#my last name is jewish

[leroibobo]

etz hayyim (“tree of life”) synagogue in chania, crete, greece. the building dates to the 14th-15th centuries, and was originally a venetian catholic church. it was acquired by chania's jewish community and converted into a synagogue in the late 17th century. chania's jews were deported due to the holocaust in 1944, after which the building remained abandoned until restoration in the 1990s.

romaniote jews are the oldest jewish community in europe and one of the oldest in the world, thought to have lived in and around present day greece since before 70 ce. they have their own liturgy that is unrelated to the more commonly used european ones (ashkenazic and sephardic).

#greece #architecture #interior #worship #jewish #romaniote #old & new #my posts #for all u Westerners 'rom' = constantinople referring to itself as the roman empire #so rome/italy is like 'west roman' constantinople/greece/anatolia is like 'east roman' #in the west its called 'byzantine' from 'byzantium' (proto-constantinople) #also it insinuates w roman empire was the 'real' roman empire (despite east lasting 1000 years longer) #in most mediterranean & w asian languages greece/greek is 'yunan/yawan/yavan' (from ionians) or 'rum/rom' (from roman) #in actual greek it's 'hellas'/'ellas' (from hellenic) #in georgian it's 'saberdzneti' for some reason but they also have their own names for a bunch of places #'greece' comes from the latin name 'graecia' #in a lot of slavic languages it's some variation of 'greece'. weird considering most were never/hardly under latin influence #if you think this is a lot just wait until u hear about the all the names for armenia #but yeah these guys were also in a lot of the balkans. if you're from the balkans and jewish you MAY have romaniote ancestry #(at least more recent romaniote ancestry than all other european jews) #not a guarantee though especially if you're ashkenazi #theres like. other jewish groups in europe that predated ashkenazi migration #most of them just got absorbed into the ashkenazi population

[fattributes]

Genuinely surprised when this blog gets anonymous hate and death threats. Like, I have unknowingly angered you enough to hold your attention but not enough for you to want to include your name behind your insults. If your takes were good, they wouldn't have to be sent anonymously. Thank you for confirming that I have excellent opinions and an audience to share them with. Enjoy your block; fascism still sucks.

#anonymous hate is actually hilarious to receive #I am a person of color with a history in editing and publishing #your threats are empty and uninspired #am I not jewish enough to have opinions on zionism? #both my parents have last names that are based on ethnic slurs #I can recognize fascism when I see it #unsurprisingly I also openly support the landback movement #do you need to know I'm pro-choice too? #because I am #text

[mindholes]

at my mom’s apartment today and looking through her old photo albums - here’s my grandpa (on my mom’s side) with Alla Pugacheva at a press conference (he was on Moscow radio and the media circuit) and a nice shot of him in Odessa, his original home

#my grandpa died when I was only two years old #but he was a lovely kind person who ended up defecting to the US after a Russian Jewish film festival he was meant to be doing press for #his last name used to be Fix/Fuchs but he had to change it to less obviously Jewish surname due to antisemitism #love these pugacheva shots :)

[fridayiminlovemp3]

tell me why my older english co worker just referred to one of the kids in our guide group as “that little oriental girl”

#i hate english people so much god bless #oriental is crazy like i almost gasped #SHE HAS A NAME LIKE USE HER FUCKING NAME #and like even if you forget someone’s name there’s so many other ways to refer to them #she also called another kid /that jewish girl who missed last week/ like hey bud just say the girl that missed last week #idk i’m just suprised she said the full word #and then the english guy at my other job is always saying the most offensive shit i’ve ever heard #like i just can’t

[bestial4ngel]

No thoughts… only edizzy la cage aux folles au

#their relationship in the movie version is just like edizzy fr to me #the codependency… the volitility at times but beneath that just them knowing eachother better than anyone else and still being in love #and it fits so well in my head too because most aus are about them owning a club anyway lmao #plot twist stede is the straight dad and like in the movie version he lowkey crushes on ed (who would be albert / albin) except its #(well… more like ‘straight’ dad) #actually for real and ed revealing he’s not a woman is his gay awakening lmfao #only thing I’m stuck on is the way that the plot requires the other parents to be homophobic but obviously stede & mary wouldn’t be #me talking #our flag means death #edizzy #izzy hands #ed teach #izzy ofmd #blackhands #it would be interesting to have izzy in the role of albin/albert too but I think he fits george/armand way more #also the jewish last name thing from the movie would be cool to incorporate since that’s a semi common hc already #ALSO !! IT HAS THE SAME THEMES / JOURNEY WITH THE MAIN CHARACTERS IMO #like ik obviously shamelessly being yourself is just a thing in almost every piece of queer media but yeah. it fits their issues well too #it would be interesting to explore izzy pushing ed to fit a certain role in this context and both of their issues with not being vulnerable- #/themselves fully and not feeling worthy of love #lmao rip to their kid tho. hope he can gain some good coping skills from stede and mary’s kid… ah wait they aren’t great at coping either #also izzy owning a gay/drag club is so val of him so I love it for that

[smonk-wonk]

how are you a holocaust survivor if you're POC?

