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baileye · 8 months

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I tend to go overboard, borrow problems from the future, and get anxious. I should find a middle ground. But my dark worldview does not prevent me from seeing the light. Jews have a word for when something good happens that I have tattooed on my ankle: “diaynu.” It means, “it would have been enough” as in “I already had so many blessings, and now this too.” I say it every time I see a nice ass go by. JK. But really, it’s plenty possible to live with deep gratitude in a world that horrifies you.

A heart broken open is more easily filled up than a closed one. You know, the whole “cracks are where the light gets in” thing. Leonard Cohen was a Jew.

*strains very hard not to add “[butt]” in front of “cracks”*

~Manifesting~ is selfing and selfing doesn’t make people better or happier.

Another central tenet of Jewish culture is a focus on tikkun olam - repairing the world, social justice. I love this about us. (Rebecca Solnit was incorrect when she wrote that pessimists excuse themselves from acting. You do not need hope to be an activist.) And maybe I’m a dinosaur for not wanting to deconstruct my vAlUeS… but I think any system of spirituality should include a moral imperative to be of service or at least to be ethical.

~Manifesting~ lacks both. It’s almost always about self improvement, realizing your own dreams, or getting what you want. This is a flaw in a spiritual system not only on moral grounds but also because helping others makes people happy and self obsession makes people unhappy.

~Manifesting~ may preach against negative thinking, but it implicitly invites people to ruminate on their inadequacies. Doing that makes people …feel inadequate, and, like astrology (not sorry!), often amounts to navel gazing. I call it “selfing.”

Selfing takes us out of the present and blinds us to our surroundings. It makes our hearts dead to the wonders and horrors of the world––to the things that remind us how little we matter, the things that can deliver us from ego. Stop making vision boards, go outside, look at some fucking plants. Everything is waiting for you.

Selfing also weakens social ties, which precludes both collective political action and living in relation to others spiritually. These are the same two reasons you can often catch me talking shit about identity politics and trauma culture, though I’m not actually against either. David Brooks articulated what I’ve been exasperatedly trying to say for years in his (otherwise spectacularly myopic)2 August NYT column, Hey, America, Grow Up!:

“… [People] don’t build secure identities on their own. They weave their stable selves out of their commitments to and attachments with others. Their identities are forged as they fulfill their responsibilities as friends, family members, employees, neighbors and citizens...”

Yes! Connection gives life meaning! I think we are mass forgetting this. Or at least my internet algorithm and IRL social bubbles are.

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don-lichterman · 2 years

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It Goes Like This: The Epic Story of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ - Israeli Culture

It Goes Like This: The Epic Story of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ – Israeli Culture

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#Israel culture #Jerusalem #Jewish culture

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hachama · 4 years

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Periodic reminder that Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah is an explicitly Jewish song and has nothing to do with xmas or xtianity.

Oily Josh do not interact.

#jumblr #jewish humor #Leonard Cohen is Jewish culture #oily Josh dni

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verilyruth · 2 years

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It’s almost the middle of November, so here is your annual reminder that Hallelujah is not a Christmas song, let alone a Christian one. Both the song and its composer are Jewish.

#if you are worried about cultural appropriation here is your chance to not do it #i swear to all that is holy i will lose it if i see hallelujah on one more christmas album #this is not meant to be aggressive #but also let us have this #also it's half about sex and that does not seem like something christians want to associate themselves with #whereas we care a lot less about that #thank you for coming to my ted talk #judaism #jewish #hallelujah #leonard cohen #jumblr

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rogertaylcr · 4 years

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xtians see bob dylan and leonard refer to jesus and be like “this is for me” , no its not u dont get it ,,,,, vaya ,,,,,

#bob dylan #leonard cohen #like theres a difference between writing about christian mythology because its so prevalent in culture #and writing like christian music #and no this is where i draw the line at the whole its up to the viewer what it means arcument #because theres nothing more insufferable than a christian consuming jewish media and thinking its for rhem

