Kent Navalesi ☕️<p>9th-century tombstone reading, in Hebrew, “This is the tomb of Abraham, son of the Rabbi Deodatus. Let this good young man be remembered."<br>Casa Padellàs, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Barcelona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barcelona</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> 🇪🇸</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EpigraphyTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EpigraphyTuesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TombTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TombTuesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Espana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Espana</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/spanien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spanien</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/medievodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>medievodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/museum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>museum</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judaism</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jewishstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jewishstudies</span></a></span></p>
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Chevra haChachamot<p>From The Workers Circle:<br>Happy Pride Month, everyone! A week from today, join the Workers Circle online for Shtolts: A Night of Queer Yiddish Poetry on Monday, June 23 from 7:00 – 8:00 PM ET. </p><p>The Yiddish literary canon contains many rich engagements with gender and sexuality. Despite the social and political repression of the era, queerness abounds in a number of beautiful and challenging texts.</p><p>We will unpack several provocative examples of kvirkayt — queerness — in Yiddish literature and culture, and we’ll also learn some Pride Month Yiddish vocabulary along the way. All are welcome!</p><p>Register: <a href="https://www.circle.org/events/shtolts-a-night-of-queer-yiddish-poetry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">circle.org/events/shtolts-a-ni</span><span class="invisible">ght-of-queer-yiddish-poetry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Yiddish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yiddish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/TikkunOlam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikkunOlam</span></a></p>
Jonathan Kamens 86 47<p>This morning I finally found the courage to send a letter about this experience to the rabbi who gave this appalling sermon. I've published the letter here: <a href="https://blog.kamens.us/2025/06/16/a-letter-to-the-rabbi-of-a-local-congregation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.kamens.us/2025/06/16/a-le</span><span class="invisible">tter-to-the-rabbi-of-a-local-congregation/</span></a><br>I sent a copy of it to the synagogue's other rabbi because I'm fairly certain she doesn't share her colleague's views, and perhaps knowing he's receiving letters like this will give her some support for doing something about them.<br><a href="https://federate.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a></p>
Whiskers 🇦🇺<p>It says a lot about organised <a href="https://aus.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> like <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Islam</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> that the leadership of two countries, both with strong religious populations, can bear such deadly hatred for each other.</p>
B.<p>In genau diesem Moment findet der <br>✡️Jüdisch-Antizionistische Kongress✡️ in Wien statt - der Geburtsstadt des Zionismus! (13.-15.6.).</p><p>Hochkarätige Sprecher*innen wie<br>•Ilan Pappé<br>•Yakov Rabkin<br>•Donny Gluckstein<br>...und viele mehr finden sich zusammen um eine starke internationale jüdische Stimme gegen die schamlose Anneignung des Jüdischseins und des Traumas der Shoah durch den Staat Israel zu formen! 💪</p><p>"<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionism</span></a> is a crime against <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> and the indigenous people of <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, and we are committed to putting an end to it. Over the years, it became clear that Zionism, instead of protecting <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a>, placed them in great danger by committing atrocious acts in their name. Zionism is based on racial supremacy, adopting the very racist assumptions which are inherent to <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> – describing Jews as belonging to some chosen race – a notion which is fundamentally racist and which has no relation to Judaism."</p><p>👇<br><a href="https://www.juedisch-antizionistisch.at/en/programme" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">juedisch-antizionistisch.at/en</span><span class="invisible">/programme</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2161262/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2161262/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Iran Allies Hezbollah and the Houthis React to Israeli Attack <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Arabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assad</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ayatollah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ayatollah</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Houthis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Houthis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Islam</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lebanon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/strip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strip</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a></p>
נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>"Ironbound’s most recent <a href="https://babka.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a>, released this year, is Fiddler on the Moon, about <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/astronauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronauts</span></a>. According to their cheeky marketing copy, which Newberger says was inspired by Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs, the film “finally answers the question that has plagued scientists, theologians and comedians for millennia: Will <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> survive in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a>?”</p><p><a href="https://highlandscurrent.org/2025/06/13/jews-in-space/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">highlandscurrent.org/2025/06/1</span><span class="invisible">3/jews-in-space/</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p>If you haven't listened to today's new episode of the Judaism Unbound podcast, I highly recommend it. It is an interview with Jordan Rosenblum, the author of the book "Forbidden: A 3,000 year History of Jews and the Pig," which delves into the cultural issues behind pigs and Judaism, but especially why pigs are seen as super-treyf, in ways that other non-kosher foods (i.e. shellfish, squid, camels, eagles, etc.) are not.</p><p>Listening to this episode reminded me of the time my son and I went to Jewboy Burgers in Austin, which features food informed by Jewish and borderlands culture --- and that is unkosher.</p><p>Their burgers include the "Oy Vay Guey" (pepperjack cheese, hatch chiles, grilled onions), the "Goyim" (2 patties, pastrami, bacon and more), and the "A$$hole from El Paso" (2 kinds of cheese, crispy fried jalapeños strings, + a creamy and spicy serrano/chile de arbol salsa). And while they do have fries, burritos, flautas, and other stuff, probably their favorite sides are the latkes (original and green chile/cheddar).</p><p>Obviously, this menu is very unkosher by halachic standards (pork products and mixing meat and cheese are the obvious issues, there are other concerns for the more observant), but I would argue it is also still very Jewish, in part because of its Jewish cultural references but also for its contrariness.</p><p>To illustrate the contrariness, in the restaurant there is a F.A.Q. sign, which I'm going to quote some excerpts from:</p><p>"Q. Are you kosher? <br>A: Nope, we are a Reform Jewish Institution. </p><p>Q. Are you Jewish? <br>A: The owner is. Bar Mitzvah'd in March 1985</p><p>Q. What's with the unsettling theme? A: You got a problem with that?!"</p><p>I know some of my more traditionally observant Jewish friends will find this objectionable, but I do not. I see this kind of intentional knowing defiance of the kashrut rules to be actually a very Jewish thing... or maybe better to say a Hebrew thing (riffing on the idea of Hebrew, Ivri, as being boundary crossers).</p><p>Anyway those are my random thoughts this morning.</p><p>Tagging: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@lexaphus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lexaphus</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kosher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kosher</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kashrut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kashrut</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/JewBoyBurgers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JewBoyBurgers</span></a></p>
Erik L. Midtsveen 🏳️⚧️🇳🇴<p>Jewish Rabbis Condemn Israeli Massacre of Free Gaza Flotilla</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfwzgsVkYA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=isfwzgsVkY</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/NowWatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowWatching</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/FreeGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeGaza</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/FreedomFlotilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomFlotilla</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Flotilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flotilla</span></a></p>
Shoshana 🏳️⚧️<p>I had this dream for a necklace. It'd be a Hebrew calendar, but as a necklace. Like, for Rosh Hashanah there'd be charms of an apple and honey 🍎 🍯, for each Rosh Chodesh a moon 🌙, a tree for Tu BiShvat 🌳, a heart for Tu B'Av 💜, a wine glass for Pesach 🍷, etc. with ordinary beads spacing them out correctly.</p><p>Also, in this dream I was telling my friends about this and they were like, "how will you handle leap years? would you make Cheshvan 29 or 30 days?" 😆</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a></p>
נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>"<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> are the smallest <a href="https://babka.social/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> group analyzed separately in this report, accounting for 0.2% of the global <a href="https://babka.social/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>population</span></a>. Most Jews live either in North America (primarily in the United States) or in the Middle East-North Africa region (almost exclusively in Israel). Jews make up less than 2% of the overall population in each of those regions.</p><p>The number of Jews around the world grew by 6%, from an estimated 14 million in 2010 to nearly 15 million in 2020. That’s fewer than the estimated 16.6 million Jews who were alive in 1939, prior to the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a>.</p><p>Our estimates for Israel are based on the Ministry of Interior’s population register of Jews in Israel. Outside of Israel, we generally use a definition of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewishness</span></a> based on self-identification with <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> as a religion.25</p><p>During this time, the rest of the world’s population grew about twice as quickly. Despite this gap, the share of the global population that is <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> still rounds to 0.2%.</p><p><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/06/09/jewish-population-change/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pewresearch.org/religion/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/09/jewish-population-change/</span></a></p>
