#messianic jews are goyim

[a-very-tired-jew]

Jew face in activist spaces

If you have followed the I/P War at all then you are well aware of organizations like JVP handing out kippahs and other Jewish garments to members of their protests. Other people, and myself, on this site have documented JVP's activities as New Age Messianics, and their repeated actions of dressing up their goy members as Jews hardly helps their image. With that in mind, there are certain slogans that we attribute to Jews within this time period. One of them is "Not In Our Name" or "Not In My Name". We often see this phrase used by actual antizionist Jews or those nonZionist/Zionist Jews that see Netanyahu's government as going too far. These Jews seek to distance themselves from the association with Israel, hence the phrase(s). It appears on banners, t-shirts, and other items. Well... Ally Beardsley of Dropout TV was recently arrested at a protest wearing a Not In Our Name shirt. Beardsley grew up as an Evangelical Christian. They're not Jewish, nor have they ever presented themself as being Jewish. So why are they wearing a shirt with a phrase used by Jews who are in opposition to Israel's actions? I do understand allyship, but this particular phrase says "Our", and Beardsley does not belong to the "Our" group in any capacity. Personally, I have the same feeling as when I see someone using slang, slurs, or language of a particular group in public because their immediate circle is made of those persons and thus they have an in-group while they themselves are an outgroup member. It's outside of the boundaries of that in-group, and it doesn't matter how many seders, BBQs, or whathaveyou that you're invited to, you don't use that language outside of your circle. I already had red flags and klaxon bells going off in my head about Beardsley before this (that's a whole separate post about my issues with Fantasy High and other Dropout media), and at present I've not seen anything that would be contrary to those warnings.

But why is this problematic? What is one person doing this actually impact? Beardsley has a relatively big following, and thus has a big impact. And it’s not just them doing it, there’s many accounts of goys doing this same behavior. Furthermore, due to their celebrity others will copy this behavior. They’re trying to represent a position within our community while not actually being a member of it. They’re speaking for Jews when they’re not Jews themselves. It’s another example of Jewish voices and phrases being coopted by goyim, regardless of the intention, and that’s not okay.

#jumblr #leftist antisemitism #israel #palestine #activism #dropout #dropout tv #Jew face #Goys need to stop pretending to be Jews #Goys stop wearing Jewish slogans

[evilwickedme]

I'm going to preface this with you absolutely don't have to answer if you don't want to/don't have the emotional energy - but I was wondering if you had sources for JVP being "not really Jewish"? I ask because as someone who usually says I'm Jewish for simplicity's sake despite my conversion being still in progress, I've definitely been told I'm "not really Jewish" (I recognize that halachically I'm not til I immerse in the mikveh, that isn't what I mean here, I hope it makes sense.) I also have a lot of friends who have been told they "aren't really Jewish" by other Jews because they converted or are patrilineal Jews or follow a different observance level or even because they're anti-Zionists. And since I happen to have a lot of friends and local community members who I know are JVP members and I also know are Jewish, I'm always really confused when I see claims the organization isn't Jewish - bc the folks I know in it are. Like, I personally know 5 members of their rabbinical council, one of the members is even my advising rabbi for my conversion. So I'm trying to determine if my local JVP is just *vastly* different from the rest of the org or if I'm right to immediately be on edge by "not really Jewish" claims and wonder if the person making them will start questioning the sincerity of my desire to convert (or once complete, validity of my conversion) next.

I hope that all makes sense? I'm operating on very little sleep this morning so I apologize if anything isn't clear or something. (Also, I would be happy to talk about my experience with my local JVP, which is rather limited beyond knowing they exist and knowing a lot of members, but I do have some knowledge of the work beyond JVP folks in this area who are members are doing.)

They're not Jewish cause they're run by goyim lmao

Here's a doc on their antisemitic history which has lots and lots of sources in it for every claim

Also, this:

A quick search for jvp or Jewish voices for peace in my blog should come up with half a dozen other sources

I feel like I've been pretty clear in my pro-convert stance, and that I think converts are real Jews (I once made a post making fun of that saying "reblog if you think born Jews are real Jews" that unfortunately didn't land or gain traction, but I maintain hilarity). That doesn't mean that everyone who claims to be Jewish is in fact Jewish or that every org that claims to represent Jewish people does in fact represent Jewish people. Jvp is about as Jewish as messianics are - there's certainly some real Jews working with them, but nobody in charge seems to be, and overall they do lots of antisemitic shit.

