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the zine i mentioned i was working on a bit back!
"A Recruit's Guide to the Divisions of the CAT Unit." this was my first time making a zine and i very much view it as a tool which helped me develop it's story/setting further and build stamina/focus for things like this rather than a super polished final product in itself. i'm hoping to figure out a better way to share things like this in the future, particularly where the text will be more readable because i'm aware it's pretty impossible to read in this format.
a little about the CAT unit and the world around it, gathered together from my notes:
'In an ancient city where old magic and new technology mingle on the streets, dangerous beings invisible to the human eye stalk mankind, their favoured prey. The larger populations in urban centres draw in these arcane creatures in great numbers, and cats, with their unique attunement to the supernatural, are the only domesticated animals able to see them. They have rallied together to form an organisation sworn to the protection of humanity, known as the Control of Arcane Threats (or CAT) Unit, and are repaid for their service with both food and supplies.'
(14-page A6 zine with digital illustrations, january 2025)
reblog and make a wish! this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)
Firsty, thank you for reading this, and I hope you’ll get through it and give us the honor of a donation, firstly, and a reblog, secondly. Maybe even a note to any friends you have outside of tumblr!
If you don’t care about the history, skip to the bold at the end!
This is Temple Emanu-El, in Helena, Montana. At the time it was built, it was the only synagogue between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Portland, Oregon. It was built with the hard work of the Jewish community that had come west to seek their fortune and stability, having heard that people were more willing to do business with Jews in the West, a place where social strictures were slightly relaxed. This turned out to be true, and the community thrived.
This picture resolves small on tumblr, but you can see the love and care they put into it. It’s modeled after the great synagogues of Europe, with heavy stonework, onion domes, and intricate stained glass. The president of the congregation cried at its opening and dedication.
As the years went on, the West became more settled, and for a series of socio-political reasons of which my History of the American West major ass is well aware but are ultimately unimportant to the issue at hand, Jewish communities left much of the interior west for metropolitan areas. By the 1930s, the Jewish community was so small that they could not justify the large and lavish worship center.
They sold it to the city for one dollar.
The promise made to them was that it would be used for the public good. The state readied the former temple for its new function as offices for Social and Rehabilitation Services, sandblasting of the Hebrew inscription, “Gate to the Eternal,” above the entry and removing the star-studded, painted domes.. The copper was stripped from the building and likely reused to re-clad the State Capitol’s dome at about the same time.
That lasted all of 40 years, when the State of Montana decided to let it sit idle and decay, so they could justify the sale of the building, sold for a pittance to the public good, to the Helena Catholic Diocese for $83,000 (this is an opinion of mine, though it is not an uneducated one, and I do firmly believe it. I do not, however, represent that they allowed it to fall into disrepair to justify the sale as objective fact.)
This is the building now
In a twist of fate, the diocese can no longer afford to maintain the building. They are selling it, and the Jewish community of Helena is trying to buy it.
The Montana Jewish Project is being far far far nicer and more politic about this than I would be, but in fairness, they actually how to get Nice Goyim to donate, and I don’t, so. The Diocese is spinning this as selling the building for much less than its worth, which may be true, but if you bought it for $83,000, that would be $280,000 now.
They are selling it for $925,000. And we have to have 70% of the purchase price by February 28th. Easy terms, right?
Here’s where you come in! If the idea of Montana’s Jews getting back the building that was sold to the Diocese in spite of the original agreement appeals to you, you can and should donate to their capital campaign. They even have an option for your donation where if we don’t get Emanu-El back, your money will be returned to you instead of being used for other MJP protects and repairs.
This place won’t just be used for the Jewish community, though I think that would be enough. They want it to be used as a museum and center for the community as well, to teach about Jewish life in Montana, with Jewish cooking classes, and social programs, and teaching non-Jews about Jewish customs and culture.
I just want to get the cross off the top.
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Hey guys so i know most of you have seen my previous posts about my tango with homelessness & my difficulty finding a job after getting fired from starbucks for missing work do to stomach issues. I’m reaching out because although I know we’re all just passing around the same $20, atp anything would help. i get less than $200 on ebt every month & unfortunately it doesnt go far in brooklyn. if anyone has it in their heart to give i would really appreciate it. anyone unable to give i completely understand!
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here, have some:
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