#WIN FOR THE JEWS

[tiny-bird-of-sunshine]

there is something so satisfying about two of the most famous and anticipated movies this year, that both broke box office records, both having a jewish protagnist. take that antisemites.

[hindahoney]

Don't let threats against synagogues scare you out of going. The people making these threats want you to be scared. They want you to be so scared that you don't feel safe living your life as a proud and visible Jew, so scared that you take your menorah out of your window and remove your mezuzah from your doorpost. The more you concede, the more they feel like they're winning and the more emboldened they get.

Now, more than ever, we need Jews to be loud, proud and unapologetic. You should not be afraid to exist as a Jew. Wear your star of David. Wear your kippah. And take pride in who you are and where you come from.

[pettytiredandjewish]

To those (pro Palestine and anti Zionists) who are jumping on the bandwagon of harassing and threatening Jews for calling you out for telling people to not vote, vote third party, or vote trump (to punish Harris):

Why do you think it’s okay for y’all to tell us to KYS or that you want us (Jews) to die? Tell me why you think that it’s okay to do that?

Another thing to add:

There are many factors on why trump won. The groups that refused to vote, vote third party, or voted for trump to punish Harris is ONE OF THE MANY FACTORS! But there is more. You have the ones that are a part of the trump cult who will believe in every word he says. You have TRRFS who have been spreading vile transphobic shit and people believing them. You have young men who have been worshipping Andrew Tate and others like him. You also have have people who still believes that women should not be president. Democrats are also at fault too. They got too cocky. They thought that trump would not win and road that wave of denial.

[strwbrryvagabond]

wanted to get on here and yap about American Girl for some reason today

I'm far from a brand loyalist, and honestly, I was shocked I didn't grow up with the off-brand dolls you could get at Walmart or Target since I grew up poor until recently when my mom informed me that I would save money up for months and months at a time so that I could buy the dolls, and my parents only even actually purchased one for my birthday once we started to do a bit better financially, and after they saw how much I loved and took care of the dolls

I bought accessories for them myself as well, both from the actual company and from other brands like Target and Walmart ones, and even paid my mom to order me a bunk bed for them off of Etsy or something because I was so distraught that they didn't all have their own beds.

Anyways, I know brands are bad and stuff, and American Girl is not without faults and controversies, but tbh those dolls really shaped me as a kid, like I intentionally bought Rebecca Rubin as my first doll when I was a kid after seeing her in a catalog that we got sent by mistake because she was Jewish and looked like me. I had never seen a doll or character, or pretty much anything at that age who was Jewish like me and looked like me, and she wanted to be an actress, and at the time, I also wanted to act

I took that doll very literally everywhere, half the pictures of me from that age, she's tucked under my arm in a different outfit, her hair as well taken care of as I could manage for being so little. I accidentally messed up one of her curls while trying to fix her hair, and I cried for like a solid half an hour until my mom helped me fix it. even after I got other dolls, all of which I still loved and took care of religiously, Rebecca was the one who came everywhere with me

I'd already been a big reader before that, which is a whole other post, but I devoured those books, and I totally blame them for my current love of learning history and historical fiction. and the different dolls were all depicted as activists and feminists, and do not get me wrong here (I say on the 'taking things out of context' website) they were far from perfect with their diversity and activism, like oh jeez they did some very questionable things sometimes, but for the early 2000s and 2010s? revolutionary

the store closest to me closed a little before my birthday last year. I didn't know that it was even happening, and honestly probably still wouldn't have known if I hadn't been shopping with my friends at that mall like two weeks before my birthday since that was the only day we could all make work. Despite not having touched my dolls in a while, everything was super on sale, and I had been planning on taking Rebecca to college with me, so I figured I might buy her an outfit or something.

while the store was pretty ransacked, I was shocked and, no joke, teary-eyed over how many things they had for different cultures, different religions, and how many little girls I saw in there with big starry eyes looking at a doll that looked like them

I ended up buying a Channukkah outfit, and one of the friends I was with convinced me to, against my nature, let them buy a Lunar New Year outfit for me as well, which almost made me cry again. What really did it was seeing one of the previous Girls of the Year, Corrine Tan. Oh my gosh if they had had her when I was a little girl, she would've gone right beside Rebecca with how obsessed I was with her. I don't think I've mentioned it here before, but as a kid, I LOVED Mulan, and when I went to Disney World and the dress up boutique they had, I was DEVASTATED that they didn't have a Mulan costume. I latched onto her so hard for a very similar reason that I latched onto Rebecca so hard; because even though she wasn't the same ethnicity as me, Mulan was Asian, and so am I. I wore out I think three burned copies of that movie I watched it so often

I'm just weirdly sadder than I expected that American Girl is closing so many stores and not making as many sales I guess. I'm really fighting being a brand loyalist right now, because there are about a million other brands that make super similar dolls that I'm sure little kids all over loved, it's just always stuck with me that they at least seem to care about representation in the stories they make for these dolls

I mean, it clearly impacted me growing up, and I think it was for the better. I remember reading Addy's book being one of the first times I was exposed to the idea of children being slaves because they obviously didn't talk about that in an elementary school in the 2010s. I really just wanted to get all of my thoughts out, I've been thinking about it a lot recently since I took Rebecca to college, and I've now been hearing stories from girls who see her in my room about what doll or what toy shaped them as a child. Very excited to dress her up for Channukkah when it comes around, and tbh I've been looking for more outfits for her online. I just want her to be something I take with me throughout my life I guess. I mean, I took her everywhere when I was little, so it kinda feels wrong not to take her with me on this super big part of my life.

yeah anyways uh, if you had one of these dolls go... idk kiss em on the forehead or something. remind the toys that shaped you that you love them for what they did for you and all that. yap session over

