#Jewish family Sims 4

[my-jewish-life]

Miriam is preparing food for Shabbat while Miranda is giving their new baby Taliah a nap <3 Shabbat Shalom everyone!

[deathbypufferfish]

After all these years, Ilya was terrified to come out to his parents, Vera and Alexei. He expected the worst, but they managed to surprise him. They may not fully understand, but their love for their son will always be the only thing that matters. <3

[gryficowa]

Boycott!

I love how Zionists call all Nazis for being anti-genocidal, it's obvious they don't know shit about Nazis

"Nazism[2] (abbreviation from German: Nationalsozialismus[3], also national socialism, Nazism[a][2], nacissism[4]) - the ideology of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: NSDAP)[5][6] founded after World War I. It is a German and extreme version of fascism[7][8][9][10][11], classified as far right[12][13][14][15][16], which are characterized by:

anti-democratism in its totalitarian and dictatorial version; the demand for absolute obedience to the orders of the leader (German: Führer), who was identified with the state, called the principle of leadership[1]; German nationalism in its extremely chauvinistic version[17], known as Völkisch: calling the Germans a "master race"; hateful anti-Semitism[18], anti-Gypsyism, anti-Slavism and racism[19] in a pseudobiological version[20][21]; Social Darwinism[20]; eugenics; German imperialism: resurrection of the idea of ​​Greater Germany - the demand for the unification of Germany with Austria, German Anschluss[22][2][23]; expansionism - the postulate of colonizing new areas to provide Germans with living space, German Lebensraum[24]; anti-communism; homophobia[b][c][25]; ambivalent attitude towards religion: combating Judaism and Jehovah's witnesses; tolerance for the main branches of Christianity such as Catholicism and Protestantism, cooperation with them, but combined with their control, regulation [26] [27] and competition by promoting their own, new forms of religiosity[2] such as positive Christianity and the German Faith Movement. Nazism arose, among others, on the basis of Prussian militarism[28]; in 1920, the party organized a militia called Sturmabteilung (SA)[29]. In 1921, Adolf Hitler became the head of the NSDAP party, and he presented Nazi ideology in the book My Struggle (German: Mein Kampf) published for the first time in 1925–1927[30]. Under his leadership, the NSDAP"

Now that I have your attention:

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(I had to separate them because, unfortunately, the collections got lost in the thicket of text)

"apparatus of terror such as concentration camps and the secret police Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo); development of German eugenics, including introduction of the Nuremberg Laws; intensification of persecution for same-sex relations[25]; alliance with fascist Italy (Steel Pact) and Japan (Anti-Comintern Pact); the later Pact of Three between these countries formalized the Axis bloc; support of Francoists in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)[38]; annexation of Austria in 1938; the enlarged state was called the Greater German Reich, German: Großdeutsches Reich[39]; mass murders exterminating "life unworthy of life": T4 action on sick and disabled people; genocides – holocaust and post-Rajmos. One of the tools of mass murder were the extermination camps established in the occupied areas to "finally solve the Jewish question"; outbreak of World War II in 1939 - attack on Poland and then other countries. After less than six years, in 1945, this war led to the fall of the Third Reich and the denazification of Europe. In 1945, in Germany and Austria it was forbidden to spread Nazi propaganda, e.g. the use of Nazi symbols such as the swastika, SS runes, the Totenkopf skull or the Nazi salute for purposes other than artistic and scientific purposes[40]. Similar bans were also introduced in other countries, including Poland[41]. Despite this, neo-Nazi movements continue to operate in the 21st century, usually using changed symbols, but not always (ANP and NSM). Some of the Nazi assumptions, postulates and symbols were taken over by other nationalist movements such as the National Democratic Party of Germany (German: NPD), Golden Dawn (Gr. XA) in Greece[42] and the National Bolshevik Party (Russian: NBP) in Russia.

Nazi ideologists, apart from Adolf Hitler, included: Alfred Rosenberg (The Myth of the Twentieth Century, German: Der Mythos des 20. Jahrhunderts) and Joseph Goebbels. Nazism was not a uniform movement - its characteristic elements appeared gradually, e.g. symbolism, some of the rhetoric and homophobia came under Hitler's leadership. In addition, Nazi activists had different views, e.g. on the economy and religion, as described below"

"National socialism is an extreme ideology created as a result of the development of mass society, based on chauvinistic and racist elements.

The rapid transformation of the world, industrialization, urbanization and the collapse of existing ties in the second half of the 19th century. 19th century prompted the search for new ideas, giving the lost masses of people a sense of meaning in existence. Liberal ideology preaching individualism could not apply to such concepts, because it was based on the negation of all previous certainties and the formation of opposition to traditional concepts and values, including religious ones. German society, torn out of old structures as a result of industrialization, looked for new normative systems in nationalism, especially popular after the unification of Germany (1870). This nationalism combined with the still strong rural mentality of most Germans, creating the ideology of the so-called volkism"

"Hitler's ideology proclaimed the superiority of the German nation, belonging to the "Aryan race" (derived from the Aryans - an ancient Indo-European people) in relation to other races and nations, in particular over Jews and Gypsies. This idea was combined with the vulgarized Nietzschean concept of the "superman" (Übermensch), morally superior, intellectually and spiritually in relation to "subhumans", and the right of the German nation to rule over other nations was derived from it.

The Nazis believed that the mixing of races (Rassenschande) caused their degeneration, so they introduced legislation prohibiting marriage and sexual relations between Germans and people of other races (Nuremberg Laws). The program of euthanasia and sterilization of biologically "defective" people was also intended to "improve" the race. Further projects in the spirit of eugenics were also implemented, including theft of children, support for reproduction according to racial criteria (Lebensborn centers), and the introduction of polygamy was considered. Racial views largely determined the occupation policy and led to the Holocaust.

The Nazis combined racism with German nationalism. Nations were considered to be organisms that fight for survival and expansion and have the right to use all available means in this fight. The plan was to obtain living space in the East (Lebensraum im Osten) for the German nation by conquering other nations. This policy was determined not only by national motives, but also by racial ones: a dismissive attitude towards the Slavs, who were allegedly deprived of the ability to rule. Geopolitical theories were also used to justify the need for territorial expansion.

The National Socialists also subordinated cultural policy to racial and biological criteria. Artists of Jewish origin were fought against, as well as - as a product of foreign races and a manifestation of degeneration - contemporary art and jazz. According to the National Socialist ideal, art should proclaim the greatness of the nation, the heroism of "supermen", the bond with nature, and traditional family values. The ideals of man's bond with nature and his native land were summarized in the slogan Blood and Earth (Blut und Boden).

