#Testimonies

[jurygarroth]

Vylad or Luci

LUCINDA SEASON 2 UPON YOU i got carried away and now it’s become the spiritual successor of the first fanart I posted here yay.. no tattoo verison under the cut because i like them but its a bit messy

#my art #testimonies #bet you thought you saw the last of these requests #im sorry to say the last ones will not be finished though ty for sending them #minecraft diaries #aphmau #aphblr #lucinda aphmau #// eyestrain

[notedchampagne]

#chat #testimonies

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

Op blocked me for this

#cringe #testimonies #why are you so scared of truth? #moje #tw slavophobia #lechistan #imperium lechickie

[eretzyisrael]

Jewish refugees are begrudged that little sliver of refuge called Israel

By bataween on 14 December 2023

With the rise of antisemitism, Jewish refugees from Iran who found refuge in the USA now worry that they might have to uproot themselves once again. Alex Abel tells one’s family’s story in Jew in the City:

Hebrew version of the 12th century Persian poet Nizami Ganjani’s “Khosrow va Shirin”.

In all this talk about the Jews “colonizing” Israel, so many don’t even know that Israel was the place Jews had to go to because they were kicked out of somewhere else. It wasn’t just a fun mission of conquering a land (which by the way is completely indigenous to the Jews), it was a place of refuge. For some, it was refuge after the Holocaust. For others, it was there when they were actually kicked out of all the other Arab lands around them.

Israel represents a little sliver of hope, freedom and simply existence for the Jewish people. That’s why it’s so infuriating that the world doesn’t even want to allow us that much.

Today, November 30, is the day the Israeli Knesset actually adopted as a national day of commemoration for the 850,000 Jewish refugees who were displaced from Arab countries and Iran in the 20th century.

Jews lived in Arab lands for thousands of years and many of their communities were actually there before the advent of Islam. In the 20th century, Arab nationalism rose around them and it was no longer safe to be a Jew in many of these places.

According to the Israeli government, “Arab states expropriated property of their native Jews, and denaturalized, expelled, arrested, tortured and murdered many of them.”

Ariel Homapour (who goes by Ariel Laurent now) knows this story well. His mother and father left Iran and Pakistan, respectively, after experiencing fear and oppression there. Ariel himself is the eldest child in his family and the first born outside of Iran in the last thousand years of his family’s history.

His father, Morris, left when he was just 16 years old in 1987. At that age, you could be drafted into the military in Pakistan. Laurent says they didn’t have time to actually train the teenagers taken into the army and even with that, would just take them straight to the frontlines right away and naturally, many were killed right away.

Ariel’s grandmother hid his father in an underground cellar for six months so he wouldn’t be drafted. After that, they paid someone who was driving a caravan to Iraq to smuggle him out (which was a common practice at the time). The first person they paid actually stole their money and left. The second worked out though and so Morris was driven covertly across the border.

Once they got there, they were getting shot at by the Islamic regime. He ran the rest of the way.

In Baghdad, there was no clean, running water. It was muddy, with worms coming out of it. He knew if he drank that water he would get very sick so lived off of Coca Cola for 5-6 weeks. From there, he took a flight to Vienna, Austria where he waited for a few months before he could get into the United States. He survived in Vienna by shoveling ice to make money.

When he got to America, he stayed with his uncle in Queens. He worked at a flea market selling random odds and ends and helped in the jewelry business. Eventually, he saved enough money to open a woman’s clothing store called High Image. It initially had just five to six items in the whole store. He grew this business to two different locations — in Brooklyn and Long Island that existed until right before Covid.

“He never really had a childhood,” Ariel shares. “He had to grow up really fast and always had to work hard. He never really had anybody to lean on. That’s the trauma of war, it’s really hard.”

Morris’s family in Iran owned many dry cleaning locations which were all pretty much taken away from them. The rest of his family stayed there until 2001 when they moved to Israel. It wasn’t until that year that Morris saw the rest of his family again — more than 20 years.

Ariel’s mother got to leave with her family, but didn’t know she was leaving for good until they never looked back.

They went to Israel from Iran to visit a sick relative but were planning to come back. Then, they didn’t. The revolution in Iran was getting so bad and being Jewish was such a fear, they decided to stay. They went back one time two years later to gather some of their personal belongings, but weren’t able to take all of it because so much had been seized by the government.

That was in 1978, when his mother was ten-years-old. She also demonstrated immense resilience amid the struggle to start over. In Israel, she was bullied because she couldn’t speak the language. When she was 12, in 1980, her family moved to America and she had to learn yet another new way to speak.

While the mountain felt almost too high to climb, she did it gracefully. She learned English, went to high school and college in America, grew to the top of her class and became a CPA.

His parents met each other when they were 26 at a wedding in New York.

Ariel’s parents made sure to keep their heritage alive in the next generation. Ariel and his two younger siblings speak Farsi. “They made sure I didn’t lose the Persian language,” he says. He grew up in Roslyn and didn’t learn English until he went to Kindergarten.

