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[iswearbyalltheflowers]

[thatoneautisticfnaffan]

Why do Superman fans refuse to acknowledge that he’s coded as a Jewish immigrant? You can’t (correctly) point out the uncomfortable pro-assimilation undertones in Superman 2025 combined with the vilification of his biological parents and then not name the group of people he’s supposed to represent. You can’t do the anti-racism when you don’t take into account the obvious Jewish coding.

[eesirachs]

I'm reading the bible for the first time and the song of songs has me baffled, why is it part of the bible?

because love is holy

[fruitlicense]

something my rabbi has said a few times that I find super fascinating is that one way to read the relationship between the Jewish people and Hashem is as a relationship between lovers (kind of along the same lines as how on Shabbat we frame Shabbat as a bride and the Jewish people collectively as the groom).

other groups of people have relationships with Hashem, but the relationship between Jews and Hashem is unique and is one we and Hashem both chose

one reason that we actively choose to follow the commandments in the Torah is because we're aligning our interests with Hashem's, and sometimes that means doing things that look irrational to people outside the relationship but that make sense to us

sometimes a relationship between lovers is erotic! in that light it makes complete sense to include the Shir Hashirim in the Tanakh

take this with a slight grain of salt because I'm paraphrasing verbal conversations that I had probably a few weeks ago, but regardless of this post's exact accuracy the idea is really fun to throw back and forth with a rabbi!

[ignorethisatyourperil]

[cottoncandytrafficcones]

People like to portray Judaism as a "European" religion so here's all the love to the non-European Sephardic (Turkish, Latin American, North African, Middle Eastern, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.), Mizrahim (Egyptian, Lebanese, Syrian, etc.), Teimanim, Maghrebim (Moroccan, Tunisian, Libyan, etc.), Beta Israel, Indian Jews (Cochin, Bene Menashe, Bene Israel, Paradesi, etc.), Jews of China (Kaifeng, Ningbo), Latino Jews, converts, Persians, Bukharians, Mountain Jews, and more.

Also f u you here's love to the Ashkenazim and the Krymchaks and the Georgian Jews and the Sephardim who settled in European lands after the expulsion and Italkim and more.

[1americanconservative]

[monochromaticchime]

I can’t say I’m comfortable with the idea that women need to cover up completely to avoid tempting men and I doubt everyone who wears a niqab or burqa does so by choice. Nonetheless I don’t think I can support such an attack on freedom of expression.

[theres-a-hole-in-my-wall]

yeah, these types of bans only go after religions that aren't Christianity. And it starts with a burqa, then hijab, then any Muslim headcovering... basically its a pipeline we should not be going down,, and forcing someone to do something against their will is already in most cases a crime (or misdemeanour)

[alexseanchai]

in case anyone accustomed to showing more of their own skin isn't clear on how it feels to the population most affected here, imagine if you were only allowed to wear crop tops and booty shorts, for fear of being fined a couple months of household income

and regardless of whether that's practical attire for the weather or for your usual activities, never mind how comfortable you might feel in a crop top and booty shorts if you still had the option of jeans and T-shirt or a slacks-shirt-jacket ensemble

and yes, "you" here means every single person reading this! not just those of you assuming you've been assigned the gender that would still get to dress however pleases you! and yes, you can safely assume that this would mean people you don't want leering at you would absolutely be leering at you!

[maimonideznuts]

I make a big point of the importance of community solidarity between Jews of different philosophies and theological branches within the tribe... But I have to admit that I will absolutely go for the jugular at the mention of the words "teacup mikveh" or "kohenet movement"(<-actually a neo-pagan movement in Jew cosplay).

The Kohenet Movement try to hoodwink well meaning Jews who don't know better by using the language of Women's liberation and Queer liberation, but under a thin Jewish aesthetic it's literally paganism with prayers to Lilith and Asherah... And more. Teacup Mikveh is literally from the Kohenet "Queer Mikveh Project".

I have two modes

Messianics are literally just Christians playing pretend. Messianics and Kohenet can't be a branch of the tribe, they're their own thing invented from the ground up.

[maimonideznuts]

Per the question in the replies: "I thought the teacup mikveh was JVP shenanigans?"

It absolutely is JVP bullshit, that they got from people in the Kohenet Movement. JVP got it from the Queer Mikveh Project. Rebekah Erev, a self described Kohenet Hebrew Priestexx and one of the originators of the Queer Mikveh Project is an Organiser for JVP.

About Rebekah — Rebekah Erev Studio

Unsurprisingly JVP and the Kohenet Movement are more than casually acquainted.

So yes... JVP are promoting the work of a pagan group as Jewish practice to gullible fools.

[maimonideznuts]

As was pointed out in the tags, Rebekah Erev and JVP would have people believe that you eating a pickle is itself a kind of Mikveh. Fermenting food is pretty much the furthest water can get from being Mikveh compliant.

Sound Mikveh is also a WTF... Chanting in a circle according to JVP is apparently also a Mikveh, no water needed. I imagine JVP nidah is you just go to your monthly circle of cultists with kazoos.

JVP and Kohenet are deeply unserious people, it would all be funny if they weren't so dangerous.

[penrosesun]

Also like. Kohenet is a cult with a known sexual misconduct problem. I actually don’t give a shit if they were founded by a Jew, given that, and neither should you. “Diversity win – this high control group which likes to brush the sexual misconduct of its leaders under the rug was founded by a queer Jewish woman!” Cool nobody cares. That shouldn’t matter. It’s actually disturbing as fuck if you think that the founder’s personal identity justifies any of that. Even if Kohenet was authentic to Judaism – which it isn’t! – you still should not be platforming them. Like come the fuck on.

[yehi-or]

can you please provide some sources for the allegations of sexual misconduct in kohenet?

[yehi-or]

@penrosesun can't reply so @'ing here, thank you for getting back to me!!!! yeah, i saw the email, it was.... well, weird at best (link for anyone curious). i'll have to take you at your word, but being blocked for asking questions about it is enough to make me very suspicious; i really hope whoever reported her is okay.

and yeah from what i've seen of kohenet i thought they absolutely give off high control group/cult vibes too, they seem to piggyback off of the goddess hypothesis which is a huge red flag already. my opinion on them really soured after i looked more into their stuff and realized it was deeply historically inaccurate and disconnected from the rest of judaism.

[maimonideznuts]

I make a big point of the importance of community solidarity between Jews of different philosophies and theological branches within the tribe... But I have to admit that I will absolutely go for the jugular at the mention of the words "teacup mikveh" or "kohenet movement"(<-actually a neo-pagan movement in Jew cosplay).

The Kohenet Movement try to hoodwink well meaning Jews who don't know better by using the language of Women's liberation and Queer liberation, but under a thin Jewish aesthetic it's literally paganism with prayers to Lilith and Asherah... And more. Teacup Mikveh is literally from the Kohenet "Queer Mikveh Project".

I have two modes

Messianics are literally just Christians playing pretend. Messianics and Kohenet can't be a branch of the tribe, they're their own thing invented from the ground up.

[maimonideznuts]

Per the question in the replies: "I thought the teacup mikveh was JVP shenanigans?"

It absolutely is JVP bullshit, that they got from people in the Kohenet Movement. JVP got it from the Queer Mikveh Project. Rebekah Erev, a self described Kohenet Hebrew Priestexx and one of the originators of the Queer Mikveh Project is an Organiser for JVP.

About Rebekah — Rebekah Erev Studio

Unsurprisingly JVP and the Kohenet Movement are more than casually acquainted.

So yes... JVP are promoting the work of a pagan group as Jewish practice to gullible fools.

[maimonideznuts]

As was pointed out in the tags, Rebekah Erev and JVP would have people believe that you eating a pickle is itself a kind of Mikveh. Fermenting food is pretty much the furthest water can get from being Mikveh compliant.

Sound Mikveh is also a WTF... Chanting in a circle according to JVP is apparently also a Mikveh, no water needed. I imagine JVP nidah is you just go to your monthly circle of cultists with kazoos.

JVP and Kohenet are deeply unserious people, it would all be funny if they weren't so dangerous.

[penrosesun]

Also like. Kohenet is a cult with a known sexual misconduct problem. I actually don’t give a shit if they were founded by a Jew, given that, and neither should you. “Diversity win – this high control group which likes to brush the sexual misconduct of its leaders under the rug was founded by a queer Jewish woman!” Cool nobody cares. That shouldn’t matter. It’s actually disturbing as fuck if you think that the founder’s personal identity justifies any of that. Even if Kohenet was authentic to Judaism – which it isn’t! – you still should not be platforming them. Like come the fuck on.

[yehi-or]

can you please provide some sources for the allegations of sexual misconduct in kohenet?

[meowzel-tov]

My #jewish hot take (saying this because this is about the recent issues people have with the jewish-hot-takes blog) is a lot of y'all think race is white/non-white with no further discussion and that's just not how it works! It is an incredibly nuanced discussion! ESPECIALLY when we are talking about jews with more proximity to whiteness. Yes, you are more privileged the closer you are to whiteness no matter what.

That is why the word colorism exists. Why the word texturism and featurism exists. YES, jews of all types can be racialized! But some of you have got to take a step back, calm your nervous system, and realize you are having a kneejerk response to a complex, nuanced discussion around oppression because your brain accidentally pattern-matched it with people denying your experiences with racialization.

WE GET IT, I PROMISE you! People invalidate people's experiences when they quite literally are not black and white. But your inability to see clearly is harming genuine conversations, and harming other jews.

Nonblack jews will be privileged by not being black, lighter skinned jews will be privileged for their lighter skins, jews with less racialized features will be privileged because they will face less featurism, etc etc etc... This does not mean you face nothing, it means we are ready to have a complex discussion. Please let us.

Peace and love<3

[greco-roman-jewess]

Little girl 1: The bucket is made of plastic and sand is made of Hashem

Little girl 2: yes it’s made of rocks but the rocks are made of Hashem. everything is made of Hashem because Hashem is in everything.

Little girl 3: even things no one’s ever heard of.

Man, I love Jewish preschoolers

[king-shit-thembo]

in the same vein of "You have to love Jews more than you hate Nazis" to my fellow Yids: we have to love being Jewish more than we hate antisemites.

I know we all know this, but it helps to hear sometimes.

I love being a Jew. I love that I look forward to Shabbat services. I love that I'm looking forward to the High Holidays, I love that I've been tapped to do the aliyah for the Rosh Hashanah Torah chanting, I love that I successfully wrote my own name in Hebrew, at 32 years old, for the first time this past week, I love learning and growing and connecting and continuously rolling up my sleeves to enthusiastically wrestle with my identity with love and compassion and excitement.

I love being a Jew and I hope you do too.

[jewish-hot-takes]

Hey, OG mod here, if you don't like the blog you can just. Block us. And blocking means not making threads about how we are secretly evil antisemites and not even jewish because we posted an ask you didn't agree with or thought was bait (which, yea, that can happen but with so many submissions its easy to miss stuff. especially with several people all trying to run a tumblr blog in their free time.)

Like... y'all know you don't have to be an asshole, right?

[tzelofachad]

OH MY HEAVENS I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS

If tumblr blog Jewish-hot-takes has 200 defenders I am one

if tumblr blog Jewish-hot-takes has 10 defenders I am one

if tumblr blog Jewish-hot-takes has 1 defenders I am him

if tumblr blog Jewish-hot-takes has no defenders sit shiva for me

if the world is against tumblr blog Jewish-hot-takes, I am against the world

[jewish-hot-takes]

<3

[jewish-hot-takes]

The process over the last century whereby glatt meat has gone from being a chumra to the default/only available form of kosher meat has done significant damage to the availability/affordability of kosher meat and thus has most likely resulted in fewer Jews keeping kosher.

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[jewish-hot-takes]

All forms of getting nutrients should be forbidden on a fast day (unless they medically can't fast) so there shouldn't be a loophole for what counts as officially eating. IVs and suppositories should not be allowed and should be considered breaking your fast.

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[jewishgay4il]

i don't think people who are getting ivs are taking abt fasting

like presumably if they need an iv they are able to not fast

[yehi-or]

yeah pretty much; in particular, a suppository refers to a form of medication inserted in the anus, vagina, or urethra. it’s most commonly used for people who literally cannot digest the medication normally. in some cases it’s more effective rectally (see how some transfeminine people take estrogen that way), but in cases of nutrition, this would be closer to a last-line option.

iv nutrition beyond a saline iv is also an extreme option for disabled and/or extremely acutely ill people. total nutrition via iv is very rare and very expensive and is usually only done if it’s the only option. it has a high infection risk without a port, which can be deadly, so the risk has to be weighed carefully.

none of these people can medically fast. hell, i can’t really medically fast atm and i’m nowhere near needing this level of care! so there’s no reason to impose a halachic limit on it. that would just be telling a disabled person that they’re not fasting but, like, louder. and meaner, because you’re calling it a loophole!

