#jewish blogging

[roach-works]

I’m always a bit nervous to talk about being Jewish on the internet. In part, I’m afraid of getting outright antisemitic harassment, and in part it’s because a lot of positive discussion of Judaism ends up getting hijacked by oblivious goyim who turn the discussion sour, no matter how well-meaning they might be.

So, it makes me really happy to see you writing openly and unabashedly about being jewish. Whether you’re writing from a place of celebration, social-media-exasperation, sorrow, joy, education, frustration, or any of them at once, it’s always good to see people talking openly. I’m starting to think that I could follow your example, and be a bit less anxious.

I know I’m just a tumblr stranger, but I want say thank you. Even the little things help! :)

aw, thanks for the sweet ask! being jewish was definitely the least and most 'minor' piece of my identity until uhhhh yknow. nazis started being real again. but i remember slamming into this weird realization a couple years ago that i had put a lot of effort into learning to respectfully depict black people, because i wanted to be a thoughtful and conscientious ally, and because i firmly believed that fantasy and science fiction should belong to everyone... but i had never even once thought of drawing a man that looked like my family.

like, i thought i was white. and then i thought, i'm white and jewish. and then i thought, what if i drew this podcast character as jewish? what if i drew him as if he looked like my uncle or my dad or my brother? and then i felt, immediately, reflexively: absolute terror.

generational trauma, growing up in the shadow of the holocaust, living and working in the midwest, you just... you hide that part of yourself. you survive. you don't get loud and proud and angry. you live like a mouse, in the corners, in what space you gnaw out for yourself.

i still don't wear a star of david. so many of my coworkers wear crosses but so many of my coworkers have guns. i think of wearing a gold star around the people who i've already cheerfully told i was gay, and my hands sweat. i think everyone who goes outside with that kind of target on their chest is phenomenally brave.

there is a bone deep terror in me of my own jewishness, of when i'll have to pay for it, of what the bill will be, of what i might do or say that's a little too loud or clumsy or obvious or true, and thus sign my own warrant. jews are so brave and so strong to keep living through all this but like have you seen the midrash? have you seen how many generations of our sages left behind the distilled wisdom of a lifetime and it boiled down to be secret, be safe.

jewish representation is so fucking fraught! the theif, the banker, the pedophile, the goblin, the bones in the oven. we don't often get to tell our own stories, or wear our own faces. and even when we have the opportunity, it's terrifying. we flinch. how jewish is superman, really? our hero, our ubermench, the most famous converso. we joke around, we make coded allusions, we minimize.

it's hard to walk into the spotlight and smile when you don't know if you're in a theater or a prison yard, you know?

so. i don't know. i don't know! sorry to explode on you! i'm going to a christmas party at a bar tomorrow. i live in indiana and work a blue collar job with guys who think trump was a whole lot of fun but invited me specifically and promised to buy me a pint. there'll be ax throwing and free drinks and i'm probably going to have to explain hannukah for the fifty millionth time. second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a whole lot worse.

the sages write: be secret, be safe. survive. but even with all that weight, you've got to be brave, you know? i think you know. you can't live your life in the dark. you can't make art from the fetal position.

even the mouse deserves a day out.

#maus #jewish blogging #nightblogging #roach's kawaii life

[zaritarazi]

every year i’m like i’m not going to be a bitch about this and i’m NOT going to steal christmas. i’m going to be completely normal. i’m going to be joyful, even. and then it’s 12:00 AM november 1st and the deluge of people who willfully forget that christmas is not, in fact, a secular holiday, just fucking floods the internet and i’m putting on my fucking santa suit and tying a single reindeer horn onto the fucking dog 

#jewish blogging

[bisexualamy]

ALSO today i found out that my orthodox sister's orthodox boyfriend clocked me as trans weeks ago lmao and here i've been tryna be so stealthy abt the fact that i'm in the process of getting a sex change.

he swears i told him outright and i know i didn't. i think it was a combo of me flying too close to the sun (when i think i'm around oblivious cis people i will make funny trans jokes that are funny for me bc of the dramatic irony) and the fact that unbeknownst to me the man went to secular college after yeshiva and knows a lot of queer people.

this is good obviously. my sister is wonderful and pre-screens her boyfriends for queer friendliness on the first date. but this is a nice moment for me to check my personal biases against orthodox people and what i assume they know and care about. this guy isn't responsible for my past orthodox trauma and i shouldn't assume what he knows and doesn't know based on my baggage.

i actually like him a lot which is good bc they're talking about getting married. he offered to order me toiletries and stuff off amazon for my recovery which was very sweet. now that he knows what's up i told my sister he's allowed to come visit with her.

