#jewish star

[n0thingiscool]

Shame on Israel for exploiting the Holocaust to justify genocide

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If my grandparents were alive today, this October would have marked the 80th anniversary of their meeting. In 1943, my grandparents, Isidor and Marianne, met in Theresienstadt, a concentration camp in what was Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. I was quite close to my grandfather, Isi, who outlived my grandmother. Among some of his things, he entrusted me with a yellow cloth “Jewish” star he was made to wear in the camp, with the word “Jude” on it.

At a United Nations (UN) meeting, on October 31, Gilad Erdan, Israel’s UN Ambassador, put on a Jewish star reminiscent of my grandfather’s. Addressing the UN Security Council, he said the reason he wore the star was to denounce their silence regarding the October 7 attack on Israel. Erdan compared this silence to the silence that allowed for the Holocaust to happen. In response to Erdan, Dani Dayan, the director of Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust memorial museum, quickly called out this misuse of the star, arguing that Erdan was “disgrac[ing] the victims of the Holocaust as well as the state of Israel.”

Dayan was absolutely right to call attention to how offensive it was for Erdan to don the yellow star. Dayan’s reasons, however, are entirely wrong. To make his point, Dayan argued that the yellow star symbolizes the weakness of the Jewish people during the Holocaust, continuing a disturbing and false historical narrative.

Zionists have long sought to paint Holocaust victims as weak to make the case for the founding and then maintenance of the state of Israel. These moves began even before the Holocaust when some Zionists aligned themselves with the eugenic racial science of the day, arguing that Jews must purify their own race creating their own strong breed. Arthur Ruppin, a leading social scientist and head of the World Zionist Organization’s Palestine office in the early 20th century, promoted the settlement of Palestine as the answer to the dangerous results of “racial-mixing” for European Jews. He was not alone, as many Jewish intellectuals argued that forming the Zionist state would allow Jews to “regenerate their own bodies” which were degenerated by the conditions of both assimilation and oppression in Western and Eastern Europe, respectively.

Once Israel was founded, Holocaust victims were regularly treated as weak and as examples of the opposite of what the Zionist state represented, leading to poor treatment for those survivors who became Israeli citizens. As Dayan, himself reiterated, the Holocaust represents a cautionary tale about the weakness of Jews in the diaspora to be juxtaposed with the strength of Jews in the State of Israel.

Despite their disagreement, Israeli leaders like Erdan and Dayan regularly make use of the Holocaust to defend state violence against Palestinians. Unlike Erdan and Dayan, learning about the genocide against my ancestors has allowed me to understand that what is happening today in Palestine is genocide. To know a genocide is happening is painful in and of itself. To know a genocide is being carried out supposedly in one’s name (as a Jewish person) is extra painful. But, to know a genocide is being justified through an appropriation of my family’s suffering, is infuriating. I am furious. How dare the state of Israel insult my family’s history.

The horrors that my family endured are unimaginable to most. My grandmother and grandfather, teenagers when they met at the camp, were the only surviving members of their families. My grandfather was part of a resistance in the camp, hiding people who were on lists to be transported to Auschwitz. My grandfather literally saved my grandmother’s life. This is not a story of weakness. However, it is a story from which I have learned many lessons about the conditions that allow for genocide.

I remember being 8 or 9 years old, sitting at the kitchen table for breakfast while my mother cooked. The radio was on as it was every morning listening to 1010 WINS news, “You give us 22 minutes, we’ll give you the world.” In the headlines, a resistance group claimed responsibility for a bombing somewhere outside of the U.S. I asked my mom, ‘What is a resistance group?” She explained the idea of resistance by talking about the Holocaust and her father’s struggle to fight back. While not every person claiming to resist is automatically righteous, I realized when I was older that how one views resistance in any given situation is based on their vantage point. That may seem obvious, but in Western media, politics, and educational contexts, we regularly see an association made between resistance groups and terrorism which creates a taken-for-granted right and wrong side.

