#i'm jewish that's why i don't want to write g-d's name and i'm not decided on the legal debate don't @ me

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[fallingsatellive]

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About me:

We're a whatever-we-feel-like blog and we don't like having sideblogs. We started as exclusively a serious therianthropy and otherkin community blog in 2020. Then we tentatively dipped our claws into talking about dæmonism. Lately I've been getting really into Lethal Company. No blog themes here and hopefully I lose my mind the rest of the way and can really start to enjoy having this blog.

I'm pretentious in all trades and a college graduate in none. I have trite opinions on erudite subjects. If I start having erudite opinions on trite subjects, take me out back and put me down, I'm sick.

I post bugs. I post bug photos and up-close bug photos. I don't tag them "tw bugs". I don't tag them "horror." No matter what species you think should be the exception. I am literally a bug and this is a neutral and maybe even cool good thing. I will block you if you call me, photos of my species, or posts about my identity "graphic" or "body horror" and I'm not joking.

FAQ: "What is fictionflickering" See here. "I have something mean to say to you" Yay 💖 "I have something nice to say to you" Setting my self on fire ok "I have something nice to say about your art/writing" That's even more me than I am, haven't I suffered enough "I've decided you're not actually (x) for (y) reason" Duly noted, fragmentizing you

I change drastically a lot. It's normal for us. Don't worry about it. I try not to!

Physically not a human. Pacific raven, house centipede, cancrivorous raccoon, possibly other things, holothere that used to be a human. Physically not quite anything on its own, actually. Psychologically a lot of things. If you want to know, you can ask.

G-d's least favorite beetle.

Only here because of reason. More of a process than I am a man. Useless as a lighthouse on the moon. & btw i love referencing lyrics of semi-obscure songs that people might know because i always get ecstatic to recognize other people doing it

Favorite pastimes include becoming the very thing I sought to destroy, destroying the very thing I sought to become, romanticizing the tormentuous, metaphorizing the objective, and iNaturalist :>

Least favorite pastimes include art and writing because i am an artist and writer

Audiophagic insect, nyctophonic carnivore, birdthing, feathered quadruped, alive cento, former ghost, satellite that came back wrong, capable of passing the Turing test on a good day, enjoys becoming concepts, undiscovered deep sea invertebrate falling in love with the sky. Constant process of esotericizing.

פֿון טײַך ביזן ים װעט פּאַלעסטינע פֿרײַ זײַן

Where my current blog title is from

Re: the bio.

My name is Ekho. עכאָ is my name in Yiddish. It doesn't translate directly to "echo," that would be ווידערקאָל, it's just my name and how it's spelled.

I prefer "it." He is acceptable. A thing and a beaft and also a person at the same time. Singular they is only for if you know you're referring to something that's not human anymore. Plural they is extremely very cool. That's for me (Ekho). Others have their own pronouns. There is a brief system bio on our actual blog page.

≵ in mathematics — "neither greater than nor equivalent to"

On the Jewish Labor Bund and secular Yiddish communists/socialists

No I didn't misspell anachronism, I like portmanteaus.

∀ in mathematics — "for all."

Historically invert has been used as a slur for gay men and currently it's being used by transvestigators to other and dehumanize trans people. Here though I'm using it to mean I'm already othered and dehuman because I'm a literal invertebrate arthropod.

Reading: House of Leaves, Amerika, It Devours Playing: Everything (again) Current show(s): Welcome to Night Vale, Never Stop Blowing Up Focus WIPs: "Outside Gravity", "There Does Not Exist", if you want context, uh, why Imagine a world where I'm confident enough to have a current flicker section here too. Imagine it

We've also been: swiftfoxn (Nov 2020–Nov 2021) → novachaim (Nov 2021–Feb 2022) → technodance (for like a week) → chrysochus (Feb 2022–Aug 2022) → hraefngeyst (Aug 2022–Feb 2023) → a8c3bc (Feb 2023–May 2023) → stillflight (May 2023–Jun 2024 R.I.P.) → myriadeyed (Jan 2024–Oct 2024 <3) → fallingsatellive (current but very temporary) → got a few ideas!

