I hate how I/P Twitter is now everywhere. Like, I would love to do Jewish shit without 10/7 and the resulting actions in Gaza being brought up all the fucking time. For example, I get why my shul included it in their Haggadah, but can’t we just be able to do Jewish without it being mentioned at all? Even my Israeli friends don’t mention it as much as gentiles and diaspora Jews.

This grip I/P has on so many people’s attention is leading to increasingly vitriolic rhetoric from both sides of the equation. I can’t be the only one who has seen friends and family go from mild opinions and/or not giving Israel much brain space to sounding like Kahanists. And the rhetoric coming from the other side definitely has “I’m ok with ethnic cleansing of groups coughjewscough that I don’t like” vibes.

My union put out an antisemitic statement saying that they wanted the university where I work to do a cultural and academic boycott of Israel, and while I am very thankful for the benefits they have secured me, I am less okay with my paycheck going to an antisemitic entity.

I was drafting a response to them today when I noticed graffiti calling on people to attack Zionists. Posters everywhere calling for violence against us.

There is a protest going on in the background of all of this. I'm having my partner come get me. My boss suggested that I work from home tomorrow and I am taking full advantage.

I am exhausted. I can't wait for Shabbat to arrive.

Thanks for the opportunity to vent. I appreciate it.

Trying to get my mind off the war a bit. Wondering how everybody here eats there matzo brie. I’m a savory guy myself and since I lived in the Southwest, sometimes I’ll put a little hot sauce on it.

I know this question comes every year but it’s an important debate…

There is precedent for this. In 1940...at Berkeley. Students didn't want the US to fight in WWII. In 1940 there was a "Peace Strike" at Berkeley. They were OK with Hitler taking Europe. They had slogans that made this clear. They wanted the government scholarships more than to defeat Hitler (see photos).

This has happened before.

https://preview.redd.it/mpknmzwouowc1.jpg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d05c65afd255d6fb15bab1f02887ea5c1309ecd

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-1940-peace-strike-at-berkeley-university-of-california-student-listens-50057043.html

We have a multicultural family: husband (me) is Jewish, and a wife is not. We are attending Jewish events in the local community, and we want to give my son a second Jewish name. Note: when he was born he didn't have any middle name in the birth certificate. But I think it's more than just a change in the document but more like a choice at this moment. Is there a procedure or rules from this? We are turning towards Jewish traditions more as we are getting older, and I want our child to be close to our roots. Is it possible? In general, is it feasible to be accepted and not be treated as a kind of a "foreigner" in this case?

I am finishing up my associate degree this summer, so I've started to consider my transfer options. Between all these news and seeing an overwhelming amount of the student body and faculty taking part in protests, I am wondering which larger universities could still be considered Jew-friendly? Like many others, I have always considered myself left leaning; however, I am feeling increasingly alienated and over the ever-changing arbitrary definitions of minorities and safe spaces. Thank you for any suggestions!

My father is 100% Jewish ethnically, but he has made it clear all my life that he has very little interest in raising me in the faith -- he's very anti religion and is uncomfortable with me understanding my roots. The most we ever do is the menorah at Hanukkah and maybe making some latkes. However, I am trying to find ways to practice the faith myself and am looking to go to the local synagogue. I'm very proud of my heritage and have thought about getting myself a Star of David necklace, and was just wondering if it would be odd for me to wear it as an only semi-practicing half-Jew. Thanks! :)

I’m not a lawyer but I studied a little bit of constitutional law in undergrad. I recall that the equal protection clause was used numerous times throughout American history to prevent various instances of discrimination for different minority groups, but when it comes to antisemitism, there seems to be a grey area in the cases. Can anyone chime in to shed some light on this?

I keep thinking back to the demonstrations by the right and alt-right at Charlottesville in relation to the protests at Columbia. After Charlottesville, a lot of people came to the conclusion that if demonstrators were not removing the unsavory, bigoted elements of their group from the demonstration, it shows at best tolerance and implicit acceptance of bigotry and hate. It’s what allowed the Republican Party to truly become what it is now, as those unsavory elements that waved Nazi flags around that didn’t get booted out of the Charlottesville protest right then and there weaseled their way into the Republican mainstream.

The protestors at Columbia failed to do that as well. They had people very loudly and proudly supporting Hamas and attacking Jews. They had ample opportunity to say “we do not support this position, they have no place in our movement, we are making them leave.” Instead, much like the right, they have done nothing. They show tolerance and implicit acceptance for genocidal statements against Israelis and Jews.

The idea that it was all “outside agitators” does not matter. Even if it was true, you have the responsibility to drive those outside agitators away. Of course, we know that these are not outside agitators, but evidence of the rot within the far left’s pro-Palestinian “activism.”

Plus, a lot of the “oh these are outsiders trying to make us look bad” rhetoric sounds an awful lot like conservatives trying to pin January 6th on antifa agitators.

How many matzah squares can someone safely eat in a day?

