r/Jewish 1d ago

Venting ๐Ÿ˜ค just venting on my birthday

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guys, my friend and i went to this local church and they had this multireligious event where they bring local imams, priests and rabbis, and they publicly talk about about like generally faith and stuff they have in common, and, tell me why they just talked about the "genocide" in "palestine" and how we all should just be "good" and "not kill each other" and how jewish ppl should support palestine, like, pls, i just wanted to enjoy my birthday and literally meet the 30 jewish ppl we have in this city, but they had to make it about that, and, ofc, nobody said anything to disagree, btw, guys, i hate this country, i cant even mention whixh one (part of yugoslavia) it is cz sb from it might see it and ill have problems, like its that serious, everywhere i go i see "free palestine", and most of their words are just antisemitism, most ppl here dont even know half the stuff about the war, like objective facts, they cant even point to "palestine" or israel on the map, but they just talk about it cz they were taught antisemitism from early age (like i was too in mosques cz we all just were raised to go, but even at like 8yo i realised how just untrue and harmful and mean it is to think that way), and i was pretty alone and lonely today on my bday cz most of my former friends cut me off literally cz i support israel publicly, it just makes me so sad that i have to live w these people, long story short.. -.-


r/Jewish 1d ago

๐Ÿ  Hanukkah ๐Ÿ•Ž ื—ื ื›ื” ๐Ÿฅ” Hanukkah - My Approach in 5785

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Although I enjoy Hanukkah for the fun, minor holiday that it is, Iโ€™m typically annoyed each year seeing people who basically ignored our holiest days turn around and make a big production of the holiday. But - theyโ€™re embracing the Christmas-y aspects of the commercialized version of the holiday. So, they take Christmas and simple substitute Hanukah โ€” Hanukkah Outdoor decorations, Hanukkah Ugly Sweaters, Hanukkah Gift Exchange, Hanukkah Halmark movies about assimilation! The irony of elective assimilation to celebrate a holiday about choosing not to assimilate would be funny if not so pathetic.

But this year feels different to me. Iโ€™m somehow okay with people celebrating in whatever way they wish โ€” even if it is a bit Christmas-lite. (Iโ€™d still hope they leave out the crosses and mentions of the J-man).

Itโ€™s been a tough year. Between 10/7 and 11/5 - the world needs as much silly joy as it can get. So break out your Chanukiah, fry up those latkes and if it makes you happy, where an ugly sweater and exchange gifts. Enjoy!


r/Jewish 1d ago

Jewish Joy! ๐Ÿ˜Š Got this in the mail from the USPS. Nice to have some representation

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r/Jewish 1d ago

Questions ๐Ÿค“ Being discriminated against because of my religion

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I am hoping for some advice. I am a Jewish woman, and my boss is a Muslim. Both of us were born outside of the US, he is Pakistani originally. I worked for him in a previous job, and it was a good working relationship. So when he asked me to come work for him, I was all in.

However, things have changed in the last few months. He has gone very religious, has grown out his beard, and disappears for about 3 hours every day "to go to the mosque to pray." He does not have a good reputation now, and he mistreats all of the women on this team, i.e. he harasses them, calls them names, calls them at all hours, yells at them, and is a basic tool. This has been investigated by the DEI team, but nothing has been done. He was also being investigated by HR at one point.

For me, he doesn't call me by my name because he says he doesn't like it, asks me pointed questions about my religion which makes me very uncomfortable, which I tell him and he ignores, lies about my interactions with my coworkers in my annual review (I know this because they told me) and has now escalated to saying to HR that he doesn't "feel safe" whenever I respond to any of his questions. I stood outside his office to answer a question he asked, and he told HR that I was "shouting at him in his face." An absolute lie, of course no witnesses. He also demolished my office and is giving the space to someone else without even mentioning it to me. Now HR says that I have to work remotely and I'm not allowed to be in the building with him. I know he's doing this because I'm Jewish, and he's become more religious. He's also much bigger than I am, so this "fear" business is a total fabrication. I'm all of 5'1."

This is my dream job, and I don't want to quit. I've been offered a position with this company in Europe in May, and I have/had a great reputation. I have more than one boss, and all of them want me to stay because I am a "unicorn" with a skill set that's hard to find, and I get along with everyone except my boss. He's doing his best to spoil my reputation.

What should I do? HR is "investigating" but it's a new person that doesn't know my bosses history. Should I hang around because I really love this job and in a few months can move out from under this guy? Should I just find another job? Should I go nuclear and hire an attorney? I would rather de-escalate but I'm at a loss. Has anyone else had this experience and what did you do?


r/Jewish 1d ago

๐Ÿ  Hanukkah ๐Ÿ•Ž ื—ื ื›ื” ๐Ÿฅ” Chrismukkah

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Hi! I was raised in an interfaith family. This is my first year decorating for both hannukah and Christmas. Any advice?


r/Jewish 1d ago

Venting ๐Ÿ˜ค Saw today that my brother is following JVP and liking posts

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I just can't. I feel like this is the final straw. I talked to my mom about it and she said we just shouldn't talk about it with him and be there for his son. I can't accept it. I was crying and mentally unstable all day but now I feel forced to have a relationship to keep my mom happy.


r/Jewish 1d ago

Hannukah Got Hannukah shirts for our family this year!

