“Similarly, the term "Islamophobia" is structurally flawed. By framing the issue as an irrational ‘phobia’ or fear, it medicalises what is in reality a form of bigotry and discrimination.” I’ve heard this one so often about homo/transphobia. It doesn’t get better with time.

Yair Wallach@yairwallach.bsky.social · 12h ago

"... the modern use of the term “antisemitism” to refer exclusively to hostility against Jews distorts its original meaning and erases the Semitic identity of Arabs and Palestinians." This gem is from an early draft resolution of "Zionism is Racism" Green party resolution

Has anyone ever written an AU of how things would’ve gone if Trotsky succeeded Lenin instead of Stalin?

Since it needs to be said: Anti-Islamic bigotry and anti-Arab racism are very real and deserve to be named and studied and confronted on their own terms. But "antisemitism" never meant "bigotry against Semitic peoples," and saying so is bad historiography.

It does feel especially uncomfortable after the jeans/genes ad.

William Adler@williamadler78.bsky.social · 15h ago

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“The couple is discussing having their own family and Scooter feels strongly on the subject,” says the source.

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Nidal Hasan's execution date was set, which brought the case back to mind. As a criminal law professor, it raises uncomfortable questions. In particular, it feels like he would have a decent argument for the defence of necessity, at least under Canadian standards.

Anyone have leads on buying a pre-owned set of tefillin? (I mean in terms of concrete people or places, not in terms of general idea.)

Fascinating argument from Jacob Wright’s Why the Bible Began: You don’t understand, the Levitical material isn’t some navel-gazing exercise by priests, it’s editors making their secret handbook public to turn them into public servants.

Huh. This book I’m reading observes that you won’t find a single honourable battlefield death in the Hebrew Bible, and as surprising as it is, I indeed can’t think of any.

Oh yes I say this all the time: Jewish history is a recurring tale of inept men saved by Jewish women, even in the apocryphal

Which works of the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha do we have in ‘original’ Hebrew?

The only people in the Hebrew Bible who don’t suck are women. In this essay, I will…

We all know David beat Goliath because he cheated, yeah?

Happy Hanukkah

James Pirruccello 🎃🦇🧹@jamespirruccello.com · 2d ago

Imagine if you were unfamiliar with the American fraternity/sorority system and saw this.

back in the pre-marriage equality era I once heard a close friend from church earnestly say to someone “I just can’t understand why gay people want to DESTROY my marriage by redefining the meaning of it” I’ll remember the way she said the word “destroy” until the day I die, because she meant it

onion person@junlper.beer · 2d ago

one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them

“Zionism started with the Babylonian exile in 597 BCE.” Do you even hear yourself? Are you allergic to learning? To critical thinking? Come on, this is embarrassing.

StatsCan just released data showing that 15% of trans and non-binary folks experience physical or sexual assault in the last year, and boy is that depressing.

absolutely this. there is a big difference between voting for the PQ and voting "Oui" in a referendum. les Québécois/es understand that very well; others, often not so much.

Glonzo In Exile 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇬🇱@glonzo-in-exile.bsky.social · 2d ago

The vast majority of Quebecois voted against the PQ. When media claims this is a mandate for separation, remember that.

RIP CAQ LOL

It annoys me so much when writers, especially scholars, affirm that Rebekah was told by God that Esau would serve Isaac. THE HEBREW DOES NOT SAY THAT.

That’s because few who vote for them think they’ll actually separate. The time for separation is past.

George Pearkes@peark.es · 2d ago

Electing a separatist party when separatism polls around 30% is the perfect insight into the Quebecois tbh.

I’ve never watched East of Eden or read about it, but I’m assuming it’s about the land of Chavilah where all the gold is?

American Psychologist, one of the top journals in the field, includes pictures of the authors in its articles and I won't lie, it makes me feel a bit weird.

I think there’s a meaningful difference between making a claim, which can be clarified and elaborated on, and making a policy, which stands for itself and is interpreted as such.

LBC@lbc.co.uk · 3d ago

"I think the version of Zionism the Israeli government put forward is racist." The Greens have voted to adopt the position that 'Zionism is racism'. Zack Polanski spoke to Iain Dale about it in February this year.

"The version of Zionism the Israeli government put forward is racist" is a completely defensible and true statement. But that's not what the resolution says, is it?

LBC@lbc.co.uk · 3d ago

"I think the version of Zionism the Israeli government put forward is racist." The Greens have voted to adopt the position that 'Zionism is racism'. Zack Polanski spoke to Iain Dale about it in February this year.

Hashem to the Jews

I Love You Lesbians

Alt: Scott Pilgrim: I'm in lesbians with you

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God: “I will limit humanity’s lifespan to 120 years so that they won’t have time to get bored and fuck angels.” Tumblr:

This passage in the Talmud claims that not only was all of Torah, written and oral, given at Sinai but actually the entire Hebrew Bible ~and~ Talmud. So, yeah, I have questions…

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And Rabbi Levi bar Ḥama said that Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said: God said to Moses, “Ascend to Me on the mountain and be there, and I will give you the stone...

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According to Kedushat Levi, Jews are in a lesbian relationship with God.