‘WELL WE COULD GO WITH THESE NICE BROWN PPL WHO ALLOWED OUR CULTURE TO FLOURISH FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS OR WE COULD FIND SOME MORE WHITE PPL, BUT COLDER’
medieval jews loved white ppl so much they fled virtually every other country in western europe for the one with brown ppl in it
lazersilberstein asked: Wooo yeah!!! Pale of Settlement!! Party central tbh
the rare and delightful combination of rigid urban quotas, strictly enforced agricultural proscriptions, and russian winters; truly it is a mystery why the rest of the jews didn’t up and move there in the first place
The place of Jews within the broad spectrum of races and ethnicities seems to be a common area of confusion, so allow me to edify:
According to modern conservative Judaism, Jews constitute a nation/kingdom, a religion, and a race all at once. More liberal or reform-minded Jews take offence to the…The biggest issue I have with this is, “I’m sick of hearing about the Holocaust”. Please do not ever say that. Not only is it demeaning to both Holocaust (all victims) and Shoah (Jewish only) victims, it makes it okay for non-Jews to say it, and to accept a casual erasure/dismissal of genocide.
Obviously people are entitled to their opinions, but please be more careful about their impact.
Additionally, Ashkenazim and Sephardim are not the only two major groups of Jews. This also promotes the often uneducated belief that “Jews are white”. There are Mizrahim, Cohens, and many other groups, from all over the world, coming in all colors and speaking all languages. Not all Jews are Ashkenazim and Sephardim.
Lastly, Ashkenazim are not Sephardim who left for “whiter” places. It wasn’t this decision of, “Oh, let’s be with white people, I like white people!” Ashkenazim can be traced back to the kingdom of Ashkenazi, in Scythian, then later Slavic, territories as early as the 11th century.
Sigh.i didn’t need to read her description to know that this is written by someone from North America
particularly the whole bit about whiteness
Yeah apparently whiteness is contingent only on passing which, since ashkenazim are from spain (this is news to me so thx), means…what exactly??
idk why ppl have such a hard time remembering ashkenazim settling in eastern europe directly off the spice road or from the middle east?? it makes perfect sense geographically!! is it bc our food is not as spicy?? that is what centuries of institutionalized poverty do to a culture stranded in fucking russia.
also since when is eastern europe whiter than western europe
also you are kidding yourself if you think medieval jews ever liked white people, ever
also who would ever be like, ‘man, all my friends are going to north africa, but I think I would rather be in the PALE OF SETTLEMENT!! that sounds much more fun and productive’
as much as I want to join more dialogue and activist causes, I continually feel like there’s no safe place for me there
“but there’s no anti-Semitism in anti-Zionist movements!”
Yeah, come collect your folks, people.
Somehow I’m not surprised…
slowly drags hands down face
honestly at this point I’m deeply suspicious of anything that calls out specifically israel and not…everywhere else
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a lovely marginal illustration of a stag. The book is a Hebrew manuscript produced in Italy sometime between 1441 and 1467. Further details here.
Image source: British Library MS Additional 15423. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.
Yo, don’t forget to add the context that stags are a very famous medieval astrological symbol found throughout Hebrew poetry. They represent, I’m pretty sure, erotic aspects of the Divine that dudes wanna make love on. See: Raymond Scheindlin’s The Gazelle: Medieval Hebrew Poems on God, Israel, and the Soul.
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this pleases me greatly
(Source: feministkilljoie)
i didn’t know this song existed till today omg
idan raichel - hakol over
כל עוד יום רודף לו יום ולילה לילה
וכל עוד אין חדש על פני האדמה
טוב שרק נשארנו יחד
וטוב שיש לנו למי לספר
למרות הכול אין דרך חזרה
.והכול עוברEvery day is chased by a day, and each night by a night
And there is still nothing new on the face of the earth
It’s good we stayed together
And that we have someone with whom to share
Despite everything there is no way back
And this too shall pass.REBLOGGING THIS FROM MYSELF BC THIS IS A GOOD SONG
“ [During the Ascent] Muhammad saw a man talking speaking angrily. Muhammad asked Jibril who the man was, and Jibrel replied, “That is Moses.”
“To whom is he speaking so harshly?” asked Muhammad.
Jibrel replied, “To Allah.”
“How can Moses so rudely admonish God?” asked Muhammad, incredulous.
And Jibrel said, “Almighty God is used to the brusque manner of Moses.
“To whom is he speaking so harshly?” asked Muhammad.
Jibrel replied, “To Allah.”
“How can Moses so rudely admonish God?” asked Muhammad, incredulous.
And Jibrel said, “Almighty God is used to the brusque manner of Moses.
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Sayyid Al-Maliki, The Resplendent Lights of the Night-Journey and Ascension of the Best of Creation
This made me giggle. Don’t worry, O Prophet — Allah is well accustomed to the Jewish propensity to argue with the Divine.
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Mosaic pavement of a 6th century synagogue at Beth Alpha, Jezreel Valley, northern Israel. It was discovered in 1928. Signs of the zodiac surround the central chariot of the Sun (a Greek motif), while the corners depict the 4 “turning points” (“tekufot”) of the year, solstices and equinoxes, each named for the month in which it occurs—tequfah of Tishrei, (tequfah of Tevet), tequfah of Ni(san), tequfah of Tamuz.
Source: Wikipedia Commons