Ramin HonaryVice documentary film “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQHUro6u6Kc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Israelism</a>“ (on YouTube) <p>…a film of about 80 minutes, published in January 2025, and worth every minute of your time, which explains the left-right political divide in the Jewish population of the US. This film makes very clear what motivates Jewish pro-Palestinian people in the US to protest since even before genocidal war restarted on 2023-Oct-7, and their reasons are really the most simple, relatable form of peaceful humanitarianism that you will ever see anywhere. I felt moved by how their Jewish faith makes their conviction in peace and humanitarianism so powerful. It seems in light of this most recent genocide, the views of this new generation of Jewish pro-Palestinian rights activists are slowly becoming more mainstream. Of course this invites the reactionaries to fight back against them, and we hear some of their voices in this film as well.</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/uspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/gaza" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/genocide" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocide</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/israel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/palestine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/freepalestine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/judaism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Judaism</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/simonezimmerman" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SimoneZimmerman</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/ifnotnow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IfNotNow</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/documentary" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Documentary</a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>From our local Jewish Federation<br>and from the Chevra:</p><p>We celebrate Jews of all flavors! Have a wonderful and meaningful Pride Month.</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>From JIMENA:<br>Sontinuity: The Tree and the Web</p><p>The scientific study of sound explains how Sephardic Jews have been able to transmit tradition and culture over time despite a history of traumatic rupture.<br> By Vanessa Paloma Elbaz</p><p>More than just a written reflection, this piece includes audio recordings that allow readers to experience the musical traditions discussed — a rare opportunity to not only read about heritage, but to hear it come alive.</p><p>Click below to read and listen to this unique exploration of Sephardic memory through sound:<br><a href="https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/the-tree-and-the-web/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">distinctionsjournal.org/the-tr</span><span class="invisible">ee-and-the-web/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Sephardi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sephardi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mizrahi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mizrahi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/MENA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MENA</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JewishMusic</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p><a href="https://forward.com/opinion/725341/pete-hegseth-harvey-milk-navy-ship-trump-administration/?utm_source=Mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=afternoonedition_20250604&utm_source=The+Forward+Association&utm_campaign=56f369aef5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_25_04_22_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-9a85c28f87-273147045" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forward.com/opinion/725341/pet</span><span class="invisible">e-hegseth-harvey-milk-navy-ship-trump-administration/?utm_source=Mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=afternoonedition_20250604&utm_source=The+Forward+Association&utm_campaign=56f369aef5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_25_04_22_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-9a85c28f87-273147045</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/HarveyMilk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarveyMilk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a></p>
נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>"When <a href="https://babka.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> Kelsey Osgood listens to the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> of Ruth on <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Shavuot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shavuot</span></a>, the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/biblical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biblical</span></a> narrative has a special resonance for her.</p><p>Osgood, like Ruth, is a <a href="https://babka.social/tags/convert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>convert</span></a> to <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> — and like her ancient predecessor, Osgood’s decision to adopt the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> faith makes for a great story, which she recounts along with six other narratives in her new book, “Godstruck: Seven <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a>’s Unexpected Journeys to <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religious</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Conversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conversion</span></a>.”</p><p>"Especially in my late 20s, in the lead-up to my conversion, I maintained a very romantic view of Ruth’s choice to pledge fealty to Naomi and to journey to <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>; this seemed to me to embody faith in its purest form,” Osgood told The Times of Israel, referring to the famous lines from Ruth 1:16, “Wherever you go, I will follow; wherever you dwell, I will reside. Your people will be my people and your God, my God.”</p><p>But,” she added, “at the same time, I am now and have always been able to read this text with critical/historical perspectives..."</p><p><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-echoes-of-book-of-ruth-author-chronicles-7-womens-remarkable-journeys-to-faith/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">timesofisrael.com/with-echoes-</span><span class="invisible">of-book-of-ruth-author-chronicles-7-womens-remarkable-journeys-to-faith/</span></a></p>
