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dukepaaron

@dukepaaron@babka.social

Jewish themed account focused on diaspora issues w/ minimal related Israel content.

Even if the entire world tells you that you are a Tzaddik consider yourself like a Rasha

Things I will mock you for: antisemitism definition and Levant indigenaity debates, shitty holocaust takes, good Jew bad Jew bullshit, glorifying the death rattle of assimilation.

Hobbies: wandering, rootless cosmopolitaning, well poisoning, making matzo out of... er... stuff, performing talmudic rituals

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dukepaaron, to Germany
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This Germany place sounds a lot like the internet. 🥸

"The case highlights the role of #Jews in the #German popular imagination. “This is a widespread situation, especially in #Germany, that people make themselves out to be Jews or see themselves as such, although they are not,” German #Jewish historian Julius Schoeps said in a report last month about “Jewish fake identities and the question of ‘why’” on Deutschlandfunk radio."

https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-man-accused-of-posing-as-a-jew-and-peddling-fake-antisemitic-holocaust-story/

dukepaaron, to random
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This is like sanitizing Roald Dahl and Agatha Christie books of their and . Disappearing this stuff doesn't actually make things better and it quite likely obscures reality in ways that will bite us in the ass.

"A German church has been urged to remove a controversial antisemitic sculpture.

The 13th century "Judensau" or "Jew Sow" on Wittenberg town church depicts a caricature of a rabbi lifting the tail of a sow and two Jewish children suckling on the teats."

https://www.thejc.com/news/world/german-church-told-to-remove-antisemitic-judensau-carving-1nA2oPtBRosoKNmgBP3ti8

dukepaaron,
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@raf or they could keep it up and put a plaque up in the church that explains how shitty they are.

dukepaaron,
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@ixi that sounds right up my alley. Anything that highlights what a shit Luther was sounds great.

dukepaaron, to random
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The blue angels buzzing my house for the last several hours sounds so intimidating I can't even imagine how terrifying it must sound to America's victims of actual bombing runs.

dukepaaron, to Jewish
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I went on a deep dive of old #borschtbelt #comedy and l'm not sure we can totally understand now how completely subversive #JoanRivers was to #Jewish male comedy at the time.

https://youtu.be/u4RTpXJYGcY

mekkaokereke, to random
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sigh we're still talking about this I guess...

Jamie Foxx didn't say something anti-semitic. He said something people thought was anti-semitic.

Because they weren't familiar with his phrase, and he wasn't familiar with the anti-semitic dog-whistle.

He apologized for being misunderstood, not for being anti-semitic.

Yes, it is very good that he clarified.

dukepaaron,
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@mekkaokereke you're just describing how dogwhistles work. Whether he understood it or not doesn't negate it being antisemitic.

dukepaaron,
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@havn @mekkaokereke oh ffs.

Not understanding 2000 years of christian Jewish decide accusations is on the Christian saying it not on the Jews receiving it.

dukepaaron,
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@mekkaokereke I think what you're missing is that it doesn't matter why or how it's used. It matters where it's rooted from.

There are anti-black racist elements embedded in the Babylonian Talmud and in several oareas of Maimonides writings. When people use then they invariably think they're related to strangers or others but with a little inspection the origins are racist (specifically not reinterpreted for modern sensibility). That's on Jews to understand and grapple with.

Trying to argue the terminology isn't rooted in very readily understandable and obvious Christian theology is dubious at best.

Some Jews used to say a bracha when they met a black person. It was racist. But my bubbe would certainly argue it wasn't if she was alive and I'm sure she would believe that too.

dukepaaron,
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@Mabande @mekkaokereke where exactly do you think common expressions about who killed jesus come from?

dukepaaron,
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@mekkaokereke @Mabande @emilyk oh great. I really was trying to make a point about origins of common expressions and not paint Jamie Foxx prlersonally as a bad guy.

dukepaaron, to Jewish
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"As president of SAG-AFTRA, Drescher heads up a union that owes its early success in part to another #Jewish comic, Groucho Marx. When the Screen Actors Guild was first established in July 1933, it lacked negotiating power. Groucho Marx was one of the first major stars to leave the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and throw his support behind SAG in October 1933, after it came to light that studio executives had lobbied the U.S. government to restrict actor pay — but not their own — as part of FDR’s Great Depression recovery plans."

https://www.heyalma.com/fran-drescher-isnt-the-first-jewish-labor-icon-in-hollywood/

dukepaaron, to Jewish
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We're back MFers!

