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I FORGOT KUGEL AND MATZAH BALL SOUP!!!

You're on your own for stuffed cabbage, though. Never liked the sauce and tbh nothing like the smell of boiled cabbage permeating the kitchen (no the ventilators didn't help) while rolling like two hundred stuffed cabbage for a wedding lmao.

Also you guys are so nice in the tags. 💚

TOP THREE FAVORITE JEWISH FOODS GO

My dear beloved friend. I'm so sorry, I have failed you, I cannot pick three.

I love challah, I love latkes, I love blintzes, I love pierogi, I love matzah brei, I love black and white cookies, I love charoset, I love Moroccan salmon, I love that Sephardi ground beef with the tamarind on the tiny flatbread, I love Persian tahdig, I love brisket.

Here's some relevant pictures! All made by me.

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TOP THREE FAVORITE JEWISH FOODS GO

My dear beloved friend. I'm so sorry, I have failed you, I cannot pick three.

I love challah, I love latkes, I love blintzes, I love pierogi, I love matzah brei, I love black and white cookies, I love charoset, I love Moroccan salmon, I love that Sephardi ground beef with the tamarind on the tiny flatbread, I love Persian tahdig, I love brisket.

Here's some relevant pictures! All made by me.

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Bittersweet. So happy they're home. It's devastating how many they've lost. How they're only finding out about the full scope of the destruction now. Going into mourning amid the celebration. Praying for their healing.

🚨BREAKING: The three Israeli hostages—Ohad, Eli, and Or—have been released from Hamas captivity after 491 days and have arrived safely in Israel. They will reunite with family members shortly and undergo thorough medical examinations. Eli’s wife (Lianne), two daughters (Noiya and Yahel), and family dog were murdered by Hamas terrorists that day. His brother (Yossi) was also kidnapped and was murdered in captivity. Ohad was kidnapped along with his wife (Raz) however she was released as part of the November 2023 hostage-ceasefire deal. Or’s wife,  Eynav, was murdered that day and he has a three-year-old son, Almog, who has been waiting for his safe return.

We stand with the families that have finally been reunited, and our hearts go out to those still waiting in agony for the safe return of their loved ones. Hamas continues to hold 76 hostages in Gaza.

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These are all extremely powerful. Really evocative and really... wow.

Baby's first zine!

I finished drawing my first ever zine! It's by no means professional, but I hope you enjoy.

Under the cut I've placed the pages in order, as well as a short explanation for each one.

The first page is the reason I decided to make this zine. I was braiding my younger cousin's hair, and my father walked in with a video of the hostages being released.

Pages 2 and 3: these are lyrics to a song I learned as a child: Be Proud That You're a Jew, by Avrumi Flam.

Pages 4 and 5: a picture of the kosel, and far more prominently a picture of the Dome of the Rock. It seems to take over every picture of the kosel.

Pages 6 and 7: a quote from Wicked, and a picture of me. I gave myself goat eyes, to parallel Doctor Dillamond — I think the Animals in Wicked make a fantastic Jewish allegory. The horns are not goat horns, but have been added due to the antisemitic myth that jews have horns.

Pages 8 and 9: Elon Musk's nazi salute, and my sister's response. I have never told her that I am autistic, and I likely never will.

Pages 10 and 11: an ad for swastika accessories that popped up on tumblr a while back, and a disappointingly typical tumblr post.

Page 12: three methods of identifying jews throughout history, and one modern. The yellow hat is from 1260s Vienna, the yellow tunic is from the Abbasid caliphate, and the yellow star is from nazi Germany.

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I don't even go here, but man I still love this guy's expression and the hands and the little bent foot. Especially that ominous hand up top.

RIP to this guy, I literally barely knew you.

I was thinking about the terraria guide and his tragic existence for too long, and this is what appeared. He just wants to help the player and this is the fate he receives in return... rip :(

Tried smth new with shading so if it looks weird that's why lol

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Than Nicholas, lamenting,

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Amazing news! I'm so so happy. I pray for the healthy, safe return of all of the rest of them. 💚✡️🇮🇱🇹🇭

Hostage update:

Hamas says they will release the following hostages tomorrow:

- Agam Berger

- Arbel Yehud

- Gadi Mozes

- Five Thai people, but they have not said who. There are six living Thai people still held hostage, as well as the bodies of two who have passed away. We don't know whether all five who are returning tomorrow are alive.

On Saturday, there will be three more Israeli hostages released.

