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pleaaaaaase y'all the process of having a manufacturing facility declared kosher has nothing to do with a rabbi blessing the food

pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase stop

you can literally google what is required

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I deeply need for non Jews to be able to ask themselves the question "what if my understanding of the war between Israel and Hamas/hezbollah is fundamentally wrong?"

My point here isn't to say that your view is fundamentally wrong despite the fact that I personally believe it is. Put my personal beliefs and your beef with it aside for just one second and humour me.

My point is that if you believe in something strongly and believe your view has integrity and good structure, then making an honest attempt to look at it from an entirely different perspective won't shake it at all. You'll come back being like "okay I still have the same beliefs but now I understand how the other side(s) think." Which, hint hint, improves your ability to debate with and persuade people with perspectives that differ from your own.

I think some of you know that if you actually genuinely allowed your view on the war to be challenged and reevaluated, you'd have to admit that you were wrong, and that terrifies you. Embrace that terror, and hey if you were right to begin with, a genuine research venture into other perspectives won't change that.

And maybe if you do open your minds and find your understanding being shifted, us Jews, Zionist, nonzionist and antizionist alike, will have less antisemitism to deal with. That'd be nice. Personally, I'm tired.

Edit follow up thought: it's like the scientific method. How can you be sure that you're right if you haven't made an effort to try prove yourself wrong first?

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I have a lot of Jewish and Jumblr/antisemetic breakdown posts pop up on my dash (as I am in the process of converting to Judaism) and your reblog regarding being related to Nazis came up.

You cannot help who your relatives are, and I can't even begin to understand how much work you have done to help you cope and heal.

I am sorry your relatives felt that way. I hope you have a lovely day. Your kindness does more than their hatred.

Your message is incredibly kind. It had me tearing up a little every time I read it. Thank you very much!

It is kinda hard to talk about because, obviously, I'm not who the focus should be on, so it feels weird to even acknowledge that it has been a struggle to come to terms with that heritage and how to deal with it. In Germany, particularly in my generation but also in my parents', the sentiment has always been "that's in the past", and all the literal nazi memorabilia has been left in some cupboard to rot away, best forgotten and never to be thought about.

I've been the same for many years, particularly in school (I graduated 15 years ago, so it's been a while), and that kind of thinking is so ingrained in German culture that there was really no one to challenge that. It's not that the Holocaust isn't acknowledged (Holocaust denial is actually against the law in Germany), it's just that the sentiment is "We've dealt with it, it's in the past now, so don't bother us with it anymore." (This sentiment stands in stark contrast to the official stance and outward portrayal of Germany, where anniversaries and remembrance days are honored by high-ranking politicians. It's like cognitive dissonance but for a whole country.)

But I think what the majority of Germans probably don't realize is that it's not in the past. For Jews, the Holocaust is still present. They are still mourning the people who have been taken from them, who can no longer join them for Shabbat or in Synagoge, and who don't get to see their children and grandchildren grow up. Whose children and grandchildren don't get to grow up with them. There are still voids in Jewish communities where entire families should have been but aren't.

And I don't think we (collectively, Germans, Germany) should put the Holocaust so callously behind us when our victims are still suffering.

I've really been struggling with putting my feelings into words, which is why it has taken me so long to write this.

It's not that I think that the guilt of the perpetrators who actively committed the atrocities or gave the orders for them is passed down to later generations; no more than a child of a serial killer is guilty of the crimes of their parent.

(Continuing this months later after it sat in my drafts for forever DX)

I don't think that as long as the only thing keeping Jews safe in Germany is a steel door and literal Nazis are able to be elected into parliament, Germany gets to put the Holocaust behind it. The average German is, at best, apathetic to the antisemitism still taking place and, at worst, wishing we'd never lost the war.

Maybe if there had been more of an effort to de-nazify Germany and it hadn't just petered out to the point where a former NSDAP member was able to become chancellor (and many, many more just continued their political careers in different parties), I wouldn't feel like no one has actually taken responsibility, like that monstrosity Judenhass that gave rise to Nazi Germany isn't still festering just under the surface of German society.

That's the responsibility I feel I need to take. I am not going to say "It's in the past" when I have my grandmother's "Certification of Arian heritage" in my possession, and she only died last year. I might not be able to do much, but I can do that.

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facts. 🖕🖕🖕 to those claiming genocide so you can delegitimize jewish suffering, indigeneity, and agency.

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If you want to be an ally to the Jewish people, you’d better be ready to fight the antisemitism faced by all Jews.

Zionist Jews. Anti- and non-Zionist Jews. Observant Jews. Secular Jews. Reform Jews. Conservative Jews. Orthodox Jews. Israeli Jews. Ashkenazi Jews. Sephardic Jews. Mizrahi Jews. Beta Israeli Jews. Desi Jews. Convert Jews. White-passing Jews. Jews of color. Visibly-Jewish Jews. Queer Jews. Left-wing Jews. Right-wing Jews. Patrilineal Jews.

We are one people, and if you only fight antisemitism when it targets the Jews you like, you’re not actually an ally of the Jewish people.

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Have you ever asked yourself: “What does the skunk say?” unmute to find out

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i kind of hate the concept that all disenfranchised people or people in places disproportionately affected by poverty or colonization etc are all “secret leftists” does anyone get what i’m saying

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It's really sick and sad that a lot of people who claim to be "Pro-Palestinian" are essentially screaming at Israel, "Why aren't you killing more Palestinians so we can hate you for it!?"

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i hate when people comment on like an edit of something, and is just like “am i the only one who hates this/doesn’t ship this” like obviously not! unless the ship is illegal or the character is obviously a horrible person don’t comment on something. like you’re entitled to your own opinion but for the love of all things holy let people have fun! ships are fun!

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Bleep bloop

have you considered: bloop bleep?

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Why are U gae

bc u r gae

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Wahwahwah?

Wahwahwah!

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it’s fun to stay at the Y

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✨ Queerplatonic Relationship Dragons

Idea for a pin

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ND culture is telling people you forgot to do something but really you've been thinking about doing it all day/week/month/year but your brain won't let you

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