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Zionism, belief in Jewish self determination in, and connection to, Israel, is a CENTRAL part of Judaism.

You can't hate Judaism without hating Jews.

Nearly all of our holidays and practices have a connection to Israel. You cannot deny and try to delegitimize Zionism without doing the same to Judaism.

You CANNOT be antizionist and not be antisemitic.

why antizionism is antisemitism

there are many reasons for this, but first, let's define zionism:

whether or not you agree with statistics, they have shown 90%+ of jews, especially in america, support zionism as a movement and by extension, the existence of the state of israel.

israel is essential to jewish religion and practice. we even pray facing jerusalem. zion is a mountain in israel and a term used for both israel itself and our beloved jerusalem. it is so important, it's mentioned 152 times in our holy texts.

another important thing to understand about zionism is that it was made by jews for jews. it is a JEWISH MOVEMENT. a jewish landback movement. it was not created for the sake of non jews. it was created after forced diaspora, after oppression everywhere in the world. after centuries of diasporic jews longing to return.

would you tell any other group what their movements mean? no? would you step into any other minority group's spaces? isn't that what leftists call COOPTING?

in addition, jews have been called zionists for decades, if not centuries, because ZION is a term for our homeland. so YES, "it "zionists" means jews.

now, what does antizionism seek to do? since it's the opposite of zionism?

1. it seeks to delegitimize jewish indigeneity while supporting occupation and colonization. yes, the arabs in the region are occupiers and colonizers. ramallah was named by crusaders. this also supports christian european occupation and colonization of the area. supporting palestine is supporting the british as well as other oppressors.

2. it seeks to tell jews that unlike any other group in the world, we do not have the right to agency and self determination.

3. it seeks to tell jews that unlike any other indigenous people removed from their land, we do not have the right to return. even if we have had a continuous presence.

4. it seeks to tell us our history and religious connections, the archaeological record, the millenia's worth of proof of jews being indigenous to the land of israel, is false. that the history our oppressors came up with is true. that our holy sites are not ours.

5. it seeks to silence jews. it seeks to silence all talks of our oppression, of our history. it refuses to grant jews free speech, to allow us freedom and justice. to allow us reparations for 3,000 years of oppression and genocide. it refuses us the right to decolonization.

another thing to really focus on with antizionism is that such a movement does not exist targeted at any other country or people, just jews and israel. any other movement that would seek to delegitimize any other group would instantly be labeled as fascist, bigoted, and ignorant.

why doesn't the world do the same with antizionism? there's an easy answer no antizionist will admit: it makes it easy for people to be antisemitic and loud again, because they have the excuse of denial and gaslighting.

(and before you blame jews for our own oppression: this is your problem, not ours. racism is never the fault of its victims.)

do you have issues with the state of kurdistan? with liberia? i hear no calls for their destruction. probably because they're not the only jewish state in the world. i certainly hear you calling for a palestinian ethnostate.

so in conclusion:

antizionism is not progressive. it is re-packaged antisemitism that denies jews the basic rights "progressives" fight for for every single other minority group.

antizionism is not decolonization. zionism is.

denying jews the basic rights you would grant to anyone else and treating jews differently, placing more expectations on them than you would anyone else, is pure antisemitism. it is racism.

#jumblr #antisemitism #israel #pro israel #am yisrael chai #zionist #zionism #zionism is sexy #antizionism is antisemitism

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She went to the Nova Festival with a friend to promote her clothing line, she was very talented and loved the world of fashion. Her children were waiting for her at home, this is Romi's story. At 8 o'clock in the morning she uploaded a story documenting the missiles and she fled the scene saying: "It's so scary, there are shots being fired everywhere here" and since then contact with her has been lost. At one point, the friend she was with sent a message to a mutual friend who was looking for them and wrote: "I'm alive, Romi was shot and left bleeding in the field". They ran towards the forest and hid behind bushes, around them they heard conversations in Arabic and increased gunfire. A terrorist who discovered Romi shot her and she was heard moaning in pain, 4 days later her body was found. It is said that she fulfilled herself and lived exactly as she wanted, most of all she loved being a mother and gave everything to her children. Her little son still sends her messages on WhatsApp and her picture hangs above his bed. This is her last photo in Nova, her braids and earring were found where she was brutally murdered. This is the story of Romi, with the big smile and joy of life that never returned. Romi of the light, her soul is in heaven.

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YOUR JEWISH FRIENDS HEAR YOUR SILENCE

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You know how I know that the anti-Israel hate is deeply rooted in antisemitism, and not just "social justice" or whatever people are calling it right now?

Let me tell you a common situation I encounter:

So, being a college student away from home, I don't have a car here. This means that if I ever need to go anywhere, I need to get an Uber or Lyft or something along those lines.

