emilyk

emilyk, 2 months ago to comics

At long last, my Jewish-themes fantasy comic is coming to fruition. Here is a page in which the two main characters first meet. They realize that they’re each searching for something that can only be found with the help of the other.

#JewishComics #comics #mazeldon

dukepaaron, 2 months ago to random

“Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness in a holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.”

I can't tell if he's refuting his Jewishness or refuting his Jewishness [being used] in a...

Edit: I've decided he meant "...men who refute their Jewishness being hijacked..."

https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/jonathan-glazer-israel-palestine-conflict-holocaust-1234963044/

emilyk, 2 months ago to random

If your software has a subscription model as opposed to a one-time purchase model with additional payments for significant upgrades, I'm 10x more likely to just pirate it.

I'm sick of this rental economy.

emilyk, 2 months ago to random

I need some #Mazeldon input.

I dyed this wool using Hexaplex Trunculus (Chilazon) Tekhelet dye for the purpose of tying tzitzit. For those who don’t know, you can get a purple-blue spectrum of colors when you work with it. Tekhelet by Halacha is to be blue, but rabbinical sources disagree as to the type of blue (shock, I know).

I’m not worried about it being the same correct blue. I want to know- do these colors look “blue” to you? Samples of the undyed wool are also there.

—
(I am aware many (possibly most) Jews don’t accept this method of Tekhelet, but having read up on it the case is personally convincing to me.)

CrimethInc, 2 months ago to random

On the final day of the #StopCopCity summit in Arizona, multiple protesters locked down in front of the suburban mansion of a Nationwide Insurance executive to pressure Nationwide to stop supporting police militarization.

Across the country in New York City, 200 people marched to the joint offices of AXA XL and Nationwide Insurance, both of which profit from the ongoing genocide in Gaza as well as their ties to the Atlanta police foundation and Cop City. Over 100 protesters stormed to the building, hanging banners and disrupting business.

This is not a local struggle!

https://crimethinc.com/copcities

Footage of the action in NYC by Jonathan Rampagoa.

200 people marched to the joint offices of AXA XL and Nationwide Insurance, both of which profit from the ongoing genocide in Gaza as well as their ties to the Atlanta police foundation and Cop City. Over 100 protesters stormed to the building, hanging banners, chanting, and disrupting business before departing.

emilyk, 3 months ago to philadelphia

All the #Philly peeps: no getting coffee at Ultimo locations until the company signs the new contract for the baristas union. They’re asking customers to boycott.

#Philadelphia

SteveThompson, 3 months ago to Michigan

Antisemitic Hamas sympathies in official U.S. Government. Vote her out.

"Tlaib calls for Michigan residents to vote ‘uncommitted’ in upcoming Democratic primary"

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4475121-tlaib-calls-for-michigan-residents-to-vote-uncommitted-in-upcoming-democratic-primary/

"Tlaib has called for a cease-fire in Gaza and has been critical of the administration since the war started in October. She was censured in November for her criticism of Israel and the use of the phrase 'from the river to the sea,' which has been condemned by Jewish groups as antisemitic."

#Tlaib #Michigan

serge, 3 months ago to Palestine

Let's make this clear... Making lists of Jews and where they live isn't "Pro-Palestinian".

Furthermore, calling this and similar actions "silencing Pro-Palestinian voices" conflates the Palestinian cause with hate, which not only harms Jews, but also legitimate Pro-Palestinian voices.

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-02-13/australia-to-ban-doxxing-after-pro-palestinian-activists-publish-information-about-hundreds-of-jews

#ProPalestinian #antisemitism #Palestine

BlackAzizAnansi, 3 months ago to random

So not only did the Doordash man mess up my order, he put this in my bag.

-_-

serge, 3 months ago to Judaism

This video is probably the best summarization of the various Jewish denominations/branches, the history of Judaism, including the various geographic changes that lead to changes, belief structures, understanding of Judaism as different from Christianity, differences on observance, and more.