"LOVE THIS PLACE OR IT WILL KEEP YOU"

[matt-in-the-hat]

I'm a reform American Ashkenazi Jew, slightly more religious than most reform americans. I don't do any special prayers daily but I go to synagogue on Friday night and Saturday morning. On shabbat I do use electronics but I try to read rather than write, avoid social media, and try not to work/try to spend time with loved ones

When talking with other jews I may greet them in Hebrew with "shalom/shalom aleichem" or with some friends I use Yiddish "vos machstu/vos macht a yid" and I call some of my male friends bro in Hebrew "achi." I may refer to G/d as G/d or if I'm trying to emphasize Jewish values I may say Hashem (example from a real convo I had: "why must I get yet another crush on an unavailable guy" "hashem has a plan for you gay boy")

Typically, because I wear a star of David necklace and other visual signs that I'm Jewish, I get well-meaning but ignorant questions from my coworkers and random people I interact with. Many have assumptions about Jewish religion, culture, Israel, etc, or may believe stereotypes about Jews being cheap/wealthy/you name it. I try to educate where possible, but at work I often bite my tongue bc I don't want to get in trouble for telling off a customer for example. I also have difficulty when eating in public or with friends bc I keep kosher style (no inherently unkosher food like shellfish, pork, or meat and dairy in the same meal, but still eating food from nonkosher restaurants and such)

Other good things to include for Jewish rep:

Mezuzahs! Some people kiss their hands and touch the mezuzah as they enter/exit their house. Other touch and then kiss. Me and my friends argue about which order of actions is better, a la "is water wet" or other stupid debates

Passover! The number one jewish holiday American jews observe is Passover. There are many ways it can be celebrated, including having Seders and not eating bread for the week, as well as more and less involved ways

If the jew is Ashkenazi, they may use more Yiddish slang. Think oy vey, shmuck, I'm shvitzing, I'm gonna plotz, they're shtupping, shonda, shmutz, shmata, pupik, kvetch. Kvetching (complaining) is an art and a good kvetch cannot be simply negative but should be humorous and over the top

If the jew is more involved with the religious part of judaism, they may use Hebrew/Yiddish religious terms more (tzedakah, shacharis/mussaf, pikuach nefesh, machloket, drash, shokeling, shul) or reference texts like Torah, Talmud, Pirkei Avot, Shulchan Aruch

Jewish elements of life events like weddings, funerals, pregnancies, coming of age

Observance or a decided lack thereof with regards to Jewish holidays. More Jews observe Yom Kippur than Shemini Atzeret, but observance of YK varies a lot and the choices a Jew makes about their observance is often very personal and reflective of their values/surrounding communities

Ashkenazi jews can be very superstitious. If they are, they probably don't name their babies after living relatives, don't have baby showers or gender reveal parties, may wear red string bracelets, may hang hamsas or evil eyes around their house, cook certain meals to cure ailments, and may say "kinehora/keyn ayin hara" when someone talks about future hopes

Consider the family history of the Jew in question. How recently did their family move to the place they're living? Do they live in a place with lots of other Jews and Jewish stuff? Is there generational trauma, and how has it affected people in the family (for example, many jews stopped speaking Yiddish after the holocaust)? Is their family religious? What type of religious community are they part of? Did they receive any jewish education as a child? Do they have jewish friends/did they attend any Jewish children's programming, youth groups or summer camps?

Also remember that jews are each unique in their practices, and it doesn't always make sense to others why they observe the way they do. My dad won't eat rice on Passover bc very strict Jews of Ashkenazi custom consider kitniyot (rice, legumes, corn) not kosher for Passover, but he'll eat a ham sandwich on matzoh (ham is never kosher, passover or otherwise). It makes no sense to me, but it works for him

Finally, remember that jews aren't all the same! And many jews don't know anything about what other jews do. We are very spread out across the diaspora and have established very different customs based on region, historic communities, and individual choices

Hi! One of my favourite character is Jew, so I've got interested in this religion. And it's a little bit hard for me to find information how Jew people spend their every day. Like, little details of their everyday lives. To be exact, I mean the modern view on some traditions and following them.

Especially from teen queer Jews.

I would be grateful if someone would be able to answer at least few of those questions or just tell smth

How do you spend your mornings and evenings? Where do you pray during the day? How often do you go to Synagogue? Is there special greetings or gestures or just some special aspects of verbal and nonverbal communication? Is there traditional attributes you own? How often do you use them? How do you use them? How do you keep them?

What problems do you face everyday? How do you deal with others ignorance?

What do you do during Shabbat? What about teens in school who has obligatory school during Shabbat and has no other options?

How do you refer to G-d during verbal conversations?

Ahhh I really want to understand it so that's why I'm asking this