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the-catboy-minyan · 19 hours

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due to a certain asshole spewing bullshit in spacelazarwolf's notes, I wanna emphasize something:

YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW HEBREW TO BE JEWISH

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEARN HEBREW TO BE JEWISH

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WANT TO LEARN HEBREW TO BE JEWISH

the only thing you need to be Jewish is to be Jewish. a Jew is a Jew.

(this message does not include messianic jews)

#jumblr #judaism #jewish #jewish positivity #diaspora jews #jewish converts #patrilineal jews #reform judaism #conservative judaism #orthodox judaism #secular jews #all of them are fucking Jews regardless of what languages they speak #I can't believe I have to say this in 5784 #gatekeepers are not welcome on my blog ☺️

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perimsmouse · 18 hours

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I didn't grow up practicing Judaism. The first time I can remember any Jewish practices was when I was visiting a friend's house on Friday night.

The first time I celebrated Pesach was a seder held by the campus Hillel.

For many years, my only practice was going over to a friend's house for Shabbat eventing.

For a year or two before the COVID pandemic started, my partner and I had been going to a fertility clinic. We're getting older, and it wasn't happening naturally. In late 2020, we became parents for the first time.

That was a time of reflection for me. During this pandemic shutdown and those first months of motherhood, I thought about what I wanted to pass on: what traditions should I teach?

As much as I try to use reason, I often go on emotion. I went back to something beautiful, lighting the Shabbat candles. I looked up the local synagogues and made plans to go. That was a week or so before Purim. That year, by Pesach, I was learning everything I had never been taught about Judaism.

One of those things was counting the Omer. What a simple act it was! Forty-nine days of minimal daily practice when I didn't even know how to pray my nightly prayers. I could recite the blessing and count the Omer.

When you see my posts about the Omer, it's not just pretty. It's not just "whatever Jewish thing is current". It's me remembering my very shallow roots.

Tonight starts the 4th day of the Omer. Come, be Jewish with me.

#jewish #Omer #count the omer #jewish positivity #jumblr

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tikkunolamresistance · 3 months

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ANTI-ZIONIST TORAH STUDY PRESENTED BY TIKKUN OLAM RESISTANCE.

For Jews, people in the process of converting and anyone who’s starting their journey off. We kindly ask that goyim/non-Jews refrain from joining. See our first post and ablout section on Patreon for more details!

JOIN NOW!

#anti zionist #anti zionist torah study #jewish positivity #jewish #jews #jewish resources #jewish antizionism #torah study #community space

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avi-on-jumblr · 3 months

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TU BISHVAT IS IN 5 DAYS EVERYONE LET'S GET HYPED. TREES TREES TREES

#i didn't start my new year's resolution so i told people i'd start it on tu bishvat because tree new year askdfh #i'm so excited it'll be my first time actually celebrating. bc we only did the major ones when i was growing up.#im gonna do so much gardening (<- has never gardened before in my life)#jumblr #jewblr #tu bishvat #jewish positivity #judaism #jewish #jewish holidays #avi posts

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hachama · 1 month

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I made hamantaschen

#jumblr #crochet #jewish positivity #purim #hamantaschen

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jewishpositivity18 · 4 months

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Studying commentary on the Torah is a bit like joining a conversation that covers the entire world and all of history

This guy from the 1880s disagrees with that guy from the late Middle Ages about what the text means

A dude in 16th century Poland is building off what that dude in 12th century Egypt said about why the text is written this way

Guys come read Gemara the Old Men are fighting again

#jewish positivity #jewblr #jewish #jewish culture #judaism

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disgruntled-detectives · 9 days

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#jumblr #jewblr #Judaism #Shabbat #Jewish #if jew know jew know #iykyk #Jewish polls #jewish positivity

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soxiyy · 3 months

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Every Jewish person is ethically jewish weather they are born from the waters of a womb or the waters of a mikvah

#jumblr #actually jewish #jewish conversion #jewish culture #jewish convert #jewblr #jew by choice #jewish #jewish joy #jewish positivity

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demonic-shadowlucifer · 11 months

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I love you gay jews. I love you lesbian jews. I love you trans jews. I love you intersex jews. I love you nonbinary jews. I love you bi jews. I love you pan jews. I love you asexual jews. I love you aromantic jews. I love you jews that are questioning their orientation/gender. I love you queer jews.