Prism & Pen<p>What could be more authentic than the journey of a trans person? A person who faces adversity and redefines man-made rules to be the person their soul knows them to be? When a trans person honors their identity, that’s Kavanah at its finest.<br><a href="https://medium.com/prismnpen/praying-with-sincerity-or-why-god-loves-trans-people-dd2c19c4b934" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/prismnpen/praying-w</span><span class="invisible">ith-sincerity-or-why-god-loves-trans-people-dd2c19c4b934</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stranger.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p>I ran out of energy towards the end of <a href="https://c.im/tags/ShavuotLive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShavuotLive</span></a> yesterday, so I didn't keep up my running commentary... but because I don't want to forget some of the insights I gained from the experience, I thought I would share some reflections (post metaphorical "mountain top") from the last few hours of the program:</p><p>Hour #17 - I really liked this session by Chava Shapiro called ""G!d, Glitched: Spinoza and the Kabbalists," which served as a good introduction to Baruch <a href="https://c.im/tags/Spinoza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spinoza</span></a>, but also as a reminder of the ways that Spinoza's ideas might motivate us to reconsider what the future of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> might look like.</p><p>Hour #18 - Danya Ruttenberg's session "Resilience Isn't A Solo Project: The Interdependence Lessons From Ruth" was helpful, particularly in how Danya highlighted the choice that Ruth had in insisting to Naomi that, "no, you can't do this alone. I'm not abandoning you." It really is all about inter-dependence.</p><p>Hour #19 - Raye Schiller & Antonia Lassar's session "Why is Gossip Good for the Jews? with the Yenta Podcast" was an absolute riot, illustrating yet again how ANYTHING can be <a href="https://c.im/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torah</span></a>, even stories about <a href="https://c.im/tags/poop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poop</span></a>. (and I'm not kidding about this)</p><p>Hour #20 - I missed this one</p><p>Hour #21 - <a href="https://c.im/tags/ArthurWaskow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArthurWaskow</span></a> (yes, that Arthur Waskow)'s session "The Thunder on the Other Side of Sinai" was too beautiful and too tender to reduce down to a short summary, but I very much want to listen to this one again and to engage with the text he shared with us.</p><p>Hour #22 - I caught only parts of Miriam Terlinchamp's session "Celebrating our 2024-25 Judaism Unbound <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gerim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gerim</span></a> (<a href="https://c.im/tags/Converts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Converts</span></a>/Jews-By-Choice)" but the parts I heard were SO good, and I was very moved by the amazing people who are new Jews thanks to Judaism Unbound's "Judaism Inbound" program.</p><p>Hour #23 - I listened to Dan Libenson's session ("How to Choose Anything: Advice from Moses’s Father-in-Law") while I was biking to the Pride parade in OKC. It was a good listen, but I especially found it interesting that Dan argued that Moshe only followed part of his father-in-law's advice, but not all of it.</p><p>Hour #24 - I got to listen to only part of the final Siyum (closing session) because I was riding my bike in the OKC pride parade with my friends from the The Peace House OK, but this felt meaningful to me because a lot of my own understanding of Queer takes on Torah and Judaism has come by way of the Judaism Unbound podcast.</p><p>All together, I think I heard 17 of the 24 sessions. It was a good <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shavuot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shavuot</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/JudaismUnbound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudaismUnbound</span></a> </p><p>Tagging: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@lexaphus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lexaphus</span></a></span></p>
CoolerPseudonym<p>I'm surprised I haven't seen more discussion of the firebomb attack on Jews in Boulder, CO. </p><p>Didn't even make Mastodon's trending topics</p><p>maybe it didn't really happen</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Boulder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boulder</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/ShavuotLive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShavuotLive</span></a> commentary for hour #16 - I really enjoyed this session from Rena Yehuda Newman, an experiential session called " Comix and Revelation: Drawing Nedarim (Vows) from Sinai"</p><p>My favorite parts of this session was getting to see some some pages of Rena's work, but also getting to do some fast comic making, using super-easy techniques that Rena showed us.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Comix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comix</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torah</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shavuot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shavuot</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a></p>
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