In the days after September 11, 2001, as a U.S. citizen living in the United States, I was reminded when I challenged the drive to invade Afghanistan, that I was either with “us” or “against us.” To me, the forced nationalism reminded me of the studies I had taken up during college about the Holocaust. The creation of the “Us vs. Them” mentality to protect Germany was a key part of bringing on board large segments of non-Jewish Germans to the fight against Jewish people.

Resistance takes place against those in a place of power. Also, oppression, by definition, is about being on the losing side of a power dynamic. Then, how is it that, Israel, a country with one of the most powerful militaries in the world, supported by the most powerful military and economic power in the world, the United States, has tried to paint itself as champion of an oppressed people who must fight against Palestinian resistance movements?

Jonathan Greenblatt, director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), published an opinion piece in Time magazine after the October 7 attack, arguing that there is no way to understand Hamas’ attack except as “hate” and “toxic intolerance in its purest form.” Instead of exceptionalizing Jewish experience so that the Holocaust becomes one example in thousands of years of Jewish hatred, what would it look like to pay attention to the real lessons we can learn from the horrors of the Holocaust? The lesson we need is not that Jewish people have always been and always will be hated. The lesson of the Holocaust is that those with economic and political power used nationalism and the idea of so-called inferior types of people being a threat to the nation-state to justify genocide. Many Jewish and non-Jewish people resisted as much as they could. The problem was not a weak resistance, the problem was the strength of nationalist, eugenic narratives.

The good news is that millions of Jewish people and others are undertaking critical study of the situation and pushing against the messages being brought to us by the most powerful Israeli and U.S. leaders. We are standing in solidarity with Palestinians who are fighting for their right to existence and self-determination. We see changes in public opinion polls, and the number of Jewish-led and supported actions against the current genocide is greater than ever before. Many are speaking out and saying loudly, Never Again means Never Again for Anyone."

#the us government is antisemetic #zionists are antisemetic #mondoweiss #rest in peace Isidor and Marianne #i feel very angry on behlaf of the real jewish people #real actual jewish people do not want a genocide in their name #this whole thing is super fucked up #but for as white supremacist the US is I am not surprised it supports the zionists #this is a prxy white supremacist war #united nations #un #gilad erdan #jewish star #zionists are a fucking disgrace #israel #palestine #gaza

[eternalsailormom]

Anyone else enjoy 3D glasses this time of year? Really brings me back to my childhood 🕎✡️🕯😎

#3d #3d glasses #happy hanukkah #hanukkah #cool #menorahs #jewish star #star of david #stars of david #jewish stars #beautiful #8 nights #festival of lights

[witekspicsbanknotes]

A spanish banknote with jewish star seal.

#banknote #banknot #spanish #Spain #note #jewish star #seal

[spokanefavs]

#Israel #star of david #Jewish star #Hamas Israel war #Hamas

[swellcolors]

Sand Infused Star of David Ornament

We had a client bring sand back from Israel for us to make her a cross and Star of David...Holy Land Sand was born. We infused the sand from this very special place to make these ornaments and sun catchers. We wanted to make a connection in our hearts and in our artwork to a very sacred place that is timeless.

Each piece is hand cut glass infused with sand from Israel when fired in a kiln in our studio in Surf City, NJ. Then the Stars of David get silver wire wrapped and packed in a 5"x 7" eco friendly recycled kraft box with a printed gift tag enclosed.

Makes a great bar/bat mitzvah, wedding, Hanukkah gift for someone you love. 

What a great gift for someone celebration a bat/bar mitzvah, Hanukkah, wedding, Rosh Hashanah, birthday...

#star of david ornament #glass ornament #handmade ornament #beautiful handmade gift #gift for him #gift for her #SwellColors #handmade ornament gift #gift ideas #hanukkah gift #jewish star

[7amaspayrollmanager]

Alright let's imagine a scene that is all too normal in palestine. A palestinian business owner finds his building covered in graffiti stars of Davids and Hebrew that says "gas the arabs" and "death to arabs"

Now imagine there's a reporter there and asks the palestinian business owner what happens and they say "the jews attacked my business"

Pause. Now your response might be "uncle no. Say israelis not jews" and then this is when he would look at you like youre stupid because the israelis doing this are jewish. They are not the Christians or the druze or the palestinian ones with Israeli citizenship. They are Jewish israelis who believe in their religious supremacy. When you graffiti stars of david all over a palestinian business, car, or the street you seek that conflation. it sends a message, this is jewish land and you're next.

