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A school bully who keeps up with intercommunity issues so that he always uses the most non-problematic terminology to insult you with

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Ending the stigma of drug use will save lives.

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An orthodox man sits beside me in the passport office and chances are we are the only Jews in the room. And it is completely by chance that we ended up side by side.

I have an overwhelming urge to connect with him, to say something. I know what it feels like to be a Jew in our society today, nevermind what it feels like to be visibly Jewish. I don’t want him to feel alone. I don’t want to feel alone.

I want to turn to him and say “m’diber ivrit?” because I know he does, I saw the script on his screen, but I hesitate because *I* don’t diber ivrit

I feel like I’m sitting beside a brother but who knows? This man may not feel the same way. He might be busy. He might not be a chatty guy.

We don’t talk to strangers in Canada, but we’re only Canadian by nationality.

There’s no tactful way to say “you’re a yid? Me too!” and it’s better, probably, that we don’t bring any attention to ourselves by jewing to loudly.

I run the Hebrew sentence over and over again in my head.

My number is called.

I walk up to the counter. I don’t say a word.

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I find the accusation of "the Holocaust or 7/10 was so long ago, and (((they))) refuse to let it go!" to be so eye-roll worthy.

Buddy, just because you come from a culture that considers last financial quarter to be ancient history doesn't mean that everyone has such a shallow sense of the past. Judaism has holidays dating back to a Persian empire that collapsed centuries before the Roman Empire rose, and you think that we're going to forget this anytime soon?

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You post and reblog lies that have been debunked a thousand times not because you are lazy, but because you are dishonest. You WANT cartoonish evil lies to be true. You WANT your grandfather's antisemitic blood libel to live on in a modern suit. It makes the part of you that you never unpacked or wanted to change feel good.

And then you post "antisemitism is bad guys! Don't do it!" right under it.

And you feel like you did all the work.

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Say in the tags!

#i can’t remember #but I think it was #lion king #legally blonde #or #joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat

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in a kinder world i live in an i spy page

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we would stop talking about antisemitism so much if y'all would stop being so antisemitic

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she has a flower for you!

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It’s so strange being a student at a really leftist college right now. I briefly mention being Jewish in a classroom in which we’re specifically talking about marginalized identities and I can literally see people around me, my colleagues and “friends”, wrinkle their noses in disgust. I’ve stopped wearing my Magen David because I’m afraid of what people would think and I feel disgusted with myself for being weak but the last time I wore it someone spit on me. Everyone at my school proudly wears their “punch nazis” patches as they tell me that I’m supporting genocide by saying Baruch HaShem when the corner store has my favorite breakfast.

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peak half assed inclusivity that speaks to reality

good on Lego for making a physically disabled Lego dude

absolutely incredible accidental commentary by making him not fit in any of the buildings

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There is a massive historical discourse issue when it comes to Israel-Palestine and yeah it pisses me off, firstly as a Jew, second as someone who is pursuing a degree in Jewish history.

You can see a part of it by looking at the historical narrative presented by a very popular source, DecolonizePalestine. This source has been shared widely by celebrities, by activists. It has been quoted to me on this website. It was even in the instagram bio of one of my TA's. It is considered a helpful and trustworthy source on Israel-Palestine.

The website has a Palestine 101 section, which includes this helpful module:

okay lets take a look:

I've never heard of the Peselet tablet, so let's do a quick google.

Huh. That's weird.

There actually is a 3,000 year old Egyptian tablet (stele) that talks about the levant though.

Oh no! Anyways. Lets move on:

I'm sorry but how do you mention the Assyrians without mentioning that they destroyed the ancient Kingdom of Israel. And the Persians without mentioning that they allowed for the end of the Babylonian exile and the building of the second Jewish temple in Jerusalem . And the Romans without mentioning what they named their province in the levant. Judea. This is where the name "Jew" comes from. There isn't a J in Hebrew.

wait the ottomans???? We already got to the Ottomans??? We just skipped literal centuries.

There's clearly a narrative being created here, not by the inclusion of historical facts, but rather the purposeful omission of historical facts. No serious scholar would be able to discuss the history of the levant and COMPLETELY LEAVE OUT THE JEWS.

This is the dominant historical narrative in discourse on Israel-Palestine and it is harmful. Not only because its untrue, but because it involves the destruction of Jewish history and the right of Jews to steward our own history.

Where we come from is and has always been a huge part of Jewish identity. I cannot stress this enough. It is wrong and yes, it is antisemitic to warp and erase Jewish history for your own political purposes.

and here's what gets me: it is completely unnecessary.

You can recognize all the horrors that the zionist movement and Israel has inflicted upon Palestinians without denying Jewish history. You can demand Israel take accountability and stop what it is doing without denying Jewish history. You can advocate for Palestinian freedom, statehood and self determination, without denying Jewish history.

But people don't want to *just* do that. In the minds of many, the only acceptable Free Palestine is a Palestine Free of Jews or Jewish autonomy.

And for that, fuck you. Palestinians are indigenous to the levant. They know their history and where they come from. Jews are indigenous to the levant. We know our history and where we come from.

No one is going anywhere.

Be better.

Free Palestine and Am Yisrael Chai.

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I'm so sick of all of you antisemitic monsters on here that not long ago were so upset about a Harry Potter video game for having a Jewish stereotype in it

It's almost like you all fell for the propaganda. You can claim you aren't influenced but I know the truth and I've seen it, the world has seen it first hand now. In a decade when you look back on this time, I hope you feel such shame you nearly burn.

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did they ever track down the baby born at dashcon?

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