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2024-09-02 18:11:12 UTC

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This is the key distinction in my mind between self-organizing around those who are like you, ie a synagogue or a JCC, and externally imposed "affinity grouping" whereby an external force such as a school or city decides that "like people should be together".
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2024-08-30 14:03:22 UTC

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wsjroVlu8

2024-08-26 16:57:57 UTC

Arrg... Next time I hear someone refer to the Jewish bible as the "Old Testament"[1], I'm going to ask them which one is the New Testament, the Quran or the Book of Mormon. /s
Seriously Christians, you can call your own books whatever you want, but it's not okay to mis-name our books.
Either use "Tanakh", the correct name. "Jewish Bible" is icky but currently acceptable.
#Judaism #Christianity
[1] This is specifically a Christian talking about the Jewish texts as the Old Testament, not their own Christian Bible that has a section called Old Testament.

2024-08-25 16:49:39 UTC

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Yes and...
(you know this, I'm saying it for others)
It's possible to be a #Zionist and be against Netanyahu, and especially Ben G'Vir and Smoltrich and the conflation of Judaism or Zionism around political policies is itself a hateful act. It is an act of antisemitism.
In fact this is one area where I think the IHRA is lacking- not directly addressing the issue of deliberate mislabeling.

2024-08-25 16:22:03 UTC

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Someone in another thread suggested that arms deals to Israel could be made under conditions, for example that the arms are only used for defensive missions.
Whether I agree with this idea (I don't) or whether I think Israel would accept such terms (it likely wouldn't), that argument/that line of thinking is not antisemitic or anti-Israel, as it preserves the idea that Israel can and should exist, and has the right to defend itself.
These issues are not binaries, and there are ways to address the conflict that are not hateful.

2024-08-25 06:52:11 UTC

Here's what bothers me about "Stop Arming Israel".
Israel is under missile bombardment from not only Hamas, but Hezbollah and under threat from Iran as well.
The missiles Israel has are primarily used to shoot down enemy missiles in its Iron Dome defensive missile program.
Saying "Stop Arming Israel" is saying "Leave Israel defenseless against attacks" and that's morally unacceptable to me.
#Israel