#shalom — Public Fediverse posts

I meant to share this at the start of the new year, and then the days got away from me.

Which turns out to be fitting, because the word I chose is not one that expires.

My word for this year is shalom. Peace and here is what most people do not know about it. Shalom does not only mean peace the way English means it, the absence of fighting. The root carries the idea of wholeness. Something complete, with nothing missing. That is why we use the same word to greet someone and to say goodbye. We are not just wishing quiet on them. We are wishing them whole.

I do not need to tell you why I chose it this year.

But I want to say clearly that I did not choose it as a wish for something far away and political. I chose it for the smaller version too. Peace in a home. Peace in a body that has been through things. Peace between two people who stopped speaking. The kind you can actually build.

So a few days late, and no less sincere: shalom. May this year bring you the whole version.

#Hebrew #Shalom

I meant to share this at the start of the new year, and then the days got away from me.

Which turns out to be fitting, because the word I chose is not one that expires.

My word for this year is shalom. Peace and here is what most people do not know about it. Shalom does not only mean peace the way English means it, the absence of fighting. The root carries the idea of wholeness. Something complete, with nothing missing. That is why we use the same word to greet someone and to say goodbye. We are not just wishing quiet on them. We are wishing them whole.

I do not need to tell you why I chose it this year.

But I want to say clearly that I did not choose it as a wish for something far away and political. I chose it for the smaller version too. Peace in a home. Peace in a body that has been through things. Peace between two people who stopped speaking. The kind you can actually build.

So a few days late, and no less sincere: shalom. May this year bring you the whole version.

#Hebrew #Shalom

I meant to share this at the start of the new year, and then the days got away from me.

Which turns out to be fitting, because the word I chose is not one that expires.

My word for this year is shalom. Peace and here is what most people do not know about it. Shalom does not only mean peace the way English means it, the absence of fighting. The root carries the idea of wholeness. Something complete, with nothing missing. That is why we use the same word to greet someone and to say goodbye. We are not just wishing quiet on them. We are wishing them whole.

I do not need to tell you why I chose it this year.

But I want to say clearly that I did not choose it as a wish for something far away and political. I chose it for the smaller version too. Peace in a home. Peace in a body that has been through things. Peace between two people who stopped speaking. The kind you can actually build.

So a few days late, and no less sincere: shalom. May this year bring you the whole version.

#Hebrew #Shalom

I meant to share this at the start of the new year, and then the days got away from me.

Which turns out to be fitting, because the word I chose is not one that expires.

My word for this year is shalom. Peace and here is what most people do not know about it. Shalom does not only mean peace the way English means it, the absence of fighting. The root carries the idea of wholeness. Something complete, with nothing missing. That is why we use the same word to greet someone and to say goodbye. We are not just wishing quiet on them. We are wishing them whole.

I do not need to tell you why I chose it this year.

But I want to say clearly that I did not choose it as a wish for something far away and political. I chose it for the smaller version too. Peace in a home. Peace in a body that has been through things. Peace between two people who stopped speaking. The kind you can actually build.

So a few days late, and no less sincere: shalom. May this year bring you the whole version.

#Hebrew #Shalom

I meant to share this at the start of the new year, and then the days got away from me.

Which turns out to be fitting, because the word I chose is not one that expires.

My word for this year is shalom. Peace and here is what most people do not know about it. Shalom does not only mean peace the way English means it, the absence of fighting. The root carries the idea of wholeness. Something complete, with nothing missing. That is why we use the same word to greet someone and to say goodbye. We are not just wishing quiet on them. We are wishing them whole.

I do not need to tell you why I chose it this year.

But I want to say clearly that I did not choose it as a wish for something far away and political. I chose it for the smaller version too. Peace in a home. Peace in a body that has been through things. Peace between two people who stopped speaking. The kind you can actually build.

So a few days late, and no less sincere: shalom. May this year bring you the whole version.

#Hebrew #Shalom

https://jewishcoproject.org/2025/08/13/history-1989-statement-by-south-african-jewish-cos/

Sharing this important snapshot of Jewish history, a statement signed by 23 South African Jewish conscientious objectors during the days of apartheid.

Excerpt: NATIONAL JEWISH CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS STATEMENT.

Without coercion, influence, and of our own free will and conscience; we, individual members of the Jewish community, have adopted the following stance:

As Jews, members of a people who possess a religious tradition of social justice and who have endured a history of oppression, we have resolved not to serve in the South African Defence Force. South African society is founded on a system of racial inequality and discrimination, rejected by the majority of its people. The SADF plays a role in maintaining the universally condemned system of apartheid. We regard the system of apartheid as working against the interests of the people of South Africa and in obstructing peaceful development in the region. The SADF’s ongoing destabilisation of the Frontline states, its role in South Africa’s black townships and the general militarisation of South African society are also particularly worrying to us. Our opposition to being conscripted into the SADF is based on our Jewish identity which consists of religious, historical, and cultural elements. Jewish sensitivity and consciousness, born out of oppression in the form of ghettos, pogroms, inquisitions, expulsions and the unique suffering of the holocaust; when combined with our religious and traditional longing for a just society, demand the active pursuit of peace and the elimination of all forms of injustice and racism.