The problem is that these videos circulate in zionist circles. "Watch this video of children in gaza calling for the death of jews" "watch how they say they want to fight and kill jews" those children are referring to Israeli soldiers that come in night and do their raids with the star of David attached to their uniform or the ones that bomb them. It's easy to watch those videos and assume that palestinians are indoctrinating their children on anti semitism or you can realize that those children's only interaction with jewish ppl is through violence and parents cannot protect their children from this. Doesn't matter context is lost

Abby Martin went to Jerusalem and interviewed israelis for 2 hours and she says every israeli was extremely confident to say that this land is for them and that they should push the Arabs out and when she interviewed palestinians they spoke of freedom from occupation and their dreams. That's reality. Not the soundbites.

And yet we have invasive youtubers and interviewers constantly in the street of ramallah or wherever in palestine asking palestinians "do you hate jews?" And in those videos you hear those palestinians say "no we have no problem with jews we have a problem with occupation and we have a problem with zionism." Bc this is how we are trained to respond to this trope. Palestinians are very aware what the world thinks of us and the reality is that many palestinians have internalized it and we grow up reading books on the Holocaust and train ourselves to recognize anti semitic dog whistles so zionists don't get the soundbites they want.

So we say "anti zionism is not anti semitism" and we say "israeli zionists" and we do not say "jewish supremacy" even thought it exists in palestine but "zionist supremacy" and in these carefully worded speech we water down what is happening to us in an effort to not deter people away from solidarity. But it means nothing. The world categorically blames palestinians for rising anti semitism they blame us for jewish insecurity globally.

[lt-cmdr-titties]

i do truly think a lot of the hatred felt towards the final frontier is rooted in people not knowing shatner is jewish. it's not a christian story about star trek characters finding jesus. it's a jewish story about star trek characters meeting gd gdself and still not being satisfied, still asking questions, still challenging, and then coming to a conclusion that actually it doesn't matter one way or the other if there definitively is or isn't a gd, bc their community and their relationships with each other are way more important than that

#star trek tos #james t kirk #spock cha'sarek #leonard bones mccoy #star trek the final frontier #jewish kirk #jewish spock #jewish star trek #jewish art #jumblr #star trek meta

[taratarotgreene]

Rare Super Galactic Libra New Moon, Time warps

Rare Super Galactic Libra New Moon, Time warps

My Mercury Retro New Moon report. I have to tell you that there is so much going on my head is spinning. I know that this is a reflection of what’s going on out there. This New Moon is right on my Natal Mars and opposing my Natal Jupiter which is conjunct transiting Jupiter now. Amping up balance imbalance sin relationships. The New Moon at 2 degrees Libra, sign of the Karmic balance occurs at…

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#Astrology psychic Tarot card reader Tara Greene #Canada&039;s 1 Psychic Voted and Certified Psychic #Holiday party entertainment #Jewish Star #LILITH #Merkabah #New Moon in Libra #psychic spiritual consultant Tara Greene Toronto #Russia #Super Galactic Center astrology #Toronto&039;s best most experiences authentic tarot reader #Twitter Ban #Venus #YouTube channe;

[cata613]

In honor of Leonard Nimoy’s 93rd birthday, I’d like to shine a light on a couple of his lesser known roles: those of Rashi and Maimonides, two great Rabbis in Jewish history.

Nimoy hugely influenced me not only by his portrayal of Spock, but through the ways he showed the world his Judaism without fear, and with nothing but love and pride.

