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And like, for both a. and b. ...what movie are they fucking watching?

Literally the first five minutes of the movie have Jews singing to G-d, asking him to deliver them "to the promised land"...WHAT FUCKING PROMISED LAND DO THEY THINK THEY'RE SINGING ABOUT???

It's Israel!!! Obviously it's not talking about the modern state of Israel, but it's talking about the land of Israel, but still!!! For a group of people dedicated to ignoring/denying Jewish indigeneity to the land, how exactly are they watching this movie and "loving it" apparently while still holding the opinions that they hold---ie. Jews are all white land stealing colonizers, not indigenous to the land, and Jews living in Israel is evil.

It makes no sense to me, Prince of Egypt is literally a zionist movie, in that it's about the Jewish people's return to the land of Israel. So how are all these "anti-zionist" idiots watching the movie and supposedly loving it? And how exactly does it make sense for them to be so "anti-zionist" that they won't even cast Jews to play Jewish roles because (((zionism))), when they're talking about a literal zionist movie? Like WHAT?

It just...I'm so confused.

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

In 1932, the nearly intact ruins of a synagogue were excavated in Dura-Europos, a former garrison and trading center on the Euphrates river in eastern Syria. The shul’s construction was traced back to 244 CE, making it one of the oldest in the world—at least until ISIS destroyed it in 2013.

Other than its prodigious age, what made the synagogue remarkable were its extraordinary wall paintings. Not fresco, but tempera over plaster (a fast-drying paint made from egg yolk), the paintings are elaborate and gorgeous, depicting narratives from the Torah: Moses leading Hebrews from Egypt, Moses receiving the Ten Commandments, Isaac’s close-call, and Ezekiel’s insane visions.

Scholars have speculated that the Greco-Roman style wall-work was probably done by different artists, and may have served an educational purpose. It’s also thought that the art, unusual for synagogues, found its genesis in a desire to compete with the other major religions—competition bred beauty. Like Miss America, for ancient synagogues. And it explains why the original archaeologists mistook it for a Greek temple.

Fortunately, the wall paintings were safely moved from the site long before ISIS destroyed the place of worship. Tiles can be seen at the Museum of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and the walls themselves are on full, reconstructed display at the National Museum of Damascus. But we don’t recommend going there.

Photos from Wikipedia

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I don’t know enough about the situation, so I will not say that I support one or the other—especially since both show violence against their people, one account I used to follow even going as far as showing the mutilated corpse of a Palestinian child murdered by Israeli soldiers—but what I will say is that I saw a video today posted and created by Alan’s Theory (or @alans_theory on Instagram), and he said best what I have been scared to verbalize more recently about the ordeal: that we need to hope for peace on both sides.

What I’ve been seeing from accounts that support either Israel or Palestine is—like I said—one or the other is right, that the other side is murdering people en masse, and that the other side is giving out propaganda. I’ve been conflicted, as a Jew and as someone who wants to fight for what is right—because on one hand, Israel is the only country I know of that has been created with Jewish people in mind. The rest are Christian or Islamic. However, on the other hand, Palestinians deserve to live their lives free of war and persecution.

Then, there’s the fact that both sides believe they’re in the right, and there is no definitive answer as to what the truth is.

I don’t feel like I can speak for either side, nor will I, but—as a Jew, and as a pupil of Archangel Michael, I implore everyone to be on the side of kindness and peace instead of hate and destruction. Especially if this war affects you and/or your loved ones, in any way possible.

CW: this post talks about rape, sexual assault, kidnappings, pedophilia, abuse, murder, torture, antisemitism, and racism.