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letterful · 2 years

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pleeeease please just a SNIPPET of the as of yet untitled story? just a HINT? 😭🙏🏽 matka boska pleeeeaaassseeee

[don’t reblog please] ah, alright! it is—in part, at least—a sorta-kinda retelling of the book of tobit, except sarah of media becomes sara of warsaw and asmodeus becomes [redacted]. yet another subplot involves a character (again: sorta-kinda) based on princess wanda (the one who preferred to take her own life instead of marrying a german prince, on account of him being, well, german; while i do not share this sentiment myself, the history of polish-german relations is definitely one of the central themes, as long and complex and plainly fucked-up as it is). in general, there are references to folklore and cultural history aplenty, both slavic and jewish (ashkenazi in particular) in origin, since intertextuality /is/ my greatest love (although it is also one of the main reasons why i don’t see myself moving past the research stage anytime soon). hm, what else...? the whole thing is heavily eschatological, because of course it is (gott ist tot, gott bleibt tot, und wir haben ihn getötet, except make it literal). its atmopshere—or, rather, the atmosphere i hope to convey—is somewhat influenced by the fin de siècle and symbolist movements (ah, the fever of modernity!), despite the actual story taking place in the 1930s. as i mentioned, i’m still at the research stage, and this is one of the books that i’ve bought with this godforsaken wip in mind (and this is another. and this is YET another). also: this image very much captures the general Vibe. also, if i had to choose a theme song (as of yet untitled story anime adaptation /when/), it would be either to ostatnia niedziela (but specifically this rendition) or the future by leonard cohen.

#baya my beloved 💛 your interest in it single-handedly keeps me going #you ARE getting a shout-out in the acknowledgements when it finally gets published circa 2077 #🧿#(also some of my greatest influences are tokarczuk & bulgakov & borges; make of that what you will)#(but also wilde & machen & baudelaire & wyspiański & schulz & kafka... oh i am beginning to sound like that 'this is glee fanfiction' post.#actually let me find it)

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13uswntimagines · 3 years

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Chanukah party (USWNT x Baby!Reader)

This isn’t a request but @literaryhedgehog and I thought it would be fun. The basic premise is that reader is at camp during Chanukah, and the team feels bad (especially Lindsey) so they throw her a party. (thank you @notmia101 for betaing this for us).

You smiled at Alyssa as she described her winter plans after training camp. How she was going to visit her sister and her family for Christmas. How they were hoping for snow and how they were going to kill an innocent tree and desecrate its body with lights for their amusement. Her words, not yours. It was a game she and the other girls played every year, trying to make their Christmas plans sound as horror-movie-ish as possible. It was a way of trying to make fun of themselves so you could share the amusement and join in laughing at them.

But despite their efforts, a little piece of you always felt left out because you couldn’t (wouldn’t?) participate. See, you were one of the few who didn’t celebrate Christmas. You were proud of your Jewish heritage, even if your family wasn’t the most ~religious~. But you were proud of the culture you had been raised in. You held its traditions very near to your heart and weren’t AT ALL bitter that the rest of the team had time designated to visit their family during their winter holidays while you still had training camp through the third week of December.

You were kinda zoning out because you could only take so much of their cookie baking, their stalkerish man that watched kids while they slept, and their hiding of a stupid stuffed toy you were sure would give you nightmares (who the fuck thought having an ‘elf’ stalk your family all month was cute?!?!? Capitalism was a weird man). (Though you may or may not have paid attention to Lindsey’s plan to dress Ferguson like a little elf…)

“What about you kid?” Tobin asked, nudging you out of your daydream.

“What?” You shook your head, making everyone around you laugh.

“Do you have plans for the holidays?” Lindsey repeated, her smile showing off her dimples.

