#Jewish Community

[magnetothemagnificent]

Not "shake a lemon angrily at G-d" week, but rather;

Gather a citron, an ancient fruit predating the cultivation of lemon. Notice how it has a wonderful aroma, and consider how its flesh is edible. This represents the Jew who is both learned in Judaism and who exhibits kindness and good deeds.

Now gather the closed frond at the center of a palm tree. Consider how sweet the dates of the palm taste, but how the frond exhibits no strong smell like the citron. This represents the Jew who is learned in Judaism, but who does not practice the compassion in the many texts they studied.

Now gather at least three branches from a myrtle bush. Take in the refreshing scent oozing from the branches' thick leaves, but see how it does not bear fruit. This represents the Jew who is not learned in Judaism, but whose good character and actions are exceptional.

Finally, gather two branches from the somber willow. While mighty and enveloping, the willow exhibits no strong aroma, nor does it produce fruit. This represents the Jew who is neither learned in Judaism nor kind in character and deeds.

Appreciate the various textures and shapes of these four species. Feel the weight of them in your hand. Value how different in so many aspects each of them are.

Take them all in your hands, and bind them together like an embrace. Point them in all the corners of the earth- South, North, East, heavenward, downward, and West. Think of all your Jewish brethren scattered around the world, and bring your precious bundle back to your heart with every direction you send it to. Contemplate the place of every Jew in your community, the Etrog, the Lulav, the Hadas, and the Arava, for they all belong.

This is the meaning of Sukkot: coming back to our roots and our bare essence. Erect a temporary dwelling in reminiscence of your wandering ancestors. Come together under the stars, as exposed and unguarded as when we first walked the earth. Welcome guests into your makeshift home, be they family, friends, or the spirits of founding ancestors passed. Surround yourself in your community- and bring it all back to your heart.

[eretzyisrael]

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[girlactionfigure]

Rhetoric like Jamaal Bowman’s has deeply affected the Jewish community.

Synagogues are being desecrated, vandalized with graffiti and getting bomb threats. Jewish schools are evacuated for security and Jewish children are attacked. Not long ago a violent mob came to a Synagogue in LA.

Bowman, whose district has a large Jewish population, just lost the primary.

Instead of the obvious answer, the world has resorted to the dual loyalty trope. “You can’t trust a J3w to do what’s best for the country they live in because they only care about Israel!”— It can’t be that we’re just worried about our safety which you take away from us. It can’t be that we see how Bowman dehumanizes us with claims that we “segregate ourselves.” It has to be that the nasty, disloyal J3ws used their billions and billions of dollars to make poor Bowman, a former elected public official, lose.

I’m not buying it and neither should you.

Hen Mazzig

[jewishpopculture]

Doja Cat photographed by Hedi Slimane for V magazine (2023).

Doja is an American rapper and singer of Jewish and Zulu descent.

[dynamicity-keysmash]

TIL that Jumblr exists. It's really hard being Jewish both online and offline rn, so if you're seeing this, here's a reminder that your pain matters, your lived experience is important, and antisemitism will never win so long as there are Jews in the world living happy, fulfilling lives.

[jewishpositivity18]

If multiple, pick the one you use most frequently

[hindahoney]

HaShem Yishmor, you may have experienced several of these. If you have and are comfortable sharing your experience, feel free to comment or send an anonymous ask. As always please rb for sample size :)

[lostinsidelostoutside]

Jewishpridwalways is the source 🇮🇱💙

In the late 1930s,over 20,000 Jews escaped to Shanghai .

By the time that WW2 broke out ,Shanghai was home to more Jewish refugees than any other city in the world .

Today , there are around 2,500 Jews who live in China .

Shanghai and Beijing have synagogues and Jewish communities 💙🫂🇮🇱

[lordzukosnosehair]

Need some Jewish magpod/mechanisms mutuals I beg

Goyim getting on my nerves (love yall though)

[cheerfullycatholic]

Alabama could soon begin using its newly constructed gas chamber to carry out what would be the first-ever execution using nitrogen hypoxia. Alabama's new gas chamber has never been tested and a new protocol for carrying out an execution using nitrogen hypoxia was released with extensive redactions.

