a list of don'ts for goyim in regard to jews and jewishness
do not ever ever compare jews or a jewish person to vermin. i don’t care what the context is. it is an incredibly historically loaded thing
do not under any circumstances alter our magen david or call it something dirty or awful. it is a symbol of all jews, and if you call it something like “satanic”, you are hurting all jews
do not insert israel or palestine in conversations about jewishness or jews when it has nothing to do with either subject
do not blame the actions of israel on world jewry
do not think knowing a jew gives you authority on anything. having a jewish SO or friend gives you authority on nothing
do not think that your country does not have an antisemitism problem.
do not think that antisemitism is isolated to one region or one people
do not think that antisemitism today is harmless or dead or a “political tool”
do not ever source nazi/neonazi material for any of your social justice work. i don’t care how “spot on they are for this one issue”, if you do that, you are trash and your social activism is trash too.
do not celebrate our holidays because you think it would be a fun thing to do. would you think it’s fun or interesting to walk into a synagogue surrounded by cops on yom kippur, weak from fasting, knowing that your chances of experiencing violence on this holy day have increased a hundredfold because of your jewishness?
do not respond to accusations of antisemitism with “i bet you’re a zionist”.
do not ever speak over a jew on jewish identity.
do not erase or ignore our suffering
do not call our genocide a white people’s genocide
do not use our genocide against us. genocide is never a lesson for the victim
do not forget the various genocides and suffering of jews outside of europe and the holocaust.
do not forget that we are as subject to various -isms as gentiles. your social activism is not intersectional if you forget jews.
do not forget the jewish history of various social movements
do not forget that we are a varied people—jews are never a monolith.
