i barely use this site

fag punk jew. return my family

[kittenwithabass]

im Jewish!!! not very observant or at all religious but like. its complicated ok. I'm zionist as in I think Jews have the right to a safe home in eretz yisrael. We deserve an outcome where we can live in peace together 🇮🇱🤝🇵🇸

i listen to punk and emo music and dress a mix of that. i dont call myself any one label tho

my biggest interests are nature oriented; conservation, permaculture, solarpunk, etc. im studying biology/chemistry at uni

i speak some portuguese and im learning yiddish and pt-br

[magnetothemagnificent]

I'm gonna say something which might be controversial, but it needs to be said:

The tendency in *some* spheres of Orthodox Judaism to venerate figures in Tanakh and Chazal, the Geonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim (as well as more modern Rabbis) and to treat every anecdote and statement they ever made as Halacha and as something good, and to accuse anyone who tries to humanize them and point out their character flaws or statements they made that are factually wrong, of heresy.....that tendency borders on uplifting human beings to godhood which is tantamount to Avodah Zara. *Especially* post-Tanakh figures in a post-Neviim world.

You can't go around treating the Rabbis like they were omniscient and all-knowing. They were incredibly intelligent and skilled people but they were still people, and sometimes they did or said things that were outright stupid or wrong. And that's okay! Because a Rabbi in Talmudic times saying something factually wrong about astronomy or goats or women doesn't negate their expertise in other realms of Halacha, just like some Nobel Prize winning physicist shouldn't be taken as an expert on botany or psychology or anything outside of their realm of expertise, and it doesn't negate their intelligence or accomplishments to say that. I say this as someone who grew up Orthodox and still considers himself Orthodox. I am a Rabbinic Jew. Rabbinic Judaism is what allowed us to survive as a people in a post-Temple world. I love Rabbinic Judaism!

The Rabbis who made Rabbinic Judaism happen were incredibly knowledgeable about many things, but they were still people, and they still got things wrong. I'm not even talking about things relating to morality or social attitudes (such as racial and gender relations), I'm talking about verifiably untrue statements about anatomy or biology or geology or astronomy. And I think when we encounter these Rabbis's false statements, it's extremely unhelpful to either pretend they didn't say them, or to try and rationalize them in a stream of apologetics. Sometimes people are just wrong. It's okay. It doesn't change their contributions to Halacha and to Judaism as a whole, it doesn't mean we should throw out everything they've ever said, but it's actually quite possible for someone to either repeat the false science of their time or to just make an ignorant statement that comes from a lack of experience in whatever subject they're discussing. I think it's theologically dangerous to accuse people of heresy when they point out that the Rabbis weren't perfect. I think it's theologically dangerous to act like the Rabbis were infallible- that's how we get messianic cults.

[kittyoverlord]

Relatedly (hopefully not derailing), this is my main issue with people who hold by "all the patriarchs followed all the mitzvot."

Like, I for one find the most value in the stories where our ancestors are imperfect. Those are the stories that teach us not only how to act, but that even the best among us can make mistakes. Erasing all of that because we want Abraham et al to be the most perfect humans who ever lived does us no good.

[magnetothemagnificent]

Yep! I agree!

[rebecca-liz]

Hey, Jews! Everybody wants to kill us but they failed. The two men stabbed in London are recovering (one is awake and doing well, the other is stable and slowly improving).

What's a mitzvah you do on the regular that you're a little bit proud of?

Mine is that I go out of my way to be kind to converts.

[figjewton]

I like to fulfill as many as I can in a day, like a collection game.

[kittenwithabass]

i dont like heated rivalry enough to write a fic (i only watched it once but i see many posts on tumblr about it) but i love the idea of ilya being jewish,,,,, like having ANOTHER reason to flee russia and also his mothers necklace: could either stay the same and she wore a cross to pretend to be christian, or it could be a magen david or chai. i dont care enough to actually write this (also its a big fandom so i would get a lot of hate) but i am working on a fic for a comic where my favourite character is actually jewish (he is "the author said hes jewish bc she wanted him to be circumcised" jewish.......) and i like how the only thing to inspire me enough to actually write is judaism

[theblxefox]

The pitt fandom stop being antisemitic challenge

[jewish-vents]

I have this problem where I want to vent abt my experience being interfaith, but gentiles don't get it and I also..think most Jews w 2 Jewish parents wont either. Talking about this to my family, even my own (Jewish) mom, is loaded bc I don't want to be a cause of a fight. I also hate that my situation could be used to make a case for or against intermarriage (ie im paranoid about my experiences being tolkeinized) Also, im glad a lot of communities have softened up about intermarriage, but I dont know if people are really always able to actually discuss it with nuance. Its true that a Jew marrying a goy doesn't automatically mean they're trying to reject or escape their Jewishness, but unfortunately, sometimes it does. Also, I can only speak for myself, but I have very mixed feelings about interfaith marrige. It can 100% work, but also, it gave me a very specific set of traumas. I heard very antisemitic things from close gentile family members at a young age. I was raised Catholic. I understand why my parents did that & don't blame them, but it was bad for me. I appreciate how being exposed to multiple different cultures ( dads parents were immigrants) and perspectives shaped me as a person, but my particular situation exposed me to a fair bit of antisemitism and gave me a weird complex about my identity/imposter syndrome. AND I have a dad who not a month ago said in earnest "Christians were never bad to Jews"(insane and he should know better considering there was a point of time when there were 0 Jews in my grandparents' country and there are still very few) which he backtracked to "well not as bad as Muslims" (not really accurate when you consider the whole of Jewish history and not just post wwII/ shoah era...even then there were pograms against survivors...u all know what i mean) when my mom and I did a double take at wtf he just said.Like I love him cause hes my dad and mostly means well but....intent does not erase impact.