I always tuck in my Bring Them Home tag, magen david, turn my "am Yisrael chai" pin to the inside of my clothes, etc. I hate doing it, but I have heard of violently antisemitic drivers, and I'd rather not risk it, considering I'm alone in the car with them.

Every time, I call my mom. It makes me safer to have someone on call. And every time, she makes the same two recommendations.

The first is to put in an address of a neighboring house for pickup, because the house I live in has my landlord's car out front, and his car has stickers in Hebrew on it.

The second is, if asked where I'm from, to say Russia. I don't get asked where I'm "really from" unless I'm with my parents usually (they both have strong accents). But it's a warning my mom repeats every time anyway. The choice of Russia isn't random, I was raised fluent and can back up the claim if need be with random knowledge. But I have never been to Russia, except for the airport once to catch a connecting flight to Israel. I was, however, born in Israel, and I've been there multiple times (unfortunately not since 2014 though). So to say I'm from Russia is a lie, and to say I'm from Israel is the truth.

Both are countries at war. Russia, unlike Israel, actually started the war. Unlike Israel, Russia actually does have a history of colonialism, genocide, imperialism, and worse.

So why is it safer for me to lie about being from an aggressor country than to tell the truth about being from a country caught in a war it didn't want?

Antisemitism. Anti-Russian hate crimes globally didn't spike, Russian women haven't been raped as "justice" for Ukraine. Russian businesses weren't commonly vandalized simply for being from Russia. Meanwhile, all of these things were done to Jews as a result of a war Israel did not start.

If this global response to the war wasn't antisemitism it would be equally safe or unsafe for me to give either answer.

But in reality, it's safer for me to lie about being from Russia than to tell the truth about being from Israel.

That's how I know it's antisemitism.

#jumblr #proud israeli #israel solidarity #antisemitism #russia ukraine war #israel hamas war #antizionism is antisemitism #antizionism

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It was one giant frog but then the Egyptians hit the frog and it became many little frog

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IT WAS ONE GIANT FROG

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“Antizionist Passover” literally the Haggadah calls you a wicked child if you distance yourself from our people’s struggle for statehood in the Levant. The singular and explicit point of the Maggid is to put yourself in the shoes of our ancestors, yearning to live free by our own laws in our own nation. Some of you need to renew your PJ Library subscriptions and go back over the essentials

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no honey you can't support Hamas and be a fundamentally good person that just doesn't add up

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Alright Jumblr, what silly shenanigans went on at your seder(s) this year?

It was my first seder with my university's Chabad and the Rabbi and the assistant rabbi(?) (idk if he's actually a rabbi yet but he basically does rabbi stuff when Rabbi isn't around idk) dressed up as Moshe and Pharaoh and their kids were dressed as frogs and the assistant Rabbi's daughters basically got to beat him up while he was dressed as Pharaoh.

Good times, very entertaining.

#jumblr #jewish #judaism #jew #jewish joy #pesach #passover

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My mom has been fooled by the non-Kosher for pesach matzah 😞

(I, however, have not!)

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There is never, NEVER, any justification for this. The fact that people outside of our community will mostly ignore this, deny this, or justify it, is awful.

When do we get to stop begging to be seen as human?

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There is never, NEVER, any justification for this. The fact that people outside of our community will mostly ignore this, deny this, or justify it, is awful.

When do we get to stop begging to be seen as human?

#israel solidarity #antisemitism #israel hamas war

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Hey there Jumblr, I've got a question for you again.

What do you do to make your matzah taste good? Like I know the classic matzah pizza, matzah brie, matzah bourekas, etc, but I need some quick and easy ideas.

So far I've just made a sandwich with some eggplant pepper spread and feta but I can't be eating this all week! I need ideas!!

#jewish #jumblr #pesach #judaism #matzah #passover

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looks familiar huh?

#free Palestine movement is nazism incarnate

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It’s genuinely annoying how many people want Jews to think about Palestinians during our Saders.

Well, my family, and I will not.

It’s terribly sad what’s happening in Gaza, but don’t expect Jews on a holiday where we celebrate our liberation and remember our suffering to turn it into another group’s tragedy.

No, that’s not how it works.

Sorry, not sorry.

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Considering matzah is supposed to symbolize freedom it is terrible at bringing freedom to our bowels.

(Sorry, bathroom humor, my bad.)

#jumblr #pesach #passover #matzah

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I am so fucking outraged. Look at these pro-hamas terrorist supporters at Columbia university harassing our Jewish brother. They didn’t ask his beliefs or if he was a Zionist. They simply took one look at him and assessed that he was a Jew so they surrounded and harassed him. Don’t any of you EVER tell me it’s “anti-Zionism not antisemitism”. We are now approaching 1940’s Germany level of antisemitism. I am sick to my fucking stomach. Daven for his well being and mental health.

#this is fucking terrifying #i hope he is okay