April 2012
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My reading response for this week is so exemplary...
resurrecttheliving:
“The first section of Dracula includes two important elements as part of the larger interpretation of the novel as addressing English anxieties about Jewish immigrants. The first is regarding the Count’s day-to-day observed activities. His nocturnal behavior, described as extremely disturbing to Jonathan when he is forced to comply with the same schedule, can be seen as the...
vladislava:
16thstreet:
Not a Children’s Song by Mascha Kaléko
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Mascha Kaléko was born in Western Galicia, but eventually settled in Berlin during her teenage years. She became involved in the Berlin literary scene and was a regular at the Romanisches Café, a known hangout for artists in Berlin. In 1933, as the environment for Kaléko and her...
mandapolos:
I always feel kind of weird whenever converts blog about the experience of being Jewish and don’t mention that they are not visibly Jewish and thus they can essentially hide that part of their identity whenever they want. I mean seriously I’m not even Ashkenazi, my surname is English and my features are completely not Jewish so if I ever get tired of anti-semetic shit I can just move...
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“When you walk on the street, a Jew is walking in front of you; a Jew is walking...”
– At the end of his visit to Israel in 1927, Sholem Asch, a leading Yiddish writer, wrote his impressions of Tel Aviv.
amanda-gayfried asked: wanna kill Jesus again y/y
Does it bother anyone else
youarenotyou:
vikkiisagenderneutralname:
…when white folks leave feminism because of the racism in the movement? I guess I’ve always felt like my privileges provide me the obligation to stay in feminism, because I have the privilege of being safe enough to speak up on all its fucked up shit. White ex-feminists then seem like they’re trying to avoid accountability for the racism in feminism,...
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“Has a new flood drowned the land
and left no patch of dry ground,
neither...”
– Jehuda Halevi, “At Sea” trans. Hillel Halkin
sassyfrasscircus asked: question, what does "kishmach" mean? in the context i thought it might mean something like "kiss my ass" but it seems like an incomplete statement...of course i'm basing this off of a very incomplete knowledge of german verbage...
feminist theory 101: a crash course.
onegirlrhumba:
as a public service, i’m taking it upon myself to formulate what amounts to a basic, introductory “course” on feminist theory. as anyone who has studied it knows, feminist theory encompasses a wide range of subject matters and approaches, and it can be very difficult to locate a useful starting point. it can be doubly difficult for people who are not involved in academia and lack...
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Moving to Astoria.
of1749:
My dad sold my house on Long Island last Sunday, and we’re probably moving to Astoria because his girlfriend has to be able to get to Manhattan quickly because of her work. Astoria is about a 15 minute subway ride from Midtown, so I’ve been told.
I’m just trying to figure out how on earth I’m supposed to go to shul. I haven’t been able to find a single Orthodox shul in Astoria as of...
Anonymous asked: Joshua Cohen?
Something I've noticed regarding Yiddish.
thecakesokay:
lazersilberstein:
raeliz:
thecakesokay:
For my dad’s generation, first generation American Jews, Yiddish was the language of the ghetto. People actively distanced themselves from what was seen as a language of oppression. My dad’s generation wanted to be thoroughly American.
Now it seems to be a hipster-Jewish badge of honor. I speak Yiddish therefore I am more connected to...
Something I've noticed regarding Yiddish.
raeliz:
thecakesokay:
For my dad’s generation, first generation American Jews, Yiddish was the language of the ghetto. People actively distanced themselves from what was seen as a language of oppression. My dad’s generation wanted to be thoroughly American.
Now it seems to be a hipster-Jewish badge of honor. I speak Yiddish therefore I am more connected to my Judaism than you are! I speak...
“… Evolved from its status as The worst ever, quasi-linguistic equivalent of the...”
– Neal Karlen’s description of the evolution of Yiddish in The Story of Yiddish (via of1749)
don’t read this book. it’s inaccurate and terribly written. read michael wex.
mandapolos:
They offer Yiddish language studies at the University of Toronto but not at any synagogues in Winnipeg (as far as I know). This annoys me greatly. I would like to learn how to speak it, it’s an interesting language.
“Interesting”? “INTERESTING”? BRO, IT’S THE MOTHERFUCKING BEST!!!11
btw, they offer it at a school in Winnipeg, I’m pretty sure. ...
Being anti-Israel is not the same as being...
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
I’m always suspcious as to why people feel the need to repeat this. How about you just, i dunno, don’t act anti-Semitic, and simply let people judge your actions?
Because people are going to attack you for being anti-semetic whenever you say something...
Being anti-Israel is not the same as being...
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
I’m always suspcious as to why people feel the need to repeat this. How about you just, i dunno, don’t act anti-Semitic, and simply let people judge your actions?
Because people are going to attack you for being anti-semetic whenever you say something critiquing Israel? Even if it’s just a...
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For many, the past is almost irrelevant, ironically because it is all too apparent. Irena Klepfisz’s poem, “Etleche Verter fun Mama-loshn,” evinces this sentiment. As a Poland-born, native Yiddish speaker, Klepfisz is all too familiar with gender, and its oppressive manifestations in particular words; hence this poem is merely a list of horrible Yiddish words. The past, for Klepfisz, never...
Being anti-Israel is not the same as being...
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
I’m always suspcious as to why people feel the need to repeat this. How about you just, i dunno, don’t act anti-Semitic, and simply let people judge your actions?