Racism was associated with social Darwinism - the Nazis believed that a specific group of people, in this case, the Aryans, are better adapted to the prevailing conditions than other races. Due to their origin, Germans were entitled to special aristocratic rights[141]"

"A General Government was established in some Polish territories. Terror was used on a massive scale against the Polish population of the province. According to the Nazis, the role of Poles was slave labor. The Nazis' first goal was to destroy the national intelligentsia. Poland was to be only a source of raw materials and labor. Plans to murder entire social groups were created already during the September campaign. The Nazis called these plans "political clearing of the area." Those who were subject to immediate extermination were, among others, teachers, clergy, political, social and cultural activists and state administration employees. Poles were deported en masse from Gdańsk and West Prussia. A policy of displacement of entire youth communities was used, with the aim of denationalizing Poles[142].

The population of Silesia and Pomerania, as well as the Kashubians and highlanders, were Germanized. Poles were deported to Germany as forced laborers. Polish forced laborers wore special identification badges and were subordinated to the police[143].

Hitler planned to divide the conquered territories of the USSR into several areas, which was to prevent the reconstruction of the Russian state. It was planned to create five governorates. The first to enter were Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - these areas were to be Germanized, the Dutch and Danes were to be resettled there, and in the Baltic countries also Norwegians. According to the Nazis, in the future the Baltic countries were to be incorporated into the German Reich as completely Germanized areas. Ukraine was to become the second governorate, the third is the Caucasus, the fourth is Russia, and the fifth is the territory of Turkestan. The conquest of Eastern Europe was supposed to result in the acquisition of areas for the exploitation of labor force. The Nazis assumed that the Russian population would be resettled to Siberia and that the area of ​​Eastern Europe would be colonized by German settlers (lower races were to be eliminated). After a hypothetical victory over the USSR and the enslavement of the nations inhabiting the country, the highest social class in these areas was to be members of the NSDAP, the next caste was to be workers, and finally a layer of conquered foreign tribesmen, also known as the modern slave class[144]. The conquered nations of the USSR were to be deprived of the opportunity to learn the history of their countries, deprived of the ability to read and write, and in the villages information was to be transmitted only through propaganda loudspeakers[144].

Despite the support of the radical, fascist Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, The Nazis believed that Ukraine should become a colonization area dominated by Germany. The support of the OUN radicals was caused by the positive attitude of Ukrainian nationalists towards the Third Reich and Hitler's views. The OUN believed that the Nazis would support the Ukrainians in their fight against the Poles and the Soviets. Ukrainian nationalists supported the Third Reich in intelligence activities against the Second Polish Republic and the USSR. After Germany's aggression against the USSR, the OUN directly supported the Germans' fight against the Red Army. In exchange for supporting the Germans in the war, the nationalists counted on compensation from the Reich government. They established the Ukrainian National Council, and on the same day the Germans interned the initiators of this move. Then the Nazis banned all parties representing Ukrainians. The country was completely incorporated into German administration. The general Ukrainian society had a negative attitude towards the Germans. Ukrainians were tired of forced labor for Germany and benefits for the Wehrmacht. The Germans again tried to win part of the Ukrainian nation to their side after the defeats of 1943, this time without much response[145]"

(Yes, this is information for idiots who believe that Poles collaborated with the Nazis)

"The Nazis demanded that areas such as Austria, Alsace, Lorraine, the Czech Republic and the area known from 1919 as the Polish Corridor be incorporated into Germany. The main goal of the Nazis' policy was to obtain Lebensraum, i.e. living space for the German nation. The Nazis claimed that after World War I there was an overpopulation crisis in Germany, which meant that new territories had to be provided to the nation[146]. From 1920, the NSDAP publicly promoted Germany's expansion into the territories held by the USSR[147].

In 1921–1922, Hitler wanted to achieve Lebensraum by reducing the territory of Russia, This was said to have occurred as a result of the overthrow of the Bolshevik government by Russian anti-communists supported by Germany[147]. This attitude changed at the end of 1922, when Hitler proposed the creation of a German-British alliance and the joint destruction of Russia[147]. The policy of Lebensraum assumed massive expansion of the Germans eastwards to the Urals[148][149]. The surplus Russian population living west of the Urals was to be deported to the east[150]."

"Following the end of World War I, the Nazis were one of many nationalist and fascist political parties competing for leadership of the German anti-communist movement[footnote needed]. The Nazis claimed that communism was dangerous to the well-being of nations because of its intention to eliminate private property, support for the class struggle, atheism, hostility towards small entrepreneurs and the middle class[151].

Anti-communism was linked to anti-Semitism, Hitler considers communism and Marxism to be a Jewish conspiracy aimed at the destruction of the German nation-state and the entire Western civilization, in Mein Kampf he states: “If a Jew, with the help of his Marxist profession of faith, wins victory over the nations of this world (…) our planet will (…) circulate in the ether completely depopulated. I believe that I am acting in accordance with the intention of the all-powerful Creator; "By defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of Our Lord"[152]. In numerous other statements, Hitler declares that his most important goal is "the destruction of Marxism." He believed that the complete elimination of Marxism was a condition for the "rebirth" of Germany, and by "Marxism" he understood all varieties of left-wing thought, including the social democratic party SPD, which was then moving away from its Marxist roots[153]. Democracy, pacifism and internationalism were considered the most important "transgressions" of Marxism[154].

Anti-communism resulted from the experiences of party members. The NSDAP was founded, among others, by Thule Society member Karl Harrer. The Society supported the Freikorps paramilitary government forces during the suppression of the communist uprising in Bavaria during the November Revolution (see Bavarian Soviet Republic). In addition to Harrer, other members of the Society included the co-author of the program[155], Gottfried Feder, and one of the most important ideologists, Alfred Rosenberg[156].

At the turn of the 1930s and 1940s . the Nazis established anti-communist regimes subordinated to them to some extent, including Vichy France. In countries such as France and Great Britain, anti-communist groups and activists were supported, including: right-wing organization Cliveden set, conservative Edward Wood (1st Earl of Halifax), The British Union of Fascists and associates of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. During the war, the Germans created new military units from anti-communist volunteers, one of them was the 33rd SS Grenadier Division (1st French) Charlemagne[157]"

""On April 11, 1933, the Nazis introduced a law defining Jews as persons of non-Aryan origin, thereby removing Jew"

On April 11, 1933, the Nazis introduced a law defining Jews as persons of non-Aryan origin, thereby removing Jews from offices[194].

On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Laws were introduced, depriving Jews of basic civil rights and separating them from the rest of German society. In the same year, twenty-seven decrees were introduced, according to which people applying for various positions had to present proof of Aryan origin in the case of, for example, an SS officer, and the candidate had to document Aryan genealogy from 1700. A new profession was created in Germany - Sippenforscher, which deals with searching for genealogical documents[195]. Since August, the Boycott Committee has been operating, forcing Jews to sell their businesses at minimum prices (members of the Committee organized, among others, kidnappings and murders)[196].

