#judaism — Public Fediverse posts

"Fear narrows the field of vision. One of the spiritual tasks of these days is to notice when that is happening — and to lift our eyes farther." #RabbiAlanaAlpert #Tchiyah #RoshHashanah #Judaism #Religion #Spirituality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx4SA358r8Y

I was very young when he passed away, but I knew him and I remember him. He arrived in the US in 1913. I have his fancy kippah (probably bought in the States not all that long ago, but it was his) and a matzoh cloth his wife Bessie, my great-grandmother, embroidered. I knew her too.

I also have a pair of decorated book covers for siddurim that supposedly belonged to *his* grandfather. I can't verify that - he didn't tell me that, I heard that later - but I'm glad to have those, too.

#Judaism

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

Wild thing about cantorial school: learning that SO many prayer melodies are built on bad Hebrew. I used to think this was, like, an ashkenaz vs. sefardi thing, but it's all based in biblical, and the ta'amim are written right there, telling you where the accent falls.

So why is it lehadlik ner shel SHAbbat and not shabbAT? Yiddish accents preferring penultimate stress! I've been singing with an accent for a language I've never spoken, lol.

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#mazeldon #judaism #reformjudaism

Islamophobia is rising – and Britain’s politicians have been dangerously complacent in tackling it | Arun Kundnani https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/14/britain-politicians-complacent-islamophobia-rising-hard-right-politics #Islamophobia #Islam #Religion #Judaism #Race #UkNews

Islamophobia is rising – and Britain’s politicians have been dangerously complacent in tackling it | Arun Kundnani https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/14/britain-politicians-complacent-islamophobia-rising-hard-right-politics #Islamophobia #Islam #Religion #Judaism #Race #UkNews

Islamophobia is rising – and Britain’s politicians have been dangerously complacent in tackling it | Arun Kundnani https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/14/britain-politicians-complacent-islamophobia-rising-hard-right-politics #Islamophobia #Islam #Religion #Judaism #Race #UkNews

Islamophobia is rising – and Britain’s politicians have been dangerously complacent in tackling it | Arun Kundnani https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/14/britain-politicians-complacent-islamophobia-rising-hard-right-politics #Islamophobia #Islam #Religion #Judaism #Race #UkNews

Islamophobia is rising – and Britain’s politicians have been dangerously complacent in tackling it | Arun Kundnani
By Arun Kundnani

Mainstream figures have been enabling anti-Muslim racism, creating the ideal conditions for the rise of hard-right political parties

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/14/britain-politicians-complacent-islamophobia-rising-hard-right-politics

#Islamophobia #Islam #Religion #Judaism #Race #UKnews #TheGuardian #ArunKundnani

Islamophobia is rising – and Britain’s politicians have been dangerously complacent in tackling it | Arun Kundnani
By Arun Kundnani

Mainstream figures have been enabling anti-Muslim racism, creating the ideal conditions for the rise of hard-right political parties

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/14/britain-politicians-complacent-islamophobia-rising-hard-right-politics

#Islamophobia #Islam #Religion #Judaism #Race #UKnews #TheGuardian #ArunKundnani

Islamophobia is rising – and Britain’s politicians have been dangerously complacent in tackling it | Arun Kundnani
By Arun Kundnani

Mainstream figures have been enabling anti-Muslim racism, creating the ideal conditions for the rise of hard-right political parties

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/14/britain-politicians-complacent-islamophobia-rising-hard-right-politics

#Islamophobia #Islam #Religion #Judaism #Race #UKnews #TheGuardian #ArunKundnani

Islamophobia is rising – and Britain’s politicians have been dangerously complacent in tackling it | Arun Kundnani
By Arun Kundnani

Mainstream figures have been enabling anti-Muslim racism, creating the ideal conditions for the rise of hard-right political parties

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/14/britain-politicians-complacent-islamophobia-rising-hard-right-politics

#Islamophobia #Islam #Religion #Judaism #Race #UKnews #TheGuardian #ArunKundnani

From “The Forbidden Question,” (“De verboden vraag”) De Groene Amsterdammer, September 9, 2026, excerpted from Antizionisme: Een Joodse geschiedenis (Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History):

Benjamin Moser describes unlearning #Zionism as “a process of growth, a deconstruction,” comparing it to unlearning a mother tongue.

