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[fromgoy2joy]

My soul is calling out for Hashem and noodles. I truly understand the angst of the Israelites as they left Egypt.

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[bubbbeleh]

hi! hope this is an OK ask and I don’t mind if this gets posted for others to see links or if you’d prefer to message me privately, I’m trying to do my own research but struggling to find solid sources and not sure if I’m using the right keywords, I saw a post of yours that said JVP has platformed a known anti-semite (I’m reading up about Amin al-Husseini now to learn more about him) and that they are generally not a positive representation for the Jewish community. I’ve followed them on Instagram for a few years with very little interactions with their posts but have definitely taken in what they’ve shared from time to time and thought of them as a positive source. Are you able to send me any helpful articles/essays/posts or just whatever about why they aren’t and do you have any recommendations for other organisations and groups to support? thank you :)

hi! sorry for the long delay. i hope youre still doing your own research and aren’t relying on social media for news. i want to preface this by saying that i'm not in the US or in an area where JVP is active (that I know of) so there are definitely other people who know more about this.

JVP is a *fringe* organisation, self proclaimed jewish anti-zionists and everyone's favourite group to point to when trying to argue that anti-zionism =/= antisemitism.

unfortunately, they have a long history of promoting antisemitism. here are a few examples:

As for organisations to recommend: all of my amazing jewish mutuals have shared resources on standing together, the parents circle, truah and combatants for peace, just to name a few.

these are grassroots organisations, at heart working towards a peaceful solution for both israelis and palestinians, demanding a ceasefire, the return of the hostages and the end of war and violence. neither group is going anywhere and every single person deserves to live in peace. something that both hamas and the current israeli government have in common is that they do not want peace for everyone.

please continue to do your own research, check your sources and remember that seeing everyone as human is the first step in the right direction.

also quick shoutout to @fromgoy2joy for helping me find comprehensive lists

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[fromgoy2joy]

So pro tip that comes from absolutely no firsthand experience-

If you are surrounded by antisemetic protesters yelling for an intifada and for Zionists to kill themselves, and they’re closing in on you- start singing Daiyenu very loudly. Slap your knees, belt the words “Dai-Dai-Daiyenu! Dai-Dai-Daiyenu! Daiyenu!”

It’s very easy to get into that rythym, feel that happiness and strength and to make the crowd think you’re strong. Because you are strong. What G-d has given us, it’s enough.

Again - totally not firsthand experience whatsoever.

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[fromgoy2joy]

My absolute favorite part about keeping kosher for Passover is scanning the list of ingredients for yeast extract or nuts if you keep kitniyot, and then being horrified by all the chemicals you're putting into your body.

"what the hell is carcinogens-are-us doing in my slushee!? What is toxic-radiation-fun-time in this cheese for??"

Then completely forgetting about that the second you figure out it doesn't have anything you're avoiding.

"I guess I can have I-am-poison-incarnate- no nuts, corn syrup, yeast extract or all that other problematic stuff. This concoction of synthetic chemical compounds might start the next pandemic, but a girl's gotta eat!"

PS- ofc get the kosher for passover certification if you can, but this is about a bunch of college students at 7/11 at 1 AM, STRUGGLING.

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[fromgoy2joy]

My community and I are constantly attacked, and numerous times, I've had to go through the pains of submitting complaints of antisemitism to an uncaring university report system.

But!!! on the bright side!! In all the forms, I'm referred to as a Jewish student, which makes me so happy!!

Look to the positivity!!

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[fromgoy2joy]

500 followers!!!

I just hit 500 followers ( plus six! ) on this account and I'm so glad you've found joy in what I have to say.

(hahah get it, I said Joy.)

But really, it is very cool you guys think I'm cool enough on my little corner of the internet. And I'm sure the followers who have known me for quite a while will be very relieved that there are more people to yell at me to eat better.

This is a jewish community after all...

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[fromgoy2joy]

I hope you don't mind me saying, but I'm really excited for the day you get to be a Jewish blog instead of just Jewish-adjacent. You're gonna be a great Jew.

This is so sweet and I’ve been staring at this in my inbox for several weeks. Thank you so so so much

This has been sustaining me in these difficult times.