By the fall of 1938, over 200,000 Jews had fled the country, but the number of Jews in the country was equalized after the territories of Austria were incorporated into the Reich. Another pretext for intensified repression against Jews was the assassination attempt on November 9, 1938 by Herschel Grynszpan, who assassinated a Reich diplomat in Paris. In the country, the Nazis unleashed a series of anti-Semitic purges known as Kristallnacht. The government did not counteract the series of anti-Semitic demonstrations, but supported them and began the first mass deportations of Jews to concentration camps (20,000 people were then deported). Moreover, Jews were blamed for the riots and were ordered to pay billions in compensation (approximately $400 million)[197]. After Kristallnacht, a strict law was introduced prohibiting marriage and sexual relations between Jews and representatives of other nationalities. A Jew caught flirting with a German woman was immediately sent to a concentration camp. A German could also be sent back to the camp, who was sent there for three months of anti-Semitic re-education[196].

Racial segregation was introduced in waiting rooms, trains and restaurants, and Jews were expelled from schools.[198]"

By the way, doesn't this sound strangely familiar to you? I don't know… LIKE IZAREL WOULD FUCKING PERFORM THIS ON PALESTINIANS?

"Since Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933, incidental and then increasingly frequent acts of Nazi crimes against political opponents, Jews and Poles began there[199]. The world rarely learned about, and even less often reacted to, human rights abuses and murders in Nazi Germany before World War II. On Palm Sunday, March 21, 1937, Pius XI's encyclical Mit brennender Sorge (German: "With burning concern") about the situation of the Church in the Third Reich was read in German churches. The document was dated March 14, 1937 and concerned the situation of the Church in the Third Reich. It contained a critique of the theological aspects of the policy pursued by Hitler's Germany.[200]

Among the few world leaders appealing through diplomacy to end human rights violations in Germany were Fiorello La Guardia[201], mayor of New York, who promoted the boycott of German goods in the USA and Swedish Prince Charles Bernadotte[202], who actively appealed to German President Paul von Hindenburg before World War II, and in the following years to the German Red Cross for the opportunity to jointly investigate "alleged atrocities" in German prisons and concentration camps. The Germans rejected the proposal of any inspections of Nazi concentration camps. However, the prince achieved success as chairman of the Swedish Red Cross at the end of World War II, when he managed, together with the Swedish diplomat Folke Bernadotte and the government of Denmark, to organize the so-called White buses that saved about 17,000 people from German death camps. In 1944, the German government attempted to deny its crimes, and therefore Holocaust denial, on the international arena by allowing an inspection of the Theresienstadt concentration camp in occupied Czech Republic by international observers accompanied by the SS. mana and creating a completely false propaganda film about the good treatment of Jews in that camp[203]"

Why the fuck does this sound so familiar? Genocide denial, so familiar when you see Israel denying its own

'In 1940, in one night, the Germans murdered 1,700 Jews in Nasielsk. 600,000 Jews were expelled from the Polish territories incorporated into the Reich and ended up in the General Government.

The policy of genocide unleashed by the Germans in mid-1941 lasted approximately 40 months. The number of Jewish victims of the Holocaust is estimated at almost 6 million[207] . One third of this number, or approximately 2 million, were children. The number of Polish Jews among the victims of the Holocaust is estimated, according to various sources, from 2.6 million to 3.3 million people[208].

In October 1941, a separate labor code was introduced for Jews, according to which they were to work without any time limits (this applied to children as young as fourteen). The Jews were deprived of their protective clothing. In September, Jews were forced to wear a Star of David with the inscription "Jude".

During the war with the USSR in the east, all non-military train transports were suspended. In their place, special trains were built to transport Jews to death camps. The SS had trains transporting 5,000 Jews each day to the Treblinka extermination camp and 5,000 to Bełżec twice a week. Apart from the camps, the most famous site of genocide is the Babi Yar gorge near Kiev, where approximately 100,000 Jews were murdered in 1941, as well as Ponary near Vilnius, where the Nazis murdered almost 80,000 Jews[209].

The Third German Reich tried to hide the crimes it committed from the world, including the Holocaust and the genocide of Poles. It failed to achieve this, as evidenced by the action of Polish diplomat Jan Karski, who was the first to inform the British and US authorities about the ongoing crimes already in 1942 and appealed for a military response. In the summer and fall of 1944, the World Jewish Congress and the War Refugee Council appealed to the U.S. Department of War to immediately bomb the German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. However, these proposals were rejected[210]. The Allies' abandonment of bombing the railway tracks to the extermination camps has been considered by some historians as an "appalling moral failure".[211] Only on June 6, 1944, the Americans, British and Canadians landed in Normandy to liberate Europe from German occupation"

As you can see, the USA didn't help much… Who expected it?

How long will Palestine be left to its own devices? How long will the US help a genocide? How much longer will we accept genocide?

"In the USA in the 1930s, there were groups active, such as William Dudley Pelley's Silver Legion and Fritz Kuhn's German-American Bund. He expressed support for Nazism, among others: Father Charles Coughlin of Catholic Radio in Detroit, condemning the influence of godless capitalists, Jews, communists, international bankers and plutocrats on US foreign policy, or Charles Lindbergh, who in 1941 declared: The three most important groups pushing this country into war are the British, the Jews and the Roosevelt administration.[271] George Rockwell founded the marginal American Nazi Party, which in the following decades supported the white power movement and opposed the civil rights movement. In South Africa in 1938, the Afrikaans Ossewabrandwag and the Stormjaers militia were founded. The party was influenced by the NSDAP, and during World War II it opposed cooperation between South Africa and Great Britain. After terrorist attacks carried out by its members, some of its leaders were imprisoned, but the party was never officially banned. After 1945, several former members of the movement became part of the apartheid dictatorship. The group was absorbed by the National Party. A former militant of the Balthazar party, Johannes Vorster, served as Prime Minister of South Africa in 1966–1978[272].

Nazi groups even sprang up in Costa Rica. In the 1930s Nazi sympathizers coming mainly from the German community gathered in the German Club[273]"

"In Poland, National Socialist groups did not play a significant role. Some of them are: the National Socialist Workers' Party, the Radical Healing Movement of J. Kowal-Lipiński, the Polish National Socialist Party, the Polish National Socialist Party "Warta", the National Peasant-Worker Front[274][275]. Some historians see a similarity between Nazi ideology and the doctrines of the National Radical Camp[276][277][278] and the National Radical Movement[279][280]. The National Radical Organization, a collaborationist organization operating at the beginning of the German occupation of Poland, is sometimes associated with national socialism[281]"

Unfortunately, there are bad apples in every country… I'm not denying that there were no bad apples, but saying that Poles collaborated with the Nazis (erasing their being victims of the Holocaust) is problematic on many levels

"In 2009, in the resolution "Unifying a divided Europe", the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly equated the totalitarian systems of German Nazism and Soviet Stalinism. The resolution states that in the 20th century, European countries suffered at the hands of two totalitarian regimes, which resulted in crimes against humanity and genocide[309][310][311]. This equation raises objections from Russia. According to Kommersant's interlocutors, the comparison of Stalinism and fascism is inappropriate due to the fact that "it was the Stalinist USSR that suffered the greatest sacrifices and made the greatest contribution to freeing Europe from fascism." According to Moscow's position, this resolution is "offensive, anti-Russian action” and “rape of history”[312].