#i'm reclaiming the phrase sex change so just like. jot that down #i will say it again i think it's a fun phrase #jewish blogging #ren speaks

[shoutsindwarvish]

i want to email the rabbi at this one particular local synagogue to start diving into practicing after circling it for years but i keep opening the blank email message box and being like

#jumblr #i was raised religiously christian but my mom's jewish #i grew up with secular jewish culture and yiddish and celebrating jewish holidays #i AM jewish #i don't feel comfortable with christianity anymore and i feel drawn to judaism but it's SCARY to start something new #but i feel like i'm supposed to do this #need to suck it up and get the ball rolling but it's harrrrrd #my posts #jewish blogging #religion blogging

[winterslune]

pretty sure this is the most gorgeous book I have ever fucking seen

#jumblr #Jewish #jewblr #judaism #judaica #jewish books #jewish blogging

[merlinisnotover]

Hello?? Like I hope it’s for YK but what an ominous way to write that Twitter wtf

[ID: two images. the first is a screenshot from Twitter that reads “Trending in United States The Jews 27.3k Tweets” and the second is a screenshot from Queer Eye of Antoni being scared and the caption has been modified to read “Jewish fear”. End ID]

#jewish blogging #twitter

[heritageposts]

By Ilan Pappe, published 5th of November 2023.

On October 24, a statement by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres caused a sharp reaction by Israel. While addressing the UN Security Council, the UN chief said that while he condemned in the strongest terms the massacre committed by Hamas on October 7, he wished to remind the world that it did not take place in a vacuum. He explained that one cannot dissociate 56 years of occupation from our engagement with the tragedy that unfolded on that day. The Israeli government was quick to condemn the statement. Israeli officials demanded Guterres’s resignation, claiming that he supported Hamas and justified the massacre it carried out. The Israeli media also jumped on the bandwagon, asserting among other things that the UN chief “has demonstrated a stunning degree of moral bankruptcy”. This reaction suggests that a new type of allegation of anti-Semitism may now be on the table. Until October 7, Israel had pushed for the definition of anti-Semitism to be expanded to include criticism of the Israeli state and questioning the moral basis of Zionism. Now, contextualising and historicising what is going on could also trigger an accusation of anti-Semitism.

. . . article continues on Al Jazeera

#palestine #gaza #israel #ilan pappe #he's an israeli-born jewish historian and the author of 'the ethnic cleansing of palestine' and 'ten myths about israel' #the first one i've shared several passages from on this blog

[the-catboy-minyan]

due to a certain asshole spewing bullshit in spacelazarwolf's notes, I wanna emphasize something:

YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW HEBREW TO BE JEWISH

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEARN HEBREW TO BE JEWISH

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WANT TO LEARN HEBREW TO BE JEWISH

the only thing you need to be Jewish is to be Jewish. a Jew is a Jew.

(this message does not include messianic jews)

#jumblr #judaism #jewish #jewish positivity #diaspora jews #jewish converts #patrilineal jews #reform judaism #conservative judaism #orthodox judaism #secular jews #all of them are fucking Jews regardless of what languages they speak #I can't believe I have to say this in 5784 #gatekeepers are not welcome on my blog ☺️

[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)

[65810-29]

hey sorry but they goyified your inherently jewish written character. yea. yea no they tried catering to a wider audience. yea they made him scorf down a pile of bacon. i’m so sorry

#star trek snw #spock #judaism #leonard nimoy #also apology to leonard nimoy #i’m not even at the episode yet but i saw a bunch of spoilers on twt. and That clip #not to mention the nonsensical exaggerated gen z talk paramount put in the caption #not to ALSO mention the way they try so desperately to make him straight #quite harrowing from everything i’ve seen #yes i’m aware some jewish people don’t keep kosher and i don’t mean offense with this post #but many jewish trek fans feel it important to keep spock’s unabashed jewishness in tact #DISCLAIMER: i am not jewish. this post does not have significant weight and i do not wish to speak on behalf of jewish friends #lamb of blog

[hindahoney]

Unapologetic and opinionated Jews please know I love you

#youre not too intimidating and youre not too much youre a KIDDUSH HASHEM #jumblr #judaism #jewish #frumblr #jewblr #j tag #jew tag #this blog supports being loud and aggressively jewish #like yes please bring jewish things up all the time even if no one else is listening I AM

[zaritarazi]

"it's just anti-zionism not antisemitism bingo" full of literally just anti-zionism and not antisemitism. putting "iof" in there like an absolute dipshit, among other things. they are an occupying force. you can't say words are antisemitic because they make you feel bad. you have to grow up and live in reality with the rest of us.