#gail speaks #rinielelrandir #ask

[dragoneyes618]

"Let us not kid ourselves, each of the world’s major religions have in their scripture harsh rhetoric and vicious hatred toward its enemies, often those who violate its moral codes, the heretics and scoffers. Just like deep in the privacy of the beis midrash you may hear a rebbe voice negative sentiments against “goyim,” so too I am sure despite Vatican II, in many churches, Jews are still described as killers of Christ. Those sentiments were certainly enacted cruelly during the Crusades and Inquisitions, and in minor ways, no doubt continues in some regions of the world, despite Christianity professing love.

Nachmanides, in his famous disputation, quipped that the Christian religion, which was purported to bring Messianic peace to the world, is responsible for the most bloodshed in history. Of course, let us not forget Islam, which not only has violent rhetoric, but through modern times has a large contingent of its adherents who dehumanize and decapitate the infidel. In the Torah, we have similar laws that are technically on the books in regard to infidels, but do we act that way in reality? The Rambam (Laws of Slaves 9:8) delineates a list of behaviors that one should direct toward a Canaanite slave, including not yelling at him, and listening to his complaints. This is hardly a religion and culture that dehumanizes innocent civilians, Jew or slave.

We recently became painfully aware of how many of the advocacy groups who espoused “silence is violence” somehow ignored this idea when it came to Jewish rape victims of October 7. Or those who would fire a professor or censure a student for the wrong pronoun, but allow the most vile and violence-inciting chants on campus in the name of free speech. So, please do not lecture me as a Jew, about what it states in the Talmud. Forgive me for quoting the Christian Bible, when I say, “Let he who is without sin among you cast the first stone.”"

- Feuerman, R. S. (2023, December 21). Do we dehumanize the other? The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com. https://www.jewishpress.com/judaism/halacha-hashkafa/do-we-dehumanize-the-other/2023/12/21/

#judaism #christianity #islam #antisemitism #jumblr

[simcha-is-a-mitzvah]

Intro and Rules

Welcome! I made this blog to help provide Jewish people with joy and happiness. Especially lately, these have been hard times, and everywhere I've seen people express that they feel themselves drowning in so much negativity.

As the name of the blog says, I believe holding space for Simcha, even in dark times, is a very special mitzvah.

This isn't to say you shouldn't feel sad or angry or upset ever. It's normal to sometimes not be able to find joy. So allow yourself to not feel happy all the time, but also allow yourself to be happy sometimes.

About me: I am currently in the process of converting and have been for almost 2 years. So while I'm not technically Jewish yet, I love this community more than I will ever be able to express. I want to make it very clear that I do not speak for the Jewish community as a whole, nor do I claim to. I'm just here to share other people's joyous moments to maybe help others cope with life.

You can call me Simcha, as that is probably the Hebrew name I'm picking. I'm in my 20s, and I'm queer and neurodivergent.

If you need to vent, or are going through a rough time, don't hesitate to visit @jewish-vents instead, a blog similar to this one where Jewish people can vent. Like I said, there is no shame in feeling less pleasant emotions and you're not alone in feeling them.

Rules

This is a space curated specifically for Jewish people. We need a space that is safe and joyful. Goyim/gentiles/non-jews, please respect that and don't try to center yourself here. You can interact respectfully, and show your support by uplifting Jewish voices, not center your own. Unless we decide to change the rules, do not send submissions.

IF YOU'RE JEWISH feel free to send an ask, anonymously or not, about anything happy you might want to share. It can be big or small, as long as it is somewhat related to being Jewish and it makes you happy!

To clarify: when we say submissions should be related to Judaism, it can be just tangentially. Something funny that happened at shul, a recipe your family likes making, a Jewish wedding you went to, a friend who is a good ally. We're not too restrictive here!

If anyone, for any reason, submits something hateful, that is discriminatory to anyone at all or wishing people suffering, you will be BLOCKED and your ask will be DELETED. Yes that works for antisemites, but it also works for anyone coming here expressing happiness for the death or harm of anyone.

If you're submitting something involving other people, please make sure to not give identifying information to avoid doxxing and harassment. We need to be keeping each other safe.

If you want to submit something that for some reason can't be done anonymously, but you still would like it to be, submit it and state IN THE SUBMISSION that you want it to be posted anonymously. I will make a separate post and not mention your identity, and then delete the original.

