January 2012
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bb-goose:
lazersilberstein replied to your post: I wish the American Jewish community had a better concept of the difference between “annoying but harmless” and “actually rooted in oppressive thought”
Harsh! But probs accurate. To what do you refer? Example?
idk there’s a good chance that I’m just being a crank for no reason again. But besides the “my roommate baked me Christmas cookies”...
“The history of thought, to say nothing of political movements, is extravagantly...”
– Edward Said (via fearandwar)
Watchmaximilianofmexico:
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brooklyninaustin:
Came across this video today and it really made me homesick for Brooklyn. I used to see these guys all the time at Grand Army Plaza and always said “No.” Now I finally get what’s going on.
The best is for Sukkot when they use pick-up trucks to schlep a mobile sukkah. Kind of inspiring. Liberal Judaism could learn a lot from these...
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Karl Marx = white Frederick Douglass?
Born the same year, too. Crazy!
Watchbrooklyninaustin:
Came across this video today and it really made me homesick for Brooklyn. I used to see these guys all the time at Grand Army Plaza and always said “No.” Now I finally get what’s going on.
The best is for Sukkot when they use pick-up trucks to schlep a mobile sukkah. Kind of inspiring. Liberal Judaism could learn a lot from these guys.
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with my two hands... i can change the world: tl;dr... →
withmy2hands:
So this year (2012), is the Bar Mitzvah of my Bar Mitzvah. Like, Bar Mitzvah Squared. For those of you not familiar with our tribal customs, that means it’s been 13 years since my Bar Mitzvah. Incidentally (or not, as it was a fairly major event), my Zaida passed away about two weeks before my Bar…
Danny Duberstein says we should recharge the mitzvah
and wouldn’t bar...
“I don’t think anyone said that manarchists are the only ones who critique...”
– Suzy X.
I’m resisting the urge to forward this paragraph to so many groups I’ve worked with in the recent past.
(via hemaletrouble) 