Y. L. Faynshteyn @derpayatz@masto.jews.international

in a very short time, ancient and long-existing communities, some of which have existed since before the Second Temple, have all been folded into this new state

what's good about this? what makes anyone believe this new state is more stable than our much longer-existing diasporic communities?

of course since that time when we lived in Palestine, since we went out into the world, we've been a diasporic civilization, and imo this has been the only way Jews have survived

it's our biggest strength. going backwards is simultaneously harmful to the people who have made it their home in following centuries, and also bad for Jews in general.

ייִדיש איז ניט קײן װיץ. ס'איז אַ שפּראַך מיט װאָס קען מען זיך חכמהן, ליב האָבן, שמועסן, אומװאַרפֿן די בורזשואַזיע, שרײַבן פּאָעזיע, טרענען...

Perpetuating the status quo is political, whether you choose to acknowledge this or not. Going off on people who disrupt the status quo is political. Dismissing people's concerns as "political" is extremely political. Everything you were doing that they are telling you to stop doing is political, and so is your response to them telling you to stop doing it. You can do other political things besides what you're doing right now.

at least less embarrassing

a cooler, less embarrassing war criminal

i feel like the main thing "centrists" are hoping for in 2020 is a candidate who doesn't say the quiet parts out loud

there's no point at which Jews don't refer to ourselves as a nation/people (עם, אומה), but the Hebrew word for religion (דת) seems to have first appeared in the comparatively later-written Book of Esther, and is a Persian loanword (distantly related to Latin and English "data").

there is, of course, earlier mention of the Jewish people worshipping "other gods" which obviously refers to other religions, but this only goes to show that Jewish peoplehood/nationhood is not dependant upon religion.

attempts to separate the Jewish nation from the Jewish religion seem to have begun during the transition from feudalism to liberalism. with feudal obligations no longer holding together states, there was a need to get the people to swear allegiance to a "nation" that the state was charged with representing

as such it was said by french revolutionary figures, for example, that there could not be nations within nations...

a great example of a secular, leftist, anti-Zionist movement that considered Jewish nationality important was the Bund: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundism

woke liberal zionists: close the camps!

leftists: yes, and also in palestine!

woke liberal zionists: why are you unfairly singling israel out?

i can't even

fucking love #IfNotNow and Bernie for doing this

Classical Marxists believe the Messiah has not yet come and that he must come in the West to be authentic

Marxist-Leninists believe Lenin was the Messiah, but that only his Second Coming will create a classless society

if you ever want to get past the hasbara and understand the actual mentality behind israeli occupation and their endless terror campaign against palestinians, read the comments section of any given article on 972mag.com

instance block rec: lets.saynoto.lgbt self-explanatory but if you want to see why then here's a screencap

"we just gotta let the people who are shooting up churches, mosques and synagogues organize in peace, otherwise some Ideas might get harmed"
-people whose instances you should leave asap if they say anything like this

"Trump is just what the Founding Fathers set up the Constitution to prevent"

Well then in that case the founding fathers were obviously laughably fucking wrong, case closed, can we move on now and stop worshiping their silly 18th century philosophy

ashkenazim: use the word 'nu' in your speech as much as possible. it is our heritage send toot