For the sake of simplicity and anonymity, you are a Jew if you consider yourself a Jew. This includes Jews from any movement, background, color, nationality, patrilineal Jews, people that are still converting, etc. This does NOT include Messianics or Black Hebrew Israelites (not to be confused with just Black Jewish people in general, Jews come in all colors like I said)

#jumblr #intro post #rules #pinned post

[fromchaostocosmos]

I grew up chasidic. I grew up around men who look like 'Rabbi Beck' and who, at first glance, probably look the same to those people who pull him out for their 'one good jew'.

I have never, in all my life as a chasidic person in chasidic communities, met someone who think Neturei Karta is anything but a cult of wackos. Even satmar, the chasidic sect they technically stem from, does not consider them a legitimate branch. Chassidim have there issues, but we are pretty good at recognizing cults and cultish behavior within our own communities (but perhaps that is only my experience) we just try to handle this bullshit internally because how in the world are we meant to trust goyim when they act like this??

I'm so tired of them being used as an example.

(also you don't have to publish this or anything I am just so tired and wanted to tell someone)

Thank you for sharing this. This is also important for people to hear and listen to.

I honestly do not know of any group that falls under Orthodox umbrella, no matter their view on the current modern State of Israel, that views Neturei Katara as anyone to be taken seriously, to be listened in regards to Torah values and Halacha opinions.

From what I know and have seen is that most view them to be about a step above messianic "jews" because at the very least they still believe in Hashem, do not think Mosiach has come yet, and are not practicing avodah zara.

They are still viewed as a cult, a massive massive Chillul Hashem, and a overall embarrassment.

[hindahoney]

I notice that you’re only reblogging answers that fit your narrative on the Reform movement, but not from people trying to educate you. You’ve done exactly what the Evangelical and Messianic goyim do to us: are you Jewish enough?

It’s not your place to say whom is or isn’t. We are less than 0.2% of the world’s population. Maybe you should have handed over an olive branch instead of a spear.

Do you not have reading comprehension skills

The post was LITERALLY an "olive branch" (if you want to put it that way). It was an attempt to close the divide of understanding between movements. I spent a few days writing it and sent it to several of my friends who helped me write it in a way that I would be understood as wanting to learn and correct my thinking. Most of the comments were very thoughtful and helpful and understood my intentions, others were critical, both are fine. But you're deliberately being disingenuous by reading into things I didn't say.

I reblogged from reform jews who were talking about why they like reform judaism??? Every single post i reblogged was positive about the reform jewish experience and clearing up common misconceptions about the movement. Idk what more you want from me lol

#ask Hinda #maybe...read them???? #lol #reform discourse

[brightgnosis]

whats the difference between noahidism and messianic judaism? like, both seem antisemitic to me, at first glance.

Messianic Judaism is a modern, Gentile-created religion that emerged out of the Hebrew Christian movement in the 1900's. They're people who legitimately believe in Christian theology that Jesus is and has appropriately fulfilled all conditions to be considered the Mashiach. Adherents often consider themselves to be fully or partially Jewish (despite being derisive towards Judaism and actual Jews- who they consider to be "lost" or "astray" because they "haven't accepted their true Messiah yet"). However, they are not and have been actively been rejected by all movements and groups within Judaism- which considers them a fully Christian (and entirely antisemitic) religion.

Noahidism, however, is Jewish created, Jewish taught, and Jewish led. It dates back (at minimum) to the Second Temple era, and is based on Jewish theology and their own interpretations of their religion and its doctrines. And it's been repeatedly confirmed by Jewish Rabbis and Sages throughout the ages.

Noahidism is also not necessarily a religion in and of itself (and indeed, leaders of the modern Noahidic movement have explicitly prohibited us from making it into its own religion), so much as it is a system of rules and guidelines for Goyim for how to live and worship alongside the Jewish community as "righteous Gentiles". And that itself is centered on the Judaic belief that you don't have to explicitly be Jewish to have a place in Olam Ha-Ba ... But that you do, at bare minimum, have to follow the 7 Laws of Noah as divinely ordained commandments from HaShem for all of Humankind.

It can sometimes be considered / suggested as an option for those who don't actually have the capability of full conversion for various reasons (such as in my case) -- or as a sneaky way of trying to get someone not to convert (if you really want to be rude). Though it's incredibly frowned upon to actually suggest Noahidism to a prospective convert unless you're actually specifically their Rabbi.

It has the support of at least the Orthodox movement (though not without controversies). I'm unsure of how well it's acknowledged and accepted by other movements currently, though. But due to gaps in its history because of antisemitism, it's still reemerging as a modern movement- and so a lot of people are no longer familiar with it and its history within Judaism in general. Regardless of that gap in modern knowledge, though, from what records show us the two have always been intertwined.

