dykes? yes please!

in love with a butch 🩷 minors and nonqueers DNI 🩷

[jhscdood]

Golem paintings!!

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

#Repost @jewitches

Tikkun Olam is more than just a social justice slogan - it is a framework for our belief in a better world.

I grew up with the kabbalistic teachings of Tikkun Olam; shells peeled away from Divine Emanations, revealed through each choice of good, of compassion, of kindness. It was applied to my young life in extremely simple ways: letting a sibling sit shotgun, opening the door for a stranger, choosing to give tzedakah with my allowance even when I wanted Shabbat treat.

But more and more I see Tikkun Olam mocked by politically conservative Jews who sneer at the radical notion of a better world through solidarity. And so, I remind you, that this is more than just a political phrase: it is a Jewish tradition that calls us back to Divinity.

[theprofessorofdesire]

Creatures from the Kennicott Bible, an illuminated manuscript copy of the Hebrew Bible, copied in A Coruña, Spain in 1476 by the calligrapher Moses ibn Zabarah and illuminated by Joseph ibn Hayyim 🔮🦇👼🏼🐉🐻🐊🐒🦚🪞

It is regarded as one of the most exquisite illuminated manuscripts in Hebrew and one of the most lavishly illuminated Sephardic manuscript of the 15th century. According to the historian Cecil Roth, one of the most outstanding aspects of this copy is the close collaboration it shows between the calligrapher and the illuminator, rare in this type of work.

In 1476, Isaac, a Jewish silversmith from Coruña, son of Salomón de Braga, commissioned an illuminated Bible from the scribe Moses ibn Zabarah who lived in Coruña with his family on behalf of his patron. He spent ten months to scribe the Bible, writing two folios on a daily basis. Illumination of the manuscript was the responsibility of Joseph ibn Hayyim, who is remembered thanks to this work.

The first documentation of the Jewish presence dates to 1375. Jewish population in A Coruña grew rapidly throughout the Late Middle Ages. It is thought that after the persecution of Jews in Castile, a large number of Jewish people took refuge in Galicia. The Jewish community in Coruña traded with Castile and Aragon, and in 1451 they contributed to the rescue of the Murcian Jews with a large sum of money, which could demonstrate the prosperity of the community.

[caribbeanangel]

Alice Smeets, The Ghetto Tarot.

[beforeviolets]

Happy Jewish American Heritage Month! ✡︎ 🪬 I made one of these a few years ago, and it was well loved, and I felt it was a good time to make another. In the past year or so I’ve watched the rapid decline of the success of openly Jewish stories and authors in the publishing world. And I understand that it’s because of the rise of Zionism, which has made people (unfortunately) more cautious and more openly hateful towards Jews, and has made Judaism less “trendy” in the market. and as an anti-Zionist Jew myself, I know it makes it all the more important to loudly love Jewish stories and voices, especially as Zionism relies so heavily on antisemitism. To create safe and loving spaces for Jews IS to combat Zionism. So here are some books by (anti-Zionist or non-Zionist) Jewish authors to loudly and proudly love this month and always. things to note: 1. Despite it being Jewish AMERICAN Heritage Month, not all of these authors are American. As a Jewish American living in the UK and seeing the treatment of Jews on both sides the pond, I’ve decided to include authors regardless of location. 2. This is NOT a complete list. I tried to prioritize books that I’ve read or come highly recommended and are on my TBR. I read primarily SFF and horror, so those genres are more represented here. There are also some authors who have to be cautious with stating their opinions publicly for personal safety reasons who I have left off here. Rest assured, I will never knowingly promote a Zionist author on my page. That being said, please leave more recommendations in the comments!!!! Or make your own post and share the love! 3. Not all of the authors have explicitly called themselves “anti-Zionist” but have at least expressed sentiments that make their stance against Zionist ideology clear and may consider themselves non-Zionist or otherwise. 4. If the author had multiple books, I chose their most Jewish one!! all of the books on the first page are explicitly Jewish fantasy, and much of the books throughout are Jewish as well.

Books listed: Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott (adult Jewish magical realism) The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez (adult Jewish fantasy) The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid (adult Jewish fantasy) From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos (YA Jewish contemporary fantasy) A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft (adult Jewish fantasy) Tale of the Flying Forest by R.M. Romero (MG Jewish fantasy)

The Cove by Claire Rose (YA Jewish horror) Sargassa by Sophie Burnham (trilogy, adult SFF) The White North Has Thy Bones by Dorian Ravenscroft (adult historical horror) When The Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb (YA historical fantasy) The Stars Undying by Emery Robin (duology, adult scifi) These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever (adult Jewish thriller)

The Phoenix Bride by Natasha Siegel (adult Jewish historical romance) Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (adult SFF) The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (adult Jewish fantasy) The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg (adult fantasy) The Seep by Chana Porter (adult sci-fi/dystopian) A Long Time Dead by Samara Breger (adult historical)

Funeral Song by Carly Racklin (adult horror) The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson (adult Jewish hist. fantasy) The Mermaid the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (duology, YA fantasy) The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros (YA Jewish horror) Higher by Roz Alexander (adult Jewish romance) A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (duology, adult SFF)

A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emyrs (adult Jewish sci-fi) Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein (adult Jewish historical) Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore (adult Jewish romance) Burning Girls and other stories by Veronica Schanoes (short story collection) Here Where We Live is Our Country by Molly Crabapple (Jewish history) For Times Such As These by Rabbi Ariana Katz and Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg (Jewish nonfic)

[thejewitches]

The ultimate necklace stack

◦ Doikayt, 14k gold vermeil ◦ Magen David Amulet Heart ◦ Catalina Necklace by Peter + June

[thejewitches]

They told you that Lilith was banished from the Garden of Eden. But they lied.

Lilith is the most controversial of all Jewish figures — and for good reason.

For six years, Jewitches has held her as a no-go topic due to the death threats and bigotry that resulted upon speaking up…but no longer.

Read the full article here.

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[sapokanikan]

kate BUSH. not kate SHAVE. something to think about..............

[syruckusnow]

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” —The Talmud

[paulinedorchester]

Specifically, Pirkei Avot 2:16.

[movietonight]

The Pitt // The Mountain Goats - Clean Slate // Pirkei Avot 2:16

[screenshotsofdespair]

[wearepaladin]

[windsroad]

Just finished a cross stitch of this!

[qaraxuanzenith]

לא עליך המלאכה לגמור ולא אתה בן חורין להבטל ממנה

[brandyfuckingrockwell]

“Be cautious with the government”

(From The Ethics of the Talmud: Sayings of the Fathers (פרקי אבות), edited by R. Travers Herford, II.3, p. 43)

[eameschairs]

—rabbi tarfon

[hermthejewishwyrm]

Op you are like an oasis in a vast desert to me. This is beautiful

[nerdyqueerandjewish]

“Mishna 12 Zug #5 Hillel says be like Aaron’s students, loving peace, and pursuing peace, loving people, and bringing them closer to the Torah.” - The Illustrated Pirkei Avot: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Ethics by Jessica Tamar Deutsch