“Oh, um. Chanukah started a few days ago. It’s cool, they have an app with a menorah and everything. My family has been face timing me most days, but it will be over before training ends.” You shrugged, hoping they couldn’t see how much being away from your family during this time of year sucked (though you were glad to be included on the camp roster).

Most of the veteran's jaws dropped, how had they not known that you were missing something so important to you? How had US Soccer overlooked a holiday (and inadvertently given you an ultimatum- celebrate or make the national team).

“Then why did they schedule training camp this week?” Tobin mumbled. Again you shrugged.

“There’s 23 of you and only one of me… it’s really not that big of a deal,” you smiled briefly and gave the same speech you had given since middle school, “It’s not like the ‘Jewish Christmas’ even though it happens around the same time some years, my family doesn’t even exchange presents, so I’m really just missing the party they’re throwing on the 18th.”

“That still isn’t fair though. I mean, we get Christmas off automatically, even if we don’t celebrate it!” Christen huffed, throwing her hands up.

“I mean, this isn’t like a new thing. We’re always at camp during this time. And next year the holiday starts in November, so it’s not something that can consistently be scheduled around. I guess it’s just a sacrifice I have to make to be the best right?” You said earnestly, shaking your head. You knew all of the arguments, you had heard them for all of your life.

“But-“ Emily started to protest, but before she could get the words out you cut her off. “Don’t make a big deal guys, it’s fine. Really,”

The team stared at you for a few seconds, several women opening and closing their mouths several times. You shifted uncomfortably under their gaze, breathing a sigh of relief when your phone rang, glad to have an excuse to get out of this situation.

“Ok so we’re totally going to make a big deal out of this,” Lindsey said turning back around to face the team the second you were out the door.

“I’m guessing you have a plan to woo your girl?” Emily smirked, wiggling her eyebrows.

“It’s not to. No. We are doing this as a team to be supportive of our teammate who is part of a traditionally marginalized culture that we need to be more supportive of,” Lindsey grumbled sternly, smiling when Christen nodded in return. “I’m googling “Chanukah for Dummies” right now.

They were going to make this camp different from the others (and if she got to impress you that was just a bonus).

…..

“Umm, why does it smell like something is burning?” Becky asked, walking through the hotel corridor towards the dining room.

“Because Latkes are apparently more difficult to make than I expected,” Kelley said, tossing what looked like a stack of burned hockey pucks into the trash. “I didn’t realize the whole room was going to smell like fried food- do you think they’re going to fine me when we check out?”

“If they fine you, they better fine Em too. The stench from such a little jar is kind of amazing,” Lindsey huffed.

“What did she do, get her sardines or something?” Becky asked, shaking her head, remembering the smell that she couldn’t quite place.

“No. Something called ‘Gefilte fish’”.

“But isn’t that usually for Passover?” Kelley asked, looking up from where she was trying to scrape burned potatoes off her pan.

“They said it was traditional, isn’t that what we’re going for?” Emily huffed, pouting. Lindsey rolled her eyes at her best friend.

“I’ve got music!” Chrystal called, walking through the door in a star-patterned sweater. “It turns out there are not a whole lot of Chanukah songs. There’s a Spotify playlist that’s only 3 hours long, or so, so I supplemented it with a lot of Leonard Cohen and Paul Simon.”

“And I brought the sour cream and applesauce as requested!” Sam called, walking in after her, “also some apple juice and honey bourbon. I know apples and honey are a thing for Rosh Hashana, so I thought maybe we could make some cocktails?”

“I won’t tell coach if you don’t,” Kelley said taking the bottle and pouring herself a shot. “Someone else needs to take over the latke making. My attempts have all either looked like lefse, hashbrowns or just burned.”

“Lefse?”

“I had an ex-girlfriend from Minnesota. It was a potato tortilla thing her family sent her at thanksgiving. The point here is that someone else needs to cook or we are just going to be eating sour cream and applesauce on their own.”

“We could make french fries?” Rose suggested tentatively.