That gap also means, however, that there's still a lot of ongoing discussion regarding how Noahides may approach and participate appropriately; without using Jewish rituals and celebrations incorrectly, or overstepping inappropriate boundaries laid out by the Jewish community surrounding their stuff. But thankfully, there's enough literature to work from (Rambam arguably wrote the most comprehensive series on Noahides), to aid Rabbis in figuring out an appropriate path for us to follow in the modern era.

TLDR: Messianic Judaism Christianity is a bunch of Christians antisemitically larping Judaism as part of a decades (actually over half-century, now) long ploy to convince the Jewish people to finally "accept Jesus", and no one in the Jewish world likes or accepts them.

Noahidism, on the other hand, may be little known today but is a historically attested Jewish created movement that's explicitly intended for Gentiles who want to worship HaShem with them without being Jewish; with a lot of rules for how to do that right and respectfully according to their rules, and what they're willing to share and let us participate in with them.

#Answered Asks #Anonymous #Noahidism #2023 Asks #2023 #A Direct Look At My Practice #Witchcraft Asks

[frumteenclassics]

In Igeres Taimon, the Rambam demonstrates that the self-proclaimed "Moshiach" that was running around in those days was not Moshiach at all. He does this by mentioning several signs that Moshiach must display, none of which were fulfilled by the man in question.

He then says that following any such false redemption would be a violation of the Oaths, which were designed specifically to make sure that Klall Yisroel would not try to end the Golus before the proper time.

He says that this man cannot be Moshiach because, among other things, Moshiach will be suddenly and by surprise in Eretz Yisroel. Nobody will have expected this man to be Moshiach.

"At the time he is revealed, the nations will be petrified from what they hear about him; they will assemble to try to plot a defense in response to him, for they will be in awe and terrified at his open and indisputable signs and wonders".

The Rambam mentions the Kibutz Golius that Moshiach will perform, and also says that the fulfillment of world peace and the "conclusion" of the "fearful acts that will take place from east to west", "they will not happen at the beginning of his revelation in the world, but rather after the war of Gog and Magog."

Moshiach will be a prophet greater than all prophets except Moshe Rabbeinu. He will be a unique Tzadik as well, with qualities that were until then present only in Moshe Rabbeinu. He will be known as such. "Therefore, if someone who is not publicly known for his wisdom gets up and declares he is Moshiach, we may not believe him."

In other words, first Moshiach will be revealed suddenly in Eretz Yisroel, with signs that he is Moshiach, then, after Moshiach's revelation according to those signs, there will be Kibutz Golius, the war of Gog and Magog (it is clear that the war of Gog and Magog will be after the revelation of Moshiach), then other Messianic prophecies will be fulfilled.

This is supported by the Gemora at the beginning of Avodah Zorah which states that even before the war of Gog and Magog, Moshiach will be revealed, known to the nations of the world, and the nations will be so scared of him that they all want to become Jewish.

So even though we will not know for sure that this person is Moshiach, we will have a measure of evidence, such that we will be entitled to assume that he is indeed the real Moshiach. And that assumption would allow us to follow him from Kibutz Golius.

The problem is, the Rambam in Mishneh Torah says (11:3) that "Moshiach will not need to do any signs or wonders and change things in the world or nature or resurrect the dead ... rather, if someone of Dovidic lineage, and performs mitzvos like his father Dovid ... and will make all of Klall Yisroel follow the Torah, and repent, he is assumed to be Moshiach. If he succeeds..."

SO first, even here, the Rambam tells us that a prerequisite even for a person to be assumed to be Moshiach is that he will cause all of Klall Yisroel to do Teshuva. 

But besides Teshuva, the Rambam also says (11:12) that all Jews will gather around moshiach, who will determine their lineage with Ruach HaKodesh, and (see Kesef Mishna) that he will also possess the Urim V'Tumim.

In Hilchos Teshuva the Rambam writes that Moshiach will be wiser even than Shlomo HaMelech, and all the Goyim will come and listen to him.

And more: The Rambam writes that one of the requirements of a Navi in general is that he performs supernatural acts to prove his stature.

And the Rambam in Pirush HaMishnayos in Sanhedrin (ch. 11) explains that all the world, including the Goyim, will make peace with Moshiach and serve him, "because of his great righteousness and the wonders that he will do, yet reality will not be changed from what it will currently be, except for the fact that the Jews will not be under subjugation."