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Members of the Jewish community who indicate so when they sign on to this petition are also adding their name to the following stand-alone statement: JEWISH COMMUNITY STATEMENT OPPOSING THE GAS CHAMBER Jewish tradition presents somewhat contradictory statements regarding the death penalty. While the Torah permits the death penalty, the Talmud, in Tractate Sanhedrin, imposes severe limits on capital punishment even where the crime is murder. Contemporary US laws do not meet the standards for fairness and accuracy as articulated in Jewish law. Today we are writing not about the death penalty as a whole, but about proposed forms of execution. Certainly there are members of Jewish communities in states using the gas chamber who support the death penalty in concept or in practice. However, we stand united in opposition to the introduction of the gas chamber as a form of execution. We do not suggest comparisons to the atrocities of Nazi Germany under which millions of our relatives were murdered, many by suffocation in sealed chambers. Still, we cannot imagine it possible that Jewish communities anywhere could stand by while prisoners are executed by the state in our names, using any variation of that mechanism. Therefore, the undersigned Rabbis, Cantors and other leaders the Jewish community call on you to reject the conduct of executions by suffocation in any sort of gas chamber anywhere in the United States.

[tidesaroundus]

The Pomegranate Collective is an online, non-denominational Jewish group who seeks to provide community to those who feel marginalized by mainstream Jewish organizations! Through community-led events we strive to build a deeper connection to Judaism together.

Our community is strictly anti-Zionist and seeks to center Jews of Color, LGBT people, disabled people, and low-income people.

https://discord.com/invite/QYkaMSJh

[ticktockgoesmyheart]

Hi ! 【 I'll try my best not to overexplain, but I always do. All of the below is context, but anyway, I'm looking for ways to further my knowledge on Judaism & information that would help me, as well on any ways to learn Hebrew or Ladino 】

I'm a teenager who's been wanting to convert to Judaism for a while now. I've been certain for a couple of years now. My parents were converting to Judaism around the time they immigrated to the United States with little me, I only got to go a couple of times [to the synagogue] because we had to move away after less than year because of money. We ended up moving to a rural town 【we live in the south always have】 , and there's no synagogue near us or in town. Well, me and mom can't deal with the town anymore, we've been hatecrimed, and I've dealt with intense bullying since elementary & there's no any disability resources for me here among manyyy other things.

We're poor, but my moms really gonna try her hardest to help us raise money this school year so we can leave next year! To a city, few hours away that is actually somewhat more accepting, has more Latinos & other POC, and there's more disability and medical resources, and even a few synagogues!!!

I know some basics about Judaism, but I wanna learn more because I wanna convert right !!! Any resources, anything at all that you think would help, would be appreciated !!! Immensely !!!! This school year, I wanna dedicate as much time as I possibly can so I can be prepared for the next year 【 I hope all will go well 】 thank you !!!

One day, hopefully, I'll be fully converted and be able to go to the sephardi synagogues in the province where I was born in my home country, :)

[girlactionfigure]

“You don’t need to thank me. I’m just a guy doing a job.”

-A clearly moved @SenFettermanPA after receiving a stunning work of art by @IlanBlock—a heartfelt gesture from Philadelphia’s Jewish community—recognizing his unwavering courage and leadership during these trying times.

[jewishpopculture]

Jewish actress Marilyn Monroe photographed on the set of the film ‘The Seven Year Itch’ (1955).

[ceaseless-exhauster]

Learned today that some folks pulled their kids from our Hebrew school this year bc our Rabbi includes Palestinian victims of violence in the people remembered before the Mi Shebeirach

Learned today that I would get significant pushback from some people if I mentioned the six Israeli hostages killed in the people remembered before Mourner’s Kaddish

Learned today that even in my balanced, progressive, welcoming Reform congregation, notions of vengeance and hardlining can run deep anyway

Learned today that maybe one of the most important things I need to do as a young Jew is try to pull our elders into the nuance my generation only sometimes has a knack for

Learned today that I may end up crying far more tears for intra-community division than I will for external pressures and hatred