According to the authors of The Black Book of Communism, the difference between National Socialism and Soviet communism "is only that the Nazi racial and territorial division replaces the division into layers (classes)"[313]. In turn, Margaret Buber-Neumann, a former German communist, imprisoned from 1937 to 1940 in the Gulag, and then from 1940 to 1945 in Ravensbrück, in her memoirs published after the war she pointed to numerous similarities in the practices of both regimes, pointing primarily to the contempt for human life, the cult of violence, and the use of slave labor by both systems. . In her opinion, the ideas of Nazism were criminal from the beginning, while the communist idea as a theory could contain a fundamental error, or the ideals could be betrayed by Soviet practice under the rule of Joseph Stalin, which, in her opinion, turned the USSR into a form of fascism[314]. According to Adam Leszczyński, writing in the context of the Warsaw Uprising and the book Oblą '44, or how Poles gave Stalin a gift by causing the Warsaw Uprising by Piotr Zychowicz, there was a fundamental qualitative difference between the regime in the USSR and the Third Reich, according to him, the communists were guided by the noble goals of equality and justice, and the Nazis' goal was solely to exterminate the subhuman race[315]. Slavoj Žižek also claimed that while Stalinism was "the tragic dimension of a failed emancipatory project", Nazism was "an extremely successful anti-emancipatory project"[316]. Žižek also noted that that, contrary to the liberating potential of communism as an idea, Nazism was, even at the theoretical stage, a "perverse" enterprise: "it would be simply ridiculous to see the Holocaust as some kind of tragic perversion of the noble Nazi project - this project was straight up the Holocaust" [317]"

The problem with the USSR and the Third Reich is simply that Hitler and Nazism had a greater impact on the world and that is why it is terrifying, the fact that Hitler had fewer victims (fatalities) does not automatically mean that he was a lesser evil, he was a greater one because of the fact that that he influenced so many people and countries…

"Promoting the totalitarian methods and practices of Nazism is prohibited in Poland by law and is subject to criminal liability. This is regulated by:

Constitution of the Republic of Poland (Journal of Laws of 1997, No. 78, item 483):

Art. 13 The existence of political parties and other organizations that refer in their programs to the totalitarian methods and practices of Nazism, fascism and communism, as well as those whose programs or activities assume or allow racial and national hatred, is prohibited, the use of violence in order to gain power or influence state policy or provides for the secrecy of structures or membership. Act of June 6, 1997, Penal Code (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1138, as amended):

Art. 256. § 1. Whoever publicly propagates Nazi, communist, a fascist or other totalitarian state system or inciting hatred based on national, ethnic, racial or religious differences or due to lack of religious denomination, shall be subject to the penalty of imprisonment for up to 3 years. § 1a. The same punishment applies to anyone who publicly propagates Nazi or communist ideology, fascist or an ideology that calls for the use of violence to influence political or social life. § 2. The penalty specified in § 1 shall be subject to, who, for the purpose of dissemination, produces, records or imports, purchases, sells, offers, stores, possesses, presents, transports or sends a print, recording or other item, containing the content specified in § 1 or 1a or being a carrier of Nazi, communist, fascist or other totalitarian symbols, used in a way to promote the content specified in § 1 or 1a.

Art. 257. Whoever publicly insults a group of people or an individual person because of their national, ethnic or racial affiliation , religious or because of his lack of religious denomination or for such reasons violates the bodily inviolability of another person, shall be subject to the penalty of deprivation of liberty for up to 3 years. Until July 2011, Article 256 of the Penal Code ended with the phrase "or being a carrier of fascist, communist or other totalitarian symbols." This provision was deleted by the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of July 19, 2011. The Tribunal found that the provision did not meet the criteria of specificity and, consequently, "the ruling on the unconstitutionality of Art. 256 § 2 in fine Penal Code means that Art. will have limited application. 256 § 4 of the Penal Code On its basis, the court will be able to order the forfeiture of items containing the content specified in Art. 256 § 1 of the Penal Code However, this will not be possible in relation to objects that are carriers of fascist, communist or other totalitarian symbols” [320] [321]"

If they fucking followed this constitution, there would be no fucking nationalists and parties like PiS and the fucking Confederation

But yes, read this Zionists, that's what fucking Nazism was, it was pro-genocide, not fucking anti-genocide

[simpishly]

Simpishly's Sims 4 Holidays

I'd never really done much customizing with household calendars, perhaps because it was so cluttered with EA events. But ever since downloading @zerbu's brilliant Schedule Festivals Yourself mod, my families' calendars have been looking really empty.

Y'all. I get it now. I'm obsessed. I wrote out an entire year's worth of holidays for my Sims.

Caveats:

None of my holidays are particularly original. I'm an American, it's a very Americanized calendar, lol.

I also kept Christian-equivalent holidays (Winterfest = Christmas, and I added Springfest = Easter) BUT I found this awesome post on Reddit that gives ideas for Jewish Sims holiday equivalents! I can't wait to swap those in for some households.

Every holiday should have at least one EA tradition, but I did include CC traditions. I also incorporated all City Living festivals from Zerbu's mod one time each, plus a few from Snowy Escape and Life and Death. The rest I plan to schedule if/when they are relevant to each household.

SPRING

New Year's Day - 1st Sunday / Day Off School/Work

Make Resolutions

Exercise

Cleaning

Meditate (mod)

Read a Book (mod)

Love Day - 1st Friday

Romance Festival (Zerbu's mod)

Romantic Spirit

Watch Romantic TV

Go on a Date

Springfest - 2nd Sunday / Day Off School/Work

Attend Holiday Ceremony

Egg Hunt

Flower Bunny

Give Flowers

Gnome’s Day - 2nd Monday

Humor and Hijinks Festival (Zerbu's mod)

Mischief Spirit

Holiday Gnomes

Streaking

Bubble Blower (mod)

Earth Day - 2nd Thursday

Appreciate an Object

Gardening

Donate (mod)

Volunteer (mod)

SUMMER

Block Party - 1st Sunday

Spice Festival (Zerbu's mod)

Eat Cultural Dishes (mod)

Art & Music Spirit

Simdependence Day - 1st Wednesday / Day Off School/Work

Bar-B-Que

Water Fun

Fireworks

GeekCon - 1st Saturday

GeekCon (Zerbu's mod)

Games

Wear Costumes

Take Photos (mod)

Long Weekend - 2nd Friday and Saturday / All Days Off School/Work

Go on a Vacation or Travel

(+Any other traditions/activities! I plan to treat it like an annual vacation for my Sims and schedule something different every year.)