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[fromgoy2joy]

I sat next to the protest today.

I wrote fan-fiction about two gay jewish dads raising children to the play list of the chant- "No peace on stolen land!" on an American college campus. It isn't a name brand one either, nor does it have any legitimate ties to Israel. The anger is just there- it has rotten these future doctors, nurses, teachers, and members of society.

I don't even know what to call their demonstration- it was a tizzy of a Jew hatred affair. At points, there were empathetic statements about Gazans and their suffering. Then outright support of Hamas and violent resistance against all colonizers. Then this bizarre fixation on antisemitism while explaining the globalists are behind everything.

"Antisemitism doesn't exist. Not in the modern day," A professor gloated over a microphone in front of the library. "It's a weaponized concept, that's prevents us from getting actual places- ignore anyone who tells you otherwise."

"How can we be antisemitic?" A pasty white girl wearing a red Jordanian keffiyeh gloats five minutes later. "Palestinians are the actual semites."

"there is only one solution!" The crowd of over 50 students and faculty cried, over and over.

"Been there, done that," I thought, then added a reference to a mezuza in the fourth paragraph.

Two other Jewish students passed where I was parked out, hunching and trying to be as innocuous as possible. We laughed together at my predicament, where I am willingly hearing this bullshit and feeling so amused by this.

"Am I crazy? For sitting here?" I asked them. My friends shook their heads.

"We did the same last week- it's an amazing experience, isn't it?”

We all cackled hysterically again. They left to study for finals. Two minutes later, I learned from the current speaker that “Zionism” is behind everything bad in this world.

Forty-five minutes in, a boy I recognized joined me on my lonely bench. He came from a very secular Jewish family and had joined Hillel recently to learn more about his culture. His first Seder was two nights ago.

He sat next to me, heavy like the weight of the world was on his shoulders. There was just this despondent look on his face. I couldn’t describe it anyone else, but just sheer hopelessness personified.

“They hate us. I can’t believe how much they hate us.” He said in greeting.

And for the first time all day, I had no snarky response or glib. All I could do was stare out into the crowd, and sigh.

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[fromgoy2joy]

Y'all are not doing "dogwhistles" of antisemitism. You're playing the trombone of Jew-hate in a jazz band, with a quality the local middle school's music department would be ashamed of.

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[fromgoy2joy]

I’m still nearly crying laughing from this interaction that happened yesterday.

I wore my Magen David in French lecture. It is 8:30 in the morning. I sat down next to this random girl that I’d never really seen before.

She looks at me for 0.7 seconds before starting to avidly sketch palestenian flags on her notes for the next hour and a half. Like pages and pages of the symbol, glancing at me the entire time.

Whoaaa, you really showed me up. I’m deeply offended and don’t know what to do with myself ! Help! I’m meeeeelting! The supposed Zionism in me is burning!!

Like I have no opinions on that flag. No grudge or resentment. But what makes someone go angry bird attack mode when seeing a symbol that’s Jewish adjacent?

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[fromgoy2joy]

99.96 percent of the year when I go to a museum: oh my gosh! Egyptian artefacts . What a complex society. Love their things with cats!

Me in the two week lead up to Pesach, staring daggers at random pharaoh 8,789’s bust, gripping the visitor’s guide in my hand: oh you fuckers.

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[fromgoy2joy]

I forgot the name of Maimonides-

So I searched up "Jewish philosopher with opinions" and he was the first result.

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[fromgoy2joy]

This has been said before, but the once striving community that was Jewish Tumblr is a ghost town. I scroll past blogs that have been empty since November 2023. Stupid jokes I post get barely any interaction, abnormally low compared to even just a few months ago. Everyday, I have a mutual message me “hey, it’s gotten too bad on here, I’m deleting this app for my sanity. Here’s my discord to keep in contact-“

And.. all I can think about is how isolating it is. How I post funny little anecdotes that won’t reach people now because they’ve been chased off a platform they’ve probably been on since early teen-hood. It’s not about likes or reblog on my stupid little account here. The rampant unquestioned antisemitism enforced as a near-law on this site is abysmal and should terrify all of us.

What happens? After they take our voices and stomp on it, uncaring? Chase us off one of the most social justice oriented platforms there is? What is this a sign of what’s to come?