Hear me out. I have a 2.5 yo tiny human that LOVES matzo. Wants it at every meal. And she has eaten so much of it at this point that she hasn't pooped in days. We spent an hour last night, well after her bedtime, sitting on her little potty and her begging me for peepoos. We are investing in some jugs of prune juice and praying the constipation passes. Having a constipated toddler is not sababa.

I want to be observant and just stick with matzah but omg I can't do this all week. I'll eat the matzah and the toddler will stick to apple sauce and prunes. Going without chametz for a week with a tiny little human is so hard and I think I'm tapping out. For anyone with littles please tell me what you are feeding your kid this Passover and how it's going. I feel alone with the stuffed up kid situation.

I found this in my memories on FB and was interested to see how this article addresses what is happening today in our community.

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/bernie-sanders-jewish-problem?

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I heard some tunes from some livestreams on YT with Rabbi David Ingber.

Anybody know of these hymns / songs at the following timestamps? I don't know much Hebrew at all

https://youtu.be/PEDbQvjzKDI?t=2512

https://youtu.be/5YEbJtJMbYo?t=2174

I have just been really taken aback by what has unfolded over the last week. I was a student leader on my campus and Hillel President and I can’t imagine what it must be like for some students right now. To think that if I were on campus right now in the same position and could be a personal target of antisemitism, having to fight antisemitism and terrorism on the news and put yourself out there like that. It’s overwhelming. Any college student reading this, you are in probably the toughest position we’ve been in in A LONG TIME. But you will all be remembered for your bravery and strength when we get through this. We have young adults fighting on the front lines dealing with extremist rhetoric, fear of violence, and levels of antisemitism we haven’t seen since the holocaust in America. It’s just crazy. Am yisrael chai, we are in this together

1. could i make a soft flatbread from matzo cake meal? like would that work?

2. if i did- could i eat it during passover?

Growing up, I celebrated the holidays with family and had a Bar Mitzvah, but that was pretty much the extent of my Judaism for most of my life up to this point. Now I’m a freshman in college and until recently, I’ve never really kept kosher for Passover, let alone for any other part of the year.

I’ve recently gotten very involved in the Jewish community through Hillel at my school, and I want to try to be a “better Jew” so to speak. I fasted for Yom Kippur and I felt really accomplished having done so, and decided to keep kosher for Passover as well.

Now that we’re a few days into it, I’m struggling a bit. I find myself doubting if I have the discipline to see it through, and I’ve been wondering how strict I’m supposed to be with myself. Does anyone have any thoughts or advice? Thank you!

I live in Asia and I am blond, so unless I specifically say my religion, no one knows. I'd like to put something subtle in my dating app bio, something like, applesauce is better with latkes....

What's a good way to hint at being Jewish in a dating app bio?

Yo, I'm not a practicing Jew, but I am of heritage and Queer and I'm so sad right now.

I guess I'm just finding out the hard way that alot of TNG LGBTQ folks are engaging in blatant antisemitism. This is so bizarre to me. I am not on social media so it's not normalized for me. I'm also a millennial.

IMO everyone is brainwashed by social media. It's really sad. This had been a very difficult week for me. Very difficult. Even Jewish people are defending antisemitism. I don't mean calling for ceasefire or free gaza stuff. I mean the 'call me a terrorist', 'intifada', etc etc this shit is crazy.

I'm officially old I guess. But I will never normalize antisemitism.

Not based on Hashkacha but actual ingredients

Seder one was at the chabad center, about 100 people.

Seder two was at the rabbis house. It was myself, the rabbi and his family, 4 Yeshevia students, and a random community member. (Important note, the rabbis neighbor has a small palistine flag stuck on their mailbox post)

Seder two ended at about 01:20 local time. I like to think we woke the neighbors up with our 0:40ish second fabrignin, singing "next year in Jerusalem" in hebrew.

I am Jewish and proud of it. Granted it is a small thing, but my front light is on, and will be on until they are all home. The least I can do is keep the light on for them.

Am Yisrael Chai!

I am Israeli, and I want to understand what exactly is going on now on American college campuses. How prevalent is support for the elimination of Israel, antisemitic/anti-zionist disinformation, pro-terror sentiment and so on, and how those things affect you personally?

I just want to say this for everyone who may be stuck on it.

People (anti-zionists?) often bring up how Israel had a few proposed areas, such as Russia, South America, wherever else, deserted islands?

They bring this up as if we should have gone somewhere else, not Palestine. And all of this is happening because Palestine was decided on instead of another place.

I just want anyone struggling with this to know it wouldn’t have mattered, and probably would have been actually worse for us if we did go somewhere else.

Israel’s current location we have proof we are genetically from this area. We have had Jews living in and around this area throughout all of history.

While some people ignore this fact and pretend we are white colonizers who discovered a new land with a native population, it would have been everyone thinking like this if we went to a region we definitely have 0 connection to. Yes, even if it was a deserted island, people would ask why WE deserve an island and nobody else gets one.