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oli/tirtsah תרצה, any pronouns, 19. canadian reform-aligned jew. giyur: 8 kislev 5780. main blog @owlbutch.

[pressxtodaven]

since i’m done my conversion and have mostly been chilling, jew-wise, i think i’m gonna move my jblogging onto my main and keep this up mostly as an archive. thank you all for the love, info, and support; and please catch up with me @owlbutch <3

[violenceenthusiast]

love that the conversion process in judaism starts with you saying you want to convert and the rabbi going “damn fr? :/“

[yidmemes]

good morning to jewish headband-wearers, self-hating artscroll users, jewish girls who dress like they're in seminary but aren't, people who think it's ridiculous that pants aren't considered tzniut for women, lashon hara speakers in denial, people who forget to say a bracha achrona after eating a snack, jewish gays who wish they had a chavruta to be homoerotic with, and everyone who's accidentally sent a text that says "pikachu nefesh"

[daughterofisrael]

[gustavothomas-deactivated201812]

Nidje Israel Synagogue -Detail of the Painted Ceiling- (Mexico City. Gustavo Thomas © 2014) on Flickr.

[theghostiedyke]

[bluebeardsbride-deactivated2021]

“The terms “Judeo-Christian tradition” and “Judeo-Christian morality” are wrong and misleading. They are a slap in the face of all the great Jewish teachers throughout history, whose responses to today’s moral questions would in no way resemble those of the Vatican or of the Christian Right, and whose attitudes toward sin, physical pleasure, human dignity, and the earth differ vastly from those of Christianity. The Christian faith is entitled to its doctrines and world outlook, but it is not entitled to its claim of kinship with Judaism, neither theologically nor cosmologically. At least during its centuries of barbarism and savagery against Jews and other non-Christians, Christianity was authentic enough not to associate its theology with that of Judaism. In our current age of openness and ecumenism, it ought to remain at least as authentic and not attempt to heal it’s wrongs against Jewdom by claiming retroactive fellowship with Judaic theology and cosmology. This is only a further wronging of the Jewish heritage and its way of life by a religion that has already wronged it enough.”

— Rabbi Gershon Winkler, The Way of the Boundary Crosser: An Introduction to Jewish Flexidoxy

[newtgeiszler]

december 1st! the first day of

not drawing jewish characters in christmas sweaters and honoring canon jewish characters and jewish headcanons by drawing them in hannukah sweaters with menorahs and blue and white instead of christmas sweaters and pine trees and red and green

[koshercosplay]

that would be a great step, but that’s also still very much inspired by christmas, because the whole “chanukah sweater” thing is just catering to christmas norms.

want some ideas for how to draw or write jewish characters doing something warm, fuzzy, cute, and holiday themed, without anything christmas-y?

- character(s) playing dreidel: laughing, pointing fingers, menorah in the background, donuts on the table, music playing, coins clinking on the table, everyone staring in concentration as the dreidel spins, someone is attempting sabotage, pausing for latkes, shaking the table to get it to fall on someone else’s turn

- eating chocolate coins (called gelt): they’re melting too fast and getting all over their hands or mouths, milk chocolate vs dark chocolate, trading coins of different types and sizes, if it’s ship art then one can be teasing the other about it, kissing the chocolate at the edge of the other’s mouth

- making/eating latkes: standing over a hot stove together, sizzling oil, hugs from behind while one character makes them, fighting over the spatula for who gets to flip them, flipping one too high, biting into a latke together, peeling potatoes, juggling potatoes

- lighting the menorah: holding the shamash together while lighting it, hugs from behind while looking at the menorah, saying the brachah aloud, singing maoz tzur, playing instruments, just sitting next to the candles and watching them burn, silhouettes in front of the menorah, holding hands

- opening presents: standing next to the menorah or sitting on the floor in front of it, laughing, ripping paper, excitement, things flying in the air, can be emotional meaningful gifts or funny humorous ones

there are so many great concepts for drawing (and writing!) jewish characters over the holidays, and most of them haven’t even been done before so no excuses!

[b1rdonawire]

wait not the gematria for 5780 being “stay at home” and 5781 being “change”….. maybe everything will be okay

[pressxtodaven]

hi, radfems! fancy meeting you here! i fall under the trans umbrella and will always defend my trans siblings. don’t touch my posts and get the fuck off this blog. it’s not for you.

[beguines]

Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism and falsehood. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement, seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

“In choosing your god, you choose your way of looking at the universe. There are plenty of Gods. Choose yours. The god you worship is the god you deserve.”

— Joseph Campbell, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living, ed. Diane K. Osbon (HarperPerennial, 1991)(via ymirshvolpur)

[glassheartedboy]

Origin Stories

“So where are you from?”

May I answer a question with a question?

What is it to have a homeland that does not bite?

I have felt as unmoored in Jerusalem as in New York, my father’s birthplace is bitter cold to the touch, my grandmother is from a country that is no longer on the map.

We are believers, the children of believers

We are refugees, the children of refugees

Our feet hit the ground running

Even now the urge to flee crackles in my [soul/soles], electric

Perhaps you can answer me

What is it to have safety in physical space? Home on solid ground?

@glassheartedboy

[dumpsterprophet]

*has a gay little theology question that angers the pastor*

[haileyastraea]

*has a gay little theology question that interests and pleases the rabbi*

[dumpsterprophet]

This is not the first time I've gotten this exact comment about a rabbi liking the gay questions and let me say how does it feel to have religious leaders this cool

[jewishaesthetics]

[sopherzzzz]

Tiktok has some quality content

[stupidjewishwhiteboy]

I love it

[sobbingoverthechallah]

this is some beautiful content

[kafk-a]

“Inside the brand-new museum there’s an old synagogue. inside the synagogue is me. Inside me my heart. Inside my heart a museum. Inside the museum a synagogue, inside it me, inside me my heart, inside my heart a museum”

— Poem Without an End, Yehuda Amichai