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Would you keep me in your closet?
When they tell you that we're the murderers of Christ, blasphemous heretics, who poison the wells and eat christian babies, would you still keep me in your closet?
When they tell you we're of an infirior race, that our presence destroys culture, that we backstabbed your country, that having kids with us will leave them with the same flaws, that we are inherently and unchanginly evil, and that killing us is a mercy, would you still keep me in your closet?
When they tell you we're overlords of a secret society, secret cosmopolitiains of the deep state, controlling the media and the economy for our benefit, leaching on the work of good, hard working people, would you still keep me in your closet?
When they tell you we're white supremacists, fanatic nationals, colonizers, explotators, slave owners, oppressors, occupiers, starving, ethnically cleansing, genociding, harvesting organs off of Arab children...
Today, when they knock on your door and ask politely if you happen to hide me in your house or basement, whatever they may call me, whatever excuse they came with
Would you keep me safe in your closet?
#ישראל#ישראלבלר#ישראלים#טמבלר ישראלי#טאמבלר ישראלי#��שראבלר#עם ישראל חי#israel#israeli#i stand with israel#jewish holidays#jewish stuff#jews#jewish#jewish tumblr#jewish joy#jewblr#jew#judaism#jumblr#tw antisemitism#antisemitsm tw#antisemites#tw antisemtism#antisemitism#antizionism is antisemitism#gaza#hamas#israel palestine conflict#gaza strip
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Okay, this is my third time trying to put this into words. I am very upset, hurt, and honestly terrified. I’m about to share a lot about myself, my family, and a very scary situation happening right now, so for my own safety, I won’t provide too many details.
I live in a secondary city in a South American country. The Jewish community here is very small—around 5,000 people total out of over 50 million. In my city, which has over 3 million people, there are only about 300 Jews. We’re literally on the other side of the world from Israel.
We own a family business, a small clothing factory where we make knitted garments. It was founded by my grandmother 48 years ago. My father is the current manager, and both my sister and I work there. We employ around 80 people. We pay fair and legal wages (not the industry standard in my country), and although times are really hard, we’ve never missed a payment, not once in our 48 years in business. My father paused his own salary and hasn’t received a cent since January, and my sister and I both stopped getting paid for three months. But the people who work with us have always received their salaries as they should.
Now, today, September 30th, (just a couple of days before the start of our high holidays and exactly one week before the first anniversary of October 7th) the biggest and most important public university in my city, in conjunction with the syndicate council, invited the Palestinian ambassador to give a conference about the current situation and the war. Well, apparently, it derailed into open antisemitism and ended up as a conference about how Jews are all thieves and scammers. Because, I kid you not, back in the '90s, a huge group of my country’s biggest companies went bankrupt and couldn’t pay their employees what they owed. One out of about 30 of those companies was owned by Jewish people. So, of course, "we Jews are all liars, scammers, and thieves, just like the Israelis—always trying to take what doesn’t belong to us"
So, what conclusion did they reach at this conference about Palestine and the current war happening on the other side of the world? Well, naturally, they decided to target Jewish-owned businesses in my city (which means our factory and two other small businesses in our area) to protest and vandalize, because we’re all thieves and scammers, and Israel is bad and horrible, and everyone in my city needs to be made aware of that. When are they planning to come? October 7th, of course, when else?
The only reason I even know about this is that one of my Jewish friends decided to attend the conference to hear from the Palestinian ambassador and, risking their own safety, stayed to hear the names of the businesses that are going to be targeted.
I'm hurt and scared and I've been trying not to cry since I found out. These are the people on the left, these we were supposed to be my people, I've marched with them, I've worked and voted with them. I don't know what to do? Please, please tell me how are they different from actual Nazis? How is this situation different from any other jew living in Europe in the 1930's? I guess shannah fucking tovah to me, as if last year wasn't a wake up call. I am fucking awake.
#if you had asked me yesterday i'd said that my city was not very antisemitic#i stand fucking corrected#we don't get to mourn in peace#and we don't get to celebrate our high holidays in peace#i am at a loss#i truly dont know what to do#i have a week to figure it out i guess#nice of them to give us time#this is my last straw by the way#not on the left anymore i guess i've officially been kicked out because im a dirty dirty jew#antisemitism#jumblr#jewblr#jewish#judaism#rosh hashanah#israel#palestine#october 7#october 7th
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There is something super weird about making jewish holidays which involve either returning to Israel or a longing to return to Israel about Palestine.
Because like, these holidays all predate modern day Israel, they're not referring to modern day Israel. They're about us returning or wanting to return from a land we are exiled from.
Not liking or supporting modern day Israel does not change the story behind the holiday.
Whilst I'm not antizionist so therefore do not have to do anything to honor that in my celebrations of holidays, surely there are ways to celebrate jewish holidays without making it about Palestine.
