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דער קערפער פֿון השם @[email protected] · 2026-09-07 · 13:37 UTC

Ώπα! 💣

"A #Melbourne #Greek #restaurant has rejected online hate and a #bomb threat after hosting a joint #Jewish-Greek cultural evening.

On #Facebook, the owner insists it will keep bringing the communities together. Last Friday the #MediterraneanGreekTavern in #Elsternwick staged a night that mixed the two traditions.

Guests dressed in white, #challah sat beside Greek dishes, prayers were said, and a #bouzouki band played #HavaNagila alongside music from #ZorbatheGreek.

The dinner marked six months of #Shabbat Club #Australia.

[...]

Earlier nights have been held at other Melbourne spots. Friday’s larger gathering had a long waiting list.

The next day the restaurant posted warmly about the young crowd. Supportive replies came first, then a surge of abuse via #socialmedia.

Commenters called the hosts sell-outs, accused them of supporting “#genocide killers,” urged that #Jews be #deported, and one reportedly openly called for the tavern to be #bombed."

https://www.jwire.com.au/greek-tavern-reportedly-faces-bomb-threat/

#melbourne #greek #restaurant #bomb #jewish #facebook

Dining & Cooking @[email protected] · 2026-09-07 · 08:23 UTC

Greek Tavern Reportedly Faces Bomb Threat Response – J-Wire https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/23428/ #antisemitism #Australia #bomb #Facebook #GreekRestaurant #GreekRestaurants #GreekTaverna #GreekTavernas #jewish #JewishCommunity #melbourne #OnlineHate #RoyalCommission #shabbat

#antisemitism #australia #bomb #facebook #greekrestaurant #greekrestaurants

ERROR 404 ▼ @[email protected] · 2026-09-05 · 12:20 UTC

⭕Les terroristes #Israéliens déployés à #Gaza à travers le #Shabbat célèbrent en apportant des boissons alcoolisées et de #l'arak pour tenir un dîner de #Shabbat approprié le long de la soi-disant ligne jaune de #Gaza.

#Israel-Genocide-Tracker

#israeliens #gaza #shabbat #larak #israelgenocidetracker

ERROR 404 ▼ @[email protected] · 2026-09-05 · 12:20 UTC

⭕Les terroristes #Israéliens déployés à #Gaza à travers le #Shabbat célèbrent en apportant des boissons alcoolisées et de #l'arak pour tenir un dîner de #Shabbat approprié le long de la soi-disant ligne jaune de #Gaza.

#Israel-Genocide-Tracker

#israeliens #gaza #shabbat #larak #israelgenocidetracker

ERROR 404 ▼ @[email protected] · 2026-09-05 · 12:20 UTC

⭕Les terroristes #Israéliens déployés à #Gaza à travers le #Shabbat célèbrent en apportant des boissons alcoolisées et de #l'arak pour tenir un dîner de #Shabbat approprié le long de la soi-disant ligne jaune de #Gaza.

#Israel-Genocide-Tracker

#israelgenocidetracker #larak #shabbat #gaza #israeliens

The Skeptic's Kaddish @[email protected] · 2026-08-16 · 07:51 UTC

New candlesticks, or: My counter

A Sijo

new candlesticks on my counter
small gold birds in Friday dusk;
two wicks catch beneath the match
the old words come too easily;
alone, I sanctify Shabbat
somehow, I've begun again.

W3 poetry prompt

For this week’s W3, I invite all of us to write a poem about doing something familiar under changed circumstances so that it feels like a first time again.

Sijo?

A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!