"The city of York is to welcome its first resident since the expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290 under King Edward I."

https://www.thejc.com/news/news/city-of-york-welcomes-first-rabbi-since-1290-expulsion-3EmVCOSpbgDV8BFswrQQ6U

GottaLaff, to california
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Womp womp

Via Kyle Griffin:

In , a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state's laws permitting universal mail-in voting, online voter registration, community ballot collection and more.

The plaintiffs failed to prove that they are harmed by these laws, the judge ruled.

dukepaaron,
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@GottaLaff tbf the plaintiffs probably are harmed by people voting because they're malicious sociopaths.

dukepaaron, to random
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Just got back from the Mark Rubin show. He was awesome and when my 10 year old asked for an autograph he autographed a CD and gave that to him instead. Then Shpilkis started. Couldn't stay for much of that set but they're a great local Seattle klezmer act.

dukepaaron, to random
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Shot -> Chaser

15 million in the world 100 million Jews in online discussions.

"A German intellectual named Fabian Wolff, who has often criticized the Jewish community in Germany and Israel through media outlets associated with the left, was found to have faked his Jewish identity." Screenshot of article about Fabian Wolff (being exposed as lying about being a Jew) 2023 YNet News

dukepaaron,
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@bp innernetz asajew is just three German intellectual raccoons in a rain coat.

dukepaaron, to Jewish
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is extremely persistent, for better or worse. I miss the diversity of voices on . Not enough to go back but still it was a whole spectrum and it isn't here.

Also I miss Bashevkin:

“Twitter serves as this place where we can kind of pass notes across the mechitza,” Bashevkin, 38, said, referring to the physical barrier between men and women in some synagogues. “Normally in the Jewish world we have these boundaries — important boundaries — but it was a place where it was appropriate to interact with those from outside of your community and almost build friendships.”

https://forward.com/culture/554712/jewish-twitter-users-try-threads/

dukepaaron,
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@emmaaum yeah same here.

dukepaaron, to random
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There is someone in my home who is putting jam on lox and I'm not sure I should continue living with this family.

dukepaaron, to Toledo
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In neo-NAZIs showed up masked to protest both the Federation and an + event called Love Fest. Some of them were armed and at the Jewish Federation they carried tiki torches like at Unite the Right.

"The Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo unequivocally condemns these acts of hate meant to instill fear in our hearts and minds," a statement attributed to several executives read. "We are stronger than hate. We are united with our partners in the LGBTQ+ community, refusing to be silent in the face of baseless hatred.

We know all too well from recent memory that this virus spreads like a cancer and affects us all. As Elie Wiesel said, 'We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/neo-nazis-harass-attendees-equality-toledo-love-fest-celebration/512-3df9c50c-3c0d-4133-b032-dc13f804190c

dukepaaron, to Jewish
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"The became famous for its resorts, popular in the early to mid-20th century. But such enclaves formed out of necessity, with widespread and millions of Ku Klux Klan members nationwide. And it all started with a book: the Jewish Vacation Guide, which cataloged where would be safe, well-fed and entertained. It also inspired the Green Book, a widely used guide for Black travelers.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/07/14/the-jewish-vacation-guide

dukepaaron,
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@kkarhan highly possible.

ryangorley, to foss
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When anyone spends their resources making something and then gives it away for free they should be greeted firstly with gratitude. They should be greeted secondly with gratitude. They should be greeted lastly with gratitude.

Too much community rage and contributor burnout stems from a strange forgetfulness that no one has to contribute anything this way. It's always a wonder. Let's chill out and be a little more kind and a lot more grateful.

dukepaaron,
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@ryangorley merely noting an easy example of not needing to feel gratitude towards everyone just because they make something and give it away.

baruch, to mazeldon
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Rabbi Ilya says: The world endures only in the merit of the one who restrains himself during an argument.
(Talmud, Chullin 89a)

@mazeldon

dukepaaron,
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@alter_kaker @baruch @mazeldon I could have really used this yesterday in that work meeting I derailed.

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