#JEWS! IN! SPACE!

[dadyomi]

Tuesday 11/8, Nedarim 14: what kind of dinosaur is an ignoramus

There must have been some kind of cultural function to ineffective but undissolved vows; or perhaps there were just so many people trying to wriggle out of vows that they had to tightly codify the language. It's just that all I can think about is fairy tales and tricksters who use language to win the day, and I wonder what kinds of tricks one could get away with if they had sufficient knowledge of the Jewish language of vowing. One for my "someday when I write a Jewish fantasy novel" notes I suppose.

#daf yomi #rava #rabbi yohanan #rav nahman #making vows #JEWS! IN! SPACE!

[notaplaceofhonour]

Antisemitism Required Reading

I get a lot of ignorant comments & tags on my posts about antisemitism, and I’ve already spent way too much time & energy engaging with them. So to preserve my sanity, I’ve made the decision not to engage too deeply with any commenters who haven’t at least read all of these in their entirety:

“Jewish Space Lasers” by Mike Rothschild

“People Love Dead Jews” by Dara Horn

“Jews Don’t Count” by David Baddiel

"More Than a Century of Antisemitism", GEC Special Report

If you’re not Jewish, please read all of this literature before adding anything to my posts about antisemitism.

Jews, please add any books you think should be on the list!

#I'll be adding and updating this post as I find & vet anything I feel should be required reading #antisemitism #people love dead jews #jews don't count #jewish space lasers #required reading #reading list #dara horn #david baddiel #more than a century of antisemitism #mike rothschild #jewish history

[tikkunolamresistance]

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#anti zionist #anti zionist torah study #jewish positivity #jewish #jews #jewish resources #jewish antizionism #torah study #community space

[jewreallythinkthat]

Would love it if people stopped fandomising the war. Like person XYZ wouldn't have an opinion cause they are a fictional character.

People are dying. People are starving to death, dying from bombs and gun fire in a war that the majority of them did not want to start. This is not your blorbo fandom. These are real people.

I get that it's overwhelming and scary and horrifying but if it is too much for you, no one will blame you for logging out for a couple of days and just processing. Coping by forcing war into fandom spaces that people go to try and escape the horrors of real life is disgusting.

#jumblr #i keep seeing peope forcing aggressive anti israel to the point of demonising jews and israelis into fandom spaces #like just stop #if you arent able to talk about this situation like an adult then maybe you should just keep quiet and listen #stop drowning out the voices of those trying to move forward and save lives now and in the future #this war isnt a game #people are dying and you turning it into fandom is so demeaning and shitty

[uncanny-tranny]

At this point, talks about "mutilated bodies" tell me everything I need to know about people's politics. I truly don't believe you can combine the idea of mutilated or degenerate bodies with anything even slightly progressive in terms of autonomy. If you believe yourself to be progressive or anything left of an unapologetic fascist, you frankly cannot truly entertain the idea that some bodies and people are inherently mutilated or degenerate. It is an inherently fascist idea.

#politics #things like this make me almost lose some faith in people #because that is a FUNDAMENTALLY reactionary conservative or even fascist mindset #hate hate hate when 'progressives' want to redeem degenerative theory and imply it can be part of their worldview #and too often the 'mutilated body' refers to women/trans people/PoC even/disabled people... #...wonder why that is! it can't be because those ideas are FUNDAMENTALLY reactionary (sarcasm) #i know i've talked about 'degenerative theory' and its fascist roots before but this shit still goes largely unchallenged imo #you cannot be an anti-fascist fascist. i don't want to see these viewpoints given a platform in so-called 'progressive' spaces #(and too often the 'mutilated bodies' refers to jews too - addendum that is important to add) #ask to tag (genuine) #fascism tw #anti fascism #anti facist

[mzminola]

This is not a perfect analogy but I am making it anyway to try to convey what being online has been like for me lately.

Seeing people say "Oh, Jews are fine, I just hate zionists!" is like seeing "Oh, women are fine, I just hate feminists!"

Zionism and feminism are both very broad socio-political movements that have changed focus over time, that ostensibly have some very basic core tenets but you really need to ask the specific person you're talking to how they personally define it to be sure.

Both have been subject to legitimate criticism, and hostile reactionary bullshit. Had waves, sub-movements, splinters, people with damn near opposite views sharing the term and people with seemingly identical views rejecting it.