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Absolutely! A Jew is a Jew, and we come in many colors! We have a lot of growing to do regarding being welcoming and really internalizing this as a community. We will keep fighting. 💚

Your friendly Black History Month reminder that Black Jews are JEWS.

Born Jews, Jews by choice, Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Ashkenazic, Sephardic, Mizrahi, Israeli, diaspora…they are an integral part of all of our communities and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.

We still have work to do as a community to uplift Jewish POC, particularly Black Jews, but to my Black Jewish friends out there know that I see you and I will keep trying to do the work.

Happy Black History Month. ❤️

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OH NO WAY I thought I asked this already. Okay sweet, story time.

Oh no, evil dad! Ohhh, explosion. OH THAT'S HOW HE GOT THE ABILITY! OH MY GOSH!!! Holy moly! Damn...

Zemir is a DJ, Chex is a mechanic, what does/did Avery do before he was recruited?

Avery backstory time! I am kissing you on the mouth with tongue WHOOPING and HOLLERING that I finally get to share!!!!!

Avery's father worked as a research scientist for the Generic Evil Government, back when Avery was a child. One day he was working in the basement laboratory (as one does) while Avery and his mom were upstairs and whoops! The vat of Super Cool Stealth Spray For Fighter Jets exploded! Avery got caught in the blast and ended up with cool scars and the ability to turn invisible to all machines. Once that happened, the GEG became very interested in his abilities, and essentially watched him like a hawk until he became a legal adult. Then they snatched him up under the claim that his body was a classified military bioweapon and spent a few years training him in the art of stealth. Once they Legally Acquired a certain sapient robot that nobody wanted to share a room with, the GEG decided to toss the whole team together and give them some field training.

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Fast playlist ftw. That's so cool that she sorts it by speed!

I won't tell...

Oh no that's so cute and sweet. It's just a little baby. Ohhh my gosh. 🥺

Chex vaguely mentioned having MCR on her playlist. What else does she have? What music does Avery like? Does Zemir have any particular favorites out of...all the music, ever?

Okay!

Chex is based pretty heavily on me, so her playlists are kind of all over the place and she could not name a band that she listens to if her life depended on it. If I were to name some, though, I'd say she listens to what I usually call "white noise music," which is when the words are indistinct enough that it doesn't distract you from working. She also sorts her music by speed, so there's a fast playlist with alt/rock/metal music, and then also a slow playlist with like. Opera and chazzanus.

Avery is a closeted theater kid, so his public-facing playlist is all top hits and karaoke songs. His personal private playlist that he doesn't let anyone listen to is a selective musical compilation — he's very picky with that one. He knows all the words to mamma mia and waterboarding would not get that information out of him.

Zemir is fascinated with human imperfection. It exists because somewhere on the assembly line, someone fucked up; without error, it would not be alive. So it likes to hear small musicians, improvised music, podcasts, etc etc. Music that sounds less like music and more like people.

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what exactly does a mashgiach do? Is it like being a chef?

So; yes and no.

A mashgiach is what I like to describe as a "kosher supervisor." (Technically I'm a mashicha because female, but that's stupid and I'm electing to ignore it.) Some of the basics include just making sure that nobody brings in anything not kosher, including something without a hashgacha (kosher symbol) or bringing something dairy into a meat kitchen (see previous ask about this lmao.)

More things include; turning on pilot lights, and ovens, because there's a rule about non-Jews not "cooking" food for Jews, so we have to take care of that.

We also are involved in a lot of checking! For example, we can't consume blood or any insects. Any eggs have to be cracked open into a clear container to look for blood spots. We also have to check any produce that might contain bugs in it (the most common being aphids, thrips, black spider mites, and sometimes flies.) This can range from lettuce which can be relatively straightforward to tricky things like herbs. Or berries and broccoli, oh my gosh, I'm not even trained in those, those are difficult, there's so many bugs.

But I am involved in cooking, because I went to (kosher!) culinary school and am trained in it, and was hired first as a cook/clerk for our department in the supermarket, and later was okayed as a mashgiach.

Amusing story time! There was a mashgiach that came in to train the other mashgiachs (mashgichim) on bug checking (I'd already completed my training. I had to go into Brooklyn, though, but that's another story.) He brought in asparagus as an example of why we don't use it in the agency we're with, because it's loaded with bugs.

One of the store managers was watching, and when I came in, she said "I'm disgusted. I'm never eating asparagus again. I'm never eating vegetables again. There were so many bugs." And then like two weeks later, she pulls me aside and says "Listen, I just want you to know I had asparagus last night. I just. I've just accepted I'm eating bugs. I can't." And I laughed so hard at her.

