Beetleeetleeetle - Stronger Than A Worm

the L and K should not be so close on the keyboard the amount of times I've accidentally typed a very antisemitic slur while trying to type "like" is absurd. the only thing saving me from this is autocorrect and that feels like a flimsy barrier at best

inside of you there are two intestines.

one of them is large, and the other is small.

20 September 2024 - 17 Elul 5784

No, today is not a Jewish holiday. Shabbat begins at sundown.

There's this specific dread that happens when you keep Shabbat and Yom Tov in a way that means you don't get news until after the holiday. That pit in your stomach when you turn your phone back on, waiting to see what horrifying things happened while you were observing the sacred day. Who desecrated it by shedding blood? What new horrors await?

Sometimes you get lucky, and things are relatively quiet.

Other times, you come back to the news that at least 11 innocent Druze children were dismembered by a Hezbollah rocket while they were out playing soccer.

I remember the first time I really felt this effect, coming back from Shabbat to the news that eleven Jews had been massacred in Pittsburgh. This past year has been a prolonged and repeated version of that, and shows no signs of slowing down.

It almost makes you want to avoid going offline at all, except that then you never get a break. It makes it so hard to want to keep Shabbat, knowing what may be on the other end of it.

We need to articulate what modern antisemitism feels like. Sometimes it’s being called a slur or harassed in public. Sometimes it’s graffiti or posters on a wall. Sometimes it’s violence, and firebombs and gunshots. Sometimes it’s hiding your screen in a college class, afraid that people will see the Hebrew writing on it, or tucking in your Magen David, or lowering your voice when talking about Judaism in public. Sometimes it’s staying silent in conversations or omitting your Jewish identity from conversations, maybe even entire relationships. Sometimes it’s being demanded your opinion on the Israel. Sometimes it’s loud but often it’s quiet and it’s everywhere

You motherfuckers yes I hate Kamala too but when she is announced to be the Democratic candidate we are all going to shoot fireworks and go to the goddamn polls

Jewish culture is Sunday morning challah French toast :)

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i use the terms alas and i fear far too much i fear. but alas

im just really scared right now.

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