And most of us- most of us know the answer to that.

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[fromgoy2joy]

I recently learnt that the 39 things not permitted on Shabbat are exactly the tasks the Israelites performed as they were building the tabernacle at the base of Mount Sinai. Which, to me? Hilarious.

I’m getting the visual of the Israelites being really hype enthusiastic overachievers who are chewing on the time accurate equivalent of coffee beans to get their project in. They're getting the curtains ready, their gold, their dolphin skins (or ancient middle eastern marine mammal equivalent of )- they're going haywire with the preparations-

and G-D putting his hands up.

“Timeout! Timeout!”

everyone freezes-

"Hey- I really appreciate it. I do. Super grateful for the hard work. But I think I’m going to mandate a rest day for you from all this stuff. You know how you haven't been eating or sleeping? Okay here's 25 hours where that's all you can do. Don't even think about picking up that hammer, Mendel!"

One brave Israelite raises his hand from the crowd. "Can we still.. argue?"

"Yes."

then a moment of consideration.

"But only if snacks are provided."

(inspired by a conversation with @daughterofstories )

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[fromgoy2joy]

I have been… biting my tongue from saying things. 

Partially because I’m not “really Jewish” (on the way to it via conversion), and because I didn’t want this blog to be political. 

But I realize I want this page to be a safe space. If anyone takes issue with what I’m about to say, I don’t want them on this page. 

I joined the college jewish community very shortly after 10/7 and was immediately welcomed in. There was no separation between me and the girl who had gone to orthodox shul all her life and was the head of the state youth group. I was told explicitly  “you are one of us. And together, we are mourning. We have lost our people and so have you.” 

Still I felt no authority to speak on things as insidious as antisemitism until recently. But how many times do you have to experience an antisemitic incident until you get to stand up? 

Six. The answer is six. 

Since explicitly aligning myself with Jewishness, I have lost friends who told me I have “dual loyalties” in so many words. I’ve been ostracized in events because we were singled out . I’ve been followed back to my dorm room from events by people hurling genocide accusations at me- white girls wearing keffiyahs who don't know anything about the Nakba when I try to connect with them about how awful it was.

My face was used in a local “fight jew hate” campaign” where I’m in a group of people with clearly middle eastern descent. But what circulated around my campus was my blonde hair and blue eyes, with people using laughing emojis.

“This is who we’re supposed to be defending!? Bitch please! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣” 

(Which is perfectly ironic because they singled out the person who wasn't ethnically Jewish and focused on her. )

Campus security and the disciplinary office knows me quite well from all the reports I've filed whether for me or other people.

I leave campus for breaks. Even though I’m returning to my highly Catholic conservative family, I breathe a sigh of relief. I don't have to look over my shoulder constantly or check myself in the surroundings I'm in. I already feel the dread about returning in January.

What hurts is the blindness- the lack of nuance- that is being given. Every single Jewish person at my school is not a self described zionist, other than that they acknowledge Jewish indignity to the land, and that there was a reason for the creation of Israel- not even justification in the current state or the matter it came about.

But they- and we- shouldn't have to prove ourselves. We shouldn't be debating if we should fundraise for Gazans (we are) in case someone accuses us of "lying about our intentions" or if we'd be pointed out as "the good jews!" They shouldn't have to have a tab open on their computer for Israeli passports, even though they desperately don't want to leave the United States. I shouldn't have to wonder whenever I'm at a synagogue "If I get killed here in a terrorist attack before being immersed in the mikvah, will I get a Catholic or Jewish funeral?"

But that never mattered. Our voices never did. Unless the antisemitism came from a high school dropout neo-nazi with a shaved head and swastika jacket, it's never going to matter.

I will never forget- even as I advocate for Palestinians, call for a ceasefire, and donate. Or any other cause where I'll be marching besides these activists I can never call well meaning.

I could go on and on about it. But I won't be able to write it out in this post.

All I know is when the counsel of rabbis ask me if I'm ready to be apart of an unpopular group, I'm going to have to fight myself from laughing at the question

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[fromgoy2joy]

Poking around someone’s tumblr blog to see if they’re normal about Jews before I follow them:

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