[fructidors]

falsettos in yiddish. that's the post

[thebluestcowboy]

NJ and NY are states with a lot of diversity and people love to brag about how multicultural and accepting these places are, but one (1) single mention of the Jewish people in Lakewood or Monsey and people instantly turn into the most racist right-wing Jew haters. It’s actually disgusting

[isadora-b-l-e]

my roommate/friend of 7 years was debating whether to vote strategically or vote third party and i was just floored cause like. dawg???? you live with two trans people and a jew-ish person. let’s think about real-life consequences and vote accordingly please

[i-killed-kissinger]

Being a Jew rn is cool and fun cause it's always like

Me: hello I am Jew :-)

Every non-Jew: OKAY WELL HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ISRAEL ANSWER THE QUESTION NOW OR YOU DON'T DESERVE TO LIVE

Me: 1) omg go take a xanax

2) I believe that everyone has the right to live in peace. I support a two-state solution because I think it's the most practical way to ensure that for everyone. Bibi is bad and Hamas is bad, because neither genuinely cares about the people suffering. At the moment, Israel is obviously the main aggressor and a ceasefire needs to happen yesterday and the US needs to stop funding a genocide. I'm not an expert but I've done a lot of research to come to my conclusions.

Zionists: You are anti-zionist. Fake Jew. Go die.

Anti-zionists: You are Zionist. Fake Jew. Go die.

And I'm like

[courtana]

a previous mutual of mine: 'I can grieve jewish life while also not being an imperialist, you're antisemitic for suggesting i'm pro-genocide for centering jewish lives and not wanting to talk about palestinians at this time! you're holding too much standards for a grieving people!'

same mutual: *unfollows me for posting donation links for palestinian children and hospitals and absolutely nothing against jewish people*

if you're only grieving jewish deaths — please ask yourself why some lives are more grievable than others.

[nero-neptune]

things you shouldn't say if you wanna claim the moral high ground.

(context being me pointing at that, yes, what susan sarandon said was actually antisemitic, which got me, like, 4+ paragraphs rife with false claims and Even More Antisemitism in response, apparently meant to be directed at me? bc they somehow assumed the only reason anyone would point out antisemitism is if they're a white jewish zionist. makes you think!)

[adelle-ein]

idk man i've reblogged and said things about how certain people on this site and the bird one are putin defenders, syrian/ukranian genocide deniers, outright white supremacists, avowed antisemites, etc. pointed out the ways in which the current moment is being happily hijacked by white supremacists with very strong and obvious agendas. and some of you guys have reblogged and liked those posts, and then immediately gone on to continue reblogging violently antisemitic things from the very same people. so i don't think it's sinking in tbh

(and like, the posts in question are never anything useful or links to articles or anything remotely "worth" platforming genocide deniers, just the usual "DON'T SCROLL PAST THIS, POSTING IS ACTIVISM" shit)

[kylejsugarman]

the release of the new 1999 ag historical twins is indicative of a lot of problems with the company and its dolls and its decisions lately, but one that is personally driving me up the wall now is just. how many more dolls are we going to get of girls in middle/upper-middle class homes with a perfect family?? like im not at all saying that every story needs to be full of tragedy and drama, of course not, but it just feels like the stories have gotten cleaner and cleaner and cleaner. the issues are smaller, sometimes even glossed over. i thought wbu was going to steer the company towards telling more "mature" stories where issues are directly addressed, but it feels like we're instead getting more and more stories about girls in comfortable homes with perfect families and comparatively minor issues. that's part of why they're starting to feel so samey. where's the diversity?? where's the variety??

[eye-in-hand]

There really is no getting to these people why am I even on this website lmfao

[shalom-iamcominghome]

hiii, im a conservative convert who wears tzitzit! it's definitely not the community norm, and you'll probably get some ppl reacting weirdly or telling you you're getting "too frum" (or maybe that's just my shul...), but that's their problem — what matters is whether you find it meaningful, and how it enhances your connection to Hashem. it's always a positive thing to take on a new mitzvah. personally i have found it to be deeply meaningful. and if you're worried about people's reactions, you can always wear them tucked in! i will add that if you're wearing out, it's my opinion that you should not do things publicly that violate halacha such as eating at a non kosher restaurant, but i also recognize that im very stringent in general for myself so of course, you should speak to your rabbi and use your judgement in making those decisions. all this to say — honestly yes, you will probably be the odd one out at a conservative shul if youre wearing tzitzit, but as long as it's something you find joy and meaning in, then it won't matter!

sorry this was a very rambly paragraph lol, but i really do encourage anyone who feels intrigued by this mitzvah to start wearing tzitzit without worrying too much about what people think. i think it's a beautiful way to remind yourself every day of your dedication to Hashem and to Torah <3

Absolutely! I don't really see anything jewish as being "too frum" to observe - because frum people are amazing people and because the things we call frum are just... part of judaism? I've found so much meaning in the things I have been able to do, and I've found... it's not just as simple as "I do this because I'm told to," these mitzvot are meaningful because of how grounded I've felt doing them, how they remind me I'm part of a bigger world that's not just "me," that I represent part of the human condition and I should act like it. I think a lot of people almost... oversimplify these mitzvot to the point where they can't understand why it's meaningful - which isn't really a bad thing, because I get it! We don't find the same meaning in the same things! But I just love celebrating all of these mitzvot because I think they're deep and personal and bigger than just "do this arbitrary thing lol"

[blunderpuff]

disgusted and frustrated and disgusted again with all the non-USA Jews on instagram who are both sides-ing the shit out the us election and leaning heavily into "don't vote democrat"

YOU ARE SO FUCKING STUPID AND SELF-CENTERED AND DID I MENTION STUPID AND PRIVILEGED AND ALSO STUPID!