#Find a rabbi

[mohellosangele]

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[taibhsearachd]

The way antisemitic pro-Palestine assholes talk about the crimes done to Jews is so wild to me. Jews weren't targeted for their ethnicity in Amsterdam and violently assaulted, they were just pantsed (???) and shoved into the river (and let's quietly ignore how fucking cold that river was at the time). Hostages weren't enslaved for domestic labor, tortured and threatened with death, they just had to do chores and were given a sarcastic cake.

Because like... clearly they know. They know that if they describe the bare facts of what was done to these people, they will sound like monsters for joking about it. So they have to downplay it. Which is so much worse and more gross than just being thoughtlessly dismissive.

[ahopefulbromantic]

Broke: pork is forbidden by the Law because of the symbolism related to the cultural significance of pigs in the time and place and society ancient Israelites lived in

Woke: pork is forbidden by the Law because the pigs in that region were sick with a contagious disease and Israelites didn't know about microbes back then so God had to save them somehow

Bespoke: pork is forbidden by the Law because Jesus as a human didn't like the taste of pork so His Father who loved Him very much made sure He will never have to taste it ever

[shalom-iamcominghome]

I got a (kind) rejection email from the rabbi I contacted but it really cements something I adore about the jewish community

Even though it wasn't meant to be that I'd work with that rabbi, he still said he thought it was so special that I'm attending shul and going through with the class, that he hopes I continue doing it. There's so much kindness that I've been met with and it's nice because I feel like I'm at a vulnerable point. It's nice to know how I've been as fully included in everything as possible.

The jewish community is a special place to be. I feel home.

[koshercosplay]

got this amazing find at a secondhand jewish bookstore yesterday for only $2!!

[vibingforjudaism]

I need a therapist who I can argue with and who will give me jewish advice ....a rabbi. I need a rabbi

[north-wilkesboro-moonshine-cave]

another weekend, another job rejection!

[kittyoverlord]

Disability win: I reached out to my Rabbi who I haven't spoken to in years and we were finally able to chat today and catch up.

Sometimes people do still care even if you haven't talked in a while.

[quixtrix]

Ngl, did NOT have this scenario on my metaphorical bingo card for insane shit that has happened in this fandom. Infighting and discourse? Yeah. Fighting over ships? Yeah. Main character getting sidelined? Unfortunate but also yeah. Someone making essentially a fan theory about the creator's personal life, getting mad that people are telling them that's creepy, then turning around and calling others CREEPS for 'being entitled to personal info' even though they started it in the first place? Wow, most of those types back off and put out a shitty apology to try and get people to back off, but this mf doubled down and hit it with a double whammy of 'well you should've expected it, don't want your work to be known, don't create', what the actual fuck is going on here.

i dont even know man. i think i shouldnt have engaged further after the initial villain monologue bro pulled on me, but i digress. it was also very weird to me how they were lecturing me on how to analyse media and digest it but couldnt register that i was using a basic example in my initial explanation on why writing about dark topics does not necessarily equal having the trauma those experiences give.

tbf i looked at their blog and theyre a zionist so

[dihalect]

here's a thing about palestine/israel that i can't stop thinking about. supporting an ethnostate, apartheid, and/or genocide seems like just about the most un-jewish thing one could possibly do. i genuinely do not get it.

like. irl, i've been osmosizing jewish culture and scholarship for the past several years. the impression i’ve gotten is of a people who has undergone untold amounts of discrimination and violence over the past couple millennia, and who is proud of their resilience in the face of that oppression. i know that enduring oppression doesn’t necessarily make someone a good person. and obviously, no group is a monolith. but my impression has been that recognizing that harm and defending other downtrodden groups was a common principle of jewish culture. hell, that’s why my alma mater was founded — so i was living in that legacy for the past ~6 years.

even if you think jewish people have the sole right to the land that we call israel, the israeli state's treatment of palestinians flies in the face of all of that. to go "fuck you, i got mine"*, treat another ethnic group as second-class citizens, and concentrate, blockade, and slaughter them seems completely irreconcilable with what i have come to know and appreciate as jewish values. a complete betrayal.

like. am i missing something big here or

*or, more accurately, “i will fuck you over to get mine”

edit: obviously not every jewish person supposed israel/is zionist. but, as we’ve all seen jewish anti-zionists say recently, most jewish ppl in the imperial core are. and this genocidal ethnostate calls itself ~the jewish state~.

[jewishboricua]

My sister asked me what kosher food was and what kosher meant and now they suddenly wanna buy more kosher food???? (specifically sweets)

[menlove]

have to do a paper focusing on modern religion instead of religious/cultural history i have suffered more than jesus

[shoutsindwarvish]

i just scheduled a meet-up with my rabbi to talk about my grief re: my grandma and i genuinely want to because i need it but i am also so nervous about it

which i find a little funny because he clearly does everything he can to be as approachable as possible and is soft-spoken and kind and would probably be bummed that i’m intimidated by him but it’s mostly because i think he’s cool and don’t want to fuck up somehow?? (jewish imposter syndrome is probably in there too. and definitely fear of being vulnerable, lol.)

anyway here’s hoping i’m able to actually talk and get something out of it and not be internally screaming the whole time

[shalom-iamcominghome]

So, I've been a bit open about my mental health on here since it affects how I experience and interact with judaism, but I'm wondering how you all balance it? I've found that antisemitism does not specifically cause the recent episode/s I have been having, but it makes them worse, and I find that it makes it even harder to engage with judaism, so I'm currently in a Sisyphean spiral. I guess for me, my brain has been so high-alert about this stuff that it completely shuts down, but not engaging with my jewish community is just as detrimental to my health as antisemitism is. Plus, I'm just angry at the thought that something like antisemitism would prevent me from being with my community.

[toa-greatmind-nothingislittle]

Chag sameach to Jews who are sober because they take medication, to Jews who are sober because they are recovering from substance use, to Jews who are sober because of trauma, to Jews who are sober because of medical conditions, to Jews who just don’t like to drink. There’s still meaning to find in Purim and find yourself a community who respects your decision <3

[butchazepam]

i genuinely like religion. i want to be loved by a divine ultimate reality. i want the confidence that everything bad that happens has been well justified beforehand. i used to be really into judaism when i was trans. it lost it's charm when i detransed because i was into orthodoxy, and being an orthodox woman isn't nearly half as rewarding. It's a shame that it does so much harm