“One who has the opportunity to protest against evil and remains indifferent is deemed culpable by G-d“
(Shmot Rabba 1:2)

We see our objection to serving in the SADF as an expression of our Jewish faith and heritage, and as loyal to the majority of South Africans. We wish to make a constructive and peaceful contribution to South Africa’s future in the interests of all its people.

There are very limited options open to those opposed to conscription. We therefore call for alternatives to be made
available. We believe that non-punitive, constructive community service provides such a concrete alternative to military service. In this way, national service will become beneficial to the entire South African community.

We stand in solidarity with Jewish objectors Dave Bruce and Saul Batzofin and other imprisoned conscientious objectors and call for their immediate release.

Signed by 33 Jewish conscientious objectors, in Johannesburg and
in Cape Town. 21 September 1989.

#ConscientiousObjection #Judaism #SouthAfrica #Apartheid #Mazeldon #Peace #Shalom #ShalomSalaam #Consciption #Draft #MilitaryDraft

https://jewishcoproject.org/2025/08/13/history-1989-statement-by-south-african-jewish-cos/

Sharing this important snapshot of Jewish history, a statement signed by 23 South African Jewish conscientious objectors during the days of apartheid.

Excerpt: NATIONAL JEWISH CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS STATEMENT.

Without coercion, influence, and of our own free will and conscience; we, individual members of the Jewish community, have adopted the following stance:

As Jews, members of a people who possess a religious tradition of social justice and who have endured a history of oppression, we have resolved not to serve in the South African Defence Force. South African society is founded on a system of racial inequality and discrimination, rejected by the majority of its people. The SADF plays a role in maintaining the universally condemned system of apartheid. We regard the system of apartheid as working against the interests of the people of South Africa and in obstructing peaceful development in the region. The SADF’s ongoing destabilisation of the Frontline states, its role in South Africa’s black townships and the general militarisation of South African society are also particularly worrying to us. Our opposition to being conscripted into the SADF is based on our Jewish identity which consists of religious, historical, and cultural elements. Jewish sensitivity and consciousness, born out of oppression in the form of ghettos, pogroms, inquisitions, expulsions and the unique suffering of the holocaust; when combined with our religious and traditional longing for a just society, demand the active pursuit of peace and the elimination of all forms of injustice and racism.

“One who has the opportunity to protest against evil and remains indifferent is deemed culpable by G-d“
(Shmot Rabba 1:2)

We see our objection to serving in the SADF as an expression of our Jewish faith and heritage, and as loyal to the majority of South Africans. We wish to make a constructive and peaceful contribution to South Africa’s future in the interests of all its people.

There are very limited options open to those opposed to conscription. We therefore call for alternatives to be made
available. We believe that non-punitive, constructive community service provides such a concrete alternative to military service. In this way, national service will become beneficial to the entire South African community.

We stand in solidarity with Jewish objectors Dave Bruce and Saul Batzofin and other imprisoned conscientious objectors and call for their immediate release.

Signed by 33 Jewish conscientious objectors, in Johannesburg and
in Cape Town. 21 September 1989.

#ConscientiousObjection #Judaism #SouthAfrica #Apartheid #Mazeldon #Peace #Shalom #ShalomSalaam #Consciption #Draft #MilitaryDraft

https://jewishcoproject.org/2025/08/13/history-1989-statement-by-south-african-jewish-cos/

Sharing this important snapshot of Jewish history, a statement signed by 23 South African Jewish conscientious objectors during the days of apartheid.

Excerpt: NATIONAL JEWISH CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS STATEMENT.

Without coercion, influence, and of our own free will and conscience; we, individual members of the Jewish community, have adopted the following stance:

As Jews, members of a people who possess a religious tradition of social justice and who have endured a history of oppression, we have resolved not to serve in the South African Defence Force. South African society is founded on a system of racial inequality and discrimination, rejected by the majority of its people. The SADF plays a role in maintaining the universally condemned system of apartheid. We regard the system of apartheid as working against the interests of the people of South Africa and in obstructing peaceful development in the region. The SADF’s ongoing destabilisation of the Frontline states, its role in South Africa’s black townships and the general militarisation of South African society are also particularly worrying to us. Our opposition to being conscripted into the SADF is based on our Jewish identity which consists of religious, historical, and cultural elements. Jewish sensitivity and consciousness, born out of oppression in the form of ghettos, pogroms, inquisitions, expulsions and the unique suffering of the holocaust; when combined with our religious and traditional longing for a just society, demand the active pursuit of peace and the elimination of all forms of injustice and racism.

“One who has the opportunity to protest against evil and remains indifferent is deemed culpable by G-d“
(Shmot Rabba 1:2)

We see our objection to serving in the SADF as an expression of our Jewish faith and heritage, and as loyal to the majority of South Africans. We wish to make a constructive and peaceful contribution to South Africa’s future in the interests of all its people.

