#judaism

Always wild to me how often anime uses Jewish and Kabbalistic symbols—Sephirot in FMA, Black Clover, Hebrew text in all kinds of shows. Especially considering how few Jews are in Japan. It’s like Jewish mysticism is anime’s favorite aesthetic religion.
#Anime #Judaism

Marc Chagall's painting, White Crucifixion, was Pope Francis's favorite. "Pain is depicted there with serenity," said the late pontiff of the 1938 work, which was created in reaction to Nazi crimes against Jews. Forward examines how Francis' experiences under military dictatorship in Argentina in the 1970s may have led to his love for the painting, which culture editor Talya Zax says shows, "there is a kind of fragile peace to be found in the act of surviving what might seem unsurvivable." Zax concludes: "He understood, very well, the violence of the world he was about to leave. And he understood, like Chagall, that any experience of peace within that world was something to strive for — not something guaranteed."

https://flip.it/-so4T6

#Art #Painting #PopeFrancis #Catholicism #Judaism

Rabbi ADMITS What Judaism Says

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCuYNdOl8rg

Katie and progressive Rabbi Brant Rosen discuss some central contradictions of Judaism: how Zionism has perverted its ethical principles, how there are some deeply problematic ideas in its foundational religious texts, and how anti-Zionist Jews can struggle to resolve these issues while still centering the liberation of the Palestinian people from genocide.

#Judaism #Not #Zionism #Perversion #Liberation #Palestine #AntiGenocide

@LilahTovMoon similar for me, I wanted to go to the Doughnut shop that's walkable from my house & had it's grand opening during Passover but there's no way they're open today, so I'll go for my wedding anniversary instead soon. #Mazeldon #Judaism

https://youtu.be/PQWhj3HOfNA

#Palestine #Israel #Judaism #Sionism #Genocide

https://ronkampeas.substack.com/p/trumps-arrests-of-israel-critics?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6bMJg-d1uGpZb4YdPTvoOFBhp_wyV8j0l2_FkkIvYmkJeYDsVL_LkqJp29Zw_aem_UJBtG14C6JQVhZujo6-5UA&triedRedirect=true

Deeply disturbing report about the actions of the CEO of the Jewish Federation of North America to stop Jewish organizations from speaking out in support of the college students who are being kidnapped in the USA for speaking critically about the state of Israel.

I personally plan to contact my local Jewish Federation, to urge them to make it possible for members to donate and the money stay only in the local community, because I don't want a dime of my money going to support the JFNA when it is attacking due process, human rights and the rule of law.

#Mazeldon #Fascism #HumanRights #JFNA #Judaism #RuleOfLaw #DueProcess

The Oklahoman newspaper had two powerful op-eds by local religious leaders that attacked the Oklahoma House's "Christ is King" resolution.

I'm hoping you will read them both (links below), but I wanted to highlight a few excepts from each of them.

Excerpt #1 From Rabbi Vered Harris (my rabbi at Temple B'nai Israel of OKC):
As non-Christian clergy, I regularly meet former Christians with painful stories about Christian church upbringings that nearly destroyed them. I know very few Jewish people who have not been told that we will burn in hell because we are not Christian.

I have been dismissed by at least two Oklahoma Christian preachers because my six years of graduate school studying Bible and religion are not "faithful" — in other words: Understanding God is as simple as reading their version of the Bible. They are, as the proclamation says, free to hold and express their deeply held beliefs. However, these same pastors think Christianity and Judaism share "Judeo-Christian" values. From a Jewish perspective, approaching religious leadership without comprehensive learning is a disgrace to the brains God has given us. Unfortunately, it is also an example of the outright dangerous ways Christianity is being taught and practiced in Oklahoma; the same Christianity your proclamation extols as a blessing.

Excerpt #2 (also from Rabbi Harris):
Voting for this resolution was within your legal rights, but good grief: At its most basic level, it is rude and disrespectful to the people in this state whose non-Christian beliefs have shaped our community, society and the state.

I know it is unreasonable to expect an apology for asserting your faith is somehow superior or more noteworthy than minority religions in this state. At the least, I hope for an acknowledgment that the wording of this proclamation fails to be supportive of all Oklahomans, and it disregards the damage done to Oklahomans in the name of Christianity.

Excerpt #3 (from Rev. Adam Young of Sunny Lane UMC in Del City):
Earlier today, the House passed Concurrent Resolution 1013, a proclamation declaring “Christ is King.” As a United Methodist pastor, I believe that phrase deeply — but only within the context of faith, worship and the countercultural way of life Jesus calls us to. When the state takes those sacred words upon its lips, they are transformed into something else entirely. What was once a confession of worship becomes a political power play. What was once a theological truth becomes a civil decree. And in doing so, the government steps into the dangerous territory of Christian nationalism.

