naturalist-noachide
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When we say Israel is a Jewish state we don't mean that it represents Judaism. We mean it is culturally Jewish. It is the only country that functions on cultural Judaism, where you automatically get off on Jewish holidays, the calendar works on the Jewish calendar, the weekend is over Shabbat, the language is the Jewish language, media in all forms are often expressions of Judaism etc.
This does not mean that there are no goyim in Israel. Au contraire, Israel is one of the most welcoming places for people regardless of ethnicity on the ME, and over 25% of the population are nonJews.
But the culture that is in Israel is Jewish.
So when you say death to Israel or that we should be destroyed or there doesn't need to be a Jewish state or whatever else, you are saying that there should not be a place in the world where Judaism is a dominant culture, that of all the different people in the world, Jews are the only ones who do not deserve a place where they can set the rules. That we should always be minorities and fighting for our rights.
And that boys. is antisemitic.
Wanted to start learning cursive because it’s never made sense to me
A lot of leftists say that “The Left” is actually center, which I’ve always hated, but they aren’t entirely wrong. I have some opinions that most would consider right-leaning (pro-Israel, pro 2A, pro police), and leftists certainly don’t agree with most of them, but Democratic politicians do. It’s going to be pretty difficult to be a politician, whether Democrat or Republican, if you disagree with those three things. The thing is, “The Left” may be becoming slightly more center, but only because “The Right” has quickly turned into the far-right. Republicans are suddenly throwing up Nazi salutes, calling for the annexation of other countries, starting dehumanization efforts for immigrants and disabled people, etc. etc. and they have support. Which puts Democrats in a pretty hard position. They desperately need to lessen the support for the new far-right.
Which brings up another interesting question, how (most) leftists are able to connect Trump deporting people to El Salvador to concentration camps (I agree that a comparison should be made, even if they are, of course, not the exact same), but unable to connect “pro-Palestinian” protestors physically harming Jews or blocking them from entering places to pre-Holocaust Nazi Germany (where I also believe a comparison should be made). But that’s a post for another time…
Okay so when people say "don't radicalize children to hate Israel" and the response you give is "how can they not be radicalized when Israel is killing their parents?" you are actually contributing worse than nothing, you are contributing the very thing that perpetuates the cyclical nature of the conflict. If you don't radicalize children, then they will be open to education and perspective and see Israelis as people—and yes maybe they will still hate Israel, but they will also hate Hamas, who pushed the war as well. You thinking it is okay to be radicalized under specific circumstances is how suicide bombings and child soldiers and hostages happen: I say this to Israelis who were radicalized as well by the war, and I have criticized Israelis (including those close to me) for also thinking indiscriminate violence is okay.
This was 100% a dogwhistle. I don’t believe they bought the sword in a “Nazi way” but it’s definitely a joke to them to show something Ethan will “crash out” over and then they get to call him paranoid again. Definition of a dogwhistle.
hating jews will always be the popular opinion, save for the few years it is taboo to hate us bc there was a mass killing of jews, but the point is you are not groundbreaking in your “sudden understanding of why people hate jews but hmmm you’ve always had suspicions and mever liked us anyway hmmmmmmmmmmm”.
A school project, but one I’m quite proud of
Learned my lesson to not soak matzah in water for too long…
an imperfect ally is better than a perfect bystander
Everyone's understanding and sympathetic about how trauma can radicalize people until it's Jews.
we need to get more normal about nonsexual nudity i think
https://twitter.com/shoe0nhead/status/1686779122788286464
Tim Pool video on’t: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCsERx4IVaQ
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Here I am again complaining about people who view ethnic, religious, and other minorities joining the police force as a betrayal and single them out for harassment.
We can clearly see that female officers, black officers, Latino officers, and Asian officers in the NYPD have significantly fewer complaints filed against them then their white male counterparts.
The NYPD is a flawed institution, but we have clear evidence that increasing diversity helps helps fix those flaws!
Even if your long term goal is to not have a police force at all, you should be able to prioritize immediate actual improvement in the system over theoretical revolutionary change.
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Question: What is the definition of "genocide"? Concise answer.
Answer: Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that group.
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Question: In the Israel-Palestine conflict that started after Oct 7, 2023, does the evidence support the claim that Israel has perpetrated "genocide"? Give a yes/no answer. Then give your top three concise reasons for your answer.
Answer: No.
