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Dance as an act of rebellion. Dance as an act of joy.

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As people in Glastonbury and New York chant for the ‘death of the IDF,’ a small group of peace activists in Gaza is showing them what real courage looks like. They stood in silence, holding photos of Israeli children murdered by Hamas on October 7 and after. One of them, Ramez, who lost three of his own children in this war, had a message for Israeli ceasefire protesters: “We see you. We stand with you. Stop the killing.” Another said: “We grieve with every family—Jewish, Muslim, or Christian—that’s lost a child. Our pain doesn’t blind us to the pain of others.” I don’t know how widespread this is. I’m not naïve. But it happened. And that matters. Because if even a handful of Gazans living under rubble can show this kind of moral clarity and humanity, what’s the excuse of western activists? I hope we hear more voices like this. I hope they reach the people who need to hear them most. And maybe, just maybe, they can help bring our 50 hostages home, and end this war. Source: Israel’s Kan News Photo credit: עומדים ביחד

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Deer caught on cam

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my gender identity is jew if that makes sense

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Jewish man is different than goyish man and sometimes that’s the antisemitism talking, but in my experience it’s also just true. Like the majority of Jewish men aren’t invested in a specific football team and our pride isn’t tied up in our sport skills. We don’t shit on academia as an effeminate pursuit the way you see goyim do. We can be big and strong but it’s not for the sake of aesthetics. It’s because we want to be able to achieve something or we want to be healthy or we just like working out. Jewish masculinity is about internal strength, fortitude, perseverance, thinking through tough choices. I don’t really know what goyish masculinity holds besides power

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This just all kinda made sense to me as a Jewish man with a weird mixed upbringing

Like. Jewish men prioritize being scholarly or intellectual. We're pushed to study, not play sports. Strength is internal, not just physical. There's also more allowance to be artistic - think of all the Jewish composers, writers, comic book artists. There's also an emphasis on kindness - being respectful, being a mensch, doing the mitzvahs.

Goyische men are supposed to be strong and tough. Especially these days, masculinity is just... Rough and tough. You have to be physically strong. Education is for liberal city wimps. You have to dominate others. Being intelligent, being artistic, even simply being kind are seen as being feminine and weak. Heck, being an asshole is to be seen as "manly" (see the entire political zeitgeist right now).

I'm a Jewish man. I'm lawyer, I'm a musician, I'm kind. My strength and my masculinity comes from my commitment to be kind in an unkind world. To be thoughtful and artistic in a world that wants to move fast and break things.

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🌸 Pictured is the Great Synagogue of Rome, decorated with thousands of gorgeous flowers. ⁠ ⁠ The synagogue is often considered one of Europe’s most spectacular and ornate Jewish houses of worship. While Rome's Jewish community traces its origins back to Jews who fled the destruction of the First Temple, the Great Synagogue was not constructed until the early 20th century. ⁠

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Polaris, The North Star

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Aldebaran, Alpha Tauri

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This Israeli Druze kid was badly injured in the Hezbollah rocket attack in Madjal Shams which murdered 12 Druze kids, he just left the hospital after 4 months of rehabilitation.