#even if its fucking scary to be openly jewish thats why you need to be!

[hindahoney]

Don't let threats against synagogues scare you out of going. The people making these threats want you to be scared. They want you to be so scared that you don't feel safe living your life as a proud and visible Jew, so scared that you take your menorah out of your window and remove your mezuzah from your doorpost. The more you concede, the more they feel like they're winning and the more emboldened they get.

Now, more than ever, we need Jews to be loud, proud and unapologetic. You should not be afraid to exist as a Jew. Wear your star of David. Wear your kippah. And take pride in who you are and where you come from.

#no more 'im jew-ish' no youre a jew #we are not cowards #we are not weak #i cannot stress to you how much they see this as a game that they intend to win #even if its fucking scary to be openly jewish thats why you need to be! #They are playing the long game and part of it is trying to scare us into hiding #we are not going into hiding #jumblr #judaism #frumblr #jew stuff #jewish #jewblr #jewish stuff #j tag #jewish tag #if anyone argues 'but i dont feel safe wearing it in my area' im going to respond to you the same way #thats why you need to wear it #you do not make things better by not wearing it #'its not my responsibility to make things better' it absolutely is #like it nor not there are so few of us that each jew becomes like a spokesperson for the rest of us #you are likely going to be the first jew someone has ever met #and its important that you give the impression of pride and not 'eh im kind of jew-ish' #because when people see that they take it as a sign that if you dont respect it it's not worth respecting so they dont have to either #anyway #also they get so fucking mad when we're proud about being jewish and its funny to see #every time i make a post about loving being jewish my inbox is like #'you dirty jew i wish you all died in the holocaust' lol theyre sooo mad when we are proud of who we are