It's such a great explainer video, I highly recommend it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsBgluFGz7Y

#Judaism #ReformJudaism #ConservativeJews #OrthodoxJuaism #OrthodoxJews #Masorti #Ashkenazi #Sephardi #Mizrahi #Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #reconstructionistjudaism`

Wraithe, 4 months ago to random

Wow, pull quote from Penn Gillette:

“I completely have not used the word Libertarian in describing myself since I got an email during lockdown where a person from a Libertarian organization wrote to me and said, “We’re doing an anti-mask demonstration in Vegas, and obviously we’d like you to head it.” I looked at that email and I went, “The fact they sent me this email is something I need to be very ashamed of, and I need to change.”

https://www.cracked.com/article_40871_penn-jillette-wants-to-talk-it-all-out.html

emilyk, 4 months ago to Cats

There are two kinds of shop cat names:

• Socks

• Dr. Percival Q. Stripey-Bottom Esq., Lord Head of Rodent Capture

#Catstodon #Cats

levjoy, 4 months ago to random

“I’ve been to a lot of Passover celebrations,” she added, “and it’s so weird that the story is only of Jewish subjugation, even though subjugation is still so present for other people.” She went on: “Black people still haven’t had their histories honored. We are still gaslit about the impact of slavery and the continued impacts of white supremacy.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/magazine/black-jewish-activists-palestine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ok0.RPHy.OoaQ7LAqhy_O&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

emilyk, 4 months ago to comics

"(Anti)Zionism, Social Justice, and Jewish Gen Z"

#Comics #JewishComics #Mazeldon #Israel #Gaza

These comics are so dense that making alt text for them is daunting, but they're too important for me not to share. If some kind soul could please make #AltText for me I'd be so grateful. Thank you.

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ANTI-ZIONISM AND SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE HAVE GROWN AMONG LEFTIST AND LEFTY JEWS, ESPECIALLY AMONG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 30. AND YET, JEWISH KIDS WERE AND STILL ARE GIVEN A JEWISH EDUCATION THAT IS BROADLY "PRO-ISRAEL." I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS AT PLAY, AND NO, I DON'T THINK TIKTOK IS TO BLAME. MILLENNIALS AND ZOOMERS GREW UP IN A SYNAGOGUE CULTURE THAT HAS, IN MY EXPERIENCE, DONE A SUBPAR JOB TEACHING JEWISH HISTORY. MY OWN JEWISH EDUCATION SKEWED HEAVILY TOWARD ASHKENAZI/EASTERN EUROPEAN HOST CENTRAL PONT OF SET TEETAGE, AND GLOSSED OVER THE COMPLEX HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. [image of protest signs] It's Kosher Boycott Israel #FREE GAZA END ZIONISM, FREE PALESTINE! [image of a Discord chat between two people] Amir_S: Just heard from my Dad. My cousin was killed in the Gaza strikes.. Hannah: Oh my god.. I'm so so sorry Amir_S: My uncle is stranded in the West Bank because his work permit was revoked. He can't get to the funeral, if they can even have one THIS KIND OF EDUCATION LEAVES A VOID OF KNOWLEDGE TO BE FILLED, OFTEN BY FREE-FLOWING INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET. AND WHILE I DON'T THINK SOCIAL MEDIA ITSELF IS A CAUSE OF THE SHIFT IN YOUNG JEWISH ATTITUDES, THE FACT THAT WE ARE MUCH MORE ONLINE THAN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS HAS DOUBTLESSLY AFFECTED OUR VIEWS. FOR ONE THING, IT IS EASIER THAN EVER TO TALK DIRECTLY TO PALESTINIANS.
GEN Z HAS NEVER KNOWN AN "UNDERDOG ISRAEL" MILLENNIALS AND GEN Z WERE BORN INTO A WORLD WHERE NOT ONLY DOES ISRAEL EXIST, IT'S A MIGHTY NATION WITH ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED MILITARIES IN THE WORLD. IT HAS THE UNSHAKING BACKING OF THE UNITED STATES FINANCIALLY AND POLITICALLY, AND HAS RECEIVED LITTLE - IF ANY - PUSHBACK FOR THEIR ACTIONS. BOOMERS REMEMBER THE SIX DAY WAR AND THE YOM KIPPUR WAR, TWO CONFLICTS THAT WERE A REAL THREAT TO ISRAEL'S EXISTENCE. MILLENNIALS REMEMBER THE 2ND INTIFADA, IN WHICH HUNDREDS OF ISRAELIS WERE MURDERED BY TERRORISTS. MANY OF US REMEMBER PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN'S ASSASSINATION. BUT GEN Z ONLY KNOWS AN ISRAEL WITH AN ENTRENCHED RIGHT WING GOVERNMENT MORE INTERESTED IN UPHOLDING AN UNJUST STATUS QUO THAN ACHIEVING TRUE PEACE. GAZA HAS BEEN UNDER BLOCKADE SINCE 2006 TIMIN THE OCCUPATION OF THE WEST BANK STARTED DECADES BEFORE THAT. THEY'VE ONLY KNOWN AN ISRAEL AT ODDS WITH THEIR BASIC MORALS. [image: far right israeli politicians pontificating, with right wing Israeli party logos surrounding them]
BACKLASH TO THE STATUS QUO OF JEWISH EDUCATION I REMEMBER FEELING EXHAUSTED BY HOW THE HOLOCAUST WAS MADE A CENTRAL PART OF MY JEWISH EDUCATION. WHEN JEWISH JOY WAS INCLUDED, IT WAS USUALLY FRAMED AROUND SURVIVAL - MOST OFTEN FROM AN ASHKENAZI PERSPECTIVE. WHERE WAS THE JEWISH JOY THAT CAME FROM WITHIN? WHERE WAS THE BRILLIANT, OFTEN HUMOROUS, TALMUDIC EPHEMERA THAT MADE US SO UNIQUE AS PEOPLE OF SCRIPTURE? WHERE WAS THE MYSTICISM SO CAREFULLY GUARDED BY OUR ANCESTORS? IF ALL WE KNOW IS OPPRESSION, THEN THE SAFEGUARD OF ISRAEL MUST BE DEFENDED AT ALL COSTS. JEWISH YOUTH ARE TAUGHT TO SUPPORT ZIONISM NOT AS A COMPLEX POLITICAL MOVEMENT, BUT AS PART OF THE EXISTENTIAL STRUGGLE AGAINST THE WIDER WORLD'S ANTISEMITISM. SO WHEN THEY LEARN FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT THE NAKBA, AND THE HARSH REALITIES OF LIVING UNDER OCCUPATION, ZIONISM MORPHS FROM A MOVEMENT FOR THE SELF-DETERMINATION OF AN OPPRESSED PEOPLE TO AN OPPRESSIVE, RIGHT WING IDEOLOGY THAT WAS ALWAYS INVESTED IN ETHNIC DISPLACEMENT. [two drawings of famous photos, both of Nazis mocking orthodox Polish Jews in tallit and tefillin. In one they force him to say kaddish before shooting him, in the other they cut off his peyot and beard.]