So clearly, there will be many wondrous acts and even miracles that the Moshiach will perform, even before the world changes, and what the Rambam says that Moshiach will not do any wonders or miracles is referring to wonders and miracles such as he lists, like the resurrection of the dead and similar things that are changes in the reality of the world, things that will indeed happen later on in the Messianic age. So all the Rambam means, as he says more clearly in Peiruch HaMishnayos, is that the Moshiach will not perform any Messianic changes in the world until later on, but even at the beginning of his revelation, he will perform several wondrous acts.

When all that happens, we can follow that man into Kibutz Golius.

And Kibutz Golius doesn’t even mean that we will go from Chutz Laaretz into Erezt Yisroel. The Raavad in his commentary on Edios writes that before we go into Eretz Yisroel, Moshiach will take all of Klall Yisroel through the desert again, like he (Moshe, the redeemer) did the first time. If that doesn't happen, then it's not the Kibutz Golius.

#moshiach #mashiach #frumteens #judaism #jewish thought #torah

[nope-body]

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#I hate messianics I hate messianics I hate messianics #stop interacting with my posts about judaism they’re NOT FOR YOU #they are for literally everyone else except for you #goyim can learn from them. Jews can appreciate them #all you can do is bastardize them #go away

[dikleyt]

Christianity has conditioned people to say "it's bad for Jews to have their own traditions for their own people," which is a ludicrous and violent statement.

If someone went up to a Native person and said "your traditions must be available to EVERYONE and you're bad if you keep them to yourself," we could all agree that would be shitty, right?

Yet because Christianity appropriated Judaism so long ago and spread to so many people, everyone believes Jewish traditions belong to them. And not just the ones they stole that one time, either—the theft is active and ongoing. See “Christian Kabbalah,” for example, which they began stealing in the late Middle Ages. Or see Messianic Judaism, which aims to integrate the entirety of Rabbinic Judaism with Christianity. This isn’t a case of two groups rooted in the same ancient religion going their separate ways. The theft never ends.

And this is, of course, when goyim don’t fundamentally misunderstand Judaism entirely and think it is, like Christianity, a collection of beliefs about which one can say yes or no, and if one says yes, they’re a Jew. Judaism is the body of religious and cultural traditions belonging to the Jewish people. It’s fundamentally different from a universalist religion like Christianity or Islam, in that it has always inherently been intended for a specific national body, the Jews, whether in Diaspora or the place of origin.

#chritianity #judaism #antisemitism #anti-judaism #universalism #particularism #erasure #cultural appropriation

[lesbianholster]

Hey so here's to converts to Judaism

To converts who started this journey with their family, and those who face rejection; to those too nervous to practice in public, or to even admit to their loved ones; To converts who are ethnically Jewish and reconnecting to their faith, and to newcomers joining the tribe; To converts of all races and ethnicities and nationalities; to LGBT converts; You are all loved, by me and by Hashem. May your journey go well, and welcome to the family ❤️❤️

#yael.text #the jewish experience tag #I hardly see positivity for converts so please reblog if you can #goyim feel free #except for Messianics or Jews for Jesus #you keep your appropriative hands off of this post

[i-hate-boyfs]

writing jeremy heere as jewish: a quick guide

so, i reblogged a post i made for a jewish character in a different fandom, but im going to make one specifically for jeremy. if you’d like to read that post, go here.

anyway, here we go! this is very very basic information, just the basics, just skimming the surface of what judaism is. im gonna reiterate this a lot because it’s important: if you have a question i don’t answer in this post, ask me.

hanukkah is not the biggest jewish holiday. the biggest jewish holiday is yom kippur, the holiest day of the year, which follows rosh hashanah, jewish new year.

when writing a christmastime fic, jeremy can be celebrating hanukkah, but do not make it out to be the biggest holiday, do not fall into the thinking that it’s jewish christmas, because it is not, and god forbid, do not have jeremy celebrate christmas.

there are multiple denominations in judaism, just like christianity. the largest of these are the orthodox and reform branches, which are the furthest to the sides of conservative vs evolving. (this has nothing to do with politics, in this context it means that they hold to the old beliefs and laws and do not evolve with changing times, in reform judaism everything is always evolving.)

i don’t particularly care which branch you assign to jeremy so long as you do your research (again, dm me/shoot me an ask if you have any questions i don’t answer in this post!), except for messianic judaism. messianic judaism is not actual judaism, and followers are basically christians with jewish holidays. this is not, i repeat, not judaism. this is an attempt to convert jews and also for christians to pretend they’re jewish. make no mistake: if you say jeremy’s a messianic jew, i will come to your house and fuck your wife.