AUTUMN

Long Weekend - 1st Sunday and Monday / All Days Off School Work

Go on a Vacation or Travel

(+Any other traditions/activities!)

Spooky Day - 1st Friday

Thinned Festiveil (Zerbu's mod)

Spooky Spirit

Wear Costumes

Trick or Treat

Watch Scary Movies (mod)

Remembrance Day - 1st Saturday

Festival of Light (Zerbu's mod)

Remembrance

Fasting

Harvestfest - 2nd Thursday / Day Off School/Work

Invite Guests

Thankful Spirit

Grand Meal

Freezer Bunny Friday - 2nd Friday / Day Off School/Work

Flea Market (Zerbu's mod)

Shopping (mod)

Sports TV (optional tradition text override)

WINTER

Winter Break - 2nd Monday / Day Off School/Work

Baking

Lazy Day (mod)

Write Letter to Father Winter (mod)

Winterfest Eve - 2nd Tuesday / Day Off School/Work

Decorate

Festive Lighting

Father Winter

Winterfest - 2nd Wednesday / Day Off School/Work

Festive Spirit

Give Gifts

Open Presents

Family Dinner (mod)

Festival of Snow - 2nd Thursday / Day Off School/Work

Festival of Snow (Zerbu's mod)

Winter Fun (mod)

Polar Bear Plunge

Winter Solstice - 2nd Friday / Day Off School/Work

Fire

Tell Stories

Stargaze (mod)

New Year's Eve - 2nd Saturday / Day Off School/Work

Invite Guests

Party Spirit

Drinking

Countdown to Midnight

[yeshummingbird]

Sims 4 Mod List

XML Injector (required to run some mods)

MC Command Center

Sacrificial Junior's Life Manager (Family Tree Only)

Bats And Babydolls' Aspiration Refresh

Lunar Britney's Soul's Journey Overhaul

Moxie Mason's Mosaic Remover Update

Various tiny autonomy tweaks

Ellcrze's 'Studio Loft' CAS Background Replacement

Luna Moth's 'Cottage' Main Menu Replacement

Menaceman44's City Living Headwrap Hair Colour Enabler

Menaceman44's City Living Headwrap Hair Color Addons

Twisted Mexi's Better Build Buy

Sims 4 CC List

Dangerously Free Jellyfish's 'Whisper' Eye Replacements (all types)

Luumia Sims' 'Ooh Smooth' V2 Skin Overlay

Femme On A Mission Sims' Tichel with Tails

Femme On A Mission Sims' 'Let There Be Earrings' Headwrap

Sims4 Sue's EP03 Head Wrap Color / Pattern Extension

FKA Online's 'Ouima' Headwrap

Bok Choi Jo's Modest Wear - Hijab #10

Bok Choi Jo's Modest Wear - Hijab #9

Bok Choi Jo's Modest Wear - Hijab #8

Bok Choi Jo's Modest Wear - Hijab #6

Sims 4 Diversity Project's African Headwraps

Frenchie Sim Girl's Summer 2021 collection: HEADWRAP

Spice Hounds' 'Jewish Living' Pack

Pandora Simbox's Judaism Stuff Pack

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[comtessezouboff]

The Wertheimer Portraits

A retexture by La Comtesse Zouboff — Original Mesh by @thejim07

The Wertheimer portraits are a series of twelve portrait paintings made by John Singer Sargent of and for the British art dealer Asher Wertheimer and his family. The series amounts to Sargent's largest private commission.

The family became close friends of the artist John Singer Sargent. He often dined at their home at 8 Connaught Place, where the dining room (sometimes described as "Sargent's mess" ) was decorated with eight of the family portraits. Mr and Mrs Wertheimer commissioned Singer Sargent to paint two portraits to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in 1898, and ten more commissions followed in the next decade. Most of the portraits hang in the Tate Museum in London, after Wertheimer's death in 1918. The donation was an scandal, as some antisemitic comments emerged, such as that of the historian Sir Charles Oman: "these clever, but extremely repulsive, pictures should be placed in a special chamber of horrors".

The bequest and wish for the portraits to be displayed together was seen as a distasteful display of wealth with opponents claiming it was Jewish excess and asking “Is there any other gallery that has been given so many paintings? 

Since the paintings would hang among royalty, clergy and historical figures, to have a room dedicated to one family deemed outside the British establishment was so controversial that it was debated in Parliament.

Nowadays, the portraits are regarded as masterpieces, and most of the antisemitic comments remained in the past, but some critics have thought that the paintings "exudes caricature-like features and projected racial stereotypes onto the sitters" although the family was perfectly happy with them (of course this wouldn't have been issue if the family belonged to catholicism or other western-predominant religion)

This set contains 12 portraits, with the original frame swatches, fully recolourable. They are of:

Elizabeth "Betty" Wertheimer, Mrs. Euston Abraham Salaman (oval shape)

Flora Wertheimer (née Joseph) Mrs. Asher Wertheimer

Helena "Ena" Wertheimer, Mrs. Robert Moritz Mathias, "A Vele Gonfle"

Madame Asher Wertheimer (née Flora Joseph) (another portrait of Flora)

Miss Almina Wertheimer in Turquerie Costume.

Mr. Alfred Wertheimer

Edward Wertheimer (unfinished)

Asher Wertheimer with his Poodle, Noble.

Elizabeth "Betty" and Helena "Ena" Wertheimer.

Hylda, Conway and Almina Wertheimer.

Miss Hylda Wertheimer.

Ruby, Ferdinand and Essie Wertheimer.

Found under decor > paintings for:

500§ (1)

1.850§ (2-3-4-5-6-7-8)

3.040§ (9-10)

3.900§ (11)

6520§ (12)

Retextured from:

"Saint Mary Magdalene" (1) found here

"The virgin of the Rosary" (2-3-4-5-6-7-8) found here

"Portrait of Mariana of Austria in Prayer" (9-10) found here

"Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria and her Son, le Grand Dauphin" (11) found here

"Vulcan's Forge" (12) found here

Thing to know before download: The pictures are not as dark as in this post, the lighting was awful in the screenshots.

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CC shown here:

Walls, floor and loveseat by @thejim07

Bust, urns, fireplace, clock, vases, candelabras, pendule à cercles tournants, door and screen by @joojconverts

Armchairs by ShinoKCR (tsr)

Rug by me, found here

Sideboard, chairs, sidetables and sofa by @martassimsbookcc

Commodes by Parsimonious Sims

Drive

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(Useful tags below)

@joojconverts @ts3history @ts3historicalccfinds @deniisu-sims @katsujiiccfinds @gifappels-stuff

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[mariacallous]

Along with the cans of macaroons, jelly rings and coconut marshmallows, every Passover supermarket display includes bags of Joyva sesame candy. It’s not terrible, but nothing compares to the deliciousness of homemade sesame brittle. 