He writes that Zionism was a recent and contested project, not an ancient or inevitable expression of #Judaism. Anti-Zionism among Jews was older than Zionism; before Herzl, the idea of Jewish return to Palestine was originally Christian, while many Jews saw Zionist nationalism, separatism, and militarism as a step backward.

Rejecting Zionism was not “amputating” part of himself but entering a hidden Jewish tradition that Zionism had suppressed and that Zionism’s escalating cruelty ultimately vindicated. He’s calling for Jewish self-centeredness to end and for Palestinians, “the real victims of Zionism,” to be placed at the center.

Dutch https://www.groene.nl/artikel/de-verboden-vraag

#zionism #judaism #history #bookstodon #benjaminmoser #palestine #gazagenocide #nakba #antiszionism

From “The Forbidden Question,” (“De verboden vraag”) De Groene Amsterdammer, September 9, 2026, excerpted from Antizionisme: Een Joodse geschiedenis (Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History):

Benjamin Moser describes unlearning #Zionism as “a process of growth, a deconstruction,” comparing it to unlearning a mother tongue.

He writes that Zionism was a recent and contested project, not an ancient or inevitable expression of #Judaism. Anti-Zionism among Jews was older than Zionism; before Herzl, the idea of Jewish return to Palestine was originally Christian, while many Jews saw Zionist nationalism, separatism, and militarism as a step backward.

Rejecting Zionism was not “amputating” part of himself but entering a hidden Jewish tradition that Zionism had suppressed and that Zionism’s escalating cruelty ultimately vindicated. He’s calling for Jewish self-centeredness to end and for Palestinians, “the real victims of Zionism,” to be placed at the center.

Dutch https://www.groene.nl/artikel/de-verboden-vraag

#zionism #judaism #history #bookstodon #benjaminmoser #palestine #gazagenocide #nakba #antiszionism

From “The Forbidden Question,” (“De verboden vraag”) De Groene Amsterdammer, September 9, 2026, excerpted from Antizionisme: Een Joodse geschiedenis (Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History):

Benjamin Moser describes unlearning #Zionism as “a process of growth, a deconstruction,” comparing it to unlearning a mother tongue.

He writes that Zionism was a recent and contested project, not an ancient or inevitable expression of #Judaism. Anti-Zionism among Jews was older than Zionism; before Herzl, the idea of Jewish return to Palestine was originally Christian, while many Jews saw Zionist nationalism, separatism, and militarism as a step backward.

Rejecting Zionism was not “amputating” part of himself but entering a hidden Jewish tradition that Zionism had suppressed and that Zionism’s escalating cruelty ultimately vindicated. He’s calling for Jewish self-centeredness to end and for Palestinians, “the real victims of Zionism,” to be placed at the center.

Dutch https://www.groene.nl/artikel/de-verboden-vraag

#zionism #judaism #history #bookstodon #benjaminmoser #palestine #gazagenocide #nakba #antiszionism

From “The Forbidden Question,” (“De verboden vraag”) De Groene Amsterdammer, September 9, 2026, excerpted from Antizionisme: Een Joodse geschiedenis (Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History):

Benjamin Moser describes unlearning #Zionism as “a process of growth, a deconstruction,” comparing it to unlearning a mother tongue.

He writes that Zionism was a recent and contested project, not an ancient or inevitable expression of #Judaism. Anti-Zionism among Jews was older than Zionism; before Herzl, the idea of Jewish return to Palestine was originally Christian, while many Jews saw Zionist nationalism, separatism, and militarism as a step backward.