You can give working, broad definitions like these:

Feminism is the belief that all people should be treated equally regardless of gender, with a focus on women's rights due to systemic oppression.

Zionism is the belief that all peoples have the right to self determination and safety, with a focus on Jewish people finding it in Israel.

You can also give different definitions! Many people give different definitions! Many people also hold these beliefs but use different names for them for various reasons.

There are self-described zionists who are jingoistic, racist, etc, and who attribute those attitudes to their zionism. Just as there are feminists who are misandrist, bio-essentialist, transphobic, homophobic, and so on, who attribute those attitudes to their feminism.

There are also incredibly selfless, compassionate activists working for positive change in the world who consider themselves zionists and feminists.

It has been very jarring to see people, who I respect, uncritically reblogging posts or headlines that use "zionists" as a stand in for "bad people", just as jarring as it would be to see them sharing things that use "feminists" that way. Especially when those posts contain easily debunked conspiracy theories that I know you'd have seen right through if the OP said "Jews" but because they said "zionists" you swallowed it whole.

I am not asking anyone to stop sharing important information, petitions, news articles, resources, and so on. I am asking you to slow down and stop spreading inflammatory language that paints a broad socio-political movement for Jewish self-determination as inherently bad. The same way I would ask you not to spread inflammatory language that paints gender equality & women's liberation as inherently bad.

If the information is important, please look for other, more neutrally worded posts. Or verify the links yourself and make a fresh post! There is no situation online in which the only way to share information must be to spread such language.

#antisemitism #being critical of zionism is not automatically antisemitic #just as criticizing the feminist movement is not inherently misogynistic #but the way a LOT of people have been talking lately...it has been indistinguishable #please slow down #being Jewish in America #and online #I have so many filters and yet I cannot escape this even in fandom spaces #''Jews control the media'' repackaged as ''zionists'' or ''the Israeli government'' has been the one I've seen the most #but there's been some outright blood libel too #and of course the usual banking bullshit #when you accept a term like this as synonymous with ''bad people'' you swallow the lies more easily! you swallow the exaggerations! #you fact check less! you reblog from psyops and bigots who've found keywords! #and it doesn't have to be this way #please stop making it be this way #editing tags to add #zionism #I think I left it off originally to stay out of the tracked tags

[creekfiend]

I just really need ppl to integrate the fact that Jews being explicitly racialized and violently targeted for elimination under white supremacy is in fact the reason this is all happening to begin with so perhaps rhetoric which conflates is with the group of people who have been ethnically cleansing and genociding us for centuries is like, not the hottest thing to do idk

#its not NECESSARY to claims this is WHITE PEOPLE VS BROWN PEOPLE to advocate for Palestinian freedom or hold the state of israel accountable #it is not TRUE firstly which i wish was reason enough in a lot og leftist spaces lmao but #like. its not helpful. #its allowing white westerners to lazily map racial dynamics they feel familiar with #onto a situation they know nothing about #which is dangerous for diaspora Jews. it is dangerous for us. your rhetoric is DANGEROUS TO US #GOING TO THE CEASEFIRE RALLIES WITH HORSE BLINDERS ON SO I DONT HAVE TO SEE GENTILES SAY HATEFUL THINGS #FUCKS SAKE

[secular-jew]

Call-out to Jack Black's mom!

#secular-jew #israel #jewish #judaism #israeli #jerusalem #diaspora #secular jew #secularjew #islam #apollo 13 #jack black #Judith love cohen #Judith cohen #nasa #engineering #space exploration #rocket technology #rockets #Apollo #apollo program #abort guidance system

[nonbinary-vents]

Hey trans community, can you please stop calling every bigot a nazi and comparing what’s going on with trans rights in the us to the holocaust? Nazis are a specific brand of bigot, and calling every terrible person a nazi is a fundamental misunderstanding of the term and devalues it when we’re talking about actual nazis. You don’t see people comparing the anti trans legislation to the genocides of native Americans, or the Rwandan genocide, or any other genocide in history. It’s always just the holocaust. Jews and Jewish oppression are not a way to make some sort of point, and fuck everyone who does that

(also, in even just Jewish oppression , the Greeks are there. Or even the Spanish Inquisition. I think those both mirror the situation a lot better than the holocaust does. I guess they’re just less eye catching or drastic than the nazis or whatever. These people probably don’t even know what those are so who cares)

#not to mention how lgbt spaces are so rampant with antisemitism already #I’m so done honestly #trans #nonbinary #jewish #queer jews #vent #antisemitism #leftists antisemitism

[leroibobo]

the tomb of esther and mordechai in hamadan, iran. the site is believed by iranian jews and christians to house the bodies of the aformentioned biblical figures, and is an important site of pilgrimage for both. the earliest known account of it was made by the jewish traveller benjamin of tudela in the 11th century.

the interior has been renovated so many times throughout the centuries that the original hebrew inscriptions on the walls have been lost in several paint-overs. what we're left with today is practically gibberish.