Our Moroccan and Iraqi mothers and grandmothers always made batches of their own sesame brittle for Jewish holidays, hennas (a traditional Sephardic pre-wedding celebration), bris ceremonies and mimouna (a traditional North African celebration to mark the end of Passover).

The combination of toasted sesame seeds and honey originated with the Ancient Greeks, then spread throughout the Middle East and Southern Europe. In Greece and Cyprus, it’s called “pasteli;” in Arabic “haloua de jijlan;” in Spanish “aljalwas de ajonjoli;” in Italian “giuggiulena;” and “croquent de sesames” in French.

Sesame brittle is still very popular throughout the Middle East, Italy and Spain. European bakers consider it chic to decorate wedding cakes and cream puff towers with thin strips of sesame toffee. And while peanut brittle reigns supreme in the U.S., sesame brittle is growing in popularity  — not that it ever went out of style in our homes.

Rachel’s Spanish Moroccan family calls sesame brittle “halwa.” As a little girl, she recalls her mother, Rica, making it for all their family celebrations, served with a glass of fresh mint (nana) tea. Nowadays, her husband and cousins are so excited when she makes it. Sharon’s grandmother called sesame brittle “sim`isiyi,” and always had a tin of it on hand. She would serve it to her guests on long Shabbat afternoons with fresh fruit and a small glass of cardamom tea.  

The texture of this joyous, nostalgic dessert can vary from chewy to extra crispy, and the recipe may include roasted almonds. Vegan and gluten-free, it’s the perfect quick treat to add to your repertoire, coming together in 30 minutes.

Notes: 

When making sesame brittle, make sure to lay out all the utensils and have the ingredients pre-measured. Working with hot sugar means having to work quickly, before it has a chance to harden. 

The tricky part is to roll the brittle thin. We recommend using a stone countertop or a Silpat non-stick mat on the bottom and another on top of the syrup. Place the rolling pin on top of the mat, to ensure that it doesn’t stick.

Store in a tin or glass container with a tight lid for 4-6 weeks. 

[sappho-shalom]

CONVERSION UPDATE ?!

Long time no see!!! So I think in my last update I said I was considering enrolling in college and guess what? I did! It's just community college and I'm doing it part time and I'm not entirely sure what subject I want to focus on, but I'm a few weeks into it and so far it's been going well. I also got a job which is great because I've needed one for awhile lol. Also, re: sims 4 jewish cc, I never was able to get sims4studio to work (I consulted many forums) so I don't think that's happening anytime soon sorry!!

But anyways, what everyone is here for: conversion updates! I've started studying with a partner, she's older than me and is marrying into a Jewish family so she's a little more knowledgeable about certain things compared to me, but it's still cool to have a partner and she’s really nice! I think the first time we met together with the rabbi we were discussing the Akedah and he asked us why we thought G-d would command Abraham to do something like that, and I had just finished my first watch of Good Omens season 2 so I pulled out some references to the Book of Job and he seemed very impressed with me LMAO.

But more importantly: I've finally been to services! My first service was Rosh Hashanah so, to quote my rabbi, I was kind of thrown into the deep end LOL. I was a little anxious (although less than I thought I would be) and it was kind of awkward when everyone but me kissed the Torah (and of course everyone was watching bc I guess you face the Torah when it’s carried around the room? I learn new things everyday!), but I really enjoyed it!! I was worried I was going to get bored or something (it was a 3 hour long service) but I ended up adulting for my mom who kept asking when we could go home lol. I also went to the Kol Nidrei service which was nice, there were way more people!! I also got to take home a tzedakah box (except it only takes coins and this is the 21st century so I never have coins LOL). OH and last week I got to light Shabbat candles for the first time!!!! But not really, it was Thursday and we were just practicing (and I butchered the Hebrew). BUT I did ask the rabbi and he said I could start lighting Shabbat candles myself!!!! I'm genuinely so happy and excited about it.

The synagogue also has services for Sukkot and their own sukkah which I wanted to go to but the first one was a potluck (I hate cooking) and I almost went to the second one because they had pizza but then I found out that we had to pay for an entire pizza ourselves ?!?! I don't have money for that LOL. (Okay that sounds a little mean lol, I was just expecting it to be like everyone chips in $5-10 and there are enough pizzas ordered for everyone to get 1-2 slices, not $14 for your very own pizza!!)

I've been working Friday nights a lot but I finally worked up the courage to talk to my manager so after this week I'll be free on Shabbat evenings and hopefully go to Shabbat services (or just just spend it at home LIGHTING MY OWN SHABBAT CANDLES BC THATS SOMETHING I CAN DO NOW?!?!?!)! Sorry if this post is a little all over the place or there's too many exclamation marks, I'm genuinely just so excited. It really feels like studying is starting to ramp up, although that probably has something to do with all the High Holidays lol. Anyways, I think that's it!

Chag sameach!

[thesims4blogger]

Two Traditional Jewish Recipes Added to Base Game

The same Sims Delivery Express (SDX) that brought the Calientes refresh also added two new traditional Jewish recipes to The Sims 4 base game.

Matzah ball soup and challah bread are the two new dishes that sims can cook. As well as the two recipes, there’s a new challah board decor object.

Get ready to dig in because today's Sims Delivery Express adds matzah ball soup & challah bread to The Sims 4 recipe book for the whole family to enjoy 😊 pic.twitter.com/Jl7VkiF67o

— The Sims (@TheSims) May 16, 2023

[dreamlandiasims]

Hi, after your last post I wanted to let you know some of the new aspects of your story reminded me of a few antisemitic tropes and wanted to let you know in case you weren't aware. Here are excerpts from wikipedia's articles on antisemitic tropes and blood libel:

"Reptilian conspiracies, prominent in ufology theories, have also been linked to anti-semitism,[59][116] as "a very old trope with disturbing links to anti-immigrant and antisemitic hostilities dating to the 19th century."[117] Conspiracy author David Icke suggests numerous Jewish political figures are reptilian shapeshifters and "the Jewish Rothschild family is part of a bloodline of reptilian humanoids that secretly control the world".[118] Critics contend these theories to be antisemitic, although he denies animosity towards Jewish people.[117] Other far-right ufologists speculate that the Jewish race originated from genetic engineering by malevolent extraterrestrials engaged in interstellar conflict with Anunnaki or Pleiadians.[119]"

"Blood libel or ritual murder libel (also blood accusation)[1][2] is an antisemitic canard[3][4][5] which falsely accuses Jews of murdering Christians in order to use their blood in the performance of religious rituals."

There's no ill intent behind this ask I only want to bring this to your attention. Phrases like "the elites", secret groups pulling strings behind the scenes and controlling the economy, experimenting/killing innocents to acquire eternal youth are all parts widespread antisemitic tropes/conspiracy theories and I hope you understand my concern seeing them in your story.