Rejecting Zionism was not “amputating” part of himself but entering a hidden Jewish tradition that Zionism had suppressed and that Zionism’s escalating cruelty ultimately vindicated. He’s calling for Jewish self-centeredness to end and for Palestinians, “the real victims of Zionism,” to be placed at the center.

Dutch https://www.groene.nl/artikel/de-verboden-vraag

#zionism #judaism #history #bookstodon #benjaminmoser #palestine #gazagenocide #nakba #antiszionism

From “The Forbidden Question,” (“De verboden vraag”) De Groene Amsterdammer, September 9, 2026, excerpted from Antizionisme: Een Joodse geschiedenis (Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History):

Benjamin Moser describes unlearning #Zionism as “a process of growth, a deconstruction,” comparing it to unlearning a mother tongue.

He writes that Zionism was a recent and contested project, not an ancient or inevitable expression of #Judaism. Anti-Zionism among Jews was older than Zionism; before Herzl, the idea of Jewish return to Palestine was originally Christian, while many Jews saw Zionist nationalism, separatism, and militarism as a step backward.

Rejecting Zionism was not “amputating” part of himself but entering a hidden Jewish tradition that Zionism had suppressed and that Zionism’s escalating cruelty ultimately vindicated. He’s calling for Jewish self-centeredness to end and for Palestinians, “the real victims of Zionism,” to be placed at the center.

Dutch https://www.groene.nl/artikel/de-verboden-vraag

#zionism #judaism #history #bookstodon #benjaminmoser #palestine #gazagenocide #nakba #antiszionism

I had too much time on my hands this morning. I know only 2% of one city will understand but let’s talk about Rosh Hashanah in Pittsburgh https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP83HmtWy/ #pittsburgh #judaism #IfJewKnowJewKnow #yinzer

Sailing the Adriatic Sea on the Celestyal Journey https://www.byteseu.com/2362394/ #Croatia #Greece #Italy #JewishHistory #Judaism #Montenegro #TheBalkans #Travel

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

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#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #candlelighting #Israel #Judaism #Shabbat #shabbattimes
https://www.newsbeep.com/727411/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/287736/ Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US #CandleLighting #Israel #Judaism #Shabbat #ShabbatTimes

Lewis Larsson, John D. Whiting, 1917.

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c2e5a7a0-b4bc-4534-bc80-b49691c93ccb

#judaism #mountains #stereographs #religion #israel #holyland #rituals #hebrew #palestine #sacrifice #bible #photography #art #publicdomain

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/JudaismSee Shabbat candle lighting times for…
#Israel #News #Candlelighting #jerusalem #Judaism #Shabbat #shabbattimes
https://www.europesays.com/3232315/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/277812/ Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US #CandleLighting #Israel #Judaism #Shabbat #ShabbatTimes

Israel must give Ethiopian Israelis a bigger role in politics and at the UN

For generations, in the highlands of East Africa between the Blue Nile basin and the Red Sea world,…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #christians #EthiopianJews #ethiopianjewsinisrael #famousjewishpeople #generalassembly #Israel #israelipolitics #Judaism #muslims #Opinion #Sigd #UnitedNations #UNSC #USPolitics #zionism
https://www.newsbeep.com/712314/

Priya Parker, author of The Art of Fighting, helps us learn how to fight with the people we want to belong to, and to hold the space that happens even before repair. How do we stay in relationship around issues that matter while confronting real differences; harm; fear; urgency; and power?

Register: https://www.mobilize.us/educateus/event/970706/

#Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #Activism #Community #TikkunOlam

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

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#Israel #News #Candlelighting #jerusalem #Judaism #Shabbat #shabbattimes
https://www.europesays.com/3206845/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/258765/ Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US #CandleLighting #Israel #Judaism #Shabbat #ShabbatTimes

From Mayyim Hayyim:
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#Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #TikkunOlam

"In a townhouse in #Greenpoint, #Brooklyn, a gathering for #TuBAv was underway. There was chanting and breathwork, singing and ceremony. Several Brooklyn-based #Jewish communities, including Temple of the Stranger and Lab/ #Shul, had come together for the experience.