Like could you not focus on the Jewish history side of things instead of it in a modern context, because the holidays are holidays because of jewish history, not Palestinian history.
Because making it about palestinians does erase the jewish history aspect of the holidays.
You should not need to erase any jewishness from anything to uplift Palestine.
#jumblr#israel#i/p#jewblr#judaism#jewish holidays#pesach#first one which comes to mind about this topic#jew#jewish
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אִלּוּלֵא כַּד זֶה נִשְׁאַר, מִקְדָּשֵׁנוּ לֹא הוּאַר
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#חנוכה#chanukahproject#israel#jumblr#ישראבלר#טאמבלר ישראלי#jewish holidays#happy hanukkah#hanukkah#last night :(#i dont want this to end#for this is me
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anyway headcanon that jim suggested the name and nobody had the heart to tell them abt the time the british made izzy captain and wee john made fun of the name izzy picked so izzy threatened to withhold his rations and then everyone unanimously agreed to kill izzy. also i think the crew would have a good laugh over renaming their ship after traveler’s diarrhea
#ofmd#our flag means death#izzy hands#israel hands#jim jimenez#ofmd jim#crew of the revenge#david jenkins#txt#sc#mine#og#s1e09#id in alt text#djenks's semi-canonical ofmd bluesky holiday special
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Pesach is, to me, the most difficult holiday to celebrate right now. Since Oct 7th we've had a few holidays, but Pesach is the one that pains me most so far.
Hanukkah made sense. We are fighting to keep our homeland, as the Maccabees did. We have Israel now, and we will still have Israel. The holiday celebrating our resistance against those who wished to destroy us in our home made sense.
Purim made sense. Yes, it was painful to celebrate the holiday of joy, but we have resisted a force that wishes to eliminate each and every one of us. Just as we did in Persia against Haman, we are defending ourselves because never again will we be put in the position of being at our oppressor's mercy.
Pesach does not make sense. How are we to celebrate being taken out of captivity when over a hundred of our brothers and sisters are still being held captive? How are we to cheer about our freedom when our own people are not free? How can we celebrate G-d's hand coming down to free us when members of our Jewish family have not been free for over half a year?
It is painful. It physically hurts my chest to think about all of this. I wish for G-d to carry our people again, this time from the tunnels under Gaza. From the violent antisemitism we have been seeing happening all around. May we yet again experience freedom from those who wish us harm.
I in no way am saying that we should not celebrate Pesach. If anything, it is more important now than ever to celebrate and pray for freedom. I am just sharing my own feelings on the matter.
As was said then, we say now: LET OUR PEOPLE GO!
#jumblr#jewish#judaism#jew#israel solidarity#proud israeli#antisemitism#pesach#passover#jewish holidays#pesach 2024#passover 2024#bring them home#let our people go
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Happy Sigd!
Malkam Amet Vahl
(From today, the main event in Jerusalem)
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Sigd (Ge'z: ስግድ, "worship") also known as Mehel'la (ምህልላ, begging/plead), is a Jewish holiday unique to the "Beyta Yisrael" (house of Israel) community. It is based on a biblical event in the book of Nehemiah (9,1-3), of community fast and worship, in a plead to go back Home.
What is it?
An ancient holiday of Beyta Yisrael community (Jews from the diaspora of Ethiopia). This special day is based on the events in the book of Nehemiah, and the mass prayers - hoping that G-d would let them go back Home, to Zion. It is considered to be about 2,500 years old (unlike the diaspora in Babylon, the diaspora in Ethiopia hasn't returned after 70 years, during the Korach declaration.
This holiday, 50 days after Yom Kippur, has 2 main reasons:
To add another level of Heshbon Nefesh (HEB, lit. "soul accounting", in which one reflects on his previous actions and thoughts). If Yom Kippur is for private Heshbon Nefesh, then during the Sigd the public/community side is added. It's dedicated to restore the oath with G-d, and pray for the Geula.
Pray to go back Home, to Yerusalem. Many of the holiday's Piyutim (religion songs) are focused on Jerusalem, the desire ro get there, and wondering how it is.
What happens during that day?
People fast and wear white clothes. As a community event, there are mass gatherings.
In Ethiopia, they were gathering in 3 big mountains. They carried rocks or religion scrolls on their head, to show surrender in the face of G-d.
(Ambovar, 1984)
In Israel, there's a main event in Jerusalem. It was cancelled in 2023 due to security concerns, but this year is back!