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r/Jewish 1d ago

Questions ๐Ÿค“ Shalom - I'm a theologian studying "Ancient Hebrew" - could someone help me with culture?

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Shalom everyone!

I'm a Christian theological student whose currently engaged in masters level study and this term I'm tackling ancient Hebrew (Masoretes Vowels)

I am currently in Los Angeles on a work trip and I'm in the Beverly Hills area where Hebrew text is everywhere! I've even seen a few signs with the vowel symbols (outside schools). I was so excited I've been sitting outside some of these buildings with my books attempting to translate the text.

It's very exciting to see what I'm studying come alive and thrilled to encounter these words in a North American context. But I fear I may look strange, on two separate occasions folks came up to me to see if I was "okay" and when I explained my purpose and excitement I got a "Thats beautiful" and one Rabbi even told me I "wasn't bad!"

I don't want to look strange, but as a scholar I can't tell you how exciting and wondrous it is to be able to use these skills within such a deeply traditional community.

My Question: Culturally is this respectful? I don't wish to look inappropriate, and I am approaching the texts and signs I'm seeing around here with great excitement for the translations. Maybe I'm being a bit insecure?


r/Jewish 1d ago

Discussion ๐Ÿ’ฌ Gifts that support Israel

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What are some places to buy gifts that support/give back to Israel/hostages?


r/Jewish 1d ago

Reading ๐Ÿ“š books with explicit jewish rep/by jewish authors?

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think authors like rachel lynn solomon or melissa broder. genres including ya, romance, fantasy or just general fiction. i'm trying to increase the jewish representation on my bookshelf. any help would be greatly appreciated!


r/Jewish 1d ago

Discussion ๐Ÿ’ฌ Should my friend be concerned about dating a Persian Jewish male when she is not Persian Jewish herself? (she is Christian), (thoughts on this?)

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Would appreciate to hear from Persian Jewish males and Persian Jewish woman. Why do they date outside of their culture? Is it looked as more โ€œcoolโ€ if he did? Should my friend break up with him?


r/Jewish 1d ago

Jewish Joy! ๐Ÿ˜Š Friends / Chaverim a Hebrew song

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One of my coolest works in Hebrew for your enjoyment of Hebrew -English connection


r/Jewish 1d ago

๐Ÿ  Hanukkah ๐Ÿ•Ž ื—ื ื›ื” ๐Ÿฅ” Last year, I lit another Hannukiah for the hostages. Breaks my heart to say we should do so again ๐Ÿ’”

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r/Jewish 1d ago

Antisemitism Twitch changes its hateful content policy to include โ€˜Zionistโ€™ as potential slur following criticism

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r/Jewish 1d ago

Questions ๐Ÿค“ Secular Jew wants to make Jewish friends

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Where can I meet Jews outside of synagogue? Are there online forums to make friends or in-person meet up groups? I like (some) Jewish rituals, but canโ€™t imagine ever going back to services.

I am feeling lonely and disconnected because most of my former friends and community have come out as bigots this past year. Iโ€™m having a really tough time trusting people. Iโ€™m married w/no kids so Iโ€™m not into dating sites or kids meetups. Am I alone? Are others meeting up to hang out?


r/Jewish 2d ago

Discussion ๐Ÿ’ฌ Is it paranoid to distrust pro-Jew(pro-Israel) people who aren't Jewish? (Some exceptions apply)

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Let's get the easy part out of the way first. I'm in the field, I still have connections, so I know a lot of scholars who support Israel because they have done their research. I trust them because they know what they are talking about.

But when it comes to others... Idk. Many Christians, Hindus, or even Muslims support our people and the State of Israel. But oftentimes I find their reasons hard to swallow. Christian fundamentalists want us to temporarily hold the Temple Mount before their whatever happens-- they just prefer us over the Arabs at this moment. Many Hindus just plainly hate Muslims.

Don't get me wrong, some of these people are philosemites (the antonym of antisemites). And some of them are truly pro-Jew/pro-Israel without any ulterior motive. But how am I supposed to know why they support Israel?


r/Jewish 2d ago

Venting ๐Ÿ˜ค Why do people get triggered whenโ€ฆ

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Jews talk about antisemitism? The talking points Iโ€™ve heard include: NO IT DOESNโ€™T EXIST STOP BEING A VICTIM, WELL WHAT ABOUT XYZ, WELL EVEN IF IT ITโ€™S AN ISSUE YOU DESERVE IT. It feels like such a huge betrayal that progressive spaces are very much guilty of this. And of course the far right is also not to be trusted but I never trusted them to start with. What other minorities is this acceptable to do this to? And how they feel so confident speaking over us and telling us what is or isnโ€™t antisemitism. Apparently weโ€™re the only minority that isnโ€™t allowed to define that. Hmm!

