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I was just thinking about the term "two Jews three opinions" (as I frequently do, I love that phrase).
There is frequent division and debate within our community. We are by no means homogeneous in our views, but we still hurt and cry and care for each other.
And that's just so beautiful and amazing.
Our views expand far beyond the binary of black and white, unlike the frosting on a halfmoon cookie!
So enjoy this little doodle appreciating our diversity of views, hopefully it brings a little joy into your day.
4 September 2024 - 1 Elul 5784
Yes, today is Rosh Hashana LaBehemot
Rosh Hashanah LaBehemot is the “New Years for Domesticated Animals.” During the days of the temple it was a day for shepherds to determine which of their animals were to be tithed. In modern times the festival has been revived to raise awareness for animal welfare, and for the mitzvah of tza'ar ba'alei chayim — to avoid the suffering of living creatures.
Today is also Rosh Chodesh Elul
Rosh Chodesh is a minor holiday observed at the start of each month! Holidays to anticipate in Elul: Minor Holidays: Rosh Hashanah LaBehemot on 1 Elul Erev Rosh Hashanah on 29 Elul
Please try to find happiness.
I've seen so many of my jewish friends and people I look up to falling into despair, and I completely understand why. I feel that pull, too. But we must hold onto life. We must live, too.
I think what helps me in not feeling guilt over this is to know that judaism demands you live, as well, knowing that I will be useless as a community member if I myself am despondent and apathetic to life itself. I know this may not help everyone, but please remember, we must live. You deserve it.
Do good in their name.
you have to be normal about religious jews you have to be normal about religious jews you have to be normal about religious jews you have to be normal about religious jews
What can I do to help stop the war?
Anon, if I knew how to stop the war, do you honestly think I’d be sitting around posting on Tumblr?
im not an orthodox jew (im conservative/masorti) nor am I a woman, but it is wild to me how often ill see an orthodox woman explain why she chooses to do something and why it brings her joy/comfort/empowerment, and literally every goy is like "ummm that sounds sooo horrible i could never do that you must be suffering so much". no she literally just said she liked it why are you convinced that every woman who is willingly part of a religion must be trapped.
like yall claim to be feminists but dont actually support women making their own choices, especially when those choices can impact men. so what if that orthodox woman isn't gonna have sex with her husband for a bit? so what if she likes to cover her hair a wig instead of a tichel? is it your place to judge her at all? the answer is no!! leave her the fuck alone. if you truly care about autonomy then learn to support it even when it's not a choice you'd personally made. do it without snarky comments about how you can't imagine how she does it, and actually try to respect the real person that she is
also please listen to actual orthodox women on this more than you listen to me. they are the ones with front row seats to this antisemitic misogyny, and they should be taken seriously when they talk about their issues
📢📢Tu B'Av ✡️ is today❣️ and you know what that means❓time ⏰ to get hitched 💒💒💒 and 🕰time to ❤️ LOVE❤️ here 👉are some things to love and appreciate: you’re SIGNIFICANT OTHER 👫👭👬, KISSING!! 💏 👩❤️💋👩 👨❤️💋👨, your pets also need some lovin 💕🐶🐱🐭🐹🐰💕, also ☝️friends and family 👨👩👧👦👩👩👧👦👨👨👧👦there are SO MANY things to love and appreciate 💞🌈show your love for lady Israel 🇮🇱 show your love to all 🤘🏻🤘🏽🤘🏿 ethnicities and 🙏✡️✝️☪️☸️💕 religions because everyone deserves 💋kisses and hugs 🤗❣️❣️
Friendly reminder for any Jewish folks to request off for the holidays. We are a little less than 2 months out now!
Here's 2024's dates in case you need them!
Erev Rosh Hashanah starts on October 2nd (Wednesday) running through October 4th (Friday)
Erev Yom Kippur starts October 11th (Friday)
Simchat Torah is October 24th into October 25th (Thursday into Friday)
*Sukkot starts October 16th (Wednesday) but most people don't take off for it to my knowledge
Thinking about this part of the JVP Tisha B’Av guide:
Literally it says
“This is what the day is about”
And then openly admits that it is purposely removing this meaning from the day leaving… what? Some bullshit shell of Judaism and Jewish identity.
But it’s honestly really telling because this is what they want us to do. They want us to give up our identity “for the Liberation of Palestine” and they think this is a perfectly acceptable request and they point to antizionist Jews and say “see! They’ve made themselves acceptable to us! Why can’t you?”
And don’t get me wrong, I am 100% in support of the liberation of Palestinians from Israeli oppression. At the same time, it is always unacceptable to ask people to alter or give up their cultural identity for any reason, especially at the threat of verbal abuse and violence
The whole "israhell" and "isnotreal" shit is just blatantly anti jew at this point.
Like Israel has been a word used by jews to describe jews for centuries, far before Israel, the country existed. For example, am yisrael chai means the Jewish people live.
"Oh but I'm talking about the country not jews"
Cool yeah sure that may be your intention, but the other month a synagogue in the US as Israel crossed out and replaced with Palestine by antizionists who thought that the passage on the outside of the synagogue was referring to the country of Israel, when in reality it was referring to jewish people. Essentially the word jewish/jewish people was crossed out and replaced with Palestine.
Hopefully most people can look at that and go "damn that's fucked up and antisemitic".
And I get that there is the very likely that they did not know that Israel also means jewish people, however it takes 2 minutes to Google search + vandalizing a synagogue bad full stop. And the whole not knowing that it has multiple meanings in of itself causes antisemitism.
And ignoring the fact that people aren't pulling this shit with other countries they don't support, as a jew I feel unsafe when i hear people saying that shit as I A) have no clue if it's has or will result in them pulling similar shit at synagogues or even with posts using Israel meaning the Jewish people and B) I also have no clue if they genuinely mean Israel the country or Israel as in the Jewish people.
It's super simple to not use israhell or isnotreal. Using those words does not at all do anything to actively help Palestinians, it is slang created by those in the west so they can refuse to say Israel. And if you believe that not saying Israel is more important than not making jews, not zionists, jews around you uncomfortable, than unfortunately you are not normal about jews.
5 August 2024 - 1 Av 5784
Today is Rosh Chodesh Av- the first of the month of Av!
Today begins the Nine Days of Av, a period of mourning, repentance, and reflection which culminates in Tisha B’Av, commemorating the destruction of the first and second temples.
Observances vary but may involve refraining from activities such as shopping or getting a haircut.
Holidays to anticipate in Av:
Major Holidays: Tishah B'Av on 9 Av (August 12-13)
Minor Holidays: The Nine Days from 1-9 Av (August 5-12) Tu B'Av on 15 Av (August 18-19)
Special Shabbatot: Chazon on 6 Av (August 9-10) Nachamu on 13 Av (August 16-17)
Jewish people deserve to feel safe and if your first reaction is to go "but-!" then you're a bigot
Jewish people aren't some alien race that has ✨️special exemptions✨️ to your grace and understanding when it comes to minorities
It's not Jewish people's fault that your first instinct is to come up with an excuse for why it's "actually totally ok and ethical" to hate them
this shouldn't be a controversial opinion, but every single jew should be open and safe to discuss all types of antisemitism they receive. yes, even the jews you dont like. even the ones you think couldn't possibly experience those problems are allowed to talk about it. you are not the only person who exists, meaning that your morals do not dictate how everyone else thinks. so, let jewish people talk about antisemitism. even if you cant understand it, let us have a space to just talk about it.
What are your thoughts on hairy men wearing crop tops? Personally I believe it would fix a lot of problems in society, especially if accompanied by much shorter shorts
my thoughts are that the mashiach will be a hairy man in a crop top and booty shorts.
“OP’s been real quiet since…” It was Shabbat. If you’re going to pretend you’re anti-Zionist not antisemitic, at least let Jews observe their holidays in peace
There's this specific dread that happens when you keep Shabbat and Yom Tov in a way that means you don't get news until after the holiday. That pit in your stomach when you turn your phone back on, waiting to see what horrifying things happened while you were observing the sacred day. Who desecrated it by shedding blood? What new horrors await?
Sometimes you get lucky, and things are relatively quiet.
Other times, you come back to the news that at least 11 innocent Druze children were dismembered by a Hezbollah rocket while they were out playing soccer.
I remember the first time I really felt this effect, coming back from Shabbat to the news that eleven Jews had been massacred in Pittsburgh. This past year has been a prolonged and repeated version of that, and shows no signs of slowing down.
It almost makes you want to avoid going offline at all, except that then you never get a break. It makes it so hard to want to keep Shabbat, knowing what may be on the other end of it.
Has it accrued to you that the reason the left hates jews is because you people are fucking awful??? The problem is you!!!
antisemitism is not the fault of jews. ever.
I don't know how many fucking times we need to say it but going after random Jews, targeting Holocaust memorials, and protesting outside of synagogues is not going to do anything to help Palestine. It is antisemitism, plain and simple, and if you are not horrified by it you have some serious fucking biases to unpack.
עם ישראל חי
Transmasc Jews where are you at.....
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credit to @captainlordauditor for the idea haha
Explaining to my gentile friends what a mezuzah is and was looking up a picture and I am now adding these alongside propeller hat yarmulke to my now expanding list of things that are totally kosher but would give your mother a heart attack if you showed it off to people
