millions in dark money to preserve their power and turn us against each other" and think it's from Nazi Germany or the KKK, but no! It's mayor of the most Jewish city in the diaspora Zohran Mamdani!

[youngerfrankenstein]

To put it very bluntly.

You will always make a better impact helping people who need it than trying to hurt people you think deserve it.

[edithsweetithh]

in honor of america's 250th birthday approaching, here's your friendly reminder that this poem by emma lazarus (a jewish-american woman) is on a plaque attached to the statue of liberty:

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

[queer-scots-geordie-dyke]

"Zionism is White Supremacy" is the dumbest phrase imaginable. Go and ask your local white supremacist what they think of Jews, I dare you.

Muppet.

[chutzpahchesed]

this quote hit me hard yesterday:

This post borrows from a longer feature in Fathom, the British online journal: “Democratic Socialism, Israel and the Jews: An Interview with

[minettexoxo]

“i would’ve hidden anne frank!” you couldn’t even condemn the largest massacre of jews since the holocaust.

[transsexualpuffin]

“judaism is a major religion”

um it’s really not considering that jews make up less than 2% of the global population at less than 16 million

but sure keep pretending the big bad scary jews are the monsters lurking in the dark like you’ve already decided they are

[monochromaticchime]

Saying that Muslims can’t be anti-Semitic because they are semites is like saying the Rwandan genocide wasn’t motivated by racism because Hutus and Tutsis are both black.

[myfootyrthroat]

I'll see people talking about a specific war/conflict as if the combatants are doing something incorrectly because civilians are dying and I regret to inform you that all wars are like that.

[zaprowsdower27]

#“war is hell” is a fundamental truth

#even the most just and necessary wars are absolutely horrific

#and that is why you should never trust people who glorify war

#(and yes 'violent revolution' counts)

Not letting these stay in the tags

[i-can-kazoo]

This is gonna sound supremely insanely haterist of me but hear me out:

If someone is talking about swastikas in the context of naziism and antisemitic hate crimes, you do not need to bring up the fact that it is actually a Buddhist or Hindu symbol of good luck or prosperity or peace. We know that. We know. You have eyes, you can see that those are not the swastikas we are talking about. Please please please can you use an iota of reading comprehension. I don't care that this is the piss on the poor site, you can choose to improve yourself.

[thetourguidebarbie]

it never fails to amaze me how my otherwise intelligent kind empathetic educated curious friends and colleagues will say they're not educated enough to speak on all kinds of topics like union/labor movement history or environmental regulations or constitutional law or the cuban missile crisis or whatever the fuck and then you say one thing about Israel and suddenly they have a phd from jewsstolepalestine dot com that they expect you to take seriously and get mad at you when you ask them what they think happened during the second intifada

[girlactionfigure]

They threw her out of the lab for being Jewish.

She built a new one in her bedroom.

In 1938, Mussolini's racial laws barred Jews from academic posts across Italy. Rita Levi-Montalcini lost her research position at the University of Turin from one day to the next.

She kept working anyway.

She set up a small lab in her bedroom. She made her own surgical instruments from sharpened sewing needles and ran her experiments on fertilized eggs she bought at the market. When the war reached northern Italy, she and her family went into hiding under false names, and she kept her research going the entire time.

The work she started in that room became the foundation for her discovery of nerve growth factor. It won her the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1986. Italy later appointed her senator for life. She stayed lucid and active well into her nineties and died in 2012 at the age of 103.

The men who decided she had no place in a laboratory are forgotten.

Her work is in every neuroscience textbook in the world.

That is the part I keep coming back to. Someone can revoke your title and lock you out of the building. What they cannot reach is your decision to keep going.

Ben Allen

[cruel-hiraeth]

if you build “community” around hating other people, just know that the second you step out of line—regardless of your moral uprightness or the hypocrisy on their part—you’re the next person they’re going to tear to pieces.

[philosopherking1887]

"Highly critical of Israel's actions in Gaza" sure is a curious way to say "celebrated Hamas's slaughter of Israelis," isn't it, NPR?