These vibes are usually associated with Eastern traditions, paganism or indigenous American practices; most Westerners who want that form of spirituality go looking for it at Buddhist meditation centers or ayahuasca retreats, forms of engagement more often associated with the 1960s or ’70s #counterculture movement than with a #synagogue.

But a group of #rabbis, leaders and #spiritual seekers believe drum circles, chanting, #meditation and #mysticism are, in fact, just as core to #Judaism as any #rabbinic text — a sort of lost magic that has impeded vibrant, direct spiritual experience."

https://forward.com/culture/845078/ivri-judaism-jewish-ritual-practice-mysticism-spirituality/

From Keshet:
All of us at Keshet know first-hand how life-changing these resources can be, which is why we spent time this summer curating a slate of Back to School resources to provide support for educators and students in public schools, Jewish day schools, preschools, and supplementary religious schools.

Resources: https://www.keshetonline.org/back-to-school-2026/

#Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #LGBTQ #TikkunOlam

Lilith is your portal between Jewish feminists from different generations, ages, places, identities, and politics—an empathy machine that reminds us that we each have our own stories, rituals, loves and secrets.

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Cute pronoun buttons in a variety of prounouns and colors from the Rabbinical Assembly Bookstore: https://www.rabookstore.org/products/hebrew-pronoun-buttons-by-exploring-judaism

They also have prayer books and all that for those who will be following conservative services online at home.

#Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #TikkunOlam

From Pardes:
https://pardes.org.il/2026/08/a-jewish-odyssey/

#Mazeldon #Judaism #Jewish #Teshuvah

A powerful new resource for understanding the diverse, contested history of religion in the United States

#religion #judaism #christianity #buddhism #hinduism #daoism #islam #usa #confucianism #history

https://www.undergods.org/

I've written a blog post entitled "Why I (a Bicentennial baby) have complicated feelings about patriotism, the flag, and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence"

Here are the opening paragraphs:

I decide to write this blog post partly as a message to my future self (so I can remember what this moment was like), but also because I know others are feeling this tension, but might be nervous to express how they are feeling.

I was born in June 1976, only a month before the US Bicentennial, so I was brought up in a patriotic world. And I grew up in Oklahoma, in a context that was saturated in patriotic ideology. But today at age 50, I sadly see things very differently and in some ways I’m grieving this change.

I think it is time to unpack why I’m feeling grief at this moment. . .

https://jmb.mx/blog/2026/06/30/why-i-a-bicentennial-baby-have-complicated-feelings-about-patriotism-the-flag-and-the-250th-anniversary-of-the-declaration-of-independence/

#USA250 #Teshuvah #Patriotism #Mennonite #Judaism #Nationalism #USA

Judeo-Christian :fozzie_wocka_wocka:

"Among the many #faiths practiced by millions of #Texas #students, a new statewide required #reading list that includes #biblical passages draws from just two traditions: #Protestant #Christianity and #Judaism.

Yet Texas #rabbis say #Jews had no role in shaping how #Judaism appears in the #curriculum, and they disagree with how the lone #Jewish text is presented. Rather than teaching about Judaism on its own terms, they argue, the lessons filter Jewish texts through a #Christian perspective.

The #readinglist, which is expected to go into effect in 2030, will have #publicschool students across the state reading passages from the #NewTestament and mostly Christian #translations of the #Hebrew Bible alongside #literary classics. Of the curriculum’s six #HebrewBible readings, just one uses a Jewish #translation."

https://forward.com/news/834539/texas-bible-curriculum/

From NCJW: As rabbis and Jewish clergy, you are often the first person someone turns to during moments both big and small, when they’re looking for a thoughtful listener or seeking words of advice or encouragement. Yet some of us may not feel fully equipped to offer the unconditional, informed, and judgment-free support that our communities deserve.

