Kat. She/her. Bisexual Polyamorous Jew. Speaks English/Russian. Antisemites be warned… I’m a scary Zionist. Cool people feel free to say hi to me or my cat Sappho
me: yeah so a few years ago someone invented infinite scrolling and really it was a terrible idea
the elf I just hooked up with, taking the lavender and honeysuckle lollipop from their mouth: An infinite scroll... most elfmaidens learn to enchant a scroll to never end before they're a mere 300 years old. It saves on paper.
me: oh see that's just writing, with social media it's really bad, it just leads to people doomscrolling all day
the elf I just hooked up with, spluttering and panicked: The Doomscroll! Be silent human, thou shoulds't not speak the name of that fell parchment
we’re banning use of the phrase judeo-christian. there truly is no such thing. what people mean is christian interpretation of the old testament and all the ideas and ‘values’ they pushed onto the world for 2 millennia and they’re too lazy to distinguish that from the fundamentally different ethno-religious group christians took the book from in the first place
i love you lesbian zionists. i love you gay zionists. i love you bisexual zionists. i love you trans zionists. i love you nonbinary zionists. i love you queer zionists. i love you questioning zionists. i love you intersex zionists. i love you asexual zionists. i love you aromantic zionists. i love you polyamorous zionists. i love you LGBTQIA+ jewish zionists who aren't safe in "progressive" spaces. i love you LGBTQIA+ non-jewish zionists who stand by our sides. i love you LGBTQIA+ zionists who can't celebrate pride freely.
right after the tree of life shooting i was telling a friend that jews are kind of always waiting for the other shoe to drop, and they were so shocked to hear this. wishing all goyim a very Stop being shocked about this today
“I have gone through the worst thing," said Sheina Gutnick. "So, I have become stronger, wanting to spread the message that no matter what h
Why the fight against anti-Semitism matters for every Australian.
I grew up in Sydney. Like so many Australian children, I remember singing songs about our beautiful country in kindergarten. Some of my most cherished early memories are long summer afternoons with family and friends on the Bondi shore.
I grew up in Sydney. Like so many Australian children, I remember singing songs about our beautiful country in kindergarten. Some of my most cherished early memories are long summer afternoons with family and friends on the Bondi shore.
Bondi was not just a destination. It was childhood. It was family. It was freedom. It was Australia.
Almost every day, I catch myself hoping it has all been a terrible mistake. That I will wake and discover none of it was real. That my father will walk through the door and everything will go back to how it was.
But it won't.
My father, Reuven Morrison, came to Australia from the former USSR, where Jewish life was suppressed and hidden. Australia was something entirely different: a land where you could live openly and proudly as a Jew.
He loved this country. He loved Australian mateship. He loved the way people looked out for one another. He loved the belief that wherever you came from, you could build a life here and belong.
To have his life taken while he celebrated his heritage at Bondi is a wound our family will carry forever. But the Bondi massacre did not take one life. It took 15.
Fifteen Australians who woke expecting an ordinary day. Fifteen people with families waiting for them to come home. Fifteen people with plans, dreams, responsibilities and futures.
When we speak about Bondi, I hope we never reduce it to headlines, statistics or political talking points. For the families of the victims, Bondi was not a news story. It was the moment life split into before and after.
One of the reasons the "One Mitzvah for Bondi" campaign has moved me is that it recognises something we too easily forget: our loved ones should be remembered not only for how they died, but for how they lived.
When Australians perform an act of kindness in their memory, they do more than honour the people we lost. They ensure that hatred does not have the final word.
The word mitzvah is often translated as "good deed." It means more than that. Mitzvah means connection.
When we do something good for another person, we create a bond between ourselves and someone else. We step outside our own needs and become part of something bigger.
Perhaps that is the lesson our society needs most. We live in an age that tells us to look inward, to chase what feels good, to seek the quick reward.
Yet the deepest meaning we ever find comes from the opposite direction. It comes from caring for others, from building families, communities and a society where people feel seen, valued and safe.
My father understood that. All his life he looked for ways to help others, whether family, friends or complete strangers. He wanted to leave every situation better than he found it.
In his final moments, that instinct did not leave him. When terror arrived at Bondi, he did not think of himself. He tried to save the people around him. That is who he was.
It is also who so many Australians are. There are many lessons to take from Bondi. One stands above the rest. We need each other.
Australia has always been made up of people from different cultures, faiths and perspectives. That diversity is not a weakness. It is one of our greatest strengths. We do not have to agree on everything. We do have to remember that we share this country.