I'm not a Holocaust survivor I'm 25?

I'm gonna guess you mean descended from Holocaust survivors & victims. In which case it's really sad that you think this way firstly? POC and non Jewish people did in fact die during the holocaust and many were targeted for not fitting the Nazis' idea of the "superior Aryan race".

From The Holocaust Encyclopedia: "When Adolf Hitler and the Nazis came to power in 1933, there were several thousand Black people living in Germany. The Nazi regime discriminated against them because the Nazis viewed Black people as racially inferior. During the Nazi era (1933–1945), the Nazis used racial laws and policies to restrict the economic and social opportunities of Black people in Germany. They also harassed, imprisoned, sterilized, and murdered an unknown number of Black people."

Also contrary to what some believe, and this may sound farfetched and I hope you're sitting down but bear with me- some people are actually more than one race. Some people are POC and white. We call this being biracial. Or in grade school, being an "Oreo". A mutt if they really want to dehumanize you

But while my relatives weren't targeted for their skin color as they were white, many people were. Black Germans and other POC did exist, were murdered and traumatized, and have passed down that generational trauma. Just as other persecuted populations even if it was much less it was no less a part of the genocide and ethnic cleansing.

#i was actually never called an oreo but my siblings were #the fun thing about my racial ambiguity is no one irl knows what racial slur or term to call me #anyway there were Holocaust victims that were POC and it's even more reason to compare these events. #we have to mention the holocaust by name. we have to say hitler's name. i feel if we don't we're forgetting that this has happened before #because millions did not die during the holocaust just for us to justify more ethnic cleansing. more destruction of people's land& history #we have to look at how history was rewritten and how they allowed a genocide and massive cleansing to happen #and given my background i can't wrap my head around seeing everything that i heard of the nazis and even the USSR doing #and just going “but hamas”. israel is the cause hamas is the effect. i will never be happy that innocent people died #but people are wrong to say it was because they're jewish and muslims/palestinians/arabs hate jews. furthers the us vs them #they were already being killed and there's a reason colonized ppl & BIPOC see through the propaganda #the “they kill babies and rape women and hate you for how you were born and want to take things from you!” #we are familiar with it bc this isn't the first time it's happened and we remember the result of that mentality #and how it was weaponized #when i say mention it i do not mean above the current genocide. but we know how serious the holocaust was #the scale the lasting impact the destruction the things that were uncovered so much later #there is no “aftermath” of gaza yet bc the genocide is ongoing but we've seen the aftermath of genocide before #if we ignore the parallel we are forgetting history and there's a saying about those who forget history #free palestine #palestine #gaza #free gaza

[evilmagician430]

who up sinning their fest

#one of my worst recent hyperfixations i'll admit #and i dont even have an excuse like ohhh i used to read this back in the late 2000s before all the terf shit #no i got into it in late 2023 this school year cause i stumbled across the tvtropes page #and i was like 'sinfest'? isnt that the name of that terf Twitter comic? but the cover image showed a sick ass artstyle so i read it #and im just obsessed with it now its such a strange spectacle. its like a political cartoon and a newspaper comic at the same time #my fav era has gotta be late 2000s maybe early 2010s sinfest... hell maybe even mid 2010s sinfest if i ignore the sisterhood #now every strip is just about jewish people or calling trans women groomers #and almost every once-likable character is now canonically a terf and/or racist and/or antivaxxer etc #or theyre just not in the comic at all anymore like my dear criminy and fuschia #i hope we never get another appearance from them godbless #cause last time we saw criminy he was helping squig and slick break a terf out of she/her penitentiary. with fuschia's permission #theyre definitely the best part of 2010s sinfest. a bygone era #the best part of 2000s sinfest is the sharp artstyle and lil e just being evil #and the best part of 2020s sinfest seems to be. um. laughing at how ridiculous it is? its kind of hard to enjoy though. #i intend to stay updated on it because i like being able to say i've read all of sinfest start to finish #but man i gotta get an adblocker soon cause i read it on the official website cause idk how else to read it online and the ads are constant #really funny when ur reading a strip criticizing the prevalence of ads in our day to day life #not as funny when you remember tatsuya is probably making money off of them. so yeah im gonna install ublock #but the problem is i usually read it on my school computer to pass time. and that technically isnt my computer so i cant download ublock #anyways. i could ramble on about how much i love and hate and am obsessed w sinfest all day but heres some fanart of the characters. #id like to make my own headcanon version of sinfest aka sinfest if it was good #but headcanons arent enough... i need to kill tatsuya ishida #sinfest #squigley sinfest #monique sinfest #lil e sinfest #the devil sinfest #tangerine sinfest #images that are horrid to see and look at #mspaint