“With bacon and cheese! Those are the best,” Emily exclaimed, only to have Lindsey (gently) slap the back of her head.

“No, Sonnett. She can’t have bacon and I don’t think she’s allowed to have cheese and meat on the same plate…”

“I think if we just batter potato pieces in egg and flour and fry them it would taste nice with the apple sauce and sour cream. And we’ve made french fries before so it won’t be so much of a… learning curve. Though you did a great try, Kelley!” Rose said, patting Kelley’s arm.

“You guys are useless. Did you even look at a recipe?” Megan shook her head.

“If you think it’s so easy you try it.” Kelley scoffed. Megan raised her eyebrow at the woman, stealing the spatula from the defender's hand.

“Tasty made here we come,”

*****

“Happy Chanukah!” came from all around as you walked in. Lindsey was very proud. Not only had she gotten the team on track and ensured that they had all of the stuff google said would make the perfect Chanukah celebration; she had also kept you off their trail until this moment. The shock on your face made all the work on their day off entirely worth it.

The room was decorated in tinsel with a shiny plastic menorah in the center of the table. Several people were wearing ugly sweaters with different “decorations” taped on. A sign on the back wall said “We survived, let’s eat!” Lindsey had decided against hanging up the posters Rose and Mal made saying “Stick it to the (ro)Man!” and “MaccaBEe mine.” The first one because she wasn’t sure it was appropriate, the second one because she knew it wasn’t.

“Ooo who brought the hotdog of the sea?” You asked, biting your lip to suppress a giggle as you walked over to the table to see the food on display.

“What?” Lindsey’s eyes tried to follow yours, utterly confused. They didn’t get hotdogs. They most certainly weren’t on the list that Chanukah for dummies had given her.

You smiled softly and shook your head, pointing to the tan balls that Emily had provided.

“That’s what my siblings and I call it during Passover. Gefilte fish is kinda a love it or hate it thing…” you trailed off, scrunching your nose just slightly.

“And you’re not a fan?” Lindsey smirked, wrapping an arm around your shoulder.

“Umm, I plead the fifth,” You mumbled, shaking your head slightly. It wasn’t your favorite item in the world.

“That was all Emily,” Kelley snorted, clapping you on the back, and you grinned devilishly back at her.

“Well, it was very nice of her to be so thoughtful. She can try a piece with me,”

Emily cringed at the idea, but nodded nonetheless. It was your party and if eating the smelly thing out of a jar made you happy, then that’s exactly what she would do. (She also stealthily shot Lindsey the middle finger while you were surveying the rest of the items on the tables).

“Honestly the sufganiyot is my favorite,” you said, taking a step towards the platter, your lips ticking up at Lindsey’s adorable confused face. “sorry, the donuts,” you clarified, picking up one of the many powdered sugar-covered donuts in the stack, inspecting it to see what kind it was. The Jelly ones were particularly important for the celebration.

Lindsey blushed a little. “We didn’t know if you wanted jelly or custard,” She said hesitantly, watching as your eyes got impossibly brighter.

“Both are amazing, thank you,” You smiled softly at the midfielder, brushing a stay bit of powdered sugar off her pink cheeks. You held her gaze for a moment before seeming realizing you had an audience, and turning towards the rest of the team. “thank all of you,”

It wasn’t the traditional Chanukah you usually shared with your family, but the friends who had become your family made it special nonetheless.

#uswnt imagine #uswnt imagines #uswnt x reader #literalhedgehog

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shalomelohim · 2 years

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The Levites - The Levites full album - הלוויים - האלבום המלא

The Levites Vocals : Evyatar Tzadok, Elior Itzkovitz, Meir Haim Mulakandov, Nitzan Shohaam, Ariel Ohayon, Guy Azikri and Roniel Cohen

Magnifique album.