Now, his parents are having flashbacks to having to uproot their entire lives. With the rising antisemitism in the U.S., they’re scared. “They always say how much they sacrificed to get here,” he says. “It was always a land of refuge. It’s very traumatic for them with the rise of antisemitism.”

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#Iranian Jews in US #Jewish refugees/Iran #Jews of Iran #Testimonies

[griffincastle]

hello griffin ! im not so sure how tumblr asks work, but i rlly want to say ur my favorite artist :] ! you inspire me alot and i absolutely love all your work <33 i dont know if youll see this or not, but i just wanted you to know bc i think ur amazing :] keep it up !!

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#Ask #Text #Testimonies #Thank you so much my friend!!! #I always read my asks and it means so much to hear this ;; #I'm glad my silly little zombie drawings mean something to you <333

[turing-tested]

I've been following your blog for a few years now and I think what is so compelling about it is that I think you are the only known purveyor of a concept that I have dubbed "post-unirony". I'm still working on the details of what that entails but know you are the template

prints this ask out and eats it

#testimonies

[wiirocku]

Psalm 119:14 (NKJV) - I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches.

#Psalm 119:14 #I have #rejoiced #way #of Your #testimonies #as much as #in all #riches

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Someone in one of my philosophy classes didn't think mosquitoes were animals. I just sat there and blinked for a bit. This was a college class.

one time, I taught intro biology, and one of my students - cannot stress this enough, they got into college and were majoring in biology - thought fungi were plants

the educational system? it broken

#testimonies #biology #sciblr #ignorance #broken educational system

[feedingtheflockministry]

Actor who plays apostle embraces his limp

Jordan Walker Ross plays Little James in The Chosen, but his disability in the show is no act. Born with cerebral palsy and scoliosis, Jordan has sometimes questioned God just like his character. But in this video he answers, “If you had the opportunity to be healed this very moment, would you?” and it may surprise you.

#the chosen #testimonies #christian testimony #christianity #encouraging words #encourageothers #encouragement #Youtube

[menalez]

the false claims ppl make about me are so off that they’re honestly funny ngl

#crazy racist terf who hates muh wokeness and political correctness #Zionist Occupation is oppressing Egypt because Egypt refuses to naturalise any of its palestinian refugees #yes these are totally true things that can be attributed to me #maybe i should create a tag for the weird shit ppl invent bc ppl have been lying for so long so.. #testimonies

[anti-dni-archive]

So i just saw a post on dni-archive that just. Made go "hmmm... this person seems like a TERF/SWERF" It was a chubby ginger dude w acne in an ahegao hoodie w stuff like 'porn addiction isnt real' (obvs being sarcastic)

Honestly, whoever runs dni-archive being a SWERF wouldn't surprise me anymore. :/

#asks #anons #testimonies

[jurygarroth]

Bit late but ivy for the character thing?

ONE OF MY FAVORITEEESS I am actually so happy you asked for her. she actually has inspiration outside of the fandom + my mind, the major one being Grell from Black Butler (I never read it I just like her design) and her bangs being lifted from Arcane Vi.

I love to make her an expressive little freak... she has a drill curl type hairstyle that emulates thorny twisting plants (and princess-type anime girls) she's so hard to draw right but I truly love my design for her

she always has a funny spike of hair at the back of her head. I think of it as her "shark fin".

#testimonies #my art #woe to these ivys i sketched but never finished #ivy the venom scythe

[notedchampagne]

#testimonies #chat

[dorkygurl-89]

ANNOUNCEMENT

i'm working on a video about lily orchard and all of her controversies

it's currently in the scripting process and i would like to get screenshots, testimonies, ect

my dms are open for anyone that wishes to testify

#lily orchard #announcement #video in progress #dms are open #testimonies

[byfaithmedia]

How is God testing you?

#Test #Testimony #Testimonies #SavedbyGrace #Saved #Marked #Salvation #God #LordJesus #Lord #Christ #ChristianInspiration #Trust #TrustGodBro #TrustGod #PaulBackholer #MathewBackholer #MaryBackholer #ByFaith #ByFaithMedia #Backholer #Praying #Prayer #PraisetheLord #Pray #PraiseGod #Praise #PraiseandWorship #PrayerandFasting

[wordsoftheheartandsoul]

Silent Reading Everyone has a chapter of their life they'd rather not read out loud, times and testimonies they share humbly with an appropriate few, and a wisdom that only stems from a fool's experience. As tempted as we are to let those pages define or derail us, we have to remember that our story does not end there. If we repented, learned, and grew from that chapter - that's where many of our spiritual journeys began. Not a single page was a surprise to God. He used our broken pieces to not only get our attention but also to create something even more beautiful. Turn the page, keep going, and find peace in knowing that it's your plot twist that aligned you with purpose. your story is far from over, and there is no better time to revise it than now.

Morgan Richard Olivier - Blooming Bare

#morgan richard olivier #blooming bare #silent reading #chapter #life #testimonies #share humbly #appropriate #wisdom #fool's experience #define #derail #story #repented #learned #grew #spiritual journeys #surprise #God #broken pieces #attention #create #beautiful #turn the page #keep going #peace #plot twist #purpose #revise