and tagging it "the jews are tired" you're tired because hit dogs bark. you're a zionist and you're mad people are "citing jvp" because there are jews out here like me who have never been zionists, and you're so so so mad that you can't use your extra special social currency anymore. i want a free palestine and i'm wide awake. imagine unironically quoting a fartlow tweet in your tags. you are the dumbest people alive

#look inward before you condemn outward sweaty #jewish antizionism #i'm sorry you know better but you don't want your parents to stop paying for college. don't post through it though #jewish blogging #anti zionism is not antisemitism #yeah i would be tired if i was a reaching loser like you and not cool and hot like me

[bisexualamy]

so many usamerican atheists on the left have not unpacked their antisemitism and islamophobia, and instead of doing that (because that would be hard and emotionally taxing), they just fall back on "all organized religion is evil. religious restriction is evil and regressive. hierarchy is evil and religious hierarchy is no exception" with no critical thinking towards what it means to tell minority religions (in the usa) that they shouldn't practice their faiths.

we constantly say this, but our religions are not the christianity you left. they are not 1:1 comparable. take a minute to learn about judaism or islam. take a minute to learn about religious assimilation in this country (and that's not even getting into the absolutely horrible, genocidal acts towards eliminating native religions in the name of christianity). on this issue, your opinion is indistinguishable from the christian right you hate.

now it's kosher/halal rules, including kosher/halal slaughter, dressed up with progressive language to make it harmonize with the rest of their progressive values. watch, in five years, they're going to start saying religious fasting is "disordered eating"

#twisting yourself in knots to make all your views consistent is so much easier than challenging your own biases #just because you agree that capitalism is bad doesn't mean that you magically eliminated all of your cultural biases #ren speaks #making this nonrebloggable bc every time my jewish takes go viral i get fash in my inbox #jewish blogging

[shoutsindwarvish]

getting vaxxed after work, baybeee

#specifically the new booster #tomorrow’s gonna be a long day but it’ll be worth it #i’m banking on being fine by monday for rosh hashanah #gonna miss shabbat service tonight but it’s for a good cause #and might miss it tomorrow depending on how i’m feeling #but this needs to get done #may the side effects be kind this time #my posts #jewish blogging #religion blogging #(for my tags) #covid19

[spacelazarwolf]

i had my first judeo-italian class today! it was cut short bc the professor had to leave early but i have a good feeling abt this class.

#jewish #jumblr #italki jew #might as well start cataloguing my posts abt this class so ppl can find them on my blog #judeo italian

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

if you're wondering why I kind of abandoned this blog, there's several reasons (fandom just doesn't feel fun anymore, I'm trying to cut back on screen time, I've been feeling like my faith is in contradiction to what I see/read/interact with on here is for years and years now) but the final straw has been what I see on my dash every day about Israel/Palestine.

I keep seeing people I used to interact with and used to like now peddling conspiracy theories, debunked claims, inflammatory headlines, and even bloodthirsty rhetoric with tens of thousands of notes (when corrections of those posts get ~500 notes at best), and reacting to nuanced conversations like they're calls for hatred, all while turning a blind eye to the very literal vicious hatred or sheer ignorance in many of those big posts. The level of black-and-white thinking is so strong that we are wayyyy past 'us-vs-them,' we're in the kind of discourse where even 'know thy enemy' (being interested in understanding the opposing arguments even just so you can dismantle them) is considered hatred - people can't be bothered to know what they're arguing for or against, nothing short of plugging your ears and screaming for the death of the Bad People is enough. This is a wave of just about the most hypocritical, callous and uninformed 'activism' this website has ever been guilty of and it's too much. I'm done with this.

And yes, this is about antisemitism. You can all shout 'not antisemitic, just anti-zionist' all day long but you have done jack shit to prove you don't hate Jews beside chanting 'punch a nazi' in the same breath you use KKK slurs and cheer for groups that have 'curse the Jews' in their slogan. I trust none of you anymore.

#israel palestine conflict #israel hamas war #antisemitism #I should have taken a stand from the beginning and I was afraid to. makes me a pretty shitty ally I guess #I also didn't want to talk about current events on a fandom blog bc who am I to give my two cents? #and how can I justify having an opinion unless I back it up with constantly up to date and rigorously examined info #and how can I stop talking about current events once i've started? making my fandom blog no longer about fandom #I still don't know what the right thing to do is #I still don't think it's my place to speak out on much of what's going on in I/P because of how hard it is to be accurate and objective #but if I'm on any 'side' it's certainly not the side of the western 'activists' #i'm on the 'side' of the innocent people suffering in both countries and on the side of the jewish people you've made feel afraid #i'm on the side of life #you GLORIFIED TERRORISM AND SUICIDE