here, i have to discuss stereotypes, because you bitchass motherfuckers really don’t know how to do jewish characters.

do NOT:

give him an extremely big/hooked nose. (before anyone says anything, ive personally got no problem with the jeremy sprite in bls, i think it’s both prolly art style & wcon’s nose is p triangular, and i don’t think they had any malicious intent)

call him a goblin, a rat, dirty jew, a jewboy, or even call him a jew if you aren’t jewish. call him jewish, do not call his people jews, call them jewish. im not kidding.

make him greedy, with money, yeah, but also Anything. if your jewish character has to be jewish and has to be greedy & rich you have an issue.

he. he probably doesn’t know hebrew, and if he does, he’s not going to call michael baby boy in Hebrew. quit fetishizing both jeremy’s judaism and michael being filipino just so that michael can call him mahal kita and you can butcher hebrew whatever way you’re gonna do it with google translate. goddamn all of you who have done this, you fucking meshuggeners. (that was yiddish, btw)

you CAN, however, make him say oy vey (and oy vey ist mir, that’s what oy vey is short for, and oy vey gevalt tells of impending doom. oy vey is yiddish, not hebrew, btw). honestly, i see oy vey used too much in some settings by goys, and this fandom doesn’t use it ENOUGH. the boy says oy vey and that’s the tea.

lastly, the word goy (goys, goyim, etc), are not slurs. it’s a word in the same vein as gringo, it means a non jewish person the same way gringo is a non Hispanic person. jeremy can and should call michael a goy.

remember: most antisemitic portrayals are subtle, not so much in your face hooked nose and droopy eyes and holocaust jokes. it’s a guardian angel fic tagged with ‘just forget jeremy’s jewish’. it’s art calling him a little goblin boy in the caption.  if you think something might be read as antisemitic you can ask me, i promise i’m not going to get offended even if it’s completely wrong if you genuinely don’t know what’s okay and what isn’t.

the most important thing: do not ignore jeremy’s judaism. jews deal with enough erasure, and simply not mentioning it (especially in the context of a holiday fic) or even explicitly saying ‘oops, i forgot’ and not mentioning it... that’s not okay. jewish people are not the most represented, and erasing just one character’s judaism is deeply hurtful and wrong. you👏cannot👏leave👏out👏his👏judaism👏👏

if you have any questions about anything relating to judaism, again, i would LOVE to answer them! send me an ask or a dm and ill answer them to the best of my ability. it’s better to ask dumb questions than to portray jeremy’s judaism in a dumb way. but also, do your own research. watch some of BimBam’s videos on this playlist. google is your friend, as are your jewish friends. you are capable of doing your own research, and you are capable of figuring out what is and is not okay.

#be more chill #jeremy heere #bmc #bmc musical #bmc broadway #bmc 3.0 #michael mell #christine canigula #boyf riends #stagedorks #bmc jeremy #bmc michael

[team-zoey-has-two-hands]

writing max richman as jewish: a beginner’s guide

hey y’all! as a jewish person, i haven’t really seen much content in this small but still growing fandom we have that depicts max as jewish other than an offhand mention, and while that’s also essentially what we have in canon, i thought it would be nice for goyim (non jewish individuals) to know how to write him in accordance to judaism.

let’s begin!

a bit about denominations

there are multiple branches of judaism, just like christianity. the most notable branches include:

orthodox (traditional judaism, these are your people going by the old law and believe that old laws hold true and don’t change)

reform judaism (your people that believe that judaism Has to change and evolve with the times)

there are other branches such as conservative and reconstructionist that are kind of in the middle of these two, but reform and orthodox are definitely the largest and they’re essentially the furthest to each ‘side’ of judaism (conservative errs a bit more to the orthodox side, and reconstructionist to the reform side).

the creator of the show, austin winsberg, grew up a reform jew, so one could assume that max, too, is reform.

one more thing about denominations: messianic judaism is NOT a form of judaism. messianic judaism is both a way to forcibly convert jews to christianity and for goys to appropriate our culture by slapping jesus on our culture and holidays with little care or kindness. do NOT have max as a messianic jew, and remember that they are NOT actual jews.

a bit about holidays

hanukkah (also spelled chanukah) is not, contrary to popular belief by goyim, the largest and most important jewish holiday. basically, it is not jewish christmas, nothing is jewish christmas. hanukkah is actually a rather small holiday in the grand scheme of things. do NOT, however, make max celebrate christmas, no matter how small hanukkah actually is. he and zoey can have joint hanukkah & christmas celebrations if they want, but under no circumstances does he celebrate christmas.

