#antisemitsm

[al-kol-eleh]

[kipotz]

So funny to me how whenever we address antisemitism in the free Palestine movement some dimwit pipes up with "well that wasn't a real nazi salute it's a zionist psiop" or whatever. My brother in christ if it's such a psyop why are you letting it run wild through your fucking protests. What happened to if you have one nazi.

[garlic-and-cloves]

Could people just treat Jews normally for once please

[sunbeamedskies]

I hope the hostages can learn to trust again. I would feel betrayal for the rest of my life knowing my government could have brought me home much sooner if they had cared to, learning how shittily the hostage families have been treated while begging for a deal, and knowing a significant chunk of the world either didn’t care about me or thought I deserved it for my nationality and religion. I also wonder if any of these women were forced to have babies in captivity and what happens to them. I doubt Hamas would want to disclose that

[we-left-egypt-for-this]

Screaming "don't you understand? Don't you understand?!!" At every fucking pro-trump jew right now. It doesn't matter if khalil collaborated with a known terrorist group, if he doesn't get due process (his right as a green card holder) they can come for any of us! And the leftists will blame US for the erosian of personal liberties!! It doesn't matter of you think columbia and every other school should face penalties for having allowed so much antisemitism run rampant since oct 7! It does not matter! Because Trump is defunding higher education and SAYING HE IS DOING IT FOR THE JEWS. The right wing already blames us for infecting higher ed. Now the left will BLAME US for its demise! We are being placed between a firing squad and a meat grinder by this administration! Don't you understand??? Don't you get it??? We aren't safe in the states and canada and europe already, and THIS IS ONLY MAKING THINGS WORSE!! WE ARE THE ORIGINAL SCAPEGOATS AND IVE HEARD THIS SONG BEFORE!!!

[to-know-how-it-ends]

gah y'all know what I hate? scapegoating

[woman-respecter]

hi, i'm the soviet jewry anon

there's so much to kvetch about, i dont know where to begin

i was gonna traumadump but im gonna rant about jewish history instead

well ever since i noticed activism becoming an internet trend i knew we were doomed cuz a part of soviet antisemitism is an intellectualisation of jew hatred (that's why stalin would publicly condemn antisemitism and then be antisemitic in a manner he could treat as just "anti nationalism not antisemitism"). first of all jewishness/antisemitism is already so complex which means it's really easy for people (jews and non-jews) to misunderstand it and harm us. so when i saw people quickly latching on to binaries such as the oppressed/oppressor and good/bad and removing all nuance, i knew things were gonna go downhill. yes all forms of hatred are very complex but in my opinion even the most basic forms of antisemitism like "jews control the world!" aren't properly grasped by gentiles which strengthens antisemitism since they're so ignorant about us lol. this is particularly dangerous because most people have never met a jew or know much about us and we are only like .2% of the world. what's worse is that they view us through a culturally christian lens as well instead of seeing us for who we really are.

the phrase antisemitism makes you stupid is too real. it feels like a stupidity epidemic has really made itself clear with the rise of antisemitism which opens the door to other hatreds too.

back to soviet antisemitism, i cant really discuss it properly because yk tumblr antisemites are everywhere and i dont want you to get harassed by them but here's some things i wanna bring attention to

taken from this incredible book "The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881" by Israel Bartal, "The imperial project to enlighten and reeducate the Jews in the spirit of the autocratic Russian state was to be implemented through the establishment of a system of Jewish schools, with instruction in Russian. The actions of the authorities in the days of the affair of ‘‘government- sponsored enlightenment’’ were similar to those taken by colonial regimes that sought to disseminate European culture among the natives in their overseas colonies." of course this didn't work lmao but it was one of their many many many efforts. people don't realise the scorching similarities between native americans and jewish people and it is so frustrating. people don't understand the extent of both of our suffering.

2. In the early 1960s the image of the Jew in the Soviet Union was that of an evil capitalist carrying out illegal capitalist deals which resulted in a high number of death sentences and executions of Jews which was not really out of the norm since death sentences and executions were already "normal" punishments for Jews, it was just a new excuse :/

3. a book i read a long time ago about soviet jewry said: a) jews are more safe in the democractic centre than everywhere else and b) jews in the soviet union were not allowed to assimilate or live a jewish life, nor were they allowed to immigrate even though the soviet union didn't want them there which i found very interesting. i cannot remember the name or author but i will look and let you know later if i find it.

4. the newspapers in the soviet union in their antisemitic propaganda would list the full names of jews along with their home and work addresses, job positions, etc. these newspapers would also illustrate the jew as disrespectful and harmful to "even their own jewish people and synagogues" to show how bad we are lmao.