[h4ganah]

If you're fasting for Tisha B'Av, I wish you an easy and painless fast 💙

[hillbillybubbeleh]

Hi keziah! Your answer about Jewish folklore inspired me to ask, do you have any book and author recommendations for Jewish folklore collections? And also I'd asked before but I think it's been buried in your inbox lol, but do you have any recs for Jewish children's books for my nephews (they also love supernatural and fantasy themes)? Thank you! -🍒

Oops! I'm sorry I didn't get to your original ask. Things do get buried in there lol.

For Jewish folklore:

Howard Schwartz has several award-winning collections of Jewish folklore, which are a joy to read, including 'Leaves from the Garden of Eden;' 'Elijah's Violin;' 'Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural;' 'Tree of Souls: the Mythology of Judaism;' and so many more. I definitely recommend any of those works.

Yiddish Folktales - Beatrice Weinreich

Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories - Shalom Aleichem

Jewish Legends of the Middle Ages - Claud Field

Legends of the Jews - Louis Ginzberg (a collection of Midrash that is so very good)

A Treasury of Jewish Folklore - Nathan Ausubel

Pomegranate Seeds: Latin American Jewish Tales - Nadia Grosser Nagarajan

Jewish Folktales - Pinhas Sadeh

Mimekor Yisrael: Classic Jewish Folktales - Micha Joseph Ben Gorion

For Jewish children's books:

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins - Eric A. Kimmel (I adore this book)

The Golem's Latkes - Eric A. Kimmel (I also adore this one)

The Magic Dreidels - Eric A. Kimmel

The Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol - retold by Eric A. Kimmel

The Keeping Quilt - Patricia Polacco

The Blessing Cup - Patricia Polacco

The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming - Lemony Snicket

Marven of the Great North Woods - Kathryn Lasky

[afronerdism]

The conversation surrounding cultural appropriation has been so severely mutilated by white “allies” that the original intention behind that conversation has become almost unrecognizable in most social contexts.

[afronerdism]

To explain what I mean, the conversation around cultural appropriation was started by black and native people to discuss the frustrations we feel at being punished socially and financially for partaking in our cultural heritage while white people could take, I.e. appropriate, aspects of our culture that we are actively shamed for and be heralded as innovators. It was about the frustrations we feel when the same white people who shamed us would take our culture and wear it as if they were the ones who created it while still actively shaming us for doing the same.

The original push behind naming cultural appropriation and having these conversations were so that we as a society could evaluate why we were punished for our heritage while white People were not. It was supposed to be about seeking solutions. The idea was to create a society where we could celebrate our cultures with impunity. It was never about telling white people that they “weren’t allowed” to do certain things. We did ask that white People stop doing certain things because they weren’t doing them respectfully and were not invited to do them, but the primary reason we asked them to desist was to reclaim the things they had stolen and to reassign them culturally back where they belonged.

White “allies” saw these conversations happening and instead of trying to aplify our own voices or even try to learn about the complexities behind why we were saying what we were saying, they instead began screaming over us and creating a narrative that was hardly even the bones of what we originally set out to say. It was like they took the conversation we were trying to have, completely decontextualized it, and stripped it of all it’s nuance in order to gain social currency by seeming progressive.

So the conversation around cultural appropriation went from “This aspect of our heritage belongs to us and we find it egregious that we are shamed for it. What steps can we take to address the racism that’s creating this situation as well as rehome the things that have been stolen” to “you’re not allowed to do that because if you do that you’re racist, we don’t really understand why that’s racist but you’re not allowed to do that and if you do that you’re a klansman no exceptions. So you’re not allowed because because”

At the end of the day, did I like the fact that sally was wearing dreads? No. But my primary concern was not that sally was wearing dreads but rather that sally could wear dreads and I couldn’t. THAT was the intended focus of those conversations. It was about addressing the inequality. It was about us. Now the conversation is just about sally and were completely forgotten.

White People are always asking me what they can do to help. You want to know? Stop talking. Aplify our voices and shut the fuck up because you all have pretty much derailed this conversation and many more like it to the point that we no longer are trying to make steps to understand and dismantle the racism around cultural appropriation and instead are just using it as social shaming tactics.

[afronerdism]

TL;DR: read my post. Most things worth learning about can’t be summarized in the bullet points of a buzfeed article. Don’t come into academic circles and complain because everything hasn’t been conviently summarized for you. Stop pretending that things aren’t accessible to you because you refuse to do the intellectual labor that is learning.