Name's Honk, and I am outraged.

So, you want to murder:

6,377,000 Jews

1,771,000 Arabs

and 374,000 others (which includes non-Arab Christians and Baha’i

No, no, let’s think about this, since you’re adamant you don’t mean “every Jew.”

Considering only 14.3 million Jews exist on the planet, you want almost half of the world’s Jews dead.

You want to kill over 6 million Jews. 6 million that have relations all over the world.

Hmm. I wonder how on Earth someone could possibly think that you’re an antisemite.

Tell you what, explain how that’s a reasonable and not-antisemitic thing to want when you want the same number of Jews dead that the Nazis managed to pull off.

HOW THE FUCK IS THAT BETTER, YOU’RE ADVOCATING THE SYSTEMATIC ANNIHILATION OF 8.5 MILLION PEOPLE

I would love to have joint celebrations, but why are they always scheduled for the convenience of the Christian majority? why do the non-Xtian elements have to still be Xmas themed? oh, this present has blue wrapping paper, next to the entire bedecked tree is a single sad hanukiya, that makes up for centuries of Xmas pogroms and nittel nacht.

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couldn't you invoke it in service of. like. stopping antisemitism?

yeah okay completely fair. absolute agreement. tisha b'av is about mourning for jewish history

THE FUCK

Okay. Tool #1 of 21

why. "don't talk about palestine for one fucking page" challenge failed. can't we mourn our own things rebekah erev? can't we grieve for us?

the page after also fails the "don't talk about palestine for one fucking page" challenge. if you're wondering.

we are one-seventh of the way through. jewish grief and suffering has not been mentioned.

#4 also talks about palestine.

i am going to throw something wendy.

(the black bar is not mine it's theirs. no i don't know why they felt the need to make it look redacted.)

what about antisemitism?

melissa. please. PLEASE let us have a day of mourning that doesn't mention palestinians. that predates palestinians. that has nothing to do with palestinians.

the fuck is that

jo kent katz suggests saying kaddish. i get my hopes up. she talks about why it's good. my hopes go higher.

JO!

what is priestessing jo

NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE ABOUT PALESTINE JO

thank you to jade brooks for not mentioning palestine. this should not be difficult. thank you to judith norman for not bringing palestine into cleaning.

no thank you to lena ruth sclove for deciding you can't meditate without palestine

c'mon lena.

Beth that's the quiet part. Beth you're not supposed to say you're happy jews died yet. c'mon Beth. Beth this is Tisha B'av, you're still paying lip service to the idea of Jews dying as being bad.

well when you tie your identity to victimhood and oppression and when that is the cornerstone of your separation from the broader ethnic group yes that would make sense, your narrative is being reaffirmed and that is a very powerful thing.

rebecca fox keeps palestine out of sewing. thank you rebecca

now, to be fair, my high ground is limited because i don't plan on fasting on tisha b'av, but i don't plan on making a big deal out of cooking either.

Yeah. You know what, Beth? You're right. I am mad. I am mad that you choose to take Judaism and twist it into knots to make it all about Palestine. I am mad that you and your (mostly Gentile organization which @aqlstar has documented being extremely awful) organization refuse to let Jewish rituals and prayers exist as they are. I am mad that you market yourself to a goyish audience as Jewish. I am mad at the nature of what you do. I am mad that media coverage of Judaism has in many cases been co-opted by organizations like yours, Jewish Autism Speaks'.

I am mad, Beth. I am full of rage. Rage at you.

And "Rabbi" Lynn Gottlieb

Well maybe they wouldn't be traumatized if they stopped going to your synagogues and pretending to be Jewish would they now.

Okay, but for real: if you are traumatized by the existence of a language rather than what is being conveyed, that is your fucking problem. Trauma is not a force-the-world-to-bend-to-your-will card, especially not when you show up in other people's spaces, knowing there is a high risk of that trigger being present. Expecting Jews to change our practices for the comfort of non-Jews in Jewish spaces is, dare I say it, colonialist.

Also, wait, English, that famously untraumatizing language? That language with no history of oppression?

The FUCK. I could kind of get English. I'd prefer "the vernacular language", but since for about half of Jews that is Hebrew, I can see Lynn's concern. But there is a defense of English.

There is no defense for using Arabic. There is no defense for demanding Jewish tradition bend and twist to fit those who infiltrate Jewish spaces. There is no defense for requiring Jews to use the tongue of the oppressor simply to be allowed to do whatever bastardized version of "prayer" the infiltrators so kindly deign to allow us. There is no defense for demanding we use a more recent language, untied to our history and past.

It's not taking it. Palestinian identity formation, as even Palestinian historians accept, formed in the mid-to-late 1800s. If there are similarities in traditions, that is either an independent convergence, or the result of Palestinian appropriation of Jewish things. I don't know which, necessarily.

it is the last proposed "technology" and we are finally at a proper tradition for Tisha B'av.