There are very limited options open to those opposed to conscription. We therefore call for alternatives to be made
available. We believe that non-punitive, constructive community service provides such a concrete alternative to military service. In this way, national service will become beneficial to the entire South African community.

We stand in solidarity with Jewish objectors Dave Bruce and Saul Batzofin and other imprisoned conscientious objectors and call for their immediate release.

Signed by 33 Jewish conscientious objectors, in Johannesburg and
in Cape Town. 21 September 1989.

#ConscientiousObjection #Judaism #SouthAfrica #Apartheid #Mazeldon #Peace #Shalom #ShalomSalaam #Consciption #Draft #MilitaryDraft

https://jewishcoproject.org/2025/08/13/history-1989-statement-by-south-african-jewish-cos/

Sharing this important snapshot of Jewish history, a statement signed by 23 South African Jewish conscientious objectors during the days of apartheid.

Excerpt: NATIONAL JEWISH CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS STATEMENT.

Without coercion, influence, and of our own free will and conscience; we, individual members of the Jewish community, have adopted the following stance:

As Jews, members of a people who possess a religious tradition of social justice and who have endured a history of oppression, we have resolved not to serve in the South African Defence Force. South African society is founded on a system of racial inequality and discrimination, rejected by the majority of its people. The SADF plays a role in maintaining the universally condemned system of apartheid. We regard the system of apartheid as working against the interests of the people of South Africa and in obstructing peaceful development in the region. The SADF’s ongoing destabilisation of the Frontline states, its role in South Africa’s black townships and the general militarisation of South African society are also particularly worrying to us. Our opposition to being conscripted into the SADF is based on our Jewish identity which consists of religious, historical, and cultural elements. Jewish sensitivity and consciousness, born out of oppression in the form of ghettos, pogroms, inquisitions, expulsions and the unique suffering of the holocaust; when combined with our religious and traditional longing for a just society, demand the active pursuit of peace and the elimination of all forms of injustice and racism.

“One who has the opportunity to protest against evil and remains indifferent is deemed culpable by G-d“
(Shmot Rabba 1:2)

We see our objection to serving in the SADF as an expression of our Jewish faith and heritage, and as loyal to the majority of South Africans. We wish to make a constructive and peaceful contribution to South Africa’s future in the interests of all its people.

There are very limited options open to those opposed to conscription. We therefore call for alternatives to be made
available. We believe that non-punitive, constructive community service provides such a concrete alternative to military service. In this way, national service will become beneficial to the entire South African community.

We stand in solidarity with Jewish objectors Dave Bruce and Saul Batzofin and other imprisoned conscientious objectors and call for their immediate release.

Signed by 33 Jewish conscientious objectors, in Johannesburg and
in Cape Town. 21 September 1989.

#ConscientiousObjection #Judaism #SouthAfrica #Apartheid #Mazeldon #Peace #Shalom #ShalomSalaam #Consciption #Draft #MilitaryDraft

https://jewishcoproject.org/2025/08/13/history-1989-statement-by-south-african-jewish-cos/

Sharing this important snapshot of Jewish history, a statement signed by 23 South African Jewish conscientious objectors during the days of apartheid.

Excerpt: NATIONAL JEWISH CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS STATEMENT.

Without coercion, influence, and of our own free will and conscience; we, individual members of the Jewish community, have adopted the following stance:

As Jews, members of a people who possess a religious tradition of social justice and who have endured a history of oppression, we have resolved not to serve in the South African Defence Force. South African society is founded on a system of racial inequality and discrimination, rejected by the majority of its people. The SADF plays a role in maintaining the universally condemned system of apartheid. We regard the system of apartheid as working against the interests of the people of South Africa and in obstructing peaceful development in the region. The SADF’s ongoing destabilisation of the Frontline states, its role in South Africa’s black townships and the general militarisation of South African society are also particularly worrying to us. Our opposition to being conscripted into the SADF is based on our Jewish identity which consists of religious, historical, and cultural elements. Jewish sensitivity and consciousness, born out of oppression in the form of ghettos, pogroms, inquisitions, expulsions and the unique suffering of the holocaust; when combined with our religious and traditional longing for a just society, demand the active pursuit of peace and the elimination of all forms of injustice and racism.

“One who has the opportunity to protest against evil and remains indifferent is deemed culpable by G-d“
(Shmot Rabba 1:2)

We see our objection to serving in the SADF as an expression of our Jewish faith and heritage, and as loyal to the majority of South Africans. We wish to make a constructive and peaceful contribution to South Africa’s future in the interests of all its people.

There are very limited options open to those opposed to conscription. We therefore call for alternatives to be made
available. We believe that non-punitive, constructive community service provides such a concrete alternative to military service. In this way, national service will become beneficial to the entire South African community.

We stand in solidarity with Jewish objectors Dave Bruce and Saul Batzofin and other imprisoned conscientious objectors and call for their immediate release.

Signed by 33 Jewish conscientious objectors, in Johannesburg and
in Cape Town. 21 September 1989.

#ConscientiousObjection #Judaism #SouthAfrica #Apartheid #Mazeldon #Peace #Shalom #ShalomSalaam #Consciption #Draft #MilitaryDraft

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