#safe space for jews

[my-jewish-life]

Now it's finally up and live!

Welcome to my Jewish Discord Server, Tikkun Olam! Me and a friend wanted to create a safe space for Jewish people after October 7th. After a while we finally were able to create it. Some things are still being worked on but feel free to join^^

[son-of-avraham]

"We need more diverse queer representation!"

You cannot even handle queer jews.

[indecisiveavocado]

every single time i try

me: i should stop hanging out in such jewish places, especially online. let's see. *opens door* right wing: we hate you because you support queer rights left wing, sharpening knife: we hate you because you don't trust us not to kill us the first chance we get, just because we have for 2,300 years. 'centrists': back up one sec, what's a pogrom, who is this kid kfir, and what do you mean antisemitism didn't start and end with hitler? me: *closes door* nope, staying on jumblr.

[storm-of-feathers]

Fellow jews I would like a hug

[autistic-katara]

goyim try to criticise israel w/o calling jews nazis challenge! (impossible) part 273620

[deathbutwithfuzzyanimals]

Takes that I would never say to my grandparents but Israel is actively making lives worse for Jews everywhere, including in Israel.

[baroque-hashem]

"We're very proud of our immigrant past, and our own family's immigrant heritage. At the same time, the U.S. is a nation of xenophobia and always has been."

--Michele Waslin, from the article

[official-oshun]

i think the thing that's hardest for jewish people who are trying to leave old ideas behind and become anti-zionist is that non-jewish ideas of anti-zionism generally range anywhere from enacting a ceasefire + putting a leftwing government in control of israel, to ending the occupation, to establishing an arab state with a jewish minority, to kicking out / killing / celebrating the deaths of israelis in order to dissolve the state "by any means necessary" (even if those jews were forced out of their previous homes in europe + the swana region and can't return easily nor want to).

it's like... what does anti-zionist even mean when you're look at the future? can we be anti-zionist and want to preserve israeli lives? im asking this genuinely and in 100% good faith. i really do want to hear your opinion.

ur right. ur 100% right, so many times leftist will be so antisemetic but "progressive" so they can't even see they are calling for jewish death. lots of jews in isreal had no homes to return to after ww2. factories, houses, farms, etc were occupied (stolen) or reduced to ash. having a safe space for jews is very important to me, especially considering how few there are of us compared to say muslims or christians. we deserve a safe and free space but israel is not providing that. in my dream world israel still exists, thought much smaller and it is a legitimate safe heaven for jews of all races. it is pushed back to its original boarders, or smaller, as designated by the UN and previous land that had been conquered is given back with monetary reparations given to the people of palestien, not only by israel but by the western countries that allowed this to happen. in my dream world it is a leftwing government that doesn't require military training for all adult civilians. in my dream world isreali people, regardless of if they are jewish or not, can feel safe and can activly cross boarders with their neighbors in a mostly friendly way. no country is ever going to best friends with all its neighbors, but i wish desperately for israel to demilitarize itself and help it's neighbor palestien flourish. there is money in our blood and each war time strife brings in major that most israeli's and no palestienans will ever see. it might be too idealistic but my anti-zionism is shrinking israel, funding palestien, and creating two nation states with friendly relations who can support themselves primarily. and for the record i don't support celebrating israeli civilian deaths, especially those who haven't even done heir military training. active soldiers I will celebrate accordingly to how they behaved (some missing / dead soldiers have posted and supported actual genocide so idgaf). but most soldiers I mainly will just ignore. there is no honor in dying like this, there is no honor in dying in war. this is my short answer (my long answer would require me exaplaining how western countries have helped spark this conflict even more so and how I think a lot of them namely the english and USAmerica owe palestien way more than the israeli government does.)

[ourcaptainisabelle]

What I find depressing is how black and white everyone wants this to be. Israel is doing horrible things, but its because HAMAS WANTS TO WIPE ALL JEWS OF THE PLANET. Palatinians are being bombed, starved and left stranded without resources, and Hamas has stockpiles of weapons, fuel, and food, in tunnels under hospitals and schools, specifically so they stay safe, and anytime Israel does bomb, they can just throw all the blame on them

"Oh the media being biased/silent on Gaza is a conspiracy theory"

I am a literal journalist and this is what happened when I pitched an article to a magazine I write for:

We covered conflict before. We denounced PMs' positions as wrong before. But this is where the editor balks - anything that makes it look even vaguely like we might, possibly, support Gaza. Even if the article itself would not have been an opinion piece, but a news feature about events on the ground.

We have free press, baby! But avoid the matter entirely if you can. It's delicate and depressing, why would you talk about it? Don't rock the boat. Be quiet. You don't need to go there.

Self-censorship is alive and well.

[son-of-avraham]

I absolutely adore how safe I feel in my offline (and, to an extent, online) jewish spaces. What I don't adore is why I only really feel safe in those spaces (jew hatred is so vapid)

[thatangryjew]

Happy Pride to all my lgbtq Jews. Especially the ones who like me lost formally beloved queer spaces and your sense of queer community has been irrevocably damaged in the wake of horrific antisemtism. I’m here, I see you, and I love you.

I will never feel safe at a goyische pride event ever again. And I will never attend one again. I will only attend pride events held by other queer Jews.