It doesn't. Jewish days of mourning and holidays and traditions exist independent of Palestinians. They are not tied to Palestinians, except inasmuch as they are tied to eretz Yisrael. We don't need to change our religion to meet whatever impossible standard the non-Jews around us demand, whether it's a Communist Judaism, a nationalist Judaism, or a pro-Palestinian Judaism. Judaism predates Communism, nationalism and Palestinians.

Tisha B'av commemorates something that happened in Judea, when Jews were the vast majority of residents. It's not pro-Palestinian, and that's okay. This idea that Jewish traditions and practices need to be approved of by non-Jews is not only erasing us, it's quixotic. There will always be one more Jewish practice to be erased, one last bit of capitalism or universalism or Zionism.

The last words that they have on Tisha B'av are not anything about the many things we could mourn on that day -- the loss of our independence, our exile from our indigenous homeland, our expulsion from Spain, the start of the First Crusade, or any of the other things that happened on Tisha B'av. No, they are about Palestine.

dc: bruce wayne is… what’s the word…umm…

me: 

In Jewish astrology, the month of Av and the sign of Leo are all about the fiery depths of transformation. ❤️‍🔥

Jewish mysticism views this powerful symbol as representing the relationship between supreme strength and the tender vulnerability required for true rebuilding. It’s a spiritual paradox showing that our moments of greatest brokenness hold the exact blueprint for our ultimate elevation.

This specific cosmic timing is all about containment and deep listening. In our ancient mystical text Sefer Yetzirah, it’s taught that this period was created with the spiritual faculty of hearing. It’s a time designed for tuning out the external noise to hear the quiet promise of inner renewal. The energy of Leo is a fixed fire sign, which brings immense passion, warmth, and the power of heart-centered leadership.

Kabbalists actually view fire as a tool of purification, meaning that how we channel our intensity during this time has the power to burn away old limitations and spark entirely new beginnings.

We don’t have to choose between protecting ourselves with a fierce exterior and staying completely soft at our core. The goal of this month is to hold both states at the same time, channeling our inner lion to rebuild our lives from a place of pure, open-hearted love.

Shabbat Shalom 🦁🧡

What Happened on the Ninth of Av?

On Tisha B’Av, five national calamities occurred:

During the time of Moses, Jews in the desert accepted the slanderous report of the 10 Spies, and the decree was issued forbidding them from entering the Land of Israel.

The First Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians, led by Nebuchadnezzar. 100,000 Jews were slaughtered and millions more exiled.

The Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans, led by Titus. Some two million Jews died, and another one million were exiled.

The Bar Kochba revolt was crushed by Roman Emperor Hadrian. The city of Betar – the Jews’ last stand against the Romans – was captured and liquidated. Over 100,000 Jews were slaughtered.

The Temple area and its surroundings were plowed under by the Roman general Turnus Rufus. Jerusalem was rebuilt as a pagan city – renamed Aelia Capitolina – and access was forbidden to Jews.

Other grave misfortunes throughout Jewish history occurred on the Ninth of Av, including:

The Spanish Inquisition culminated with the expulsion of Jews from Spain on Tisha B’Av in 1492.

World War One broke out on the eve of Tisha B’Av in 1914 when Germany declared war on Russia. German resentment from the war set the stage for the Holocaust.

People found out that I am mostly pro AI (the funnier part of this is that I don't even use it).

People found out I'm a zionist.

I lived with the dramatic irony of knowing they had the opposite view of me, so I never brought up politics with them. But the second they found out about mine, they completely dehumanized me. Yes, it is tiring being the better person lol.

If you refuse to see the problem is the terrorist organizations like hamas, taliban, jihad, houthis, the Iranian Islamic Regimes, the corruption in the UN, and not Jews/Israelis you support death of innocent civilians.

hamas is given billion of dollars and not one bomb shelter, that is a war crime. No protection, and that is not Israel's fault.

The UN and doctors without borders are making women and children perform sexual acts for basic supplies. You don't care about them though. You dont care hamas open fires on citizens, or that their charter calls to kill every Jew and destroy Israel.

You deny physical evidence, from areas like archeology to biology. Your movement is anti-indigenous.

Would you leave the USA, Australia, Southern Africa, New Zealand, Canada to allow indigenous populations to have their LAND BACK. If your answer is no, then you need to really think about what youre actually calling for.

Doctors without borders (MSF) abuse articles/news:

He has done nothing in office but make the city more dangerous. He hasnt done shit for rent or groceries because in reality he doesnt have fucking control of that as a mayor. Thats how dumb your fucking mayor is NY...

They both peddle antisemitic rhetoric, this was a planned attack on not only american values but on the american jewish people.

The ottoman empire conquered a lot, they used force conversions of jews and christians or death.

When a lot of the time, it is much more insidious and less outright than that. And that's not to say it is any less wrong or that there are not people out there preaching to kill us.