5. theres so many jewish political movements partly because when everyone is so dedicated to wiping out jewish culture, these political movements form a jewish culture as an attempt to make up for the absence. this may seem simple but it seems like people really don't understand our desperation for survival. moreover soviet union "atheism" mostly attacked jews and really shows how atheism/secularism can be damaging to us as well.

LASTLY. some book recs :)

the jews in poland and russia by antony polonsky, a writer at war by vasily grossman and anything by joseph roth.

sorry for this long rant but im tireddd

hi anon, thank you so much for this information! there really is nothing new under the sun when it comes to antisemitism huh. usually i’m a weenie when it comes to publically answering asks about jewish topics but i think this is too important and interesting to just leave in my ask box so i’m gonna post this one. hopefully some of my followers will take interest in it

and thanks for the book recs!

[pjz19]

what fighting antisemitism looks like

[ofekma]

I had a lot of fun making those

[al-kol-eleh]

Claire

[now-that-i-saw-you]

Fucking insane seeing other Jews saying we should re-consider Hanukkah because maybe the Greeks weren't actually all that bad. Do you think your own people are liars?

[gillespiejr]

"Why aren't jews saying/talking about/worried about..." They are, but you blocked them when antizionism was the trendy form of antisemitism.

[underestimated-heroine]

re-evaluated myself and agree with you in retrospect, i am sorry i was an asshole about it. thanks for catching me and standing your ground even though it was unpleasant and I was not receptive.

Hello again. Sorry for the delay in response...I was honestly deliberating how to answer/post your ask. Ultimately decided to handle it how I did your previous one--posting it but making it unrebloggable--because I felt that was most fair (hopefully? please lmk if not). Plus I took some time to articulate my response:

I truly appreciate you re-evaluating yourself and saying this, and accept your apology (insofar as I'm the one to do so). Like I said, I have not been perfect, either. Not too long after October 7th, a mutual of mine was kind enough to DM me & gently call me out on a very harmfully inaccurate post I had not only reblogged, but linked in my pinned post. Subsequently, I went through all the I/P stuff I'd reblogged/posted and realized I needed to do way better. Since then, that's what I've been fumbling to try and to do, though I am well aware I still have a long way to go.

Plenty don't want to hear it (and that's beyond fair imo, because whether or not this is our fault, it's our responsibility) but I think it's inaccurate to deny that avoiding antisemitism in fighting for Palestine has been genuinely difficult for a lot of gentiles throughout this conflict. When white supremacy isn't straight up hijacking the conversation (ex. *cough* J@ckson H*nkle* *cough*) and tricking leftists into amplifying it, it's permeating the groundwater, fundamentally warping the conversation.

The problem is that for the victims of systemic abuse and oppression, the only indicator for trust and safety they have is peoples' actions - and I think you and I can agree that includes reblogging and posting even if some act like that's silly. It's not fair or right to ask people to assume the best intentions from us when we've made mistakes, especially when antisemitism's been a growing problem in our country for the past several years.

idk. I am not trying to lecture or something, just to present my thoughts a bit more clearly, maybe? I struggle with social cues and articulation at times, so I worried about how I came off especially in my first response to you. I am also truly sorry if I was condescending or it seemed like I was attacking you. Emotions have run high through all this, and it's been hard to keep a level head through all the horror, fear, and anger.

I just truly think one of the most impactful, meaningful things we can do in our day-to-day lives to help (yes, even & maybe especially Palestinians) is to make our Jewish neighbors--and Jewish people in general--more safe, which obviously and honestly needed to happen long before October 7th.

Anyways, thanks again for saying this. It gives me comfort and motivation to see another person whose perspective I relate to, admire, and understand making the effort to take accountability and accept nuance like I am. May we both find a way to navigate through this which our future selves can be proud of, and more importantly which does the most good possible for those who are suffering.

[sefardimjew]

They Will try to justify It ofc

can't believe I really just came across someone saying "nono, the JEWS didn't kill jesus, the ZIONISTS killed jesus."

I'm literally laughing. This is histeric. It almost makes it hard to see these antisemites as a serious threat. Almost.

[al-kol-eleh]

Rachel Moiselle

[now-that-i-saw-you]

Today is Holocaust Rememberance Day y'all. don't forget that nazis are bad. sooo good antisemitsm no longer exist except in some very rare alt-right spaces. We leftists can't possibly be prejudiced against Jews! anyway, a day to commemorate 6 million Jews is the perfect time to remind y'all that if you don't think 41% of the Jewish population including 12,005 holocaust survivors deserve to die then you support genocide ❤️