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#Post-Soviet Zionism is a whole fucking Thing and it's EVERYWHERE here and it has a long history that is basically
chicago-geniza · 6 months
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Every stupid element of my stupid research is coming to bear on this stupid evil historical moment and it's like yes of course the racist StopAntisemitism account that exists entirely to doxx/threaten Arab Americans is run by a post-Soviet Jewish woman, of course the IDF bluecheck thirst trap propaganda account who goes by "Gun Waifu" is a Russian sabra named Natalia Fadeev, I have been yelling about the Soviet Jewry Movement + how Soviet antisemitism in speech act and policy DID make Jewishness and Zionism effectively synonymous from the 50s onward but especially post-'67 + how the NGOs that sponsored Soviet (and eventual post-Soviet) refugees to the US were institutionally Zionist and used Zionism as an entry point for "reconnecting with Jewish heritage" & "integrating into US Jewish community" + how Chabad functions in the territories of the former USSR since the 90s + the US-Israeli joint ~diplomatic decision to stop recognizing refugee status in the US without family sponsorship, which redirected the flow of displacement to Israel for those without resources + how fucking insane Russophone Israeli culture is. Anyway this is so minor compared to everything else happening rn but I feel cuckoo crazy insane
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