Let me be clear: This resolution is unconstitutional, anti-democratic and theologically misguided.

Excerpt #4 (from Rev. Young):
HCR 1013 betrays the Christ who refused power and domination. In Mark 10, Jesus gathers his disciples and says, “You know that among the gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; instead, whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant… For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”
Jesus never crowned himself king. The title he uses is “servant.” His vision is an upside-down one, where the first are last and the last are first. The only throne Jesus ever sat on was a cross. His kingdom looks less like the Capitol dome and more like foot-washing, shared meals, and solidarity with the poor and oppressed.

Our state, however, often operates in contradiction to this vision. As noted from the House floor today:

* The first bill our state passed established segregation.
* Our history is filled with the mistreatment of Black, Native, Latine, Asian, Pacific Islander and Middle Eastern communities.
* We criminalized “the least of these,” rather than cared for the unhoused.
* We continue to underfund education, and our outcomes lag behind the rest of the nation.

#Oklahoma #FirstAmendment #EstablishmentClause #Judaism #Christianity #ChristianNationalism #OklahomaLegislature #ConLaw #Fascism

@wowaname @icedquinn @sj_zero Oh I'm a #Christian I don't care at all about #Judaism

On 15 April 1945 the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was liberated. Some 50,000 prisoners including around 3,500 children died in the camp of hunger, disease or physical violence. Those who dies included Jews, Czechs, Poles, anti-Nazi Christians, homosexuals, Roma and Sinti. When the camp was liberated soldiers found thousands of unburied bodies.

#BergenBelsen #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #Judaism #Roma #Sinti #LGBT #Fascism #OnThisDay

Fuck your God, sideways!

#Christianity #Islam #Judaism #Monotheism

In conversation: Anti-Zionist Rabbi discusses standing with Palestine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l93PiMG6uc8

Rabbi Feldman of Neturei Karta speaks to TRT World about why true Jewish faith rejects the Israeli state—and why he stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people…

#Judaism #Peace #Palestine

So many issues right now that are relevant to Passover. Let’s make a list. 1) Passover is about breaking free from tyranny (Pharaoh) 2) Passover is about how we must participate in our own redemption - we have to speak out, do something What else would you add? #Passover #Judaism Chag sameach

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/130-jewish-georgetown-members-trump-weaponizing-faith-badar-khan-rcna200871

Very proud of these Jewish students, faculty, staff, and alumni at #Georgetown who are taking this stand for #HumanRights.

This feels especially important as we are coming into the #Passover season, to speak out for all who have been unjustly incarcerated by the #Fascist administration.

#Judaism #ResistFascism #JewishResistance #Solidarity #Pesach #Mazeldon

US monitored man arrested for threats against Jewish community in Amazonas

#politics #brazil #judaism #crime
https://agenciacenarium.com.br/us-monitored-man-arrested-for-threats-against-jewish-community-in-amazonas/?lang=en

Man who invaded synagogue and left Nazi symbols is arrested in Manaus, Brazil

#politics #brazil #judaism #crime
https://agenciacenarium.com.br/man-who-invaded-synagogue-and-left-nazi-symbols-is-arrested-in-manaus/?lang=en

I want to avoid the news for a week or two, but I need some fun stuff to read during that time. I'm thinking about getting an RSS reader. Does anyone have some good feeds to recommend? #Programming, #art, #literature, non-technical #science and #philosophy (classical, Continental & pragmatist, please—not interested in analytical), #history, #Judaism, #linguistics, stuff like that.

The Jewish community cannot center fears about ‘Jewish safety’ while supporting genocide in Gaza https://mondoweiss.net/2025/04/the-jewish-community-cannot-center-fears-about-jewish-safety-while-supporting-genocide-in-gaza/
#judaism #zionism #palestine #genocide #ethniccleansing

The 3rd #Creation Account in the #OldTestament

https://www.debunking-christianity.com/2025/04/video-3rd-creation-account-in-bible.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNx82ckeio

#biblestudy #sundayschool #christian #judaism

Does The #Talmud ACTUALLY Say That?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBeDU09o9Hw.

@ all of antisemite fedi

#Judaism

How #Religion Justifies #Genocide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUp8vVqM-P8

#religious #murder #islam #judaism #christianity #atheist #hindu #atheism #buddhism #history