Hi! Thank you so much for sending me this, genuinely. I definitely am aware of those tropes and how harmful they are, but I seriously didn’t realize I was playing into them with my own story.

For a little context, this was my perspective on those plot decisions:

Partly, I wanted to play into the idea that corporations control society and often one parent company will own a lot of smaller companies across industries. With Nancy Landgraab’s character specifically, I see her as representative of the extremes of capitalist rhetoric - aging is vilified, you must constantly be bettering yourself/optimizing yourself, etc. I acknowledge now that phrasing like “eternal youth” doesn’t necessarily have the connotation that I’ve intended.

Another big focus of my story is integrating my original characters with the premade characters of the Sims universe - linking all these characters from different Sims worlds was my way of establishing a connection that will allow me to pull in new characters later in the story, hence the “secret society” that spans across the whole world.

HOWEVER all of that being said, my intentions are only as good as the way they’re being received. I can totally understand the connections you made to all of the tropes you referenced, and I’m now thinking through ways that I can adjust my story to be framed differently. If the original Anon or anyone reading this who feels similarly has thoughts or ideas that they’d like to share, please send them my way! There’s also definitely the possibility that the plot I’ve thought out is too reliant on these harmful tropes, and it may be worth evaluating whether I should be telling this story at all.

[sesame-sim]

The Color of Water (by James McBride)

Baby Edmond looks as if he will roll over on his own any day now. To Rosa's amusement, her toddler Lacy keeps giggling. All his tiny teeth are on full display as he gurgles with laughter at the sight of his baby brother's struggles. "You laughin Lacy? Was you not long ago! Oh, you a big man now huh?" Rosa said. But Lacy the big man was running off to use his potty.

BOOK SYNOPSIS - Memoir about James McBride’s upbringing as a biracial son in a family of 12 children interwoven with the story of his white Jewish mother.

CONTEXT - Andrew and Rosa McBride and their 4 sons are from a couple generations back on the author's father's side of the family.

BOOK TIME/PLACE - 1888, somewhere in North Carolina

MY SAVE TIME/PLACE - Sim Year 50 / Sim Day 5711 / Winter D27 / Friday / Copperdale

POSTS FOR THIS BOOK

SONG PAIRING - from the 1880s, "Songs My Mother Taught Me" by Antonin Dvorak

[my-jewish-life]

Since so many wanted me to post more of my Jewish Sims 4 family, let me introduce you to the Abrams family!^^

Here´s the twins Joseph and Zahavah, 11 years old. Zahavah is very excited as she´s preparing for her Bat Mitzvah. She´s very artistic and loves to draw and create things. Joseph loves playing outdoors and spends alot of time in their treehouse, he also has ADHD. Joseph and Zahavah always hang out together growing up, keeping up with them as toddler was a struggle for sure. Their favorite holiday is Purim!^^

Naomi, 18 years old, is in her last year of High School. She wants to study to become a vet, animals and nature has always been a big passion for her. She´s helped taking care of the pets at the local shelter even since she was a kid, last year she found a homeless cat and adopted it. When she´s not helping pets or studying she will sit in her room reading a book or playing guitar. Not too long ago she was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, and her parents and family have been a great support system for her during her ups and downs. Her favorite holiday is Rosh Hashanah and Purim.

The youngest member of the family, Taliah. This little bundle of joy is 3 years old. She loves playing with the family pets and hanging out with her siblings, amd dancing to music. She loves trying to help in the kitchen even if it often ends up in a mess everyone is still having fun. Miranda has teached all their children from a early age to help cook and clean, it´s a important skill after all. Right now Taliah really loves Purim and Hanukkah.

Miranda, 38, the mother of all the children. She´s a stay at home mom, she´s been a stay at home mom since their first child. When she isn´t cooking, cleaning or taking care of Taliah she loves to sit down with a good book or to work in her garden. She met Miriam during high school and fell in love with her right away. She was scared Miriam didn´t feel for her the same way, nor did she know how to tell her orthodox parents about being lesbian. But to her surprise, her parents took it very well. They had known it for a long time and had waited for Miranda to tell them herself when she was ready, and Miriam? She had a crush on Miriam as well but were too nervous to tell her too. Their wedding was lovely even though it took some time to find a rabbi for the wedding. She also has autism and her special interests are books and flowers and whenever she needs a break or feel overstimulated, Miriam is there to help her.

Miriam, 39. She works as a chef at one of the kosher restaurants in town, she´s mostly the one who cooks at home but both her and Miranda ejoys cooking. She has Seasonal Affective Disorder and got a service dog to help her, named Dodi. Dodi has helped her alot during her periods, she´s her little shadow and is always by her side. Miranda has helped her alot as well, knowing what to do and how to help. Miriam loves knitting clothes, something she learned from her bubbe, she holds those memories very close to her heart.

The family pets, the cat Zayit and Dodi.

[ghostlys-basement]

Mort es.

er inferno cest.

welcome :) this is my basement, enjoy! Just a little introduction, this is my alt blog. My main one is @a-ghosts-wonderland on tumblr. I occasionally shitpost there, but I made this side one to reblog funny things and my intreasts.

Fav. Colour? Blue,golden yellow, daffodil yellow,butter milk yellow, purple, rose pink and cyan.

Art thing you use? My phone! I use my phone and a free app called sketchbook.

Hobbies? Writing, coding, videogame set design, 3d modeling, drawing, animating and making/repairing small things! (And science)

Current W.I.P's? I have a few! The 3rd (video game that was destroyed, so I have to remake it), Saints, Dreamspire, Spirits, secretum et stultitiam, revelatio vitae, Die karten sind raus, and the follow up, kortti kapinoi

ambitions? For my games and creations to get recognized! (Even if it is only a small group of people!) I also want to become a biomedical engineer, since I want to do something with medicine and engineering!

Fav. Food? Hmm. Enchiladas, soppipias, Dino nuggets, Cashews, twizzlers, hot coco, diet coke and strawberry fanta!

Fandoms? Hollow knight, Fnaf, game theory (yes I know it doesn't really count, but I'm intreasted In the lore of cardboard matpat and live action matpat!) Sims 4, minecraft, Chilla art, Fears to fathom, Percy Jackson, the forbidden library, skulduggery pleasents, mha, mha vigilantes and many more!

Religion? Im not comfortable saying, but I dont support the bad christians. By that I mean I don't support the ones who are hateful towards other religions, races, ethnicities, or physical/sexual orientation. If your one of those, GO AWAY! I'm part of the lgbtqia+ community. My friends and family are too. I don't support (or even like) you, and this blog is a safe place for other people who are lgbtqia+ too. I love to learn about other religions so please tell me about yours on my main blog!

Anything else? I'm a Aro/Ace who uses she/her pronouns, and this blog is lgbtqia+ safe! If you don't support this community, don't follow! Also, this blog is also Muslim, Jewish, and any other religion safe!

