מאַשעלע Mashele @derpayatz@masto.jews.international

ISO Yiddish proofreaders who are willing to speculate on a project of reprinting Yiddish books.

I am willing to help fundraise to support the work as well

Hey all, I have the rule set for Jacob's Ladder and svg of a (very basic) sample board, printable on a large format printer, on GitHub at https://github.com/derpayatz/jacobs-ladder

Enjoy and please send support if you can at https://liberapay.com/derpayatz/ for a recurring donation, or at https://paypal.me/derpayatz for tips...

Why do I spend so much time creating free high quality printable materials of old Yiddish texts and music, using open source tools?

Because I think that such materials and tools must be available to everyone—not just those privileged with academic access—if we want to bridge the chasm created between us and our ancestors by the Holocaust and the era of assimilation, and effect a Yiddish cultural revival in our Diaspora.

Both secular and religious Jewishness are equally valid! but I think it's bad to do ritual but take the God part out, or replace Him with some sort of impersonal symbol out of non-Jewish spirituality. There's always been struggle with the nature of God within Judaism but is "God isn't important, how you feel is," or praying 2 "ה' רוח העולם," rly coming out of a deep conversation with Jewish philosophy? It feels assimilationist & appropriative. Love yall ❤️

ugh the painkiller is wearing off but I shouldn't take another one yet

My back hasn't been this bad in months. I guess it's from spending the whole day at the park for a kid birthday on Saturday. What a drag you all

How's it going everyone?

Hi friends,
As you can see I haven't been very active lately, and the person who's been doing most of the moderation has left. I can't be responsible for administering this instance anymore, but I don't want to shut it down. So this means I need someone to take my place and take over administering the instance, and ideally take over the hosting contract too.

Y'all my city is burning

"Look!" Says the goat to his fellows. "I'm doing something! With a strong hand and an outstretched arm I will protect you!"

"How will you protect us?" Ask the others, congregated in their essential workplaces, hoping for some rent relief, PPE, and paid sick leave that won't come.

(Points to the Jews) "By taking care of the REAL cause of your misfortune!"

*Applause*

@kittybecca

Going back to work in two weeks or a month... Not excited bc I don't like to work

ISO Yiddish proofreaders who are willing to speculate on a project of reprinting Yiddish books.

I am willing to help fundraise to support the work as well

אַ גוטע וואָך!