That's why we're inviting you to join us for All Options for Pregnancy Support, a pastoral care training series designed to equip Jewish clergy with the tools needed to support people navigating decisions around pregnancy options — including abortion, parenting, adoption, medical circumstances, and more.

The training takes place over three Zoom sessions:
- Wednesday, August 12 | 1:00 –5:00 pm ET (4 hours)
- Wednesday, August 19 | 1:00–5:00 pm ET (4 hours)
- Wednesday, August 26 | 1:00–2:30 pm ET (90 minutes)

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#Mazeldon #Judaism #Jewish #TikkunOlam

From Beit Avi Chai:
“We need to shift our relationship to the Three Weeks. Rather than thinking about them as simply three weeks of mourning, it’s a chance for us to draw meaning from our historical tragedies and use it as an opportunity to reflect on today’s challenges.”

Read the Article: https://www.bac.org.il/en/blog/?postID=25540

#Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #TikkunOlam #TishaBAv

This piece of 19th-century Ukrainian history shows how attainable visibly trans-affirming Jewish spaces really are.

Read the Article: https://www.heyalma.com/the-uplifting-story-of-berel-beyle-the-trans-jewish-man-accepted-by-his-shtetl/

#Mazeldon #Judaism #Jewish #JewishHistory #TikkunOlam

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Preparing the carcass (1917) by Lewis Larsson, John D. Whiting.

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/075b6c1e-67fe-49b7-9f17-5695bed8bdff

#judaism #mountains #stereographs #religion #israel #holy-land #rituals #cooking #hebrew #holidays #palestine #sacrifice #bible #art #publicdomain

#Trump is from #Queens, but he is unaware of #pluralistic #religious traditions in #Flushing ranging from #Hindu temples to #historic #Quaker meeting house my #YouTube #video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg-KRkdiSYU #religion #judaism #church #synagogue #food #chinatown #pastry #tea #dessert #malaysia #christianity

We seem to be having a lot of difficulty telling the difference between #religion and #nationality. It's not hard:

#Islam, #Judaism and #Christianity are religions.

#Israeli, British or #Iranian are nationalities.

Don't use "Muslim" as a nationality; it isn't one. Neither is "Jewish".

There, that's much clearer, isn't it? 👍 😀

The Blogs: To Settle Lebanon | Jordan Himel

For Israel to settle Lebanon is to further destroy any hope we can hold for peace. Prospects for…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #'ChangeGovernment' #AbrahamAccords #breakingnews #Chabad #Hezbollah #Iran #Islam #Israel #IsraelatWar #ItamarBen-Gvir #Judaism #Lebanon #likudparty #ReligiousZionismParty #ShasParty #TheRabbinate #TikkunOlam #UTJUnitedTorahJudaismParty
https://www.newsbeep.com/455593/

Heating water for the sacrifice (1917) by Lewis Larsson, John D. Whiting.

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8bb33a98-2e04-4cc7-af54-535ba71e2e51

#judaism #mountains #stereographs #religion #israel #holy-land #rituals #hebrew #palestine #sacrifice #bible #art #publicdomain

Jesus hates small business 😭

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1856740/jesus-hates-small-business

Registration open now for dates throughout Winter/Spring 2026: https://shivacircle.org/trainings  
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On the way to the sacred places on the mountain (1917) by Lewis Larsson, John D. Whiting.

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ce520045-4d44-460d-b9ac-ef3dab8291a5

#judaism #mountains #stereographs #religion #israel #holy-land #rituals #hebrew #holidays #palestine #sacrifice #bible #art #publicdomain

@heidilifeldman
One of the few things I remember from my youth in Hebrew School is #TikkunOlam. I have tried, in my small way, to adhere to this. Let's make the world a better place!
#judaism

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3700275/jewish/What-Is-Tikkun-Olam.htm