[simssocietyinfo]

The Sims 4: 16th May SDX

The Sims 4: 16th May 23 SDX 👉 ​ #TheSims4 #SDX #SimsDeliveryExpress

EA and Maxis just released the first Sims Delivery Express update of 2023, brining new content from new recipes and refresh of The Caliente family. Jewish food items: SDX adds matzah ball soup & challah bread to The Sims 4 recipe book for the whole family to enjoy The Caliente Family Refresh: Nina and Dina, a feisty set of twins, along with Katrina and their favorite acquaintance, Don Lothario

[mrshcloset]

Seeing by Faith

Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1

READ Hebrews 11:1–8

LISTEN ONLINE

During my morning walk, the sun hit the waters of the lake at a perfect angle to produce a stunning view. I asked my friend to stop and wait for me as I positioned my camera to take a pic. Because of the position of the sun, I couldn’t see the image on my phone’s screen before I snapped the shot. But having done this before, I sensed it would be a great picture. I told my friend, “We can’t see it now, but pictures like this always come out good.”

Walking by faith through this life is often like taking that picture. You can’t always see the details on the screen, but that doesn’t mean the stunning picture isn’t there. You don’t always see God working, but you can trust that He’s there. As the writer of Hebrews wrote, “Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1). By faith we place our confidence and assurance in God—especially when we can’t see or understand what He’s doing.

With faith, not seeing doesn’t prevent us from ‘taking the shot’. It just might make us pray more and seek God’s direction. We can also find encouragement in the stories of faith that have come before us (vv. 4–12), as well as remembering God’s faithfulness to us in our own stories. What God has done before, He can do again.

By Katara Patton

REFLECT & PRAY

What are you trusting God to do even though you may not see it clearly right now? How has He delivered you or your family in the past?

Heavenly Father, thank You for all the ways You’ve provided for me in the past. Help me to walk by faith even if I can’t see all You’re doing.

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT

The book of Hebrews was written to encourage Jewish believers in Jesus who were facing persecution (Hebrews 10:32–35) and were thus in danger of drifting away and reverting back to Judaism. The unnamed author encouraged them to live by faith and to persevere (vv. 36–39) and explained what living by faith means (11:1). The author listed examples of many people who’d lived by such faith to illustrate that this is the only way to please God: “Anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” ( v. 6). These faithful believers trusted God despite their adverse circumstances and the disappointment of not yet “[receiving] what had been promised” (v. 39).

K. T. Sim

[imperfect-unic0rn]

#125 BOLD WHAT APPLIES TO YOU   (x)

You’re kind of a loner You are a Leo You are a Taurus You actually like the way you look usually You’re afraid to put your head underwater You almost drowned once You have an older brother Your brother is somewhat famous You have a cat You have a dog You have a hamster You’re extremely shy You hate all sports You don’t have a best friend these days You drink soda at least once a day You’ve been in a relationship for 4+ years You’re in love You’ve kissed eight people in your lifetime You’ve had six boyfriends/girlfriends in your lifetime You watch a lot of shows on Netflix You only read fiction/fantasy books You’re addicted to the Sims 3 You have at least two Sims expansions You also love music games like Rocksmith, Rock Band, and Singstar You actually enjoy playing games like WoW, LoL, and Final Fantasy Online You don’t live with your parents You love Johnny Depp You’ve never asked anyone out Everyone you’ve dated has been older than you You can touch your nose with your tongue You can kick the back of your head Your favorite foods are Italian and Greek food You also love Indian food lately You’ve been to other countries You’ve been on another continent You have a very busy schedule all the time You rarely get to hangout with people You’re in a band You’ve hungout with bands before You love concerts You love alternative rock You also love electronic/dubstep You’ve been driving for at least a year You have your own car Your house is always messy You watch anime every now and then Your favorite TV show is Vampire Diaries You also love American Horror Story and The Walking Dead You’re in college You’re not a teenager anymore You are good at drawing You procrastinate a lot You’re afraid of throwing up You’ve never did anything self-destructive Your biggest fear is death You’re not a picky eater at all You love food You love sleep You’re not really into partying You hate alcohol You rarely drink alcohol You drink alcohol all the time You dye your hair an unnatural color You have green eyes You wear makeup daily You absolutely love having new clothes You wear glasses occasionally You never wear contacts You had braces when you were younger You have been/are in a relationship with a Capricorn You have been/are in a relationship with a Pisces Your grades aren’t as good as you’d like them to be You are a music major You used to love myspace You now love facebook, and go on it everyday You also love Instagram and use that everyday You have a Tumblr You hate Twitter and find it pointless You’ve had all your wisdom teeth pulled Your parent has cancer You know someone who has cancer Your other parent is bipolar Your parents are still together, but fight a lot You’ve moved across the country You live in the USA You live near the west coast You live near the east coast You live in the midwest You have a job You love your job You hate your job You’re a cashier/barista You work in retail You’re a waiter/waitress You’d like to find a new/better job You’re afraid to kiss your significant other in front of your parents You’re afraid to tell others that you have a significant other for reasons You love Halloween and dressing up You take quite a few selfies You have no piercings or tattoos You really want tattoos You want to get married in the next five years Your want to have kids in the next ten years You have no intention of wanting kids but wouldn’t mind company Your consider your significant other’s family to be your family Your significant other can sometimes get on your nerves but you still like/love them anyway Your significant other is someone who understands you Your significant other is a smoker You have a very slight accent You’re very pale You’re of Russian descent You are Jewish You’re a really good singer You play piano You play flute You can’t dance You’ve never slow danced Your high school prom sucked You’re really good at spelling You’re pretty bad at math You hate chemistry You’re pretty good with languages You can speak 3+ languages, but just one fluently You are pro-choice You want gay marriage legalized You’re straight You want marijuana legalized in all states You wish alcohol was illegal You wish you had bigger boobs You’re very petite You’re average You’re overweight You rather not disclose what you are You are 5’5” You weigh 105 pounds or less You live with your significant other You live in an apartment Your significant other makes much more money than you You believe in God You pray daily Your first kiss was terrible You smoke weed sometimes You’ve smoked hookah before You’ve never smoked a cigarette and don’t plan to You’ve never done any real drugs and don’t plan to You love romantic comedies You love musicals You’ve been in musicals You only have two living grandparents You also have a step-grandparent You have six first cousins You can never seem to find matching socks You love chocolate You try to be optomistic You get depressed sometimes You’re really self-conscious You’ve dated people before that you haven’t even liked You’ve had 2+ serious relationships You’ve had sex with two people in your lifetime Your hair won’t seem to grow anymore You straighten your hair too much Your nails are always shorter than you’d like You’ve been to both Disneyland and Disneyworld You’ve been to Universal Studios You’ve been to the Harry Potter World You never get super drunk You love wearing studs You love wearing lace You love wearing animal prints Your favorite colors are aqua, purple, and black You’re not a virgin