the largest and most important jewish holidays are the high holidays, rosh hashanah and yom kippur . rosh hashanah is the jewish new year (judaism has a different calendar, at the time of writing this in july 2020 it’s 5780, but jewish people use the secular calendar. the jewish calendar is used mostly for ceremonial purposes, such as determining holidays, torah portions, and the like). yom kippur is the holiest day of the year, and it’s when jewish people atone for their sins in the old year and start fresh for the new year.

the high holidays fall usually in september, and last three days. most jewish people, even those who don’t usually go to temple, will go to temple for these holidays. a thing you’ll see jewish people doing on these holidays is tashlikh, where we symbolically cast away our sins by throwing bread crumbs or rice into a body of water, which is a thing max could mention doing. another thing is that yom kippur is a day with a 25 hour fast, usually spent almost entirely in temple (yes, the entire day). after the fast, there’s a huge feast.

every saturday is shabbat, which is technically jewish sabbath, but it takes place from sundown friday to sundown Saturday. while christians can use electricity and even work on the sabbath, there are a whole list of things that you are not supposed to do on shabbat that qualify as working (called the 39 melachot), including using electricity and cooking. however, some modern jews have made allowances for using cars to get to shabbat services, since many people do not live within walking distance of a temple.

max says that he goes to temple, but we can probably assume that he’s not the most hardcore practicing jew, and you do not have to say that he’s not doing anything on saturday because of shabbat. many jews do not observe shabbat due to practical reasons, because we live in a secular world, where once it was very easy to practice shabbat, it is not now. many events in america are scheduled on saturday for christians who go to church on sunday, so keep that in mind.

another jewish holiday, passover, has a tradition of a ritual feast, called a seder, max could specifically invite zoey to his family’s seder. for more info on seders & other jewish holidays you’d like me to talk on, send me an ask!

a word on stereotypes

there is no law saying that you cannot portray a jewish character as a stereotype. but that doesn’t mean you won’t hurt people by doing that, especially if it’s a particularly harmful stereotype.

if your jewish character is dirty rich and horribly greedy with money and has no redeeming traits, that is not okay. that doesn’t mean that your jewish character cannot be rich. the DIFFERENCE is that you need to not portray things in a harmful way. so that greedy jew could be rich, but it would mean a lot, if you are a goy writing a jew, not making the character greedy. if your character HAS to be greedy and HAS to be jewish, something is wrong.

you can give max a jewish mother as a goy if you don’t go too over the top with it (take pointers from jewish writers, im glad to help you with this, myself), but please don’t give him a JAP sister if you can help it. also, don’t describe any family members as having hooked noses or droopy eyes or, god forbid, horns, and don’t have them constantly saying mazel tov.

something you CAN do: go ahead and use oy vey, if you’d like. you may also say oy vey gevalt, which is an oy vey telling of impending doom, and oy vey ist mir, which is just the non-shortened version of oy vey. it is also a YIDDISH saying, not hebrew, please keep that in mind.

religious texts

the torah is NOT the same thing as the bible. the torah itself only includes the Old Testament, but the torah is not the only bit of religious text.

the jewish bible is known as the tanakh, and it has three parts: the pentateuch (torah), the prophets (nevi'im) and the writings (ketuvim). the torah is the most important piece, however, and torah portions are read at temple every saturday from a priceless torah scroll, usually very old and always very very sacred. the other most important piece of jewish religious texts is the talmud, which is basically a bunch of books interpreting and explaining the tanakh. we love our religious texts so much, that we even have a whole holiday celebrating our religious texts where we take the torah scrolls out of a special case and parade them around with pride.

in conclusion:

if you have Any questions, any questions at all on how to write max (or any other character) as jewish, feel free to dm me or shoot me an ask! i would love to answer your questions, and no question is stupid. this is just the beginner’s guide, judaism is very complex and very rich and honestly amazing, and i do love to talk about it.

#zep #zoey’s extraordinary playlist #max richman #zoey clarke #zoey’s extraordinary glitch #jewish #dev talks about judaism

[basilepesso]

Jews Will Save the World ?

