though hope is frail, it’s hard to kill

✡︎ intersex, autistic, jewish, trying ✡︎

[archivesjewishcultureandhistory]

Isidor Kaufmann - Portrait of a Rabbi with a Prayer Shawl.

[ledecorquejadore]

Painting: Portrait of  a Rabbi with Prayer Shawl by Isidor Kaufman (collection: portraits of elderly men)

[utopians]

Has anyone else noticed that it's bad

[anshelsgendercrisis]

i really do hope someday that people look back on the constant harassment jews have been getting these past few months and go “holy shit that was fucked up, i can’t believe i participated in that.”

[ta-chazei]

Four Trees of Life for Tu BiShvat

Oak, menorah, Torah, Kentucky Coffee Tree

[distantvoices]

@inezandvinoodh on Instagram

[rainbowumbrellasblog-deactivate]

“Choosing a Jewish Life” — Anita Diamant

[mirxzii]

jewish aesthetic <3

[rwehjbsfknaernguhkesrajlg]

JEWS! LOOK:

[comepraisetheinfanta]

[beyondspock]

[delphinidin4]

His sweatshirt reads, “Pro-child, pro-family, pro-choice”. His sash says “honored guest”. His pin says, “honorary sister”.

[transmisc2]

[genderkoolaid]

yes yiddish has lots of funny curse words. but do you also see it as a real language capable of being as serious, poetic, romantic as any other language. or can you only interact with yiddish as a joke

[ofshivelight]

i love judaism. i love the jewish people. it's a love that's lived inside me, quietly, my entire life, and now i can recognize it and carry it in my heart. baruch hashem i am so grateful to have been set on this path where i belong

[mental-mona]

In Judaism joy is the supreme religious emotion. Here we are, in a world filled with beauty. Every breath we breathe is the spirit of God within us. Around us is the love that moves the sun and all the stars. We are here because someone wanted us to be. The soul that celebrates, sings.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Studies in Spirituality, p. 258

[johnthestitcher]

Another oil-burning menorah. Beautiful!

[sweatermuppet]

[melkem0t]

[daenystheedreamer]

@palominojacoby