The older I get the more I think I probably shouldn't marry a gentile.

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[jewish-joy]

I volunteer at an elementary school through a school club. For the end of year party, I was discussing the logistics with the organization's president when she broke the news that there'd be no pizza.

"Aw, shucks!" Was my response. "You couldn't order it from a school approved vendor? Even with our funds?

"Basically," she groaned. "The usual place isn't open that day and I wasn't going to order from the other one."

"What was the other one?" I asked.

"It's" she wrinkled her face and whispered. "A kosher pizzeria."

I waited for the follow up. It didn't come. I repeated her words. "because it's kosher ? "

"Yeah." She sighed. "I just can't endorse that. With global politics."

"You can't endorse a local restaurant so you're not getting pizza for 8 year olds?"

"Yeah. And I bet that their stuff isn't that good -"

"Actually," I interrupted. "That place is fantastic. I love their pizza."

I couldn't tell you her response because I walked away from that conversation. But I am still reeling. This is just the many ways antisemitism shows up and we are all lesser for it.

[narcolepticgnome]

[alabastermask]

say what you will about non jews doing absolutely no research before writing about jewish characters, but sometimes it leads to absolute gems

[alabastermask]

hey sweetie i made dinner :) we will be having cracker

[achromic-red-dreams-doze-angrily]

How often do you remove your Magen David

never/only if I absolutely have to (eg MRI machine)

a few times a year

a few times a month

a few times a week

daily

more than once a day (????)

don't wear one

Voting ended onApr 1

Saw someone say they forgot to wear their Magen David one day, which is absolutely wild to me as someone who lives in the Never camp. The last time I took off my star was 2022 because of a medical scan, and before that was 2019 because the clasp broke.

[magical-girl-coral]

So here's a fun fact about Hebrew: Ha-Shem, which literally translates to "the name", is how we reference our god. Ha-Ashem translates to "the accused/guilty one", and it can be easy to accidentally say hear that instead of the former. Especially if you have audio processing disorder.

Fun fact about me: when I was a kid, I constantly misread Ha-Shem as Ha-Ashem for years and only recently did I find out I was wrong the entire time. Which means since I was six I thought that every time someone talked about our god, they were basically pointing a finger at the sky and going "THIS MOTHERFUCKER". I don't know if I should laugh or cry.

[if-i-am-not-for-me]

Is... is that not accurate, though?

[h4ganah]

[2peachy]

[taibhsearachd]

I'm at the Israeli rave! I'm at the bomb shelter! I'm at the combination Israeli rave and bomb shelter!

[ruffboi-mags]

[the-beard-of-edward-teach]

Hawaiʻi is currently in the midst of a natural disaster if you didnt know

Apparently there isn’t much news coverage of this outside of the islands

Towns are flooded, homes destroyed and collapsed, roads collapsed, lives at risk, gas leaks from the flood damage

Haleiwa and Waialua are currently evacuated because the 120 year old dam is at risk of bursting

Mind you that damn is owned by Dole. Theyve known about it needing to be fixed for years and years and years. Despite having more than enough money they refuse

The state has been trying to buy it out from them for years so they can fix it, but the sale hasn’t gone through

Keep in mind that the Dole family were the ones who illegally imprisoned Queen Liliuʻokalani and illegally overthrew the monarchy.

If I see another goddamn person say how sad this is for the tourists whose “trips were ruined” and compare a messed up vacation to people losing their homes, belongings, and livelihoods, I’m going to lose my mind

I am so lucky that my family or friend’s are safe and the few whose houses flooded didnt have it too bad, but so so so many were not as fortunate

If you haven’t heard anything about this until now, I suggest looking into it

The sirens didn’t go off until the flood had been going on for hours. Our state government is spending so much money on a fucking monorail we don’t need rather than fixing the infrastructure.

It’s been the locals and Kanaka doing the most to help get people to safety from the start

I don’t really know how to end this

I just need to know people are aware

I need to know people are seeing whats happening

[elodieunderglass]

Thousands evacuated as Hawaii faces worst flooding in 20 years

"Don't take this storm lightly," Hawaii Governor Josh Green warned on Saturday, as more rain is expected on Oahu and Maui.

[askjumblr]

I was listening to Christmas music (I'm not Jewish, obviously) and in the song "The First Noel" there is the line "born is the king of Israel", referring to Jesus of course. It got me wondering, on a scale of "just a bit of Christian nonsense. No big deal." to "It's actually super offensive but just something we have to put up with or ignore", how do Jewish people feel about Jesus being referred to as "king of Israel"?

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[the-library-alcove]

Poorly. At best.

[blunderpuff]

[vaspider]

[disfiguredgrace]

I LITERALLY CAME UP WITH THISS THIS WAS MY IDEA WQHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKK. okay not exactly but still. i still have the idea hold on

[mascula-sappho]

love being blocked by pokemon plushie blogs because I'm an evil Jew. anyway jumblr what is your favorite pokemon mine is chimecho

[cardamom-or-mon-or-mum]

Pidgey and all their evolutions!

[infiniteglitterfall]

horsea 😍

purely because I'm a total seahorse dad and when we got our first ultrasound of the now-8-year-old, I covered the tiny fetus bean with a tiny horsea before I posted it anywhere.

[obsessions-haver]

LOTAD!! LOVE HIMS BIG STUPID FACE

[kittenwithabass]

why is pesach so ssoon i need to CLEAN my room is full of BREAD