choosing breeds of Christianity like do you prefer austere and minimalist antisemitism and homophobia or ornate and baroque antisemitism and homophobia, or perhaps Russian antisemitism and homophobia?

The Passover Story in Memes

My family has an annual tradition of telling the story in a creative way so here it is, told through memes:

wild how ppl legitimately believe that (properly done) kosher and halal slaughter is less humane than pre-slaughter stunning and nonritual slaughter despite all available evidence pointing to the opposite

how come goyim will make 30k note posts about why not to use antisemitic memes but ignore the SEVERAL hate crimes that have been committed since chanukah started

Cats of Jerusalem

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Throwback Thursday! As we celebrate Simchat Torah, we thought it would be fun to look back at a photo of one of our Rabbis educating our Religious School students about the Torah. Here’s Rabbi Walter with students in this 1989 archived photo.

━ Congregation Emanu El

#SimchatTorah

Collection item of the week:   Simhat Torah Flag, Israel, mid 20th century, Collection of Yeshiva University Museum 

*has a gay little theology question that angers the pastor*

Twitter: It’s violating our terms to wish death on Trump.

Jews:

Alternative Fasts & Alternatives to Fasting

Yom Kippur is only a few days away, and many of us who observe are anticipating the most significant fast day of the year- for many of us, the only day of the year we fast, and/or the day we feel the most obligation to do so. For a lot of us, myself included, fasting presents a great physical and emotional challenge: and it’s meant to; otherwise, why should we fast? However, for some, these challenges are too extreme, and can have effects, whether psychological or physical, lasting beyond the twenty-four hours of hunger during the holiday itself.

You may or may not be familiar with the concept of piquah nefesh: the injunction that prioritizes human life above the fulfilment of any mitzvah. Strict interpretations of this concept include, for example, working on shabbat (ie, using the phone to call 911). I prefer to interpret it more broadly, especially in the case of individuals struggling with disordered eating, or illnesses like diabetes. I personally have lived with an eating disorder for most of my life, and going without food for 24 hours, only to eat a huge meal at the end of the holiday, is a miserable and triggering experience. Every year, I either struggle to fast, and “succeed” in not eating, but I cannot pray or have a spiritual, meaningful Yom Kippur while doing so; or I break my fast early and end up disappointed in myself. Either way, this is not the optimal experience for such an important day.

After a lot of deliberation, I’ve decided that this year I will experiment with a deliberate, mindful, modified fast. I plan to eat two or three small meals of steamed brown rice, and I will drink water. As well, being dependent on caffeine, I’ll forgo sweetened coffee with cream and drink plain black tea instead. Eating will allow me enough fuel to (I hope) have a genuinely meaningful Yom Kippur, while this being plain, simple food will remind me of the fact that I am fasting (even if it’s “fasting”).

Below are some resources I’ve found helpful on this subject. (Please bear in mind that many are not written with ED sufferers in mind, and may contain triggering material.)

When fasting is not Teshuvah - Yom Kippur with Eating Disorders (RitualWell)

Prayer and Fasting With Diabetes — Informed Clients of Faith Can Avoid Serious Health Risks (Today’s Dietician)

What is the procedure for one who must eat on Yom Kippur? (Chabad)

Eating on Yom Kippur? (Aish)

Tips for Yom Kippur Fasting (JewFAQ)

Fasting on Yom Kippur When You’ve Had An Eating Disorder (blog)

The Meaninglessness of My Fast (New Voices)

Any thoughts? I welcome input.

Inspired by @date-a-jew-suggestions, here's Blueberry munching on some apples and getting into the holiday spirit. L'shanah tovah! 🍎

My banner that I'm proudly carrying in DC today.

No Justice, No Peace!!!

my queerness does not conflict with my Judaism, and if anything, it enhances it

A survivor drags a former concentration camp guard by the hair while American troops look on at the newly liberated Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp, April 1945.

“Anyone who is able to protest against the transgressions of the entire world & does not, is punished for the transgressions of the entire world.”  Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 54B

guys please can you read posts and infographics abt antisemitism before rbing them i see the most blatantly zionist shit get put on my dash by leftists all the time even other leftist jews…like please watch for zionism more actively, it’s not a small or harmless fringe ideology, it has been the dominant ideology in global judaism for decades through indoctrination and has close to entirely hijacked ashkenazi judaism in the us, and its primary directive has been genocide against palestinians since its colonization of palestine began. zionism is a white supremacist colonialist ideology and you need to treat it as such; you need to be actively watching out for zionist propaganda and deplatforming zionists who post and spread it. you can also absolutely never trust any information about antisemitism that comes from zionists and the state of israel; the zionist portrayal of antisemitism in the diaspora is universally sensationalist, islamophobic, and racist propaganda used as a fear tactic against the jewish diaspora in order to manipulate jews into aliyah and assimilation into the colonial project of the state of israel, and these posts and infographics will never ever mention or bring up zionists/state of israel’s own hand in perpetuation of antisemitism against the diaspora, let alone their antisemitism against palestinian jews. you cannot underestimate zionists and overlook zionist rhetoric in information you spread or treat zionist rhetoric as an acceptable element of posts you want to rb, their ideology is incredibly insidious and manipulative and historically very successful at indoctrination, like just learn how to spot zionist rhetoric and red flags and don’t spread that shit and point it out to other ppl when u see it don’t let ur friends rb that shit either