[k33p-c4lm-4nd-c4rr10n]

I will never understand how so many people fell for such a wildly antisemitic rabbit hole so easily, and convinced themselves they were the underdogs? When Jewish people — especially Israelis — have lost practically everything socially ever since October seventh? Friends, partners, perceived allies, platforms, safe spaces, and for some, even family. All because antisemitism became the hot new thing. Guess all it took was for it to be flimsily rebranded as “antizionism” for nearly every leftist to eat it up like candy.

It’s funny how the ones constantly telling Zionists (or just any Jew, really) to shut up, are the very same who fill the air with incoherent yelling and incessant screams for violence and fear. For, not of. For, not against. For as long as you can rebrand it as “revolutionary”, then it’s ok, right?

“I support it,” they said. “No matter what. Because it’s just too much to ask of those poor, poor martyrs. You see, the only way to save innocents is to kill other innocents instead. And do horrible, torturous things to them til they meet their grave. Revolution at its finest. And it’s all ok, glorious, even. Because it’s being done by the good guys. Those poor, poor underdogs. You see, why would you possibly expect any semblance of moral standard from them? What do you mean I sound terrible right now? ‘Racism of low expectations’? I’ve never heard that. You’re making it up. They can’t help it. It’s their culture. it’s revolutionary. By any means necessary. How dare you say I sound like a nazi? It’s just revolution. You know, like the French, or Soviet Russia. Revolution fixes things, you’ll see. We just need more bodies. The road to peace is paved in blood. Good guys say that. I’m in the right. We are always in the right. That’s what facists say? You’re crazy. You’re insane, actually. Genocidal, even. By the way all zionists deserve to die. I don’t care if that means 80% of Jews. You know, I always had a weird feeling about them. Zionists, I mean. That’s what I meant. Dog whistle? Those aren’t real. They made them up. Who’s they? The Zionists, of course. I’m the least bigoted person you’ll ever meet.”

For those who lack reading comprehension: EVERYTHING I just put into quotations was meant to be from the mouth of the average antizionist who simultaneously exhibits extreme prejudice against Jews and extreme xenophobia against Israelis, while ALSO being extremely racist and islamophobic to the very people they claim to advocate for! It will never free Palestine to support Hamas. It will never free Palestine to dehumanize ANY side, let alone both. If this post angers you, then you know what kind of a person you are. Deep down, you know how far you’ve fallen.

[gaelic-symphony]

You know, when Trump won in 2016, I was terrified, but I also felt like no matter how bad the government got, I would be safe and supported and welcomed by the broad coalition of left-leaning anti-Trump organizations and groups: feminist groups, queer community spaces, immigrant rights groups, abortion funds, environmental advocates, gun control advocates, etc. I thought the people in the loose alliance of leftists, liberals, and moderates who were outraged by Trump’s administration and the actions of Republicans were my allies and would stand up for me as a member of a vulnerable minority.

I don’t feel that way anymore. I’ve spent the past year watching leftists and “progressives” cheer on Islamist groups who call for the death of my people. I’ve watched groups who focused on specific issues of domestic policy completely unrelated to foreign wars embrace Palestine as an omnicause, forcing antizionism into spaces that have nothing to do with Israel and making them progressively more hostile to Jews.

This time, I feel very, very alone. Jews are 2% of the American population, and we can’t trust our government, our neighbors, or progressive organizations and movements to keep us safe—or even just not advocate for our deaths. We only have each other, and with Hashem’s help, we will keep each other safe and keep our communities and institutions and traditions alive until better times come along. Kol Yisrael aravim zeh ba’zeh.

Anyway, if anything I’ve said resonates with you at all, please consider donating to The Red Tent Fund, a new Jewish abortion support organization founded by a Jewish woman who was pushed out of the abortion fund she previously worked for when the organization started pushing antisemitic propaganda and refused to acknowledge sexual violence against Israeli women.

[xclowniex]

If you make every jew who accesses spaces like LGBT suppprt groups, Domesric violence support groups, etc, do a monolog about their opinions on the war, and they better use the correct buzz words, or else they're evil and trying to invade your safe space, and don't expect the same of non jews, then you are just trying to erase jews from safe spaces.

[queer-scots-geordie-dyke]

No longer surprised anymore but continously disappointed by the antisemitism that keeps popping up in spaces that I respected.

I've been a member of a facebook group called "Britain For All" for many years, a group that ostensibly prides itself on its anti-racist, pro-immigration stance, a safe and welcoming space for our minority communities and their allies. It's been, up until now, a place that lived up to its promise.

A recent article posted about British Jews talking about their fear and anxiety in the wake of rising antisemitism in the country and how they feel afraid to be out on the streets of their own cities during Free Palestine marches has been completely derailed by people in the comments laughing, spouting blood libel, and calling them "professional victims."

Britain For All? But fuck those Jews, I guess.

I'm not even Jewish, and I am exhausted and hurt by the constant hatred I see in almost every single space I used to be comfortable in and I know that my feelings pale in comparison to how Jewish people feel.

[son-of-avraham]

hey! I love your blog and the things you post. I wanted to say that if you have questions about Halakhah or about anything else that is related to Judaism, I would love to help you! I'm not pretending to be a rabbi or something, but I know alot about Judaism. keep in mind that I'm an ortodox jew and not a conservative)

Orthodox jews 🤝 Every other jews

People I love with all my heart 🩵🩵🩵

(And thank you! 😭)