Intent and Scale: Genocide requires an intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. While there have been significant civilian casualties, the primary stated goal of Israel's military actions has been to dismantle Hamas's military capabilities rather than to destroy the Palestinian population as a group.
Legal and International Response: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has not concluded Israel is committing genocide. Although South Africa brought a case alleging genocide, the ICJ's provisional measures do not confirm genocide but call for actions to prevent such acts, indicating the situation is under legal scrutiny rather than a confirmation of genocide.
Accusations vs. Evidence: Numerous accusations of genocide have been made by various groups and officials, but these are often based on interpretations of statements and actions rather than definitive legal evidence. Scholarly and international legal definitions of genocide require clear evidence of intent, which has been debated extensively without a consensus on its presence in this conflict.
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Question: In the same conflict, does the evidence support the claim that Palestine and/or Hamas has the intent to perpetrate "genocide"? Give a yes/no answer. Then give your top three concise reasons for your answer.
Answer: Yes.
Hamas Covenant: Hamas's 1988 covenant explicitly calls for the destruction of Israel and contains antisemitic rhetoric, including references to a religious obligation to fight Jews until Judgment Day, which can be interpreted as genocidal intent.
Statements and Actions: Post-October 7, 2023, actions and statements by Hamas leaders have been cited as evidence of intent to commit genocide. For instance, the attack on October 7 was described by some analysts and scholars as having genocidal characteristics due to the indiscriminate targeting of civilians and the scale of violence.
Legal and Scholarly Interpretations: Several legal experts and genocide scholars have argued that Hamas's actions, particularly the October 7 attack, meet criteria for genocidal intent under international law. This includes analyses that cite the deliberate targeting of civilians with the intent to instill fear and cause destruction, which aligns with elements of genocide as per the Genocide Convention.
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Question: Provide two more concise reasons each for your last two answers.
Answer:
For Israel:
Population Growth: Despite the conflict, the Palestinian population in Gaza has continued to grow, which contradicts the notion of a genocidal campaign aimed at the physical destruction of a group.
Humanitarian Aid: Israel has allowed humanitarian aid into Gaza, despite the blockade, which would not typically align with a genocidal strategy that aims for the destruction of a group's living conditions.
For Palestine/Hamas:
Post-Attack Celebrations: Celebrations in parts of Gaza and the West Bank following the October 7 attacks, coupled with rhetoric that praised the killing of civilians, suggest an intent to terrorize and potentially eradicate the Israeli population.
Education and Media: Hamas's control over education and media in Gaza has been used to propagate anti-Israeli and antisemitic narratives, promoting a culture of martyrdom and resistance that could be seen as fostering genocidal intent against Jews or Israelis.
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This date will repeat itself. Our children will do everything to ensure that every year has an October 7th. History will repeat itself. I won't update you on the exact date.
But as a mother whose heart is torn, I promise you. Promise. Every year, Netanyaho, will be October 7th, God willing, is our promise with God and Mansour, and God willing Mansour.
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The ceasefire has barely even taken effect and the "civilians" are already looking forward to their next opportunity to destroy Israel. They've learned nothing. There has been absolutely no impact on them in the 469 days after the Hamas terror attack. Their losses mean nothing to them.
When it starts again, and they will inevitably start it up again, I absolutely will not be able to bring myself to give a single shit what happens to these people. Why am I obligated to care more about their lives than they do? If they don't care about their lives or even the lives of their children - and they don't - why does it become my responsiblity to do so? I unequivocally reject being handed that burden.
They want war. They want to die. Their only objection is that they were losing the war they started.
Almost every friendship I’ve had with a male has had undertones of homoeroticism (and gay allegations)
I love religious undertones. Songs with religious undertones, books with religious undertones, movies with religious undertones, even words (my favorite is “covenant”). I really love religious undertones.
Are there capital letters in Hebrew? How do I make it clear that one word is very important?
I went to this presentation on trans rights in America today, and the speaker put a picture of the Nazis burning all of Magnus Hirschfeld’s work on the slide explaining the government’s recent attempt to seemingly erase trans people. Which is understandable, the similarities are scary. Then the speaker explains the picture, who Hirschfeld was, what the Nazis did. And he didn’t say the word “Jewish” once. Just made me so angry. Antisemitism is why the Nazis destroyed everything Hirschfeld worked on, and antisemitism is why the Nazis hated LGBT people. To talk about all this without saying “Jewish” or “antisemitism” even once just feels so disrespectful.
