#just jewish things

[the-lesser-light]

To every Jewish person:

I hope you are remembering to take care of yourselves.

I hope you are eating well. Staying hydrated. Getting plenty of rest.

I hope you are remembering to take a break from everything. Turn off social media and the news and find some joy.

I hope you remember how strong your people are and how far they have come.

I hope that you remember that you are also strong. Being strong doesn't mean you have to face everything alone.

I hope you look at the sky once a day and find beauty there.

I hope you remember to sing.

I hope you remember how much you are loved. Every single one of us is a gift. We will do what we do best and continue on.

[letsjewthisthing]

Yesterday in shul during the part of the Torah service when you say the shema, I saw a very tiny child in front of me cover his eyes very quickly when we started saying it and then his mother giggled and started to remove his hand. If you know anything about the shema and the Torah service you’ll know that when you say shema you cover your eyes, but you don’t when it’s part of the Torah service. I just thought it was so cute to see this tiny child obviously recognize what we were saying and go “oh! I know what to do here!” And then you could see the learning in real time! Absolutely adorable. Seeing little kids participating in and understanding Jewish rituals is so so special to me.

[twakiju2]

*sighs and unfollows another artist whose art i love*

[we-will-dance-again710]

They don't get to decide when we stop grieving

[elder-millennial-of-zion]

I see your “getting rid of the Christmas tree” and I raise you our “cleaning the wax out of the menorah.”

[avian-misdemeanors]

checking on a tumblr user's post history to see if they're normal about Jews before following or reblogging anything from them

[icemankazansky86]

[extraalligators]

I wish I could find the clip because it sounds like I'm making shit up at this point but I stg I heard Jackson Publick say it- when the Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend go to her parents house her mom barely feeds him and won't let him finish a drink. She snatches his glass and starts passive aggressively washing it before he's finished. That's like the highest level of disrespect from a Jewish mom. She barely tolerates king butterfly man lol

[luckys-last-brain-cell]

Every day someone's like "please tell me if this Hebrew/Yiddish is correct before i get it tattooed on me" and people go "don't get it tattooed on you" and the asker is like "is this because of the prohibition on tattoos" and the responders are like "no it's about not getting something tattooed that you need an outside source to verify is correct"

[frownyalfred]

in love with the idea of Clark Kent being the bane of little jewish mothers everywhere because Kryptonian biology means he can't put on excess weight and all the little bubbes keep trying to feed him because he's so skinny and baruch hashem once of these days it'll stick (spoiler alert: it doesn't)

[ace7librarian]

At a sleepover with my friends. It's the middle of the night, we just finished a party and we're all drunk teenagers. What are we talking about? Are we talking about the party? Hardly. About relationships? Nope. About mental health? A little bit. We're talking about how fucking terrifying it is to be Jewish at a time like this.

[the-lesser-light]

To the convert:

Perhaps this is your first time experiencing the holidays away from how you were raised.

You watch for the first time as the family gets excited about Christmas.

It was easy for you to go out away from the friends and family and celebrate your new Holidays with your new chosen tribe. But is it easy to come home where you are expected to celebrate as a Christian with the family?

For some, it is easy to be a multi religious family. You can separate the joy and fun from the religious aspects. For others, it feels like you are being held hostage as you decorate a tree and watch movies about the true spirit of Christmas.

Still, there are others trapped in tradition. You expect the Christmas dinner, the lights, the tree, the movies, the music. Perhaps it is nostalgia or perhaps you don't know how to let go of how you were raised. Maybe you don't want to let go of that feeling or maybe you feel guilty for whistling along to Silent Night.

There may be fights. There may be families that force you to go to Church on Christmas because it's "A family tradition". There may be uncomfortable situations. There may be mixed emotions and pain.

It will be okay.

For those who have converted, are in the process of converting, or are thinking about converting: It will be okay.

There will be light.

Even if you can't light them at home because you can't or haven't had that discussion with your family, there will be light for you.

This is a resilient tribe that knows above all else how to bring light to the dark. There will be a light for you.

[hachama]

"Rabbi Yitz Greenberg in summing up Jewish tradition shared what he calls three fundamental truths:

1. We are each of infinite worth – no one is expendable, and we cannot quantify the value of any human life

2. We are all fundamentally equal – no human being is any more important than any other human being.

3. We are each totally unique – there is no one else like us, and no one is interchangeable with anybody else"

[twakiju2]

people I thought were my friends stop being antisemitic challenge

[we-will-dance-again710]

OK I'm not trying to be funny here but do any of you actually know what a Zionist is?

All of you saying zionists dni you're evil!!! And then claiming you're not antisemitic?

Please do some reading it's just getting embarrassing

You can hate the Israeli government and be a zionist (a lot of us do!)

You can completely disagree with Israels actions and be a zionist

You can feel sympathy and pain for all those on both sides who are being killed and be a zionist

All zionism is, is the belief that Jews have the right to live in their indigenous land of Israel 🇮🇱

It is truly Not That Complicated

We just want a safe homeland

That's it.

And if you have such an issue with Jews having a safe place to live, you might be just the littlest bit antisemitic

[pomegranteandpith]

last night someone came to the regular queer dance night i run wearing a t-shirt with shape of Israel in keffiyeh pattern and the arabic for 'from the river to the sea' on it. he is an older white man.

today has been spent explaining to the other charity trustees exactly why this contravenes our safe space policy and that no, i don't want him gone, i want the shirt gone.

just sigh.