serge, 4 months ago to Julia

Just read the news that HBO Max is cancelling Julia, just as the show was really getting good.

Why not... it's critically acclaimed, has incredibly reviews with both critics and the audience, a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. That makes all the sense in the world for HBO to cancel it.

https://www.ign.com/articles/julia-cancelled-max-two-seasons

#JuliaChild #Julia #HBO

emilyk, 4 months ago to random

Damn, internet, throwing shade

sprakeloos, 4 months ago to Israel Dutch

Genocide in broad daylight. #israel

emilyk, 4 months ago to mazeldon

Where can I read the anti-Christian polemics written by medieval and renaissance era Jews? Things like Jacob ben Reuben's "Milkhamot Adonai." There's others and they fascinate me, as someone who did a lot of counter-missionary studies in the 2000s. Anyone have any resources? Are they all still in their respective languages? (Hebrew, Ladino, Yiddish, etc.)

#Mazeldon @mazeldon

emilyk, 5 months ago to comics

New Comic - "Akirah - Displacement"

There has been an increasing awareness of the “Nakhba,” in which 700,000 Palestinian Arabs were displaced during the Arab-Israeli War in 1948. Fewer know about the larger, longer displacement of Jews from the Arab World between 1948 and the 1970s. 1/n

(There isn't alt text. I'm sorry. It's just so dense, and I'm so tired... but I really wanted to share this.)

#Mazeldon #comics #Israel

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Daojoan, 5 months ago to random

For my audience of more than 5000, if I leave Substack, I'm going to wind up paying:

• $116.50 AUD per month on Buttondown
• $61.93 AUD per month on Beehiiv
• $100+ AUD per month on Ghost
• $46 AUD per month on Squarespace

...or spend more time and energy on self-hosting, adding another layer of work that I don't enjoy to my freelancing and writing.

When I'm already burning the candle at both ends.
All because Substack find it just too damn hard to not platform Nazis.

I'm tired.

histoftech, 5 months ago to random

I’m old enough to remember when smoking (and smoke) was everywhere, and the idea that smokers might ever be asked or made to stop was seen as absurd. Many kids (including me) got horrible bronchitis every single year and had other sorts of breathing problems all the time. Many parents (and other adults) died early.