[fire-fira]

So I'm starting to read through all of Eddie's comic appearances (from this list) for fun, and--

Fury of Firestorm vol.2 #24, Special Blue Devil preview

--I honestly never would have expected Eddie to have been responsible for Dan deciding to go the superhero route in the first place. Even if Dan might have intended it to be a one-off.

It's just a fun little detail that I'm glad I found out. n.n

#Eddie Bloomberg #Dan Cassidy #Kid Devil #Blue Devil #fira reads Kid Devil #my fiery son was such a small bab #he's adorable #Marla having her last name shortened to 'Bloom' sounds weird to me #the woman is Jewish! let her last name sound Jewish!

[ameliathefatcat]

#Jumblr #Jewish #Judaism #Rabbi #my Rabbi has a coman last name so he’s a first or first and last name rabbi #at least for the youth #I just want to see what’s the most common

[atinyladybug-daydreams]

Fuck it, I'll make my own version of Bright and rewrite the entire family myself.

I already have some base but it's going to take a while to fully rework and remake this entire thing. The thing's rooted deep and I need to do a lot of research.

So until then, I'll pause my shit on Bright. Until I get a bit more of a solid footing and figure out more stuff.

#Alt rambles #I'm still researching for a last name #I think I'll rename Jack to Abirt though #Mainly because it's a reference to Bellerverse canon and it's one of my favourites #it's taking a while because I want to keep the fact that Bright's jewish #then realised I ltierally don't know shit about judaism so i dived headfirst to do a lot of research to make sure I get the facts right #i dont want to misrepresent anything but i also don't want to erase anything y'know? #i've been considering this remake for a long time now cause i personally have a lot of conflicting feelings about Bright #mainly because he's a really big comfort character and helped me coped through a lot of things yknow #i dont really wanna just drop him or change him but like yea #sorry the tags kinda got venty #bright remake process

[lyxchen]

Seeing this post on the blog of a person who I was once friends with but then had to block because they were being fucking antisemitic really is something… like dude?? I scroll up two posts from this one on your blog and I see antisemitism and I scroll down two posts from this one on your blog and I see antisemitism too!? What the actual fuck are you talking about??? I could give you so many posts that are on your blog that are so full with antisemitism, how ignorant are you????

#news flash #hating on israel for no fucking reason Is Antisemitism!!! #''call me out on that'' my guy what?? #if i call you out on your bullshit then you won't listen to me #also why do you not slow down and process before you reblog stuff?? #what is that even? #again how ignorant do you have to be?? #btw this isn't about the person who made that last reblog #i just don't really wanna reveal whose blog this is from because idk so i cropped their name out #antisemitism #but also the audacity the person from that last reblog has #so you agree that you don't think before you reblog which can cause harm and hurt jewish people?

[revindicatedbyhistory]

i put my name but with my mothers last name on a name analysis website and i guess i am indonesian now

#for the record my mothers last name is an incredibly common jewish last name. and our family is from russia lmfao

[br1ghtestlight]

i think the belchers are canonically white?? just judging based off their family history (specifically linda's but also bob's mom maybe) but i like the headcanon that they're half japanese it just makes sense in my head. like why are they the only white people with black hair on this gd show Also they're definitely 100% jewish they dont celebrate religious holidays or anything and they celebrate culturally christian holidays like christmas bcuz its just easier for everyone but like definitely jewish ancestry (esp bob's mom im not explaining this trust me) also makes sense bcuz jewish people tend to have darker/curlier hair than other white ethnic groups

#source: im jewish and my hair is DARK as fuck like its completely black and the same kinda curly texture as louise #im not japanese thoughh #1/4th middle eastern but idk how much that affects my appearance who knows And i mean i think theyre like a big mix of everything in canon #greek/jewish/italian/french-canadian theyve got it all #but bjg bob is the french canadian side bcuz its his last name. idk random thoughts #txt #bob's burgers

[gay-otlc]

Naomi!! I’ll probably draw Lani next

EM!!!!

#also a fun fact is that i actually changed the order of eir last names in my current draft #so lebowski is now eir parents last name and rothstein is the one ey chose #i kinda forgot i used to have it the other way around #it doesn't matter a whole lot i just liked em picking a name that was more explicitly jewish #straight a supervillain