#iran #architecture #interior #worship #jewish #mizrahi #persian jews #christian #shared space #my posts #iranian christians = assyrians armenians and recent (mostly persian) converts (though the latter can't be open about it) #also i learned posting this that the book of esther isn't mentioned in the quran. i wonder why

[lt-cmdr-titties]

bones converted to judaism because, through his interactions with jim and spock, he not only realized that judaism is a religion that sanctifies collaboration and celebrates diversity, but also that it encourages being a little shit sometimes

data converted to judaism because he overheard worf mention how a lot of it is about lifting up the mundane parts of being alive and (originally) being human, and how it helped him understand his adoptive parents more easily. data talked to counselor troi about this, who thought it was a lovely idea that he learned more about it, because maybe it could also help him understand humanity a bit better. in his process of learning about it, he found it so meaningful and the rituals so useful that he reached out to a rabbi at once

ro laren doesn't convert to judaism per se, but she definitely becomes k'rov yisrael. after her little crisis of faith in "the next phase," she starts researching other cultures' understandings of the afterlife. when she found out that one of the older religions in earth's history, judaism, didn't even really try to answer the question of what happened after death, she decided to learn more. she had a passing understanding of jews in federation history—their dispossession of a homeland, their constantly being forced to move, their resilience through thousands of years—but she was shocked to find so many similarities between them and her own people as she learned more and more. she began helping out, volunteering at minyans on the enterprise, especially when there was a work prohibition. in a way, she felt like she was becoming closer to her own bajoran heritage, which she had less access to on the enterprise, by participating in the jewish community on the ship. despite never actually converting, she quickly gained an understanding of jewish culture that surpassed even some jews', and there was always a seat open for her at the ship's shabbat dinners

#jewish star trek #star trek tos #star trek tng #leonard bones mccoy #jewish bones #jewish kirk #jewish spock #data soong #jewish data #jewish worf #mcspirk #jewish troi #ro laren #bajorans are space jews #bajorans #jewish history #the next phase #jewish positivity #jewish characters #קרוב ישראל #jew by choice #jewish conversion #jewish convert

[dadyomi]

Monday 1/9, Nedarim 76: hit the null on the head

I realize they're talking about generalized pre-emptive nullification of vows, but every once in a while I find myself squinting at phrases like "a vow she has not yet taken has not become eligible for nullification" and mutter to myself yes, that's how linear time works.

I really do think some of the rabbis of the Talmud may have come somewhat unstuck in time.

#daf yomi #vows: a e i o u and sometimes why #JEWS! IN! SPACE!

[redtail-lol]

Hey

If you're Jewish, this post is about you

I know it's gotta be shit right now. Antisemitism is on the rise. People are using Israel's genocide as an excuse to perpetuate antisemitic ideas. If you acknowledge that you're Jewish, someone will take that as an excuse to accuse you of Zionism and supporting the genocide. Celebrating your holidays? Same result.

And then on the other side, if you try to speak out against the genocide, to stick up for and show your support of the Palestinian people, your own people label you as an Enemy, and an antisemite. Your own Jewish identity is ignored or denied.

If you say nothing because you've realized nothing you say seems to be the right thing, you're accused by everyone of not caring, or secretly supporting one side - any maybe you do, but you can't say anything because you can't win no matter what side you're on.

The entire world has been equating Judaism with Israel on both sides and it isn't fair. It isn't fair when Jewish people are being arrested for antisemitic crimes in Germany - making up 37% of arrests despite making up a significantly smaller part of the population - because they weren't going to be quiet about genocide after their own people were met with silence during the Holocaust. It isn't fair when Jewish people are vocally denouncing the actions of Israel and calling for an end to the ruthless bombing. It isn't fair when even some Israelis risk everything to speak out against the state and their horrible crimes. It isn't fair when Jewish people are simply existing as Jewish people, either. Even when they aren't "proving" their support, it's still unfair to make such assumptions about someone because they're Jewish

And if you're one of these people who's shown hostility towards Jewish people over Palestine when they hadn't indicated they supported Israel at all, fuck you.

#to specifically address one idea: #the jews control the media is bullshit and israel-palestine doesn't “prove” it #y'know who controls the media? The West. Especially America #the USA benefits from Israel's existence. the UK benefits from Israel's existence. Most major Western nations do #That's who controls the media #They're pushing Israel's propaganda #there is no secret top jewish society that controls everything #israel just asks the usa for help and we do so as a fellow imperialist state #jewish #judaism #israel #anti israel #palestine #free palestine #anti zionisim #jewish antizionism #antisemetism #if you're making leftist spaces hostile to Jewish people I'm biting you. don't do that

[bog-bitch]

No leftist has all three:

• has actually read theory

• believes in the Tiananmen Square Massacre

• normal about Jews

#im mostly kidding #jumblr #i am leftist infighting #leftism #leftist memes #jews of tumblr #democratic socialism #leftist infighting #socialism #antisemitsm tw #antisemitism in leftist spaces

[greenflower21]

Ok just hear me out:

Omega’s Bat Mitzvah

#thats it #omegas bat mitzvah #mandalorians are space jews #Jango Fett is Jewish space dad #therefore clones are patrilineal Jews #so vibes are this is a reform batmitzvah #in contrast with Grogu’s chabad bar mitzvah bc duh #they are SO invited to each others bnei mitzvah’s though #omega would invite everyone to her bat mitzvah #jumblr #frumblr #frum #Jewish #star wars #the bad batch s3 #tbb #tbb omega #asajj ventress #the bad batch #clone force 99 #btw asajj Ventress is the rabbi in this scenario #and the armorer is Grogu’s rabbi #and they are rabbi besties #I did not expect this to become so detailed WOW #anyway my agenda is space 🪐⭐️ Jews always

[junkjounral]

June 14, 2023

ואהבת לרעך כמוך

V'ahavta l'reiacha kamocha, Love your neighbor as yourself

Under the read more are translations and transliterations for all the Hebrew, and more info abt this journal entry.

In the center: V'ahavta l'reiacha kamocha, Love your neighbor as yourself.

Top left: Sh'mirat halashon, Guarding one's use of language

Bottom left: Shalom bayit, Peace in the home

In the apple: B'tzelem elohim, In G-d's image

Bottom right: Al tifrosh min hatzibur, Do not separate yourself from the community

Middle right: Kavod, respect

Top right: Kol yisrael arevim zeh bazeh, All Israel is responsible for one another.

I normally don't give any explanations of my journal entries when I post them, even the ones that were v special and meaningful to me, bc i want ppl to bring whatever they have to it (or just have fun looking at stuff on the internet!). but this is one i thought long and hard abt posting at all, and i decided that if i was going to then i'd like ppl to know what it means for me even if they see smth else when they look at it. going into every little detail would be overkill, but i'll give the highlights.

i'm a trans jewish person who is hella involved at my shul, helping organize events, starting new initiatives, and being in various leadership roles. i have been openly trans there for a number of years now (basically since i first discovered it myself). important to the story, though, is i haven't taken part in any sort of medical transition yet. someone else trans and jewish who has also been at my shul many years is leaving bc of harassment they've faced since coming out and transitioning. a lot of ppl have come outta the woodwork to make their disapproval known and to just be disrespectful overall, and i think i no longer have a place in that community.

so, while making this journal entry i was thinking about intersections btwn judaism, community, transness, and transformation/change. and grief i'm feeling at this loss. and irony abt this all coming to a head during pride month. how are our jewish values being neglected, and where are they present? what does it mean for me to be jewish as a queer person? what does it mean for me to be jewish if i'm leaving this community? where am i going to go? what if i don't go to a diff shul and only engage w community elsewhere? what ramifications does that have for my practice?

it was a lot of wrestling. and i'm gonna continue to wrestle.

#junk journal #junkjournal #journal #art journal #gluebook #scrapbook #vent art #jumblr #queer #trans #nature aesthetic #june 2023 #diary #diary entry #shoutout to spaces like t4torah and svara and other spaces for queer jews #das me