I believed Bondi would be a turning point. That, after seeing the consequences of unchecked hatred, we would say together: enough.
The answer is not more division. The answer is choosing each other. Conversation over condemnation. Curiosity over assumption. Humanity over ideology.
That is the work I now share with the Combat Antisemitism Movement, alongside Australians of every background. Our focus is fighting anti-Semitism, but the larger aim is a society where every person can live as who they are, without fear.
I believed Bondi would be a turning point. That, after seeing the consequences of unchecked hatred, we would say together: enough. Yet half a year on, polarisation is only growing.
The greatest tribute we can offer the victims of Bondi is not only to remember them. It is to build the country they deserved to grow old in. A country where difference is not punished. Where communities stand beside one another. Where hatred is confronted before it becomes violence.
Despite everything, I still believe in that Australia. The Australia of neighbours helping neighbours. The Australia of mateship. The Australia that refuses to let hatred define who we are.
On the one hand obviously I support Israel's right to exist. But on the other hand I kind of feel gross even stating that because like...of COURSE. No one talks about other countries' right to exist. Why in 2026 are we discussing whether Jews have the right to exist?! It's disgusting.
I could not agree more. The fact that it is even up for debate is nauseating.
So, here's a question for any rabbis or religious scholars that's obviously of utmost importance:
Could a pokemon be a member of a minyan?
According to Yeshiva, a deaf or mute person can be a member of a minyan, so the fact that most pokemon can't speak is irrelevant. There are numerous pokemon that display human level intelligence (or higher) throughout the series. Alakazam has an IQ of 5000 and perfect recall, Slowking has an intelligence "comparable to that of internationally recognized scientists", Metagross is a smart as a supercomputer, so at least some pokemon should have the intelligence and understanding needed to comprehend and participate in Jewish traditions (and if we take Mystery Dungeon and Pokopia as canon, all pokemon have a human level of intelligence). We'll assume they're all at least level 13 and properly instructed.
As a follow up, if a pokemon could be a member of a minyan, we also have to consider that several species consist of more than one individual. The aforementioned Metagross is a total of four beldums fused together, so would it count as four people for the purpose of a minyan? Or just one?
I think that they couldnt be part of a minyan simply because they are not jewish and also not human.
there would be the same question about, say, a robot being part of a minyan. Presumably, the robot could understand the significance of what was happening, but it still would be able to complete the ten
Neither robots nor Pokémon have souls, and, as such, cannot be considered part of a minyan
regarding Pokémon that are made up of more than one individual, if they *could* be counted in a minyan, I think that as with did/osdd systems, halachically they would be counted as one person
#we know they don’t have souls because they can be revived after dying#humans don’t work that way
But they don't die,the faint. Completely different, and humans can be revived after fainting as well.
Since you mentioned a robot, there is a question on whether a Golem can join a Minyan. In the end the answer is no, IIRC. I would say the same likely holds for Pokémon, especially considering that, like prev said, they're not Jewish.
Women who you don't like, or you don't politically align with, or who are horrible people, still have the right to see their rapists and abusers face justice and to have their voices heard.
I would very much appreciate it if people could stop derailing this post actually.
Yes, women are not the only people who are raped. Yes, all survivors have the right to justice.
This specific post is specifically about women as misogyny and suspicion of women who step out of line is a huge factor in how victims are seen as the “right” kind of victim to empathise with.
the funny thing is. I originally typed out "fifth rule of fandom is everything goes back to gilgamesh & enkidu" but then I thought 'no, I can't trust that people will be familiar with the epic of gilgamesh'
can we bring back the term "fair-weather friend" bc I feel like if fair-weather friends got called that more this whole argument about whether or not you should be there for your friends when it's inconvenient/at what point of personal inconvenience it's ok to bail on your friends would kinda fall apart bc like. we literally have a word for "friend who's only there when you don't need something from them" because the baseline expectation is that a friend should be there even when it sucks. like we used to make fun of people for bailing on their friends.
Polyamory is safe for work. Polyamory is safe for kids. Polyamory is safe for day time tv. Polyamory isn’t more sexual than any other relationship and it can be just as romantic, sweet, and healthy.
terrifying when you watch a movie or a show or whatever & youre like that was fun but it felt a little redundant they didnt need to hammer the point home that much & then you go online & theres thousands of people going that was so weird i did not get it what did that mean google.com ending explained please?
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