#shadowchats #repitition #jewish positivity #queer #lgbtq #nonbinary #transgender #mspec #aspec #aromantic #asexual #pansexual #bisexual #queer jews #positivity post #read pinned before interacting #edit: turning off reblogs temporarily since I genuinely cannot keep up with notifications right now

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gay-jewish-bucky · 2 months

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I love how beautifully diverse the Jewish people is. Jews come in all hues and shapes and sizes, from many different countries and traditions and experiences, from all sexual/romantic orientations and genders, from countless different levels of observance and all with unique definitions of what it means to be Jewish.

All of us together are a family.

I love getting to participate in this beautiful and ancient tradition.

#jumblr #jewish #judaism #jewish positivity

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fromgoy2joy · 2 months

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I often get exceedingly anxious about my conversion. I stay up at night, considering ways I could be "failing" at it. How I wouldn't make a good Jewish woman in the eighteenth century, or what my place in the history of the Jewish people is.

But then I realized- I’m not going to be a Jewish woman in the 18th century or what have you. I’m going to be one in the here and now. I don’t need to worry about fitting in on the hills of a beautiful shtetl, gone from us too soon (so soon ) . I'm alive, wonderfully and divinely, in an age where there has never been a bigger connection of jewish folk.

No longer do we have to rely just on word of mouth or rare newspaper postings to find out about the safety or fate of the rest of us. We can call across the world "are you alright?" or bite your nails constantly checking the news. We can rally together and demand safety and protection- that we are not cheap.

In ten seconds or less, I can have thousands of google results for Halachic questions or send a discord-full of people in a tizzy about it. Now finding the answer is the harder part, but hasn't that always been the case!

I have a group chat worth of people to tell me to eat, to send me links like "I know you wanted to learn hebrew!" or "this is why three meals a day is important, Joy." Or even things as preposterous as "Licking the frosting off donuts is not a meal!"

(I hold that it is glucose and thus energy to be used).

We have queer torah, way too many interpretations of "shalom alechem", and "kosher near me" on GPS. We have Star Trek with Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner, and Jewish astronauts- we can see ourselves in the stars.

I'm here. We're here. And I still can't believe it.

#fromgoy2joy thoughts #jewish joy #jewish positivity #am yisrael chai #jewish #jumblr #jewblr #jewish posting #jewish tumblr #jewish conversion #jewish convert #jewish geography #jewish tradition #judaism #jew #jewish history

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i-aint-even-bovvered · 7 months

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I would like to talk to Jewish converts for a second.

I wonder if you know how amazing you are? How amazing you are to me, specifically?

I was born into this. You chose us. You didn't have to. I don't know if I would have chosen this. I do identify strongly with my religion and culture. I love being Jewish. I am proud to be Jewish. But would I feel that way if I wasn't brought up to be Jewish? I don't know. It's a question I've had many times before.

If you are not born Jewish and decide that is who you want to be, you already probably know enough to know about the pervasiveness of antisemitism. You know how the world sees us. But you decided that mattered less to you than the love you had for us and your desire to be part of our family. You didn't have to do that. We specifically put roadblocks in the conversion process so you absolutely, 100% understand what you are getting yourself into, and no one would judge you if you changed your mind.

When we talk about conversion liturgically, we often talk about the story of Ruth, calling her "the first convert." She says to Naomi, "Your people will be my people." I always read that and believed that Ruth and Naomi were at least a little bit in love. How could you not be, with such a declaration?

That is how I feel about Jewish converts.

Where you die, I will die. And there shall I be buried.

#jumblr #jewish #jewish converts #im in my emotions this morning #jewish positivity

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is-the-fire-real · 2 months

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Me when they bring up Haman

#jumblr #judaism #purim #jew by choice #jew in progress #jewish convert #jewish positivity #all my shalomies hate haman #somebody asked for more joy and humor for purim so here you go

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gaelic-symphony · 5 months

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Jewish lesbians I love you so much!!! I am consensually kissing each and every one of you on the forehead. I hope every Jewish lesbian has a nice day today. ✡️🧡🤍🩷✡️

#jewish #jumblr #jewish positivity #lesbian #lesbian positivity #I love being a Jewish dyke!!!! ✡️🧡🤍🩷✡️

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hachama · 5 months

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Someone on Facebook posted about their book, which involved chanukah and golems, being delayed by the publisher. I was POSSESSED by a need to make a golemenorah.

#jumblr #jewish positivity #crochet #work in progress #Hanukkah

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jewishpositivity18 · 3 months

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Suuuuper loaded question but humor me!

Feel free to explain your answer via reblog/tag if you feel comfortable doing so

All answers are perfectly valid and they don't make you any less Jewish!

#jewish positivity #jewblr #jewish #judaism #poll #Hashem #God

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