#judaism

25 posts · Last used Sep 21

I've become cynical about the theology surrounding atoning for sins by afflicting oneself and praying communally for forgiveness, i.e., about #YomKippur, which is today. I've come to believe more and more that, as Karl Marx said, religion is the opium of the masses. I think Yom Kippur is performative for most people. I don't think observing it leads most people to change for the better; I think it just makes them feel better about continuing to behave the same way. #religion #Judaism 1/?
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So, I've stayed out of the whole #Sheeran / #Macklemore situation because I honestly don't think I could have picked either of them out of a lineup. But as it's escalated, and people are choosing sides, we need to talk about something it has illuminated so brightly it cannot be ignored. #Zionism. And why we need to talk about it is because there is a difference between it and #Judaism, and people on many sides, for many political reasons, are trying to make the two synonymous in the zeitgeist. I am antizionist. I am not anti-Jewish people or faith practices. There is a clear, undeniable genocide happening in #Palestine. We can all see it. We have allowed Israel to cage a group of people and systematically murder them. All so #Israel can have their rivers, their oil, their beaches. We cannot do much, we have very little power. But we have the truth. And ethics demand that we speak it. #FreePalestine from the river to the sea. And donate to the WCK:
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My great-grandfather left his shtetl in the Pale and came to America for three reasons. 1) to avoid the pogroms. 2) to avoid impressment and involuntary service in the Czar's army. (I thought that was a hell of a thing. Either the cossacks come and try to kill you, or you could be forced into the military to serve involuntarily for twenty years. Or both!) 3) To get away from the Rabbi. He was sick of it. Sick of the stifling traditional life. #Judaism
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Can it be said that #Zionism is to #Judaism what the jihadist #ISIS ideology is to #Islam? “Zionism Exposed 2026: The Settler-Colonial Logic the West Won't Name” by Dede Bell in Manufactuting Dissent on Substack “For 2 years, what to call Israel's conduct in #Gaza was treated in Western capitals as a matter of opinion. No longer.” https://open.substack.com/pub/mandissent/p/zionism-exposed-2026-the-settler #Press #Israel #Genocide #Palestine #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #ManifestDestiny #US #NativeAmerican #Slavery #Occupation #Expansion
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This will prove to be interesting. The semanticians who create Israel’s messaging are among the best in the world. They have conflated #Judaism and #Israel in the minds of many people, so they can claim that any criticism of Israel is #antisemitism. Which is, of course, absurd as a logical argument, but very effective messaging. The #IHRA declaration seems innocuous, until you read the examples, wherein they say that criticism of Israel is antisemitism. The #BMA was correct in their vote. People under 50 may not have even met anyone who experienced WW2. Israel doesn’t have the same emotional weight that it held 80 years ago. They squandered it straight away with the King David Massacre, and they just kept killing, in front of three generations of people who’ve barely studied WW2. GenX and younger have never seen an Israel that wasn’t the aggressor. Yet, none of *us* conflate the two. We don’t blame Jews. We blame Israel, where the blame belongs.
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Smadar #Lavie: #israel #Mizrahi left "#NGOs are budget dependent. If there are donations, they usually come from progressive Zionist donor organizations of the American-Jewish diaspora, and NGOs need to adapt their activism so that they don’t offend the donors. The image diaspora Jews have of Israel is that all Jews are equal in the homeland of the Jews." https://www.972mag.com/smadar-lavie-israeli-protests-mizrahi/ #nationalism #whiteSupremacy #Jewishness #Judaism #liberalism #family #motherhood #marriage #theocracy #anthropology
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Il Tempo: Comunicato Stampa: Pesach. Presidente Zaia: “Alle comunità ebraiche di Venezia e del Veneto un augurio di pace." “Alla comunità ebraica di Venezia, alle comunità ebraiche presenti nel Veneto e a tutte le famiglie che da domani sera celebreranno la Pesach, desidero rivolgere un augurio sincero e rispettoso. È una festa che, per l'ebraismo, custodisce la memoria della liberazione, della dignità ritrovata e della libertà come bene da difendere ogni giorno.” Lo dichiara il Presidente del Consiglio regionale del Veneto, Luca Zaia, rivolgendo il proprio pensiero alle comunità ebraiche del Veneto. “Quest'anno la Pasqua ebraica si colloca nei giorni che conducono anche alla Pasqua cristiana, mentre da poco si è concluso il Ramadan – osserva Zaia - Sono ricorrenze diverse, ciascuna con la propria identità e profondità, ma tutte capaci di richiamare il valore della speranza, della responsabilità e del riconoscimento dell'altro. In un tempo segnato dai conflitti in Medio Oriente, dalla ferita aperta dell'Ucraina e da molte altre guerre che continuano a colpire popoli e civili, Pesach e la Pasqua cristiana siano davvero occasione di pace, di rispetto della vita umana e di riconciliazione. Anche l'antico augurio ebraico ‘l'anno prossimo a Gerusalemme', nel suo significato spirituale più alto, può parlare oggi a tutti come desiderio di compimento, di convivenza e di pace, richiamando Gerusalemme quale città santa e luogo profondamente simbolico per le tre grandi religioni abramitiche: ebraismo, cristianesimo e islam.” “È questo l'augurio che rivolgo alle comunità ebraiche del Veneto e, insieme, a tutte le persone di buona volontà.”, conclude il Presidente del Consiglio regionale del Veneto, Luca Zaia. La responsabilità editoriale e i contenuti di cui al presente comunicato stampa sono a cura di CONSIGLIO REGIONALE VENETO Press Release: Pesach. President Zaia: “To the Jewish communities of Venice and Veneto, wishes of peace.” To the Jewish community of Venice, to the Jewish communities present in Veneto, and to all families who will celebrate Pesach starting tomorrow evening, I wish to offer a sincere and respectful greeting. It is a holiday that, for Judaism, safeguards the memory of liberation, of regained dignity, and of freedom as a good to be defended every day. This was declared by the President of the Regional Council of Veneto, Luca Zaia, expressing his thoughts to the Jewish communities of Veneto. “This year, the Jewish Passover falls on the days leading up to the Christian Passover, while the Ramadan has recently concluded – observes Zaia – These are different occasions, each with its own identity and depth, but all capable of calling up the value of hope, of responsibility, and of recognizing the other. In a time marked by conflicts in the Middle East, the open wound of Ukraine, and many other wars that continue to strike peoples and civilians, Pesach and the Christian Passover should truly be an opportunity for peace, for respect for human life, and for reconciliation. The ancient Jewish wish ‘next year in Jerusalem,’ in its highest spiritual meaning, can speak to all today as a desire for fulfillment, for coexistence, and for peace, calling Jerusalem as a holy city and a deeply symbolic place for the three great Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.” “This is the wish I address to the Jewish communities of Veneto and, together, to all people of good will,” concludes the President of the Regional Council of Veneto, Luca Zaia. The editorial responsibility and the content of this press release are the responsibility of CONSIGLIO REGIONALE VENETO. #Pesach #Jewish #Venice #Veneto #Judaism #LucaZaia #Christian #theMiddleEast #Ukraine #Jerusalem #Christianity #Islam
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It has come to my attn that there are still ppl claiming that pagans who work w Lilith are "culturally appropriating" her from Judaism. Let me be super direct. Fk off. Lilith was a Sumerian demon / goddess before she was ever roped into partnering w Adam, the fking judeochristian poster child for "nice guys." She predates ur fking liar god's "I made this" bedtime stories. By a lot. A lot a lot. But okay, what I am wrong? (I'm not but okay let's pretend.) Lilith told Adam to fk off for demanding dominance. She told the angels who tried begging and threatening her to return to fk off. And when ur liar god threatened her children / people, Lilith didn't blink. She said "Try it and I'll end urs too, ahole." And ur god scurried away w his tail between his legs. If u think Lilith has any loyalty to judeochristian religion, u prob need to at LEAST go read the parts of your bible your religious leaders left out. And then? Go read up on Lilith and put some respect on her fking name, okie? Byeeeee. #Religion #Judaism #Christianity #Christian #Judeochristian #Pagan #Wiccan #Revisionist #Demoness #Rant
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Religion this century has proven itself to be immoral. No arguments. The Judaic ‘most moral army’ murdering and commiting genocide. Islamic terrorists carrying out suicide bombings and beheadings. And racist ‘Christians’ denigrating the poor, supporting criminal acts, protecting paedophiles, and murdering innocent citizens. Time to stop listening to liars who use their fairy tale books to justify their hate. Religion is DONE. Tax them. Remove them from all governments. #religion #christianity #Islam #judaism #Corruption #lies #murder #Genocide #pedophiles #racism
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