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00:00 - 1. Overture Composed by Ran aviv and Ron Ben Yose

01:53 - 2. Birkat Hakohanim - lyrics - from the Bible Composed by Liat Revner

05:22 - 3. Mi Kamocha Ba'elim - lyrics - from the Bible Traditional composition

09:55 - 4. Halleluya - lyrics - from the Bible Composed by Leonard Cohen

14:10 - 5. Malahe Sashalom - lyrics - from the Bible Traditional composition

17:54 - 6. Yaase Shalom - lyrics - from the Bible Traditional composition

21:37 - 7. En Od Milvado - lyrics by Yossi Gispan Composed by Tomer Hadadi

24:36 - 8. Yerushalaim Shel Zahav Lyrics and composition by Naomi Shemer

29:22 - 9. Arba Bavos Composed by Rabbi Shneur Zalman

35:11 - 10. Mi Adir - lyrics - from the Bible Composed by Yerachmiel Begun

39:20 - 11. Eshet Hail - lyrics - from the Bible Composed by Itzhak Waldner

44:04 - 12. Mehera - lyrics - from the Bible Composed by Itzhak Waldner

48:16 - 13. Im Eshkaheh Yerushalaim - lyrics - from the Bible Composed by Yohana Shapira, Shlomo Carlebach

52:31 - 14. Boi Beshalom - lyrics - from the Bible Composed by Justin Hayward

♥ ♥ ♥

“ Louez l’Eternel, Faites appel à son nom, Faites connaître ses hauts faits parmi les peuples ! Chantez en son honneur, Jouez de vos instruments en son honneur, Célébrez toutes ses merveilles ! Placez votre fierté dans son saint nom ! Que le coeur de ceux qui cherchent l’Eternel se réjouisse ! Ayez recours à l’Eternel et à sa force, Recherchez constamment sa présence ! “ (Psaume 105:1-4)

“ Louez l’Eternel, car il est bon ! Oui, sa bonté dure éternellement. Que les rachetés de l’Eternel le disent, Ceux qu’il a rachetés du pouvoir de l’ennemi et qu’il a rassemblés de tous les pays, de l’est et de l’ouest, du nord et du sud ! “ (Psaume 107:1-3)

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A Jewish soulful choir group that sings music from the Jewish tradition and roots in high standards and modern production with World music atmosphere.

Songs and melodies from the Jewish tradition gain more and more popularity I the Israeli culture along the years.

In the world, the Jewish culture is being recognized by many populations that connect to Judaism from the Bible stories and the traditional Jewish songs.

Teta had conducted numerous auditions to traditional Jewish soul singers.

Few, with an impressive vocal chords, vocals which big far beyond soul singing, vocals that completes each other in a perfect harmony, were chosen to form the Ensemble of The Levites.

The tribe of Levi is one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The tribe of Levi was chosen from all tribes to carry the Ark of the Covenant to serve before God.

The Levites were responsible of the important role of singing and playing music in the Temple, a work that was in fact an integral part of the holy service.

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Los levitas

Un coro judío con alma que canta música de la tradición judía y tiene sus raíces en los más altos estándares y la producción moderna con un ambiente de música del mundo.

Las canciones y melodías de la tradición judía ganan cada vez más popularidad en la cultura israelí a lo largo de los años.

En el mundo, la cultura judía está siendo reconocida por muchas poblaciones que se conectan con el judaísmo a partir de las historias bíblicas y las canciones judías tradicionales.

Teta había realizado numerosas audiciones para cantantes de soul judíos tradicionales.

Pocos, con unas cuerdas vocales impresionantes, voces que van mucho más allá del canto del alma, voces que se completan en perfecta armonía, fueron elegidas para formar el Ensamble of The Levites.

La tribu de Leví es una de las doce tribus de Israel. La tribu de Levi fue elegida de todas las tribus para llevar el Arca de la Alianza para servir ante Dios.

Los levitas eran responsables del importante papel de cantar y tocar música en el templo, una obra que de hecho era parte integral del servicio santo.

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