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Good. Thank you for the additional links.

Our communities are linked.

This International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I want to remember the Rroma/Romani/Sinti people who were also targeted for slaughter. They suffered alongside us and deserve to have their pain recognized by the Jewish Community. Our Histories' parallel each other, we share many of the same harmful stereotypes.

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Was watching a Hot Fuzz analysis video and found this gem in the comments.

[ID: So, what I've learned from this video is that Untitled Goose Game is a sequel to Hot Fuzz.]

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I'm transfixed! I can't stop watching it! I love his music player and its many floating heads! And oh my gosh the flow is so so good!!! Also nice knifework.

Watching it forever, now.

Quick animation i made of an oc from @i-can-kazoo it's name is Zemir and i love him sm, kazoo wrote some super cool stories involving him and others, you should 100% check them out

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Was talking on discord about the current state of the Sides, and how nobody is having a great time right now. Except Janus and Remus.

So then I made this.

Thomas who's she, never heard of her.

[ID: A woman and child smiling happily in the pool (labeled Janus and Remus) next to a distressed child looking like he's going under labeled Virgil.

Old rotten skeleton in a chair at the bottom of the pool labeled Patton, Roman, and Logan.]

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LMAOOOOO yeah, the sieg heil is actually completely separated from Jew hatred, you guys. Don't worry about it. It's okay, association with nazis has nothing to do with Jews at all.

I mean, "laughing because if I don't, I'm just angry and sad" moment. But I think the thing is, and I'm far from the first person to bring this up, people have really just severed the connection between nazis and how integral Jew hatred was to their, uh, everything.

Like idk I think it says something when people like this idiot can look at that salute and say "this guy is a fascist, and would like to take my rights away and be a bad person" which is correct, but then go on to completely ignore what Jews feel seeing it. Which is "Wow, this guy is showing that he'd like me to be dead!"

“elon musk did the nazi salute, remember to check on your jewish friends uwu” you all celebrated when jihadi terrorists live-streamed the torture, kidnapping and murdering of israelis on 10/7/2023 but ok

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Uhhh, promotes myself. Not really whump-ish, most of them, but there's a good portion. Especially the g/t ones, I think?

Speaking of g/t, @callboxkat is also excellent!

And @teacupfulofstarshine !

OH and @snowdice I'm so sorry I can't believe I forgot you I'm literally in your server.

I believe you’ve said you are no longer in the Sanders Sides Fandom anymore so feel free to ignore this. I have fallen back into the fandom and was wondering if you had any good fic recommendations? I know you’ve written some too. I’m not sure what types I want but I do enjoy whump, hurt/comfort, found family, and angst. Thanks in advance.

So, my entire Sanders Sides masterlist is here, but I can give you some specific recs of mine that fit that vibe!

A Fiendly Reunion is a canonverse multi-chapter whump/hurt-comfort fic in which the dark sides kidnap Virgil post SvS:Redux, and Thomas and the light sides venture into the dark side of the mindscape to rescue him.

We Blankly Stare is a 3-chapter whump fantasy story in which a naga Janus is kept as a pet who is rescued by the other sides. (and if whump is your thing, this whole list here is of responses to a Bad Things Happen Bingo prompt card)

Replicated is a whumpy science fiction story done through an interactive ask blog I run called @ts-replicated-au. In it, Thomas discovers that his DNA has been used to make test subjects in a massive facility that does all kinds of unethical experiments on human clones. The story is on indefinite hiatus right now but I've always wanted to return to it and at least complete the Escape Arc of the story.

Other authors I'd recommend (though several, like myself, ALSO don't write much for the fandom anymore):

@tulipscomeinallsortsofcolors, whose work ranges from the sweetest fluff to the sharpest angst and whom I adore with my whole heart (and who DOES still write for the fandom, just uploaded a massive chapter to a very angsty time loop story, Violet is incredible seriously)

@delimeful who tells wonderful fantasy and sci-fi stories, many of which make my h/c heart oh so happy

@asofterfan's punk au has some of the most heartfelt writing I've ever read, and also some incredible artwork (one of their pieces inspired me to write a whump fic that to this day is one of my most popular on both tumblr and AO3, Broken Wings )

@random-snippets, which is the writing blog of @randomslasher, a dear friend and excellent writer who from what I recall was the first fic author I ever read whump from who called it whump, thus giving me a great new term to put into this website's terrible search feature.

There are so many others who deserve a look, and so many now who I'm sure are making new and fresh Sanders Sides content that I'm not aware of, so anyone who's got any good recs for anon, drop them in the notes!