Because people are going to attack you for being anti-semetic whenever you say something critiquing Israel? Even if it’s just a small criticism? Come on Lane, like...
Being anti-Israel is not the same as being...
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
I’m always suspcious as to why people feel the need to repeat this. How about you just, i dunno, don’t act anti-Semitic, and simply let people judge your actions?
Because people are going to attack you for being anti-semetic whenever you say something critiquing Israel? Even if it’s just a small criticism? Come on Lane, like you haven’t had the self-hating Jew...
Okay.
thecakesokay:
lazersilberstein:
ylsw:
hamikdash:
ylsw:
Israel flags all over my blog for today.
Yom HaAtzmoyus Same’ach!
LOVE that you’re pronouncing it Chasidiche! I actually grew up singing Hatikvah with Ashkenazi pronunciation! My Junior year at Hebrew U, we began the year by singing Hatikvah and when I sang “Sikvohsainu” everyone turned around to look at me. I was like,...
Being anti-Israel is not the same as being...
I’m always suspcious as to why people feel the need to repeat this. How about you just, i dunno, don’t act anti-Semitic, and simply let people judge your actions?
Okay.
ylsw:
hamikdash:
ylsw:
Israel flags all over my blog for today.
Yom HaAtzmoyus Same’ach!
LOVE that you’re pronouncing it Chasidiche! I actually grew up singing Hatikvah with Ashkenazi pronunciation! My Junior year at Hebrew U, we began the year by singing Hatikvah and when I sang “Sikvohsainu” everyone turned around to look at me. I was like, “What?”
Yoym HaAtzmeius Somayoch!
That....
Gay Rabbis Approved in Israel, Conservative... →
JERUSALEM — The Conservative Jewish seminary in Israel says it will allow gays and lesbians to become rabbis, overcoming years of opposition by many of its own leaders and setting up a new point of contention between the movement and Israel’s Orthodox establishment.
The Schechter Rabbinical Seminary, affiliated with Israel’s Conservative Jewish movement, announced it would begin accepting gay...
beat your texts into plowshares.
or swords.
whatever
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The need to deconstruct gender only reveals the extent to which we are inculcated in gender.
wow just got into a bizarre fight with my mother...
bb-goose:
so now I will marry a Jewish person immediately out of spite
if you are Jewish, like this post and I will marry you
i’m kind of against marriage
but my boo and me been together for 3 years!
sowwy
Course Eval
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
Virtually no one participated. Probably because JTS students don’t like to argue, or critical theory goes over their heads (they have no experience with it because JTS doesn’t offer it), but mostly because translating a language no one has had experience with is a poor pedagogical tool. You guys really need to get into the 21st...
Course Eval
glompkitty:
lazersilberstein:
Virtually no one participated. Probably because JTS students don’t like to argue, or critical theory goes over their heads (they have no experience with it because JTS doesn’t offer it), but mostly because translating a language no one has had experience with is a poor pedagogical tool. You guys really need to get into the 21st century and away from this “close...
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Course Eval
Virtually no one participated. Probably because JTS students don’t like to argue, or critical theory goes over their heads (they have no experience with it because JTS doesn’t offer it), but mostly because translating a language no one has had experience with is a poor pedagogical tool. You guys really need to get into the 21st century and away from this “close textual”...
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if you don’t like it when i criticize conversion for placing too much emphasis on religion and not nationality/peoplehood, then wait til i criticize trans* narratives that reify the gender binary. plebes.
it is a facet of assimilation that “born” jews and converts think judaism is a religion rather than a nationality. these people probably think marriage equality is...
Weird
inspirationaljewishthoughts:
Jews, no matter how un-religious they say they are, no matter how much they say they don’t believe in G-d, when it comes down to it, they all lean on their religion and in their souls, know the truth. My friend’s mum died yesterday. My friend is’t religious at all. But, the day before her death, he prayed for her and requested others to do the same. People know the...
mandapolos:
marworyn:
methylbenzene:
what if Rome had never fallen and there was never a dark age
can you imagine how far along we would be technologically
we’d probably have robots living and working among us
rome had started stagnating long before it collapsed though
if anything in that scenario europe would’ve probably ended up like china where technology progressed in increments...
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what does this mean / are you joking / elaborate
vladislava:
lazersilberstein answered your question: When you’re told stories about your family history, how do you record/remember them?
I make them up
I didn’t write that post solely to go on and on about myself — I actually wanted some advice! Give me all of your tips/tricks, tumblr! HOW DO YOU REMEMBER/RECORD STORIES OF YOUR FAMILY HISTORY?
Not joking; my family doesn’t know all...
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mandapolos:
עננים כבר זעים במרחק: antisemitism tumblr ridiculousness
onegirlrhumba:
freibiergesicht:
ok but seriously the most galling thing about the current antisemitism wank which was restarted on purpose after it had died a natural death b/c well what the motivations are is anyone’s guess (i have a few that aren’t charitable but that’s not the point)
is that if you look at the notes...
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i think got an anti-zionist hebrew calendar android app: it doesn’t have yom ha’atzmaut on it!
one yom hatzmoyes i was near some hasidim and heard them say, “ביי זיי ס’איז א יום-טוב.”
bei zey s’iz a yontiff—for them it’s a holiday lol