איי הב דון תיס ביפור תו רית אין א דיארי, בות א סימפל סנתנס וויל לוק דיפרנת אברי תים. ווי ניד א ״לג׳נד״ פור אית.
Is “th” in English a ת or ד? Is “ch” ח or, I don’t even know what…
what if we all just started typing english in hebrew script like as direct transliteration
Yes, I’d be curious to hear other Ashkenazi views on this. I’ve heard a few Mizrahim say the opposite, they do *not* want to be called Arab, only Mizrahi, because it was the Arabs who pushed them out of their countries. Older Ashkenazim seem to be the same, but in a more “they aren’t allowing me to be part of them” generational trauma way instead of an “I’m too angry at them” generational trauma way (from what I can tell).
I was talking to my Holocaust studies teacher about this. When asked his ethnicity, her father will always say Jewish, never Polish, and will even say “No, I’m Jewish” if someone “corrects” him and brings up Poland. She (my teacher) said it’s really generational trauma. European citizens were suddenly told they weren’t European at all, only Jewish, and for some that stuck.
Still, I’m curious about what others think. I might be different because of my circumstances; my Jewish side comes from Russia, but that side has been in America for a long time (I think maybe my great-great-grandparents were born there, but it might even be farther back). My Polish (gentile) family members were in concentration camps and some were killed. So I guess I don’t have a strong “Jewish specific” connection to Europe, just in general. But, again, I know antisemitism exists everywhere, and I still plan on spending the majority of my life in Israel (once i perfect my Hebrew).
I can only respond as an Ashkenazi, I don’t know how everyone else feels, but I disagree. I am a Zionist. I feel a strong cultural and religious connection to the homeland. I even plan on permanently living in Israel when I’m older. But I’m also European. My great-grandparents were born in Poland and Italy, and I feel a connection to those places. Additionally, I feel a strong connection to both Hebrew and Yiddish, and even as a Zionist I don’t think Yiddish should be “phased out.” It’s a language of our European history and I like that.
I can only respond as an Ashkenazi, I don’t know how everyone else feels, but I disagree. I am a Zionist. I feel a strong cultural and religious connection to the homeland. I even plan on permanently living in Israel when I’m older. But I’m also European. My great-grandparents were born in Poland and Italy, and I feel a connection to those places. Additionally, I feel a strong connection to both Hebrew and Yiddish, and even as a Zionist I don’t think Yiddish should be “phased out.” It’s a language of our European history and I like that.
Article about this. If anyone “controls the media,” it’s them.
Also this. There are more for both but the creator of this only used subs with more than 5000 members, if I remember correctly.
Seriously, read the article though. It goes into how these people are fully attempting to skew public opinion.
Number of Jews in the world: around 15 million
Number of members of a subreddit which auto bans anyone who has posted in a Jewish sub: around 20 million
Sad to see Sam Collins be another person to refuse to listen to Jews about what makes Jews feel unsafe and uncomfortable
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Sure, it has been disheartening and depressing to see many Western opinion leaders I once admired abandon reason, abandon journalistic integrity, embrace ahistorical, counterfactual views and rail against Israel.
At the same time, though, I feel an overwhelming sense of nausea noticing many of Israel's loudest advocates in the West are deeply awful people who include enemies of democracy, Christian Nationalists, MAGA conservatives, and bigots of several varieties.
Those "allies" aren't friends to the Jewish State or the Jewish People.
I have nothing more insightful to say about this, I just wanted to acknowledge the constant, chronic nausea this seems to cause in me because...while I don't see it being discussed much, I'm betting that many of you feel the same.
Movements like Log Cabin Republicans and Queers for Palestine require a commitment to either dishonesty or willful ignorance to sustain their worldview.
MAGA Jews are no different in this regard.
Oded Lifshitz brought Gazan children needing medical attention into Israel to receive the best care. If one believes that Palestinians are currently going through a genocide, and there exists no hardship in Israel, you would think that he would be seen as a Nicholas Winton of his time. Yet I have not seen a single pro-Palestine influencer condemn his murder or say anything about the things he did to help Palestinians.
New gender dysphoria unlocked: thanks to bottom growth it's starting to look like I have a tiny uncircumcised penis and now I'm dysphoric about being uncircumcised 😭
Worst part about being a New Jerseyan (Giants fan) is that the Eagles song is so catchy