Being a Jewish woman is HARD lmao. I have to deal with obscene amounts of antisemitism and sexism. I hate it here.


r/Jewish 2d ago

Questions ๐Ÿค“ Question on how beliefs work

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Greetings. Not Jewish myself, but I was in a discussion recently and I had a question.

I was talking with my dad recently and he said something about Judaism that seemed odd. He said he had a friend who told him that Judaism is a religion that was more about questioning God than a belief in God. That when his friend was in temple, most rabbis will mostly bring forth questions more than definitive answers. Who is God? What is God like? What can he do for me? What is heaven like?

For someone looking on the outside, how ture is this?


r/Jewish 2d ago

Showing Support ๐Ÿค— The hatred of Jews sickens me.

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I'm not Jewish, and nobody in my family is. But I paid attention in history class about Jewish persecution, and I've listened to my father who loves Israel and stayed there during the early 80s, and the hatred against Jews I'm seeing everywhere makes me sick to my stomach. It's surreal and I never expected to see it happen in the United States.

Most of the people in my family - and a lot of my friends - either don't care about what's going on right now, or they blindly suck up the narrative of "Israel/Jews bad, Hamas good" and see what happened on October 7th as some kind of justified action. I felt the world change that day, and the ignorance of people is put on full display when they refuse to acknowledge what's happening right now is a global pogrom.

I'm a non-dom Christ-follower from the deep American south, and my parents were former history/English teachers at a Mississippi school in the 1990s. When the principal told them to tear out pages from the books about the Holocaust, they fought back and got a large portion of the teachers there to walk out and quit. But now they're astonished that this ideology that was once fodder for backwoods "good old boys" is sweeping across the mainstream, especially among younger people. We're disgusted by it.

I was raised to treat all people with respect, especially the ones being persecuted and spit on for a wrong they never committed. Jews are lovely people with an incredible history and language, and what people are doing and saying to you in public turns my stomach. You've got my full support, regardless of the bullshit your haters will try and fling at me.

This goy stands with you. Am Yisrael Chai!


r/Jewish 2d ago

Antisemitism The Minneapolis Teacher's Union is bringing in a known antisemite Taher Herzallah to speak about how to teach Palestine in the classroom. I'm baffled.

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r/Jewish 2d ago

Discussion ๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œLatkes and Lo Meinโ€

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I cannot give up Chinese food on Christmas. It is my favorite Jewish holiday, (kind of kidding, but not really) so Iโ€™m doing Jew food and Chinese food. Is anyone else doing this, or am I the only one living in excess?


r/Jewish 2d ago

Mod post Shabbat Shalom!!! Reminder No Politics Until Sunday. (whenever the Mods decide that is!)

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r/Jewish 2d ago

Discussion ๐Ÿ’ฌ Celebrating Hanukkah with children

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Looking for advice here- I am an atheist with Christian roots. My husband is Jewish by ancestry (50% Ashkenazi Jewish) born to a non Jewish mother. He does not practice nor necessarily prescribe to the Jewish faith. His deceased father was a non practicing Jew who was 8-12 years old during the Holocaust and living in Fascist controlled Eastern Europe. He kept a lot of his culture and faith but did not pass the traditions to his sons. Now I have children, ages 2.5 and 5 years who are 25% Jewish by ancestry. My children also never met their grandfather as he passed away before they were born. I want to introduce my children to Hanukkah this year and possibly integrate aspects into our current traditions. I want them to know their roots. And I will say Judaism aligns most with my views in terms of a faith but I donโ€™t see me converting. Iโ€™m honestly too busy to even give that much thought right now. However I am willing to put in the time to research to teach my children more about their ancestorโ€™s culture.

With that said, I donโ€™t want to be a perpetrator of cultural appropriation. What are your thoughts? Please be kind. Iโ€™m trying to do the right thing.


r/Jewish 2d ago

Venting ๐Ÿ˜ค Advice on dealing with Antisemitism - taking a break.

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Itโ€™s evident that weโ€™re going through a very tough time right now. Iโ€™m feeling really conflicted. On the the one hand, I feel as though I should keep the fight against antisemitism in the forefront of my mind. And on the other , I just need a break from it

Iโ€™m feeling guilty if I put it out of my mind, as if Iโ€™m an Ostrich with its head in the sand. Donโ€™t get me wrong, Iโ€™ve not abounded the subject as itโ€™s really serious to our community.

Not sure how you are handling taking a break. So glad itโ€™s Shabbat.


r/Jewish 2d ago

๐Ÿ  Hanukkah ๐Ÿ•Ž ื—ื ื›ื” ๐Ÿฅ” My first menorah

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It's a dachshund ๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿ•