#Jewish history

[irishabdullah]

CALLING ANY AND ALL THOSE WITH JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, OR MUSLIM BACKGROUNDS.

Please rb for larger sample size or broader discussion! I would love to hear many perspectives on this.

(And yes, I understand fully that Judas is never mentioned in both pentateuchal or quranic exegesis and is only relevant to christian texts. Hence why I am curious about the perspectives outside of western christian orthodoxy.)

If anyone would like elaboration on the above perspectives, feel free to ask!

#christianity #islam #judaism #jewblr #christian history #jesus christ #judas iscariot #judas #muslim history #jewish history #bible #torah #quran #abrahamic religions

[mioritic]

"Types Israëlites du Maroc."

Postcard from a larger series depicting Jews of Morocco, ca. 1919.

Wily Lindwer Collection/Kedem

#yidishkeyt #jewish history #morocco #1919 #sephardim #jewish

[socialist-microwave-laser]

I don't know if you talked about this, but the "antizionists" who are like "Jews will be able to live in Palestine after we get rid of Israel" don't know that the Palestinians will at the very least kick the Jews out. The real solution I think is to make Israeli society more equitable for both sides

i think that is a real and understandable fear a lot of people have. it also stems from generational trauma and trust issues in the jewish dna of constantly being kicked out of goyische countries, so there's the idea that jews need a jewish-run state so that jews finally will no longer be kicked out and persecuted by the state

i personally have issues with this line of thinking, including that states require a monopoly on violence, and therefore there will still be subjugation of jews by a state, but this time the state is jewish too

personally, this concern is why i'm so hopeful about israeli-palestinian solidarity organizations like pcff, standing together, etc. it's only through working together that we can start to heal these wounds and learn how to trust one another again. we know that many palestinians don't want to get rid of all the israelis bc we see them there in those orgs

#ofc then there's still the problem of surrounding countries wanting arab uniformity in the region and jews' existence threatening that. idk #never let it be said that i have all the answers lmfao. anon i do understand this fear you're talking about here and i hope my pushing back #and attempting to find hope in the situation doesn't come off as brushing it off #jumblr #jewish history #arabization #arab antisemitism #swana antisemitism #anarchist #medinas yisrael #tsiyyonus definition #radical compassion #radical hope #asks #anonymous

[animentality]

#maus #art spiegelman #judaism #jewish history #holocaust mention

[adiradirim]

Sephardi & Romaniote Jewish Women's Clothing in the Byzantine and Ottoman Periods, illustrated by Nikos Stavroulakis

#jumblr #jewish #jewish art #jewish women #jewish history #sephardim #romaniotes #art #these are from all over. byzantium/constantinople/istanbul and smyrna/izmir and rhodes and adrianople/edirne and thessaloniki etc #shoutout to a fellow edirne girlie in the top right. #my posts

[yiddisheyfe]

פֿון פֿאָרווערטס, נאָוועמבער 19, 1936

#yiddish #trans history #jewish history #מײַן איבערזעצונג #ייִדיש

[applesauce42069]

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.

#jumblr #antisemitism #jewish and proud #i/p #jewish history

[lasttarrasque]

It’s “listen to Jewish voices” until we start taking a stand against genocide

#palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #jews for peace #israel #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #jvp #jewblr #jewish #jewish history #judaism #oscars #film #free free palestine #hollywood #current events #gaza strip #jerusalem #movies #holocoust

[tboyemo]

Tapping the "your support and solidarity and care for Jews and Romani people and BIPOC should be more powerful than your hatred of nazis" sign so fucking hard rn.

Bcs u should support Jews and Romani people and BIPOC more than u hate nazis and some of u it is very clear that u couldn't give a shite about Jews and romani or BIPOC. You hate nazis but you've forgotten nazis aren't just generalised bigots or bad people and they have an ideology which targets "undesirables" and people who ate racially seen as inferior or less than. Only part of combating white supremacy and fascism is hating nazis and a lot of it is helping communities effected by white supremacy and fascism and listening to and understanding us.

#jew #jewish #judaism #jewish memes #jewish history #jews #jumblr #frumblr #jew stuff #romani #bipoc #blm #black lives matter

[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

[amaditalks]

I have found my new quest.

Someone in a Facebook group I’m in posted this picture of a hanukkiah they saw in a thrift shop and did not purchase. Everyone in the group was telling them to go back and get it. They didn’t recognize what they were seeing.

It’s Yehudit brandishing her sword and the head of Holofernes.

She is being anointed with oil to honor her for her triumph.

On a hannukiah.

I need this so badly I can taste it. 

#yehudit #Yehudit slaying holofernes #aka Judith #judith slaying holofernes #Yehudit ​the heroine #eat a cheese latke #and think of this brave woman #hanukkah #hanukkiah #menorah #it’s so beautiful #jewish history #Jewish #jewish holidays #jumblr

[nesyanast]

The State Department just published a 51 page report detailing over a century's worth of Russia's exploitation of antisemitism as a tactic to spread disinformation and propaganda

#jumblr #jewish #nesyapost #jews #jewish history #antisemitism #Russian History #Russian antisemitism #Russian jews #soviet jews #history #pdf download #propaganda #Ukraine war #can't wait to dive into this

[matan4il]

Every single time I hear someone referring to a Jewish person as ‘white’ another little piece of my soul dies.

As a non-American Jew, the first time I ever heard Jews being referred to as white was when I was a full grown adult watching an American reality show. I FOR REAL thought they were making that shit up in order to generate buzz and get people talking about the controversy! That’s how foreign the notion was to me. Imagine my shock and horror to discover that THIS IS A COMMON MISCONCEPTION IN THE UNITED STATES.

It’s the way that referring to Jews as ‘white’ ERASES white people’s antisemitism, it erases our persecution at the hands of white people, it erases our suffering, it erases the OTHERING that Jews had suffered for CENTURIES from actual white people.

Based on what the skin tone of some Jews in a few places might afford them SO LONG AS NO ONE KNOWS THEY’RE JEWISH.

If you have to hide your real identity in order to enjoy the privileges of being perceived as white, YOU’RE NOT WHITE (this is true for Jews just like it is true for other white-passing People of Color).

White passing is not the same as white.

WHITE PASSING IS NOT THE SAME AS WHITE.

Jews are NOT white. Not a single one of us. Not even the ones who can pass as white, let alone all of the Jews who can’t.

#jews #jew #jumblr #jr #jewish #jewish stuff #jewish history #jewish identity #antisemitism #frumblr #white passing #is not the same as white #jews of tumblr #jewish privilege #jews are not white #jewish dignity #jewish people #judaism #antisemites #resources

[napoleonyaoi]

this is a jewish leftist and antizionist reading list steering entirely clear of zionists or normalizing publishers. there is a form for suggestions. posted by chaiya_redacted

#txt #palestine #resources #reading list #jewish history #politics #decolonisation

[palestine-info-uncensored]

#jewish history #ashkenazi jewish #israel #free palestine #politics

[the-catboy-minyan]

would you tell a Native American person you know their history better than them?

would you tell an African American person you know their history better than them?

would you tell any minority group you know their history better than them?

no?

then why the fuck are you doing that with Jews?

#I'm so fucking tired #antisemitism #jumblr #jewish #judaism #israel #israblr #ישראבלר #ישראל #jewish history #am yisrael chai #like it or not Israel's history is part of Jewish history as well #because it's a Jewish country created by JEWISH PEOPLE #not all Jews are gonna know Israeli history that well sure #but Israeli Jews sure will #and even diaspora jews need to know a bare minimum because the existence of the state directly affects them #and obviously this is also about general antisemitism which I'd say diaspora jews probably know more than Israelis