2024: Due to the security concerns, in Gundar they didn't go up the mountain this year :(
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(I have a feeling I forgot something important. I'm sick so my brain not 100%. Lmk if you have questions, or want to know more)
#beta Yisrael#beyta Yisrael#sigd#sgd#mahalla#Ethiopian Jews#jumblr#blackblr#Ethiopia#israel#holiday#unique#traditions#jews#jerusalem
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#free gaza#free palestine#gaza#palestine#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#israel#pray for palestine#ceasefire#america#usa#thanksgiving#holiday#cell phone#phone#internet connection#internet#bombing
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December 23, 2023 - Activists from Workers for Palestine NL disrupted the Christmas shopping at the Bijenkorf mall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, calling on shoppers to boycott brands that help fund Israel's genocide and occupation of Palestine. [video]
#palestine#free palestine#workers for palestine#solidarity#christmas#holidays#shopping#gif#2023#amsterdam#netherlands#nederland#dutchblr#bijenkorf#BDS#boycott#genocide#occupation#apartheid#israel#activism#christmas shopping#mall#flyers
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do anti zionists celebrate hanukkah? what are they even celebrating? this is one of the most zionist jewish holidays. do they just use it as jewish christmas?
#g talks#not really asking asking#just thinking about the hypocrisy#of believing jews aren’t indigenous and/or don’t belong in Israel#meanwhile this holiday celebrates us taking our home back#loooong before palestinians existed or were in the land#mine#/mobile#/okay to reblog
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Found this gem on "Jew hate exposed" on Reddit...
This... This is a goodie. This person doesn't really know what Hanukkah is all about, eh?
#reddit#not my pic#jumblr#antisemitism#antizionism is antisemitism#i stand with israel#israel#am yisrael chai#leftist antisemitism#i/p#this is the most ZIONIST holiday we have and youre doing... that?#gross#tw antisemetic
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Snow White apples from the land of Milk & Honey, Israel. Also known as the "ghost apple" developed by Israeli agriculturalists. Happy Chanukah everyone!
#apples#Israeli apples#israel#secular-jew#jewish#judaism#israeli#jerusalem#diaspora#secular jew#secularjew#islam#judea#samaria#judea and samaria#Chanukah#hannukah#happy chanukah#happy hannukah#holidays#happy holiday#white apples#fruit#Israeli fruit#land of milk and honey
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I can't stop thinking about my 19 year old friend, one of 604 soldiers who gave their lives for the people of Israel during these past six months.
I can't stop thinking about how they're never going to hug their loved ones again, or dance at a friend's wedding. But they also won't be experiencing so many *little* things that make life, well, life. They're never going to feel the triumph of sprinting to catch the bus and making it at the last minute, or the exasperation of spilling soup on their pants or the absurdity of meeting old highschool friends on the train. It's so deeply and incomprehensibly sad.
On Passover we remember the first organized attempt to put an end to the Jewish people. If I counted all the times since then, we'd be here all day. But this time, we have an army. We have a country. We're not going anywhere.
This Passover I'm thinking about the 604 souls who aren't going to celebrate Pesach with their families. And I'm hoping that their sacrifice isn't in vain, and that we can have seder and continue with our lives in peace and in safety. I hope we see all the hostages home safe, that the refugees return to theie homes, that we eradicate Hamas once and for all and see the Palestinians live under a healthy government.
חג שמח
#jewish#israel#war#jews#am israel hai#jumblr#ישראבלר#ישראל#israel hamas war#Passover#pesach#jewish holidays#jewish tumblr#jewish joy#לשנה הבאה בירושלים#פסח#bring them home#מחזירים אותם הביתה#חג שמח
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I'd like to wish for every Jew around the world, religious or atheist, mizrahi, or ashkenazi, or anything else;
Whoever you are, wherever you are, I wish you a very happy, full of light Hanukkah.
#happy hanukkah#hanukkah#chanukah#hanukah#israel#jumblr#jewish#jews#am yisrael chai#jewish holidays#ישראבלר#חנוכה#hanukkah sameach#the pic is from pinterest btw
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Bethlehem is the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Christmas celebration has been cancelled for Palestinian Christians this year and the infant Christ has been placed in rubble in a powerful statement.
Watch the video below, learn more.
#free gaza#free palestine#gaza strip#irish solidarity with palestine#palestine#gaza#news on gaza#al jazeera#boycott israel#israel#West Bank#west bank palestinians#Palestinian Christians#Bethlehem#Jesus Christ#Christianity#Christmas#The holiday season#Baby Jesus#Video#Share#Seriously reblog this one don't just Like it this is important because there are 3 main faiths in the region and this is the minority#In the goddamn town the religion was BORN IN.
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happy purim! 🥳
#jumblr#purim#hamantaschen#catboy#ישראבלר#israel#israblr#ישראל#ישרבלר#ישראלבלר#פורים#jewish#judaism#jews#jewish holidays#אוזני המן#catboys#jewish memes#catboys your jumblr
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