Jewish Learning Resources - The Basics
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Note: I am not a Rabbi I do not have Semicha. Judaism is an ethnoreligious orthoprax peoplehood practised on every habited continent it crosses language, political, gender, racial and generational boundaries I cannot possibly sum up every facet in a Tumblr post nor can I contain every dissenting opinion.
This is meant as an introductory post for non-Jews interested in learning more about the Jewish people. Note that Jewish prayers, mysticism and rituals are explicitly closed to non-Jews and we do not encourage nor discourage conversion. Proselytism, antisemitism and derailing about the State of Israel, Zionism or the ADL's politics is not welcome and will earn you a block. There are other places to discuss Palestinian Liberation than the notes of a post about antisemitism. Referencing a Resource does not mean I condone or support all the actions of the organisation or persons providing it.
(Other Posts TBD: Lifecycle Events and Holidays, Jewish Diaspora and Languages, Jewish Food, Jewish Art and Culture)
Antisemitism (not including the Holocaust)
Antisemitism or Anti-Semitism? (ADL)
The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
A Brief History of Antisemitism (ADL)
Antisemitism: a Summary 1st-21st Century (Counter Extremism Project)
Medieval Antisemitism (Wiener Holocaust Museum)
What was the Pale of Settlement? (JVL)
What is a Pogrom? (YIVO Encyclopedia)
What was the Damascus Blood Libel (JVL)
What was the Dreyfus Affair (US Holocaust Museum)
What was the Aliens Act in the UK? (JVL)
The History of Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories (Time Magazine)
On the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (MJL)
Why Conspiracy Theories always land on the Jews (Unlocked Article from The Atlantic)
Blood Libel and Host Desecration (YIVO Encylopedia)
New World Order (Middlesbury Institute)
Rootless Cosmopolitans: German Jewish Writers and the Stalinist Purges 1
The Great Replacement (JVL)
Khazar Theory (AJC Explainer, Abstract of the Genetic Study mentioned)
1. Gilman, S., & Gelbin, C. (2017). Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press., https://doi.org/10.1353/book.52970.
False Messiahs in Judaism (MJL)
What are Messianic "Jews"? (MJL)
Antisemitism in the New Testament (Yad Vashem)
Martin Luther and Antisemitism (JVL)
Hatred in Plain Sight: The Judensau (Smithsonian)
Why can Jews pray in a Mosque but not a Church? (Torah.org)
How do Jews define monotheism? (MJL)
What is idolatry in Judaism? (MJL)
Are Tattoos prohibited in Judaism? (Chabad)
What are Graven Images? (Chabad)
Do Jews have to believe in a G-d? (MJL)
Why do Jews Censor G-d's Name? (Chabad)
Why don't Jews use the Tetragrammaton? (MJL)
What is Lashon Hara? (MJL)
Kashrut Overview (Jewfaq)
Why don't Jews eat Milk and Meat together? (Exploring Judaism)
Fleischig, Milchig, and Pareve (Chabad)
Chalav Yisrael (OU Kosher)
What do Kosher Symbols Mean? (MJL)
What is Pikauch Nefesh? (JVL)
Do you have to fast on Yom Kippur?
Disability and Jewish Law (Reform Judaism)
Judaism and Martyrdom (Chabad)
What is Melachot/ What can't Jews do on Shabbat? (OU)
Shabbat Recipes (feel free to make some yourself all recipes are open for non-Jews)
Find out when Shabbat Starts
Movements of Judaism (Jewfaq)
Conservative / Masorti Judaism (Rabbincal Assembly)
Orthodox Judaism (Branches of Orthodox Judaism, Chabad-Lubavitch)
Reconstructionist Judaism
Queer and Trans Issues in Judaism
The Six Intersex Designations of the Talmud (Sefaria Sheet)
Homosexuality and Judaism (MJL)
Judaism and the LGBTQ Community: An Overview (MJL)
Keshet Equal Shuls Directory (US Only)
Female Rabbis and Cantors (JVL)
Jewish Sacred Texts (Reform Judaism)
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