3 or 4 years ago, I published a text called “Jews Will Save the World”. It was not pure sycophancy but a questioning on the obvious role of some enlightened and brave Jews in the Western Resistance, in particular the French one, as it’s France who is, by veeeeeery far, the most attacked country in Europe and in the West, South Africa being a specific case. Many goyim (non Jews) have been wondering why so many Jews were highlighted in the Resistance, and conclude that it’s part of Jewish domination. It’s a thesis I don’t reject, all the while systematically praising these fers de lance de la Résistance française as Alain Finkielkraut, Eric Zemmour and Gilles-William Goldnadel, the three stars having very different origins (Poland, Algeria, Israel) in spite of their common religion and remarkable qualities, literary among others. On the other side of this spectrum, many people have noticed for years or more that many Jews were also at the head of the neo-collaboration, in particular in the “anti-racist” associations. The general picture is hard to define, but makes people speak and speculate, for example on the (absolutely false) possibility that Zemmour for example would be a “sayan” (an Israeli spy) trying to excite natives against ALL Muslims and trying to start a civil war, serving the messianic plans of many Jewish extremists among which some crazy rabbis - the problem being that Zemmour hasn’t any connection with these plans, and is typically an assimilated Jew, lover of France and French history, so much that he’s also sometimes called “anti-semitic” by as stupid people as the fore-evoked, mainly because he wrote and spoke about Pétain having saved French Jews - which is a fact, Pétain having made a deal with Hitler to save French Jews in exchange of foreign ones. BP. Extract of the book Once, We Were - a History of neo-collaboration and madness

Remy Zero, Save Me

#basile pesso #writers on tumblr #france... #original content #eric zemmour #Remy Zero #society topics #journalism #independant journalists on tumblr

[hanukkahprompts]

Hannukah Prompts

Hey y'all so I started this two years ago, annoyed at goyim bc they never shut up abt xmas. I was busy because of school last year and couldn't make my schedule work, but this year it's BACK. With a slightly updated/moved around list! Just like last time, they don’t have a specific fandom and you can use them for any character or ship or family, etc. Canon and headcanon’d Jewish characters of all kinds are welcome!

Guidelines

I will be tracking #hanukkahprompts2019, make sure you get the right spelling!

For any goyim who want to participate but don’t know a lot about chanukkah! Here and here are two links to some basics!

I don’t want any Messianic ''Jews'' involved in any way.

I also don’t want anyone being fucky about patrilineal Jews, they’re Jewish.

No incest or pedophilia. No racism, ableism or antisemitism. No homphobia or transphobia.

Okay! The fun part!

Family & Friends

Celebrating the holiday in public, not just at home

Songs & accidentally setting something on fire

Dreidel & the inevitable socks gift

Latkes, sufganiyot, other foods fried in oil & cooking with people

Lighting the candles

Staying up late to watch the candles

Rebellion and tzedakah

#mod post #hanukkahprompts2019 #hannukah...... 2!

[jewishsnufkin]

so...what do you think about a Christian, who isn’t super religious, being drawn into Judaism? I’ve always been interested in it and felt something pulling me towards it and now I’m seeing signs of it everywhere. Just wondering...

Um. It depends if you are referring to a consideration of converting to Judaism or if you are asking about involving jewish observances/traditions into your life in either a personal way or as a tie-in to your Christian religion.

If you are considering being Jewish and not being Christian, great ! Good for you, I recommend studying a bit about the different branches of Judaism, deciding which one seems fulfilling to you, and emailing a rabbi of a synagogue that is in the branch you want to observe to check out services or convert claases (I recommend checking out several synagogues in your area that follow multiple branches and deciding what you believe would personally be fulfilling).

However, if you're referring to participating in jewish practices while keeping your identity as a Christian or just plainly as a person who doesn't want to convert to Judaism, that is appropriation of Jewish culture. There is no way for a person to be jewish and Christian unless you are ethnically Jewish and religiously Christian, messianics are not jewish and jewish culture does not exist for goyim to pick and choose what parts they want to celebrate for themselves. Christains celebrating jewish practices independently and not as a guest invited by a jewish person is not only offensive, but based on the history of christains stripping jewish practices away from Jews, killing Jewish people for participating in Judaism, forcibly converting jewish people, and taking jewish babies to raise as christains, I think it is no exaggeration to say it is cruel and heartless towards jewish people and beliefs.

I think it's great you're interested in judaism, it's a beautiful culture and a rich history and community, but if dont want to convert and just want to use the tools of Judaism for your own enjoyment as a christian you must strongly consider how hurtful that is to jewish people.

TLDR; if you want to convert to Judaism that's fine but if you're planning to appropriate Judaism just dont

#i dont know the entire context of the situation so im sorry if its not concise but thats my two sense #cents* #not moomin #asks