Happy heavenly birthday, Mr. Nimoy. May your memory be a blessing. 🖖🏻

#Leonard nimoy z’l #Leonard nimoy a’h #if you’d like to learn a bit of Jewish history I’d recommend these #leonard nimoy #rashi #maimonides #Jewish Star Trek #jumblr #jewblr #judaism #jewish #actually jewish

[gunstreet]

sorry I'm not a photoshop master but would someone mind hanging this up in the SNW writers' room because I think we have all had enough

#Nimoy's portrayal of Spock is INTENTIONALLY Jewish coded and visibly queer coded #you can claim ignorance as a casual fan but as a writer it's your JOB to know and honour this shit #SNW has done ok with autistic coding of Spock but the erasure of the other stuff feels deliberate at this point #like cishet white nerd men want him to be like them so they make these bizarro choices that feel like a totally different person #sorry but he's not FOR you #he was NEVER for you #you already have everything else please just let him be the way he was intended to be #let us have one gd thing #why are the opinions of people who don't care about Star Trek's ethics and legacy more important than the opinions of the those who do #star trek #strange new worlds

[girlactionfigure]

#Jews #Yellow Star #Yellow hat #Jewish History

[nesyanast]

10 times Amy Winehouse was iconic showing off her magen david.

#source instagram: rabbiwalterpaisley #amy winehouse #magen david #star of david #jumblr #jewish #nesyapost #jews #jewish culture #Jewish pride #fuck those people who painted over her star of david statue 😍 #British musician #Jewish musician #jewish history

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

💙❤️Happy Holidays!❤️💙

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #lan wangji #wei wuxian #This is *specifically* fanart of the interfaith christmas cards featuring santa and his jewish rabbi husband spending time together #Why? Well as I was trying to think of things to draw for the season I realized there was another classic Blue and Red pairing to reference #They are going out for chinese food after this photoshoot. Kosher of course. #I want them to star in an interfaith hallmark film. A meet cute + save christmas + murder mystery in a small town kind of story #Or! Maybe they are just going to have a chill holiday break together and bake some treats with the extended family #So many fun possibilities about this bonkers concept I have no intention of making a bigger deal out of #speaking of Big Deals though; #If you have ever wanted to show appreciation for this (free) daily comics blog then I have one Holiday request: #If you have the means to - please donate your money to either a local food bank or a Yemen relief fund #there are so many people going without food and every bit helps. Truly would be the best holiday treat ever #and if you do not celebrate this holiday season…it’s also my birthday! You wouldnt want to let down the birthday cat would you? #(DISCLAIMER: it may or may not actually be my birthday. I may just be pressing emotional buttons to influence people to my cause) #(DISCLAIMER 2: I cannot vouch for any charities you donate to. Please be cautious and research properly before donating)

[greenflower21]

I would love to see religious Jews in Star Trek. I would love to see a bridge officer commanding while wearing a long skirt and a mitpachat. I would love to see another bridge officer wearing tzitzit under his uniform and a kippah. I would love to see him wrap tefilin before going to his post. I would love to hear someone offhand mention how those officers both can’t operate their replicators on Saturdays. I would love to see them search for the chabad house on every planet or starbase they visit. I would love to see them say Kaddish for fallen comrades. I would love to see them davening on the Holodeck (except for shabbos). I would love hearing them sing “Gesher Tzar Me’od” while their crew mates look on joyfully confused.

I would love to see at least a few of those things some day

#chabad #star trek #jewish #star trek voyager #star trek tos #star trek strange new worlds #star trek tng #judaism #orthodox jewish #jumblr

[purpleenma]

When they do my boy wrong in SNW

#Spock drift #SNW #strange new worlds #star trek #I still like the series tho #just the bad parts are very bad #you have to do better Star Trek #it's 2024 keep up #Spock #he's not yours #Spock queer neurodivergent icon forever #Spock is jewish coded #deal with it #meme #yes I'm looking at you Charades

[is-the-fire-real]

Three cercolons. Literally translates to "big circles", cercolons are decorative wall plates and a specialty of Andalusia. These are ceramic and hand-painted. The first two depict the Temple menorah (with seven branches), one in various shades of blue and one in a variety of colors. The other depicts a Magen David lined with leaves and flowers.

All of the golden-colored edging and accents are 24-carat gold. The flowers and decorative edgework are examples of cuerda seca (dry cord), a technique for painting tiles and ceramics which dates to the period of Arabic colonization of Spain.

#jumblr #judaica #jewish art #spain #ceramic art #judaism #menorah #magen david #star of david