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So... I promised myself I was going to cut back on the politics posts, because I need to protect my mental peace. But this one...

ICE has reportedly been picking up members of the Navajo Nation, as well as members of other Native nations, in urban areas of Arizona and telling them that they do not accept either state IDs or Certificates of Indian Blood (CIBs) as proof of U.S. citizenship. ICE is detaining them as having no identifiable U.S. citizenship.

So, you know.... the actual, true native citizens of the soil we call the United States. Yeah.

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tiktok stunt haha funny. please talk about the ice raids

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To the leftist and anarchist Jews of Tumblr -- shalom!

My name is Rivkah (aka DJ) and I work at an anarchist bookstore collective. Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war in '23, I've watched as the welcoming center for humanist resources that I worked so hard to maintain became more and more infested with antisemitism--because of and in spite of people's honest attempts to be good allies to the populations of the Gaza strip and West Bank. There's been antisemitism mixed in with everyone's humanitarian rhetoric since the beginning. I knew this, as every Jew did, and it wasn't easy remaining silent about it. I was doing so in order to let the voices of the most affected people speak first, expecting that once the shock wore off, we'd have more of a national discussion about how to care for Palestinians and Israelis as well as Jews in the diaspora, shifting the conversation towards a 2-state solution, more conscious efforts to de-radicalize antisemitic and islamophobic extremists, and peace between the multiple indigenous populations of the Levant. Well. Needless to say, this was rather optimistic thinking.

A few months ago, someone in the collective crossed a line. A book appeared on our sale table entitled "The Invention of the Jewish People" by Shlomo Sand. I doubt that I need to elaborate what this is to the population of Jumblr.

After this happened, I confronted the collective about this spike in antisemitic sentiment--the deliberate spreading of Khazar theory was simply too much for me to bear--and to my horror it was also revealed that we had no literature on contemporary Jewish issues aside from books on Palestine. I snapped. In the wake of this incident, I began a project of intensive research on the history of antisemitism and the ways it infiltrates leftist rhetoric and breaks up social justice movements. What I found left me surer than ever that something needs to be done about antisemitism in leftism and anarchy before it's too late; before more innocent people are killed by ignorance and misguided justice.

I'm taking a great risk by making this request on my main blog, but I'm doing this anyway, because I want to make it clear to people that wanting peace is not a "centrist" opinion. I am an anarchist. I am a punk. And I am a Jew who believes that a 2-state solution where everyone is safe is possible. We're not going to get a perfect socialist utopia out of the region any time soon, but two democracies are better than none.

Why should any of this matter to you? Well, I have something to ask of any parties that are interested.

I'm planning to give a presentation to the collective about antisemitism and how to recognize it within themselves and their activism, and to this end I've already done a massive amount of research, but nothing is complete without qualitative data. If you have anything to say to goyische leftists about what to change rhetorically in order to reach a more egalitarian future, I want to hear about it. Feel free to add your comments in the notes or in my asks. I will be accepting stories of antisemitism that have happened to you as well, if you're willing to share.

Thank you all for reading and I hope to hear from you soon!

Antisemites will be blocked on sight. Islamophobes will be blocked on sight.

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Nope, it's not a real cream - it's creme! It's made from oils and sugar.

Always interesting when I pick something up labeled both vegan and kosher dairy

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@cree-n-jewish-thoughts 💙💙💙

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Found Friday night blessings for cats on Ritualwell and I could not be happier!

You BETCHA I’m doing blessings for my cat this Shabbat! 🕯🕯🐈✡️

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Jumblr, let's play dreidel! Spin the dreidel here and then do the following according to your response: נ (Nun)- Nothing. Don't do anything.

ג (Gimmel)- RebloG the post

ה (Hey)- Heart the post but don't reblog

ש (Shin)- Share this post by tagging a friend

I want to see how this travels around

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some paintings on judaism and jewish life i’ve made in 2020 and this year

unfinished, acrylic on canvas, various sizes

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Aaaand the photoset. Done for now.

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Shabbat 31a:6

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Arab-Israeli questioning why Israel is accused of being apartheid when his personal